American Southwest
Five current members, six former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014.
2025 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin Simmons | 5–1 | 9–2 | 1303 | WWLWL | ||
| Mary Hardin Baylor | 5–1 | 7–3 | 1258 | WWWWW | ||
| Howard Payne | 2–4 | 4–6 | 1012 | WLLWL | ||
| East Texas Baptist | 0–6 | 4–6 | 1006 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2025
American Southwest teams are 12–5 outside the conference.
- Others5–1
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference5–1
- Northwest Conference1–0
- So. Cal.1–0
- South Atlantic Conference0–1
- Southern Athletic Conference0–1
- Wisconsin Conference0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Members
Every school and its years (11)
Members now
- East Texas Baptist 2014 on
- Hardin Simmons 2014 on
- Howard Payne 2014 on
- Mary Hardin Baylor 2014 on
- McMurry 2015–2023, 2026 on
Former members
- Austin 2020–2023
- Sul Ross State 2014–2023
- Texas Lutheran 2017–2023
- Southwestern U 2017–2022
- Belhaven 2014–2021
- Louisiana Christian 2014–2019
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2014; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 103 team-seasons from 2014. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.