Big West
A former conference: 16 schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1988; its titles go back further. 2000 champion: Boise State.
2000 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–0 | 10–2 | 1644 | WWWWW | |||
| 4–1 | 5–6 | 1408 | WWWLL | |||
| 3–2 | 5–6 | 1435 | WLWWL | |||
| 1–4 | 3–8 | 1288 | LWLLW | |||
| 1–4 | 3–8 | 1355 | WLLLL | |||
| 1–4 | 1–10 | 1294 | LLLLW |
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, 2000
Big West teams are 12–25 outside the conference.
- FCS teams5–3
- Big 120–5
- Mountain West Conference1–4
- Pac-101–4
- SEC0–4
- Western Athletic Conference2–2
- Conference USA1–1
- ACC0–1
- Big East0–1
- Independent1–0
- Mid-American Conference1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Fresno State | 6 | last 1991 |
| Utah State | 5 | last 1997 |
| San José State | 5 | last 1991 |
| San Diego State | 5 | last 1974 |
| Boise State | 2 | last 2000 |
| Louisiana | 2 | last 1994 |
| Idaho | 1 | last 1998 |
| UNLV | 1 | last 1994 |
By year
| 2000 | Boise State |
| 1999 | Boise State |
| 1998 | Idaho |
| 1997 | Utah State |
| 1996 | Utah State |
| 1994 | Louisiana, UNLV (shared) |
| 1993 | Louisiana, Utah State (shared) |
| 1991 | Fresno State, San José State (shared) |
| 1990 | San José State |
| 1989 | Fresno State |
| 1988 | Fresno State |
| 1987 | San José State |
12 earlier seasons, back to 1969
| 1986 | San José State |
| 1985 | Fresno State |
| 1982 | Fresno State |
| 1981 | San José State |
| 1979 | Utah State |
| 1978 | Utah State |
| 1977 | Fresno State |
| 1974 | San Diego State |
| 1973 | San Diego State |
| 1972 | San Diego State |
| 1970 | San Diego State |
| 1969 | San Diego State |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (16)
Members
- Arkansas State 1993–1995, 1999–2000
- Boise State 1996–2000
- Idaho 1996–2000
- New Mexico State 1988–2000
- North Texas 1996–2000
- Utah State 1988–2000
- Nevada 1992–1999
- Louisiana 1993–1995
- Louisiana Tech 1993–1995
- Northern Illinois 1993–1995
- Pacific 1988–1995
- San José State 1988–1995
- UNLV 1988–1995
- Cal State Fullerton 1988–1992
- Fresno State 1988–1991
- Long Beach State 1988–1991
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1988; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arkansas State | Left for Sun Belt Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2001 | Boise State | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 2001 | Idaho | Left for Sun Belt Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2001 | New Mexico State | Left for Sun Belt Conference | Source | |
| 2001 | North Texas | Left for Sun Belt Conference | Source | |
| 2001 | Utah State | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 2000 | Nevada | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1999 | Arkansas State | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 1996 | Arkansas State | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 1996 | Boise State | Joined from Big Sky | Source | |
| 1996 | Idaho | Joined from Big Sky | Source | |
| 1996 | Louisiana | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 1996 | Louisiana Tech | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 1996 | North Texas | Joined (independent before) | Source | |
| 1996 | Northern Illinois | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source |
9 earlier moves
| 1996 | Pacific | Left for Dropped football (football only) | Source | |
| 1996 | San José State | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1996 | UNLV | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1993 | Arkansas State | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 1993 | Northern Illinois | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 1992 † | Cal State Fullerton | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 1992 | Fresno State | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1992 | Nevada | Joined from Big Sky | Source | |
| 1991 † | Long Beach State | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 100 team-seasons from 1988. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 14 team-seasons from 1993. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Consensus All-Americans 1
| Northern Illinois | 1 |
NFL first-round picks 1
| Fresno State | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1988); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.