Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (sometimes referred to as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or simply Border Conference), an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931, was disbanded following the 1961-1962 season. Centered in the southwestern United States, the conference formerly included nine member institutions located in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Members
Charter members playing American football (and years of membership) included:
*Arizona (1931-1961)
*Arizona State Teachers’-Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona; 1931-1952)
*Arizona State Teachers’-Tempe (now Arizona State; 1931-1961)
*University of New Mexico (1931-1951)
*New Mexico A&M (now New Mexico State; 1931-1961).
Other members competing in football (and years of membership) included:
*Texas Tech (1932-1956)
*Texas Mines (later Texas Western and now UTEP; 1935-1961)
*Hardin-Simmons (1941-1961)
*West Texas Teachers’ (later West Texas State and now West Texas A&M; 1941-1961).
Current conference affiliations of former members
The nine former football-playing members of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association are currently affiliated with the following eight conferences (all NCAA Division I FBS unless indicated):
*Arizona State University and University of Arizona - Pacific-10 Conference
*Hardin-Simmons University - American Southwest Conference (Division III)
*University of New Mexico - Mountain West Conference
*New Mexico State University - Western Athletic Conference
*Northern Arizona University - Big Sky Conference (Division I FCS)
*University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) - Conference USA
*Texas Tech University - Big 12 Conference
*West Texas A&M University - Lone Star Conference (Division II)
ee also
*List of defunct college football conferences
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