Southwest
A former conference: 13 schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1915. 1995 champion: Texas.
1995 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–0 | 10–2–1 | 14 | 1678 | WWWWL | ||
| 5–2 | 9–3 | 23 | 1643 | LWWWW | ||
| 5–2 | 9–3 | 15 | 1700 | WWWLW | ||
| 5–2 | 7–4 | 1551 | WLWWL | |||
| 3–4 | 6–5 | 1488 | LWLLL | |||
| 2–5 | 2–9 | 1289 | WLLLW | |||
| 1–6 | 2–8–1 | 1398 | LWLLL | |||
| 0–7 | 1–10 | 1236 | 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, 1995
Southwest teams are 18–16–2 outside the conference.
- Big Eight2–4–1
- Independent3–3–1
- SEC3–3
- Big East1–2
- Big Ten1–2
- Big West2–1
- Western Athletic Conference3–0
- ACC2–0
- FCS teams1–0
- Pac-100–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
All-Southwest teams, 1995
First team 26
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | James BrownTexas | Texas |
| Running back | Byron HanspardTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Leeland McElroyTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Jerod DouglasBaylor | Baylor | |
| Tight end | Pat FitzgeraldTexas | Texas |
| Wide receiver | Mike AdamsTexas | Texas |
| Albert ConnellTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Offensive lineman | Dan NeilTexas | Texas |
| Jimmy HerndonHouston | Houston | |
| Fred MillerBaylor | Baylor | |
| Hunter GoodwinTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Ryan TuckerTCU | TCU |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Tony BrackensTexas | Texas |
| Brandon MitchellTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Daryl GardenerBaylor | Baylor | |
| Chris PilandTCU | TCU | |
| Linebacker | Zach ThomasTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Reggie BrownTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| LaCurtis JonesBaylor | Baylor | |
| Defensive back | Chris CarterTexas | Texas |
| Ray MickensTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Marcus ColemanTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Adrian RobinsonBaylor | Baylor |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Place-kickers | Michael ReederTCU | TCU |
| Punter | Tucker PhillipsRice | Rice |
| Miscellaneous | John MackovicTexas | Texas |
Second team 25
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Chuck ClementsHouston | Houston |
| Running back | Ricky WilliamsTexas | Texas |
| Shon MitchellTexas | Texas | |
| Tight end | Hayward ClayTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Wide receiver | John WashingtonTCU | TCU |
| Kalief MuhammadBaylor | Baylor | |
| Offensive lineman | Ben KaufmanTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| John ElmoreTexas | Texas | |
| Brandon KiddSMU | SMU | |
| Calvin CollinsTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Keith ChilesSMU | SMU |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Chris AtkinsTexas | Texas |
| Charles HortonBaylor | Baylor | |
| Pat WilliamsTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Brynton GoynesRice | Rice | |
| Linebacker | Larry IzzoRice | Rice |
| Keith MitchellTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Craig SwannSMU | SMU | |
| Dat NguyenTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Defensive back | Bryant WestbrookTexas | Texas |
| Taje AllenTexas | Texas | |
| Cornell ParkerSMU | SMU | |
| Donovan GreerTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Place-kickers | Phil DawsonTexas | Texas |
| Punter | Sean TerryTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article (CC BY-SA): each player on the best team any selector named him to (the coaches’, the media’s or the AP’s), in the article’s order. Players link to their pages where we could match them.
Champions
Most titles
| Texas | 27 | last 1995 |
| Texas A&M | 17 | last 1993 |
| Arkansas | 13 | last 1989 |
| SMU | 11 | last 1984 |
| TCU | 9 | last 1994 |
| Baylor | 7 | last 1994 |
| Rice | 7 | last 1994 |
| Houston | 4 | last 1984 |
| Texas Tech | 2 | last 1994 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | last 1918 |
By year
| 1995 | Texas |
| 1994 | Baylor, Rice, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech (shared) |
| 1993 | Texas A&M |
| 1992 | Texas A&M |
| 1991 | Texas A&M |
| 1990 | Texas |
| 1989 | Arkansas |
| 1988 | Arkansas |
| 1987 | Texas A&M |
| 1986 | Texas A&M |
| 1985 | Texas A&M |
| 1984 | Houston, SMU (shared) |
68 earlier seasons, back to 1915
| 1983 | Texas |
| 1982 | SMU |
| 1981 | SMU |
| 1980 | Baylor |
| 1979 | Arkansas, Houston (shared) |
| 1978 | Houston |
| 1977 | Texas |
| 1976 | Houston, Texas Tech (shared) |
| 1975 | Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M (shared) |
| 1974 | Baylor |
| 1973 | Texas |
| 1972 | Texas |
| 1971 | Texas |
| 1970 | Texas |
| 1969 | Texas |
| 1968 | Arkansas, Texas (shared) |
| 1967 | Texas A&M |
| 1966 | SMU |
| 1965 | Arkansas |
| 1964 | Arkansas |
| 1963 | Texas |
| 1962 | Texas |
| 1961 | Arkansas, Texas (shared) |
| 1960 | Arkansas |
| 1959 | Arkansas, TCU, Texas (shared) |
| 1958 | TCU |
| 1957 | Rice |
| 1956 | Texas A&M |
| 1955 | TCU |
| 1954 | Arkansas |
| 1953 | Rice, Texas (shared) |
| 1952 | Texas |
| 1951 | TCU |
| 1950 | Texas |
| 1949 | Rice |
| 1948 | SMU |
| 1947 | SMU |
| 1946 | Arkansas, Rice (shared) |
| 1945 | Texas |
| 1944 | TCU |
| 1943 | Texas |
| 1942 | Texas |
| 1941 | Texas A&M |
| 1940 | SMU, Texas A&M (shared) |
| 1939 | Texas A&M |
| 1938 | TCU |
| 1937 | Rice |
| 1936 | Arkansas |
| 1935 | SMU |
| 1934 | Rice |
| 1932 | TCU |
| 1931 | SMU |
| 1930 | Texas |
| 1929 | TCU |
| 1928 | Texas |
| 1927 | Texas A&M |
| 1926 | SMU |
| 1925 | Texas A&M |
| 1924 | Baylor |
| 1923 | SMU |
| 1922 | Baylor |
| 1921 | Texas A&M |
| 1920 | Texas |
| 1919 | Texas A&M |
| 1918 | Oklahoma, Texas (shared) |
| 1917 | Texas A&M |
| 1916 | Baylor, Texas (shared) |
| 1915 | Baylor, Oklahoma (shared) |
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 (13)
Members
- Baylor 1915–1942, 1945–1995
- Houston 1976–1995
- Rice 1915–1995
- SMU 1918–1986, 1989–1995
- TCU 1923–1995
- Texas 1915–1995
- Texas A&M 1915–1995
- Texas Tech 1960–1995
- Arkansas 1915–1991
- Oklahoma State 1915–1924
- Phillips 1920
- Oklahoma 1915–1919
- Southwestern U 1915–1916
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1915; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Baylor | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Houston | Left for Conference USA | Source | |
| 1996 | Rice | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1996 | SMU | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1996 | TCU | Left for WAC | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas A&M | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas Tech | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1992 | Arkansas | Left for SEC (football only) | Source | |
| 1976 | Houston | 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 622 team-seasons from 1915. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1915); 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.