Border
A former conference: eight schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1931. 1961 champion: Arizona State.
1961 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–0 | 7–3 | 1584 | WLWWL | |||
| West Texas | 3–1 | 6–4 | 1463 | WLWWL | ||
| 2–1 | 5–4–1 | 1520 | LWLLW | |||
| 1–3 | 3–7 | 1319 | LWLLL | |||
| Hardin Simmons | 0–4 | 0–10 | 1157 | 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, 1961
Border teams are 12–19–1 outside the conference.
- Independent4–5
- Others5–3
- Missouri Valley Conference1–5–1
- Skyline Conference2–4
- Mid-American Conference0–1
- Southwest Conference0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Texas Tech | 9 | last 1955 |
| Arizona State | 7 | last 1961 |
| Arizona | 3 | last 1941 |
| New Mexico State | 2 | last 1960 |
| UTEP | 1 | last 1956 |
| New Mexico | 1 | last 1938 |
By year
| 1961 | Arizona State |
| 1960 | New Mexico State |
| 1959 | Arizona State |
| 1957 | Arizona State |
| 1956 | UTEP |
| 1955 | Texas Tech |
| 1954 | Texas Tech |
| 1953 | Texas Tech |
| 1952 | Arizona State |
| 1951 | Texas Tech |
| 1949 | Texas Tech |
| 1948 | Texas Tech |
10 earlier seasons, back to 1931
| 1947 | Texas Tech |
| 1942 | Texas Tech |
| 1941 | Arizona |
| 1940 | Arizona State |
| 1939 | Arizona State |
| 1938 | New Mexico, New Mexico State (shared) |
| 1937 | Texas Tech |
| 1936 | Arizona |
| 1935 | Arizona |
| 1931 | Arizona 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 (8)
Members
- Arizona State 1931–1942, 1946–1961
- Hardin Simmons 1941–1942, 1946–1961
- New Mexico State 1931–1943, 1946–1961
- UTEP 1935–1942, 1946–1961
- West Texas 1941–1942, 1944–1961
- Arizona 1931–1942, 1945–1960
- Texas Tech 1932–1956
- New Mexico 1931–1950
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1931; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Arizona | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1962 | Arizona State | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1962 | Hardin Simmons | Left to play as an independent | Source | |
| 1962 | New Mexico State | Left to play as an independent | Source | |
| 1962 | West Texas | Left to play as an independent | 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. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 192 team-seasons from 1931. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
NFL first-round picks 2
| Arizona | 1 |
| Texas Tech | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1931); 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.