Southwest Conference

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The Southwest Conference was a historic college athletic conference in the south-central United States, best known for featuring major Texas universities in NCAA competition before disbanding in the mid-1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic conference
defunct sports organization
competitionFormat round-robin scheduling in football for much of its history
competitionLevel major college level
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1996
fielded baseball teams with College World Series appearances
basketball teams with NCAA Tournament success
football champions with national prominence
followedBy Big 12 Conference
Conference USA
expanded Western Athletic Conference
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
hadMember Baylor University
Rice University
Southern Methodist University
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
University of Arkansas
University of Houston
University of Texas at Austin
headquartersLocation Dallas, Texas
historicalPeriod 20th century
inception 1914
legacy influence on Texas college sports culture
rivalries among major Texas universities
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Texas
mediaCoverage regional television contracts
memberOf NCAA Division I
nickname SWC
notableEvent departure of University of Arkansas to Southeastern Conference in 1991
notableFor baseball
major college football
men's basketball
track and field
reasonForDissolution conference realignment
television revenue shifts
region South Central United States
surface form: South-central United States
shortName SWC
sport college athletics
sportDiscipline American football
baseball
basketball
track and field
subdivision Football Bowl Subdivision
surface form: NCAA Division I-A football

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Rice Owls formerConference Southwest Conference
TCU Horned Frogs formerConference Southwest Conference
Texas A&M Aggies football formerConference Southwest Conference
Texas Longhorns formerConference Southwest Conference
Houston Cougars formerConferenceMembership Southwest Conference
SMU Mustangs formerConferenceMembership Southwest Conference
Cotton Bowl Classic formerConferenceTieIn Southwest Conference
Bowl Coalition memberConference Southwest Conference
Big 12 Conference predecessor Southwest Conference
Mustangs previouslyCompetedIn Southwest Conference