Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference

Status
Defunct
Years Active
1914-96
Prior Name(s)/Conference(s)
none
Successor Conference(s)
none

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas, but no schools from the actual Southwestern United States.

The SWC officially came into existence on December 8, 1914, when the original eight member schools agreed on a constitution for what was then known as the Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). Those eight schools were Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Arkansas, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma A&M University (now Oklahoma State), Southwestern University, and Rice, which was admitted provisionally.

Members

All former members

School	Years Active	Next Conference
Arkansas	1915-91	Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Baylor	1915-96	Big 12 Conference
Houston	1972-96	Conference USA
Oklahoma	1915-19	Missouri Valley Conference
Oklahoma A&M	1915-25	Missouri Valley Conference
Phillips	1920	Independent
Rice	1915-17 provisional, 1918-96	Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
SMU	1918-96	Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Southwestern	1915-16	Independent
Texas	1915-96	Big 12 Conference
Texas A&M	1915-96	Big 12 Conference
TCU	1923-96	Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Texas Tech	1956-96	Big 12 Conference

Basketball

Programs by season

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1975-76
February 28, March 4-6, 1976	1976 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Moody Coliseum

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1985-86
March 7-9, 1986	1986 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Reunion Arena

Football

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1960s	1964