Southwest

A former conference: 13 schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1915. 1995 champion: Texas.

1995 standings

TeamConf.OverallAPEloLast 5
Texas7–⁠010–⁠2–⁠1141678WWWWL
Texas Tech5–⁠29–⁠3231643LWWWW
Texas A&M5–⁠29–⁠3151700WWWLW
Baylor5–⁠27–⁠41551WLWWL
TCU3–⁠46–⁠51488LWLLL
Houston2–⁠52–⁠91289WLLLW
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠11398LWLLL
SMU0–⁠71–⁠101236LLLLL

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.

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.

All-Southwest teams, 1995

First team 26

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackJames BrownTexasTexas
Running backByron HanspardTexas TechTexas Tech
Leeland McElroyTexas A&MTexas A&M
Jerod DouglasBaylorBaylor
Tight endPat FitzgeraldTexasTexas
Wide receiverMike AdamsTexasTexas
Albert ConnellTexas A&MTexas A&M
Offensive linemanDan NeilTexasTexas
Jimmy HerndonHoustonHouston
Fred MillerBaylorBaylor
Hunter GoodwinTexas A&MTexas A&M
Ryan TuckerTCUTCU
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanTony BrackensTexasTexas
Brandon MitchellTexas A&MTexas A&M
Daryl GardenerBaylorBaylor
Chris PilandTCUTCU
LinebackerZach ThomasTexas TechTexas Tech
Reggie BrownTexas A&MTexas A&M
LaCurtis JonesBaylorBaylor
Defensive backChris CarterTexasTexas
Ray MickensTexas A&MTexas A&M
Marcus ColemanTexas TechTexas Tech
Adrian RobinsonBaylorBaylor
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
Place-kickersMichael ReederTCUTCU
PunterTucker PhillipsRiceRice
MiscellaneousJohn MackovicTexasTexas

Second team 25

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackChuck ClementsHoustonHouston
Running backRicky WilliamsTexasTexas
Shon MitchellTexasTexas
Tight endHayward ClayTexas A&MTexas A&M
Wide receiverJohn WashingtonTCUTCU
Kalief MuhammadBaylorBaylor
Offensive linemanBen KaufmanTexas TechTexas Tech
John ElmoreTexasTexas
Brandon KiddSMUSMU
Calvin CollinsTexas A&MTexas A&M
Keith ChilesSMUSMU
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanChris AtkinsTexasTexas
Charles HortonBaylorBaylor
Pat WilliamsTexas A&MTexas A&M
Brynton GoynesRiceRice
LinebackerLarry IzzoRiceRice
Keith MitchellTexas A&MTexas A&M
Craig SwannSMUSMU
Dat NguyenTexas A&MTexas A&M
Defensive backBryant WestbrookTexasTexas
Taje AllenTexasTexas
Cornell ParkerSMUSMU
Donovan GreerTexas A&MTexas A&M
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
Place-kickersPhil DawsonTexasTexas
PunterSean TerryTexas A&MTexas 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

Texas27last 1995
Texas A&M17last 1993
Arkansas13last 1989
SMU11last 1984
TCU9last 1994
Baylor7last 1994
Rice7last 1994
Houston4last 1984
Texas Tech2last 1994
Oklahoma2last 1918

By year

1995Texas
1994Baylor, Rice, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech (shared)
1993Texas A&M
1992Texas A&M
1991Texas A&M
1990Texas
1989Arkansas
1988Arkansas
1987Texas A&M
1986Texas A&M
1985Texas A&M
1984Houston, SMU (shared)
68 earlier seasons, back to 1915
1983Texas
1982SMU
1981SMU
1980Baylor
1979Arkansas, Houston (shared)
1978Houston
1977Texas
1976Houston, Texas Tech (shared)
1975Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M (shared)
1974Baylor
1973Texas
1972Texas
1971Texas
1970Texas
1969Texas
1968Arkansas, Texas (shared)
1967Texas A&M
1966SMU
1965Arkansas
1964Arkansas
1963Texas
1962Texas
1961Arkansas, Texas (shared)
1960Arkansas
1959Arkansas, TCU, Texas (shared)
1958TCU
1957Rice
1956Texas A&M
1955TCU
1954Arkansas
1953Rice, Texas (shared)
1952Texas
1951TCU
1950Texas
1949Rice
1948SMU
1947SMU
1946Arkansas, Rice (shared)
1945Texas
1944TCU
1943Texas
1942Texas
1941Texas A&M
1940SMU, Texas A&M (shared)
1939Texas A&M
1938TCU
1937Rice
1936Arkansas
1935SMU
1934Rice
1932TCU
1931SMU
1930Texas
1929TCU
1928Texas
1927Texas A&M
1926SMU
1925Texas A&M
1924Baylor
1923SMU
1922Baylor
1921Texas A&M
1920Texas
1919Texas A&M
1918Oklahoma, Texas (shared)
1917Texas A&M
1916Baylor, Texas (shared)
1915Baylor, 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

  1. Arkansas1915–⁠1991
  2. Baylor1915–⁠19421945–⁠1995
  3. Oklahoma1915–⁠1919
  4. Oklahoma State1915–⁠1924
  5. Rice1915–⁠1995
  6. Southwestern U1915–⁠1916
  7. Texas1915–⁠1995
  8. Texas A&M1915–⁠1995
  9. SMU1918–⁠19861989–⁠1995
  10. Phillips1920
  11. TCU1923–⁠1995
  12. Texas Tech1960–⁠1995
  13. Houston1976–⁠1995
Every school and its years (13)

Members

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

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
1996BaylorLeft for Big 12Source
1996HoustonLeft for Conference USASource
1996RiceLeft for WACSource
1996SMULeft for WACSource
1996TCULeft for WACSource
1996TexasLeft for Big 12Source
1996Texas A&MLeft for Big 12Source
1996Texas TechLeft for Big 12Source
1992ArkansasLeft for SEC (football only)Source
1976HoustonJoined (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

Heisman winners 5

Houston1
SMU1
TCU1
Texas1
Texas A&M1

Consensus All-Americans 122

Texas33
Texas A&M19
Arkansas17
SMU16
TCU11

NFL first-round picks 111

Texas24
Texas A&M24
Arkansas15
Baylor14
TCU9

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.