FBS conference belt
The Skyline Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Skyline: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Skyline members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Skyline at the time. This belt is retired. Wyoming held it when Skyline played its last game on November 11, 1961, and the reign is closed as of June 30, 1962: the Skyline Conference disbanded in 1962; most of its members founded the WAC. The conference has also been recorded as Mountain State; those seasons count here too.
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | September 30, 1938 – November 5, 1938 | 36 days | 2 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to Utah State |
| 2 | Utah State | November 5, 1938 – November 12, 1938 | 7 days | 0 | beat BYU 3–0 | lost to Wyoming |
| 3 | Wyoming | November 12, 1938 – November 19, 1938 | 7 days | 0 | beat Utah State 27–12 | lost to Utah |
| 4 | Utah | November 19, 1938 – November 4, 1939 | 350 days | 3 | beat Wyoming 39–0 | lost to Colorado |
| 5 | Colorado | November 4, 1939 – November 2, 1940 | 364 days | 5 | beat Utah 21–14 | lost to Utah |
| 6 | Utah | November 2, 1940 – October 10, 1942 | 1 yr, 342 days | 8 | beat Colorado 21–13 | lost to BYU |
| 7 | BYU | October 10, 1942 – October 31, 1942 | 21 days | 0 | beat Utah 12–7 | lost to Utah State |
| 8 | Utah State | October 31, 1942 – November 7, 1942 | 7 days | 0 | beat BYU 9–6 | lost to Colorado State |
| 9 | Colorado State | November 7, 1942 – October 13, 1945 | 2 yrs, 340 days | 0 | beat Utah State 25–0 | lost to Colorado |
| 10 | Colorado | October 13, 1945 – November 22, 1945 | 40 days | 1 | beat Colorado State 21–6 | lost to Denver |
| 11 | Denver | November 22, 1945 – December 7, 1946 | 1 yr, 15 days | 5 | beat Colorado 14–8 | lost to Utah State |
| 12 | Utah State | December 7, 1946 – October 18, 1947 | 315 days | 1 | beat Denver 28–14 | lost to Wyoming |
| 13 | Wyoming | October 18, 1947 – October 25, 1947 | 7 days | 0 | beat Utah State 33–19 | lost to Utah |
| 14 | Utah | October 25, 1947 – October 15, 1949 | 1 yr, 355 days | 9 | beat Wyoming 26–7 | lost to Denver |
| 15 | Denver | October 15, 1949 – November 24, 1949 | 40 days | 1 | beat Utah 20–18 | lost to Wyoming |
| 16 | Wyoming | November 24, 1949 – October 13, 1951 | 1 yr, 323 days | 7 | beat Denver 25–6 | lost to Colorado State |
| 17 | Colorado State | October 13, 1951 – November 3, 1951 | 21 days | 2 | beat Wyoming 14–7 | lost to BYU |
| 18 | BYU | November 3, 1951 – November 17, 1951 | 14 days | 1 | beat Colorado State 21–19 | lost to New Mexico |
| 19 | New Mexico | November 17, 1951 – September 27, 1952 | 315 days | 1 | beat BYU 34–0 | lost to BYU |
| 20 | BYU | September 27, 1952 – October 11, 1952 | 14 days | 1 | beat New Mexico 14–10 | lost to Utah |
| 21 | Utah | October 11, 1952 – October 16, 1954 | 2 yrs, 5 days | 10 | beat BYU 34–6 | lost to Denver |
| 22 | Denver | October 16, 1954 – October 1, 1955 | 350 days | 4 | beat Utah 28–20 | lost to Colorado State |
| 23 | Colorado State | October 1, 1955 – November 12, 1955 | 42 days | 3 | beat Denver 20–19 | lost to Utah |
| 24 | Utah | November 12, 1955 – October 20, 1956 | 343 days | 4 | beat Colorado State 27–6 | lost to Wyoming |
| 25 | Wyoming | October 20, 1956 – October 26, 1957 | 1 yr, 6 days | 7 | beat Utah 30–20 | lost to Utah |
| 26 | Utah | October 26, 1957 – September 27, 1958 | 336 days | 3 | beat Wyoming 23–15 | lost to BYU |
| 27 | BYU | September 27, 1958 – October 4, 1958 | 7 days | 0 | beat Utah 14–7 | lost to Colorado State |
| 28 | Colorado State | October 4, 1958 – October 18, 1958 | 14 days | 0 | beat BYU 32–6 | lost to Wyoming |
| 29 | Wyoming | October 18, 1958 – October 25, 1958 | 7 days | 0 | beat Colorado State 7–6 | lost to New Mexico |
| 30 | New Mexico | October 25, 1958 – November 8, 1958 | 14 days | 1 | beat Wyoming 13–12 | lost to BYU |
| 31 | BYU | November 8, 1958 – November 22, 1958 | 14 days | 1 | beat New Mexico 36–19 | lost to Wyoming |
| 32 | Wyoming | November 22, 1958 – November 5, 1960 | 1 yr, 349 days | 12 | beat BYU 22–14 | lost to Utah State |
| 33 | Utah State | November 5, 1960 – November 19, 1960 | 14 days | 0 | beat Wyoming 17–13 | lost to Utah |
| 34 | Utah | November 19, 1960 – October 28, 1961 | 343 days | 3 | beat Utah State 6–0 | lost to Wyoming |
| 35 | Wyoming | October 28, 1961 – June 30, 1962 | 245 days | 1 | beat Utah 13–6 | — 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 Skyline 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.