Southwest Conference
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The Southwest Conference (SWC) was a college athletic conference that is now defunct. It consisted of schools in the states of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Charter members
The Southwest Conference was formed in 1914. its charter members were the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Baylor University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University (then Oklahoma A&M), Southwestern University (in Georgetown, Texas), and Rice University.
Later Additions to the Conference
Southern Methodist 1918-1995
Phillips 1920-1921
Texas Christian 1923-1995
Texas Tech 1956-1995 (former Border Conference member)
Houston 1976-1995 (Former Missouri Valley Conference member)
Where are they now?
By 1994, league members realized a break-up was inevitable. The SWC was torn and tarnished by football recruiting scandals and NCAA probations, which hit all Texas members except Baylor and Rice in the '80s and saw SMU's program suspended for two years when hit by the NCAA "Death Penalty." The conference was further weakened in 1992 when Arkansas withdrew. A charter member and the SWC's only non-Texas school, Arkansas jumped to the more prosperous, more diverse and more widely-spread Southeastern Conference.
Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech joined the Big Eight Conference, forming the Big 12 Conference, and rejoining Oklahoma and Oklahoma State after 75 years apart. These teams now form that conference's southern division. Arkansas joined the SEC in 1991. Rice, SMU and TCU joined the Western Athletic Conference, and Houston the newly-formed Conference USA. In 2001, TCU left the WAC for C-USA. In 2005, Rice and SMU moved to C-USA, rejoining Houston, while TCU left C-USA for the Mountain West Conference.
Football Champions
1915: Baylor
1916: Texas
1917: Texas A&M
1918: Texas
1919: Texas A&M
1920: Texas
1921: Texas A&M
1922: Baylor
1923: Southern Methodist
1924: Baylor
1925: Texas A&M
1926: Southern Methodist
1927: Texas A&M
1928: Texas
1929: Texas Christian
1930: Texas
1931: Southern Methodist
1932: Texas Christian
1933: Arkansas
1934: Rice
1935: Southern Methodist
1936: Arkansas
1937: Rice
1938: Texas Christian
1939: Texas A&M
1940: Southern Methodist, Texas A&M
1941: Texas A&M
1942: Texas
1943: Texas
1944: Texas Christian
1945: Texas
1946: Arkansas, Rice
1947: Southern Methodist
1948: Southern Methodist
1949: Rice
1950: Texas
1951: Texas Christian
1952: Texas
1953: Rice, Texas
1954: Arkansas
1955: Texas Christian
1956: Texas A&M
1957: Rice
1958: Texas Christian
1959: Arkansas, Texas, Texas Christian
1960: Arkansas
1961: Arkansas, Texas
1962: Texas
1963: Texas
1964: Arkansas
1965: Arkansas
1966: Southern Methodist
1967: Texas A&M
1968: Arkansas, Texas
1969: Texas
1970: Texas
1971: Texas
1972: Texas
1973: Texas
1974: Baylor
1975: Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M
1976: Houston, Texas Tech
1977: Texas
1978: Houston
1979: Arkansas, Houston
1980: Baylor
1981: Texas
1982: Southern Methodist
1983: Texas
1984: Houston, Southern Methodist
1985: Texas A&M
1986: Texas A&M
1987: Texas A&M
1988: Arkansas
1989: Arkansas
1990: Texas
1991: Texas A&M
1992: Texas A&M
1993: Texas A&M
1994: Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texas Christian, Texas Tech
1995: Texas
Men's Basketball Champions
1914-1915: Texas
1915-1916: Texas
1916-1917: Texas
1917-1918: Rice
1918-1919: Texas
1919-1920: Texas A&M
1920-1921: Texas A&M
1921-1922: Texas A&M
1922-1923: Texas A&M
1923-1924: Texas
1924-1925: Oklahoma State
1925-1926: Arkansas
1926-1927: Arkansas
1927-1928: Arkansas
1928-1929: Arkansas
1929-1930: Arkansas
1930-1931: Texas Christian
1931-1932: Baylor
1932-1933: Texas
1933-1934: Texas Christian
1934-1935: Arkansas, Rice, Southern Methodist
1935-1936: Arkansas
1936-1937: Southern Methodist
1937-1938: Arkansas
1938-1939: Texas
1939-1940: Rice
1940-1941: Texas
1941-1942: Arkansas, Rice
1942-1943: Rice, Texas
1943-1944: Arkansas, Rice
1944-1945: Rice
1945-1946: Baylor
1946-1947: Texas
1947-1948: Baylor
1948-1949: Arkansas, Baylor, Rice
1949-1950: Arkansas, Baylor
1950-1951: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian
1951-1952: Texas Christian
1952-1953: Texas, Texas Christian
1953-1954: Rice
1954-1955: Southern Methodist
1955-1956: Southern Methodist
1956-1957: Southern Methodist
1957-1958: Arkansas, Southern Methodist
1958-1959: Texas Christian
1959-1960: Texas
1960-1961: Texas Tech
1961-1962: Southern Methodist, Texas Tech
1962-1963: Texas
1963-1964: Texas A&M
1964-1965: Southern Methodist, Texas
1965-1966: Southern Methodist
1966-1967: Southern Methodist
1967-1968: Texas Christian
1968-1969: Texas A&M
1969-1970: Rice
1970-1971: Texas Christian
1971-1972: Southern Methodist, Texas
1972-1973: Texas Tech
1973-1974: Texas
1974-1975: Texas A&M
1975-1976: Texas A&M
1976-1977: Arkansas
1977-1978: Arkansas, Texas
1978-1979: Arkansas, Texas
1979-1980: Texas A&M
1980-1981: Arkansas
1981-1982: Arkansas
1982-1983: Houston
1983-1984: Houston
1984-1985: Texas Tech
1985-1986: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian
1986-1987: Texas Christian
1987-1988: Southern Methodist
1988-1989: Arkansas
1989-1990: Arkansas
1990-1991: Arkansas
1991-1992: Houston, Texas
1992-1993: Southern Methodist
1993-1994: Texas
1994-1995: Texas Tech
1995-1996: Texas Tech
