The Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) is a football conference for
National Junior College Athletic Association
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions ...
(NJCAA) teams located in the
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
. The conference has produced 5 of the last 15
NJCAA national champions.
Current members
Former members
*
Allen Academy
Allen Academy is an independent co-educational day school located in Bryan, Texas that was founded in 1886 by John H. and Rivers O. Allen. The campus is located northeast of Texas A&M University and enrolls about 340 students from throughout th ...
(eliminated college programs)
*Hillsboro Junior College (closed, reopened as
Hill College
Hill College is a public community college in Hillsboro, Texas. It opened its doors in 1923, one year before North Central Texas College, which is the oldest continuously-operating community college in Texas because Hill College was closed d ...
)
*
Lon Morris College
Lon Morris College (LMC) was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination ...
(closed)
*
Odessa College
Odessa College is a public junior college in Odessa, Texas. The college serves the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. It was established in 1946 and enrolle8,024 studentsin Fall 2021 and 7,679 students in Spring 2022 in its universi ...
(disbanded)
*
Panola College
Panola College is a public community college in Carthage, Texas, the county seat of Panola County. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Panola College includes:
*all of Marion, Panola, and Shelby Counties, and
*all ...
(disbanded)
*
Paris Junior College
Paris Junior College (PJC) is a public community college with three campuses in Texas: Paris, Greenville, and Sulphur Springs. The college was founded in 1924 as a campus of Paris Independent School District. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled ...
(disbanded)
*
Ranger College
Ranger College is a public community college in Ranger, Texas. The college's website asserts that it "is one of the oldest public two-year colleges in continuous operation in the state of Texas." In conjunction with its main campus in Ranger, the ...
(disbanded)
*
Southwest Texas Junior College
Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) is a Public college, public community college with four campuses serving 11 counties in southwest Texas: unincorporated area, unincorporated Uvalde County, Texas, Uvalde County (next to Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde ...
(disbanded)
*
Texarkana College
Texarkana College is a public community college in Texarkana, Texas.
History
Texarkana College was formed in 1927, as a branch of the Texarkana Independent School District, which voted to proceed with plans for establishment of a community co ...
(disbanded)
*
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) is a public community college with its main campus in Wharton, Texas. The college also has campuses in Richmond, Sugar Land, and Bay City. WCJC is accredited by the Southern Association of College ...
(disbanded)
Future member
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) is a public military junior college and high school in Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891, NMMI operates under the auspices of the State of New Mexico, under a dedicated Board of Regents that reports to the G ...
has announced it will leave the
Western States Football League
The Western States Football League (WSFL) is a defunct American junior college football league for schools in the states of Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah that existed from 1985 to 2018. The league was part of the National Junior College Athle ...
and join the SWJCFC for the 2016 season.
Champions
*Trinity Valley (aka Henderson County) (17 titles, 11 outright):2014, 2005, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1991*, 1988, 1984, 1983, 1973*, 1968*, 1967, 1966*, 1965, 1959, 1958, 1953*, 1952*
*Kilgore (15 titles, 11 outright):2018, 2015, 2004, 2001, 1992*, 1990, 1982, 1980, 1978, 1977*, 1975, 1970, 1968*, 1966*, 1946
*Tyler (11 titles, 8 outright): 2000, 1993*, 1992*, 1991*, 1986, 1985, 1981, 1979, 1974, 1971, 1969
*Navarro (12 titles, 6 outright):2019, 2007, 1993*, 1989, 1977*, 1976, 1973*, 1962*, 1961, 1953*, 1952, 1951
*Blinn (6 titles, 6 outright): 2009, 2006, 1996, 1995, 1987, 1972
*Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3 titles, 3 outright): 2003, 2002, 1998
*Texarkana (3 titles, 2 outright): 1964, 1957, 1955*
*Wharton County (3 titles, 1 outright): 1963, 1962*, 1948*
*Panola (2 titles, 2 outright): 1950, 1949
*Paris (2 titles, 1 outright): 1955*, 1954
*Ranger (2 titles, 1 outright): 1960, 1948*
*Allen (1 title, 1 outright): 1956
*Hillsboro (now Hills College) (1 title, 0 outright): 1947*
*Southwest Texas (1 title, 0 outright): 1947*
"*" denotes shared title
External links
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
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NJCAA conferences
College football-only conferences in the United States