Great West
A former conference: eight schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 2004. 2011 champions: Cal Poly and North Dakota.
2011 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–1 | 8–3 | 1347 | LWWWW | |||
| 3–1 | 6–5 | 1383 | WWLLW | |||
| 2–2 | 6–5 | 1328 | LWLWL | |||
| 1–3 | 6–5 | 1394 | LWWLW | |||
| 1–3 | 4–7 | 1285 | LLWLW |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2011
Great West teams are 20–15 outside the conference.
- Big Sky6–3
- FBS teams1–8
- Others6–1
- MVFC1–3
- FCS Independents3–0
- Pioneer Conference2–0
- Division II1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Cal Poly | 4 | last 2011 |
| UC Davis | 2 | last 2009 |
| North Dakota | 1 | last 2011 |
| Southern Utah | 1 | last 2010 |
| South Dakota State | 1 | last 2007 |
| North Dakota State | 1 | last 2006 |
By year
| 2011 | Cal Poly, North Dakota (shared) |
| 2010 | Southern Utah |
| 2009 | UC Davis |
| 2008 | Cal Poly |
| 2007 | South Dakota State |
| 2006 | North Dakota State |
| 2005 | Cal Poly, UC Davis (shared) |
| 2004 | Cal Poly |
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
- Cal Poly 2004–2011
- North Dakota 2008–2011
- South Dakota 2008–2011
- Southern Utah 2004–2011
- UC Davis 2004–2011
- North Dakota State 2004–2007
- South Dakota State 2004–2007
- Northern Colorado 2004–2005
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2004; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cal Poly | Left for Big Sky (football only) | September 7, 2010 | |
| 2012 | North Dakota | Left for Big Sky | November 1, 2010 | |
| 2012 | South Dakota | Left for MVFC (football only) | November 3, 2010 | |
| 2012 | Southern Utah | Left for Big Sky (football only) | November 1, 2010 | |
| 2012 | UC Davis | Left for Big Sky (football only) | September 7, 2010 | |
| 2008 | North Dakota | Joined from North Central Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2008 | North Dakota State | Left for MVFC (football only) | Source | |
| 2008 | South Dakota | Joined from North Central Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2008 | South Dakota State | Left for MVFC (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | Cal Poly | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | North Dakota State | Joined from North Central Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | Northern Colorado | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | South Dakota State | Joined from North Central Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | Southern Utah | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 2004 | UC Davis | Joined (independent before) (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. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 42 team-seasons from 2004. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 28 team-seasons from 2004. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.