FCS conference belt
The Great West Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Great West: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Great West members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Great West at the time. This belt is retired. North Dakota held it when Great West played its last game on November 19, 2011, and the reign is closed as of June 30, 2013: the Great West Conference dissolved in 2013.
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Colorado | September 4, 2004 – October 2, 2004 | 28 days | 0 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to UC Davis |
| 2 | UC Davis | October 2, 2004 – October 23, 2004 | 21 days | 0 | beat Northern Colorado 30–20 | lost to Southern Utah |
| 3 | Southern Utah | October 23, 2004 – November 6, 2004 | 14 days | 0 | beat UC Davis 19–15 | lost to Northern Colorado |
| 4 | Northern Colorado | November 6, 2004 – November 13, 2004 | 7 days | 0 | beat Southern Utah 42–7 | lost to Cal Poly |
| 5 | Cal Poly | November 13, 2004 – October 29, 2005 | 350 days | 3 | beat Northern Colorado 31–0 | lost to UC Davis |
| 6 | UC Davis | October 29, 2005 – October 6, 2007 | 1 yr, 342 days | 1 | beat Cal Poly 20–13 | lost to North Dakota State |
| 7 | North Dakota State | October 6, 2007 – November 17, 2007 | 42 days | 2 | beat UC Davis 35–16 | lost to South Dakota State |
| 8 | South Dakota State | November 17, 2007 – November 17, 2007 | 0 days | 0 | beat North Dakota State 29–24 | vacated — left Great West before the 2008 season |
| 9 | UC Davis | November 18, 2007 – October 31, 2009 | 1 yr, 347 days | 1 | reverted after South Dakota State left Great West | lost to Southern Utah |
| 10 | Southern Utah | October 31, 2009 – November 7, 2009 | 7 days | 0 | beat UC Davis 56–35 | lost to South Dakota |
| 11 | South Dakota | November 7, 2009 – October 9, 2010 | 336 days | 2 | beat Southern Utah 45–21 | lost to UC Davis |
| 12 | UC Davis | October 9, 2010 – October 30, 2010 | 21 days | 0 | beat South Dakota 17–13 | lost to Southern Utah |
| 13 | Southern Utah | October 30, 2010 – October 1, 2011 | 336 days | 0 | beat UC Davis 55–24 | lost to North Dakota |
| 14 | North Dakota | October 1, 2011 – October 22, 2011 | 21 days | 0 | beat Southern Utah 26–20 | lost to Cal Poly |
| 15 | Cal Poly | October 22, 2011 – November 5, 2011 | 14 days | 1 | beat North Dakota 23–19 | lost to UC Davis |
| 16 | UC Davis | November 5, 2011 – November 12, 2011 | 7 days | 0 | beat Cal Poly 24–17 | lost to North Dakota |
| 17 | North Dakota | November 12, 2011 – June 30, 2013 | 1 yr, 230 days | 1 | beat UC Davis 14–7 | — belt retired — |
No reigns match “.”
Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in Great West keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.