FBS conference belt
The Southwest Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Southwest: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Southwest members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Southwest at the time. This belt is retired. Texas held it when Southwest played its last game on December 2, 1995, and the reign is closed as of June 30, 1996: the Southwest Conference disbanded after the 1995 season.
144Reigns
503Belt Games
11Programs
Longest Reign
Texas A&M — 3 yrs, 4 days
October 3, 1992 – October 7, 1995
Most Defenses, One Reign
Texas A&M — 20
starting October 3, 1992
Most Reigns, All-Time
Texas — 30 separate reigns
11 Southwest programs have held it
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baylor | October 8, 1915 – November 11, 1916 | 1 yr, 34 days | 4 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to Texas A&M |
| 2 | Texas A&M | November 11, 1916 – November 30, 1916 | 19 days | 0 | beat Baylor 3–0 | lost to Texas |
| 3 | Texas | November 30, 1916 – October 20, 1917 | 324 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 21–7 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma | October 20, 1917 – November 29, 1917 | 40 days | 1 | beat Texas 14–0 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | November 29, 1917 – November 10, 1918 | 346 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 9–0 | lost to Texas |
| 6 | Texas | November 10, 1918 – October 18, 1919 | 342 days | 3 | beat Oklahoma State 27–5 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 7 | Oklahoma | October 18, 1919 – November 15, 1919 | 28 days | 0 | beat Texas 12–7 | lost to Arkansas |
| 8 | Arkansas | November 15, 1919 – November 27, 1919 | 12 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 7–6 | lost to Rice |
| 9 | Rice | November 27, 1919 – October 30, 1920 | 338 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 40–7 | lost to Texas |
| 10 | Texas | October 30, 1920 – November 30, 1922 | 2 yrs, 31 days | 7 | beat Rice 21–0 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 11 | Texas A&M | November 30, 1922 – October 26, 1923 | 330 days | 0 | beat Texas 14–7 | lost to SMU |
| 12 | SMU | October 26, 1923 – October 16, 1925 | 1 yr, 355 days | 10 | beat Texas A&M 10–0 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 13 | Texas A&M | October 16, 1925 – November 7, 1925 | 22 days | 1 | beat SMU 7–0 | lost to TCU |
| 14 | TCU | November 7, 1925 – November 25, 1926 | 1 yr, 18 days | 5 | beat Texas A&M 3–0 | lost to SMU |
| 15 | SMU | November 25, 1926 – November 5, 1927 | 345 days | 2 | beat TCU 14–13 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 16 | Texas A&M | November 5, 1927 – October 20, 1928 | 350 days | 2 | beat SMU 39–13 | lost to TCU |
| 17 | TCU | October 20, 1928 – November 3, 1928 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 6–0 | lost to Baylor |
| 18 | Baylor | November 3, 1928 – November 10, 1928 | 7 days | 0 | beat TCU 7–6 | lost to Texas |
| 19 | Texas | November 10, 1928 – November 16, 1929 | 1 yr, 6 days | 6 | beat Baylor 6–0 | lost to TCU |
| 20 | TCU | November 16, 1929 – November 15, 1930 | 364 days | 5 | beat Texas 15–12 | lost to Texas |
| 21 | Texas | November 15, 1930 – October 10, 1931 | 329 days | 1 | beat TCU 7–0 | lost to Rice |
| 22 | Rice | October 10, 1931 – October 17, 1931 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas 7–0 | lost to SMU |
| 23 | SMU | October 17, 1931 – October 8, 1932 | 357 days | 4 | beat Rice 21–12 | lost to Rice |
| 24 | Rice | October 8, 1932 – October 22, 1932 | 14 days | 0 | beat SMU 13–0 | lost to Texas |
| 25 | Texas | October 22, 1932 – November 11, 1932 | 20 days | 2 | beat Rice 18–6 | lost to TCU |
| 26 | TCU | November 11, 1932 – October 7, 1933 | 330 days | 2 | beat Texas 14–0 | lost to Arkansas |
| 27 | Arkansas | October 7, 1933 – November 11, 1933 | 35 days | 2 | beat TCU 13–0 | lost to Rice |
| 28 | Rice | November 11, 1933 – November 18, 1933 | 7 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 7–6 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 29 | Texas A&M | November 18, 1933 – October 20, 1934 | 336 days | 1 | beat Rice 27–0 | lost to TCU |
| 30 | TCU | October 20, 1934 – November 17, 1934 | 28 days | 1 | beat Texas A&M 13–0 | lost to Texas |
| 31 | Texas | November 17, 1934 – October 26, 1935 | 343 days | 2 | beat TCU 20–19 | lost to Rice |
| 32 | Rice | October 26, 1935 – November 23, 1935 | 28 days | 2 | beat Texas 28–19 | lost to TCU |
| 33 | TCU | November 23, 1935 – November 30, 1935 | 7 days | 0 | beat Rice 27–6 | lost to SMU |
| 34 | SMU | November 30, 1935 – November 7, 1936 | 343 days | 2 | beat TCU 20–14 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 35 | Texas A&M | November 7, 1936 – November 26, 1936 | 19 days | 0 | beat SMU 22–6 | lost to Texas |
| 36 | Texas | November 26, 1936 – December 3, 1936 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 7–0 | lost to Arkansas |
| 37 | Arkansas | December 3, 1936 – October 9, 1937 | 310 days | 1 | beat Texas 6–0 | lost to Baylor |
| 38 | Baylor | October 9, 1937 – November 6, 1937 | 28 days | 2 | beat Arkansas 20–14 | lost to Texas |
| 39 | Texas | November 6, 1937 – November 13, 1937 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 9–6 | lost to TCU |
| 40 | TCU | November 13, 1937 – October 7, 1939 | 1 yr, 328 days | 8 | beat Texas 14–0 | lost to Arkansas |
| 41 | Arkansas | October 7, 1939 – October 14, 1939 | 7 days | 0 | beat TCU 14–13 | lost to Baylor |
| 42 | Baylor | October 14, 1939 – October 28, 1939 | 14 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 19–7 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 43 | Texas A&M | October 28, 1939 – November 28, 1940 | 1 yr, 31 days | 9 | beat Baylor 20–0 | lost to Texas |
| 44 | Texas | November 28, 1940 – November 15, 1941 | 352 days | 4 | beat Texas A&M 7–0 | lost to TCU |
| 45 | TCU | November 15, 1941 – October 31, 1942 | 350 days | 4 | beat Texas 14–7 | lost to Baylor |
| 46 | Baylor | October 31, 1942 – November 7, 1942 | 7 days | 0 | beat TCU 10–7 | lost to Texas |
| 47 | Texas | November 7, 1942 – November 14, 1942 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 20–0 | lost to TCU |
| 48 | TCU | November 14, 1942 – November 21, 1942 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas 13–7 | lost to Rice |
| 49 | Rice | November 21, 1942 – October 16, 1943 | 329 days | 2 | beat TCU 26–0 | lost to SMU |
| 50 | SMU | October 16, 1943 – October 30, 1943 | 14 days | 0 | beat Rice 12–0 | lost to Texas |
| 51 | Texas | October 30, 1943 – October 28, 1944 | 364 days | 3 | beat SMU 20–0 | lost to Rice |
| 52 | Rice | October 28, 1944 – November 11, 1944 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 7–0 | lost to Arkansas |
| 53 | Arkansas | November 11, 1944 – November 18, 1944 | 7 days | 0 | beat Rice 12–7 | lost to SMU |
| 54 | SMU | November 18, 1944 – November 3, 1945 | 350 days | 2 | beat Arkansas 20–12 | lost to Texas |
| 55 | Texas | November 3, 1945 – October 26, 1946 | 357 days | 4 | beat SMU 12–7 | lost to Rice |
| 56 | Rice | October 26, 1946 – November 9, 1946 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 18–13 | lost to Arkansas |
| 57 | Arkansas | November 9, 1946 – October 11, 1947 | 336 days | 2 | beat Rice 7–0 | lost to Baylor |
| 58 | Baylor | October 11, 1947 – October 25, 1947 | 14 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 17–9 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 59 | Texas A&M | October 25, 1947 – November 8, 1947 | 14 days | 1 | beat Baylor 24–0 | lost to SMU |
| 60 | SMU | November 8, 1947 – October 15, 1949 | 1 yr, 341 days | 9 | beat Texas A&M 13–0 | lost to Rice |
| 61 | Rice | October 15, 1949 – October 21, 1950 | 1 yr, 6 days | 5 | beat SMU 41–27 | lost to SMU |
| 62 | SMU | October 21, 1950 – November 4, 1950 | 14 days | 0 | beat Rice 42–21 | lost to Texas |
| 63 | Texas | November 4, 1950 – October 20, 1951 | 350 days | 3 | beat SMU 23–20 | lost to Arkansas |
| 64 | Arkansas | October 20, 1951 – November 10, 1951 | 21 days | 1 | beat Texas 16–14 | lost to Rice |
| 65 | Rice | November 10, 1951 – November 24, 1951 | 14 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 6–0 | lost to TCU |
| 66 | TCU | November 24, 1951 – November 15, 1952 | 357 days | 4 | beat Rice 22–6 | lost to Texas |
| 67 | Texas | November 15, 1952 – October 24, 1953 | 343 days | 2 | beat TCU 14–7 | lost to Rice |
| 68 | Rice | October 24, 1953 – October 16, 1954 | 357 days | 4 | beat Texas 18–13 | lost to SMU |
| 69 | SMU | October 16, 1954 – November 20, 1954 | 35 days | 3 | beat Rice 20–6 | lost to Baylor |
| 70 | Baylor | November 20, 1954 – November 27, 1954 | 7 days | 0 | beat SMU 33–21 | lost to Rice |
| 71 | Rice | November 27, 1954 – October 15, 1955 | 322 days | 0 | beat Baylor 20–14 | lost to SMU |
| 72 | SMU | October 15, 1955 – October 29, 1955 | 14 days | 0 | beat Rice 20–0 | lost to Texas |
| 73 | Texas | October 29, 1955 – November 12, 1955 | 14 days | 1 | beat SMU 19–18 | lost to TCU |
| 74 | TCU | November 12, 1955 – October 20, 1956 | 343 days | 3 | beat Texas 47–20 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 75 | Texas A&M | October 20, 1956 – November 16, 1957 | 1 yr, 27 days | 9 | beat TCU 7–6 | lost to Rice |
| 76 | Rice | November 16, 1957 – November 15, 1958 | 364 days | 5 | beat Texas A&M 7–6 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 77 | Texas A&M | November 15, 1958 – November 27, 1958 | 12 days | 0 | beat Rice 28–21 | lost to Texas |
| 78 | Texas | November 27, 1958 – November 14, 1959 | 352 days | 4 | beat Texas A&M 27–0 | lost to TCU |
| 79 | TCU | November 14, 1959 – October 1, 1960 | 322 days | 2 | beat Texas 14–9 | lost to Arkansas |
| 80 | Arkansas | October 1, 1960 – October 8, 1960 | 7 days | 0 | beat TCU 7–0 | lost to Baylor |
| 81 | Baylor | October 8, 1960 – October 29, 1960 | 21 days | 2 | beat Arkansas 28–14 | lost to TCU |
| 82 | TCU | October 29, 1960 – November 12, 1960 | 14 days | 0 | beat Baylor 14–6 | lost to Texas |
| 83 | Texas | November 12, 1960 – November 18, 1961 | 1 yr, 6 days | 6 | beat TCU 3–2 | lost to TCU |
| 84 | TCU | November 18, 1961 – November 25, 1961 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas 6–0 | lost to Rice |
| 85 | Rice | November 25, 1961 – October 20, 1962 | 329 days | 1 | beat TCU 35–16 | lost to SMU |
| 86 | SMU | October 20, 1962 – November 3, 1962 | 14 days | 1 | beat Rice 15–7 | lost to Texas |
| 87 | Texas | November 3, 1962 – October 17, 1964 | 1 yr, 349 days | 11 | beat SMU 6–0 | lost to Arkansas |
| 88 | Arkansas | October 17, 1964 – October 8, 1966 | 1 yr, 356 days | 12 | beat Texas 14–13 | lost to Baylor |
| 89 | Baylor | October 8, 1966 – October 22, 1966 | 14 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 7–0 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 90 | Texas A&M | October 22, 1966 – October 29, 1966 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 17–13 | lost to Arkansas |
| 91 | Arkansas | October 29, 1966 – November 19, 1966 | 21 days | 2 | beat Texas A&M 34–0 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 92 | Texas Tech | November 19, 1966 – October 12, 1967 | 327 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 21–16 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 93 | Texas A&M | October 12, 1967 – October 12, 1968 | 1 yr | 5 | beat Texas Tech 28–24 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 94 | Texas Tech | October 12, 1968 – October 26, 1968 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 21–16 | lost to SMU |
| 95 | SMU | October 26, 1968 – November 2, 1968 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas Tech 39–18 | lost to Texas |
| 96 | Texas | November 2, 1968 – October 16, 1971 | 2 yrs, 348 days | 18 | beat SMU 38–7 | lost to Arkansas |
| 97 | Arkansas | October 16, 1971 – October 30, 1971 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 31–7 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 98 | Texas A&M | October 30, 1971 – November 25, 1971 | 26 days | 2 | beat Arkansas 17–9 | lost to Texas |
| 99 | Texas | November 25, 1971 – September 28, 1974 | 2 yrs, 307 days | 14 | beat Texas A&M 34–14 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 100 | Texas Tech | September 28, 1974 – October 12, 1974 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 26–3 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 101 | Texas A&M | October 12, 1974 – November 9, 1974 | 28 days | 3 | beat Texas Tech 28–7 | lost to SMU |
| 102 | SMU | November 9, 1974 – November 23, 1974 | 14 days | 1 | beat Texas A&M 18–14 | lost to Baylor |
| 103 | Baylor | November 23, 1974 – October 11, 1975 | 322 days | 1 | beat SMU 31–14 | lost to Arkansas |
| 104 | Arkansas | October 11, 1975 – October 18, 1975 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 41–3 | lost to Texas |
| 105 | Texas | October 18, 1975 – November 28, 1975 | 41 days | 4 | beat Arkansas 24–18 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 106 | Texas A&M | November 28, 1975 – December 6, 1975 | 8 days | 0 | beat Texas 20–10 | lost to Arkansas |
| 107 | Arkansas | December 6, 1975 – November 13, 1976 | 343 days | 4 | beat Texas A&M 31–6 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 108 | Texas A&M | November 13, 1976 – November 12, 1977 | 364 days | 6 | beat Arkansas 31–10 | lost to Arkansas |
| 109 | Arkansas | November 12, 1977 – October 21, 1978 | 343 days | 3 | beat Texas A&M 26–20 | lost to Texas |
| 110 | Texas | October 21, 1978 – November 11, 1978 | 21 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 28–21 | lost to Houston |
| 111 | Houston | November 11, 1978 – November 25, 1978 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 10–7 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 112 | Texas Tech | November 25, 1978 – December 2, 1978 | 7 days | 0 | beat Houston 22–21 | lost to Arkansas |
| 113 | Arkansas | December 2, 1978 – October 27, 1979 | 329 days | 3 | beat Texas Tech 49–7 | lost to Houston |
| 114 | Houston | October 27, 1979 – November 10, 1979 | 14 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 13–10 | lost to Texas |
| 115 | Texas | November 10, 1979 – December 1, 1979 | 21 days | 2 | beat Houston 21–13 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 116 | Texas A&M | December 1, 1979 – October 11, 1980 | 315 days | 1 | beat Texas 13–7 | lost to Houston |
| 117 | Houston | October 11, 1980 – November 8, 1980 | 28 days | 3 | beat Texas A&M 17–7 | lost to Texas |
| 118 | Texas | November 8, 1980 – November 22, 1980 | 14 days | 1 | beat Houston 15–13 | lost to Baylor |
| 119 | Baylor | November 22, 1980 – October 3, 1981 | 315 days | 1 | beat Texas 16–0 | lost to Houston |
| 120 | Houston | October 3, 1981 – October 10, 1981 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 24–3 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 121 | Texas A&M | October 10, 1981 – October 17, 1981 | 7 days | 0 | beat Houston 7–6 | lost to Baylor |
| 122 | Baylor | October 17, 1981 – November 7, 1981 | 21 days | 1 | beat Texas A&M 19–17 | lost to Arkansas |
| 123 | Arkansas | November 7, 1981 – November 21, 1981 | 14 days | 1 | beat Baylor 41–39 | lost to SMU |
| 124 | SMU | November 21, 1981 – October 22, 1983 | 1 yr, 335 days | 10 | beat Arkansas 32–18 | lost to Texas |
| 125 | Texas | October 22, 1983 – November 10, 1984 | 1 yr, 19 days | 9 | beat SMU 15–12 | lost to Houston |
| 126 | Houston | November 10, 1984 – October 5, 1985 | 329 days | 2 | beat Texas 29–15 | lost to Baylor |
| 127 | Baylor | October 5, 1985 – November 9, 1985 | 35 days | 3 | beat Houston 24–21 | lost to Arkansas |
| 128 | Arkansas | November 9, 1985 – November 16, 1985 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 20–14 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 129 | Texas A&M | November 16, 1985 – November 15, 1986 | 364 days | 7 | beat Arkansas 10–6 | lost to Arkansas |
| 130 | Arkansas | November 15, 1986 – October 17, 1987 | 336 days | 3 | beat Texas A&M 14–10 | lost to Texas |
| 131 | Texas | October 17, 1987 – November 7, 1987 | 21 days | 1 | beat Arkansas 16–14 | lost to Houston |
| 132 | Houston | November 7, 1987 – October 8, 1988 | 336 days | 3 | beat Texas 60–40 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 133 | Texas A&M | October 8, 1988 – November 12, 1988 | 35 days | 2 | beat Houston 30–16 | lost to Arkansas |
| 134 | Arkansas | November 12, 1988 – October 21, 1989 | 343 days | 2 | beat Texas A&M 25–20 | lost to Texas |
| 135 | Texas | October 21, 1989 – November 4, 1989 | 14 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 24–20 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 136 | Texas Tech | November 4, 1989 – November 25, 1989 | 21 days | 2 | beat Texas 24–17 | lost to Houston |
| 137 | Houston | November 25, 1989 – November 10, 1990 | 350 days | 8 | beat Texas Tech 40–24 | lost to Texas |
| 138 | Texas | November 10, 1990 – October 19, 1991 | 343 days | 4 | beat Houston 45–24 | lost to Arkansas |
| 139 | Arkansas | October 19, 1991 – November 2, 1991 | 14 days | 0 | beat Texas 14–13 | lost to Baylor |
| 140 | Baylor | November 2, 1991 – November 16, 1991 | 14 days | 0 | beat Arkansas 9–5 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 141 | Texas Tech | November 16, 1991 – October 3, 1992 | 322 days | 2 | beat Baylor 31–24 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 142 | Texas A&M | October 3, 1992 – October 7, 1995 | 3 yrs, 4 days | 20 | beat Texas Tech 19–17 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 143 | Texas Tech | October 7, 1995 – November 4, 1995 | 28 days | 1 | beat Texas A&M 14–7 | lost to Texas |
| 144 | Texas | November 4, 1995 – June 30, 1996 | 239 days | 4 | beat Texas Tech 48–7 | — 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 Southwest 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.