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The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Founding members included Abilene Christian College (now departed), Arkansas State College (departed 1987), Arlington State College (now University of Texas at Arlington), Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University), and Trinity University (Texas) (departed 1971).

Contents 1 Current members (with year joined) 2 Conference Stadia 3 Future members 4 External link

Current members (with year joined)

• Lamar University (1963; no football since 1989)
• University of Louisiana at Monroe (1982, not a football member since 1993)
• McNeese State University (1963)
• Nicholls State University (1991)
• Northwestern State University (1987)
• Sam Houston State University (1987)
• Southeastern Louisiana University (1963)
• Stephen F. Austin State University (1987)
• University of Texas at Arlington (1963; no football since 1985)
• University of Texas at San Antonio (1963; no football)
• Texas State University-San Marcos (1987)

Lamar Cardinals	Louisiana-Monroe Indians	McNeese State Cowboys	Nicholls State Colonels
Northwestern State Demons	Sam Houston State Bearkats	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Texas-Arlington Mavericks	Texas-San Antionio Roadrunners	Texas State Bobcats

Conference Stadia

School	Football stadium	Stadium capacity	Basketball arena	Arena capacity
Lamar	Non-football School	N/A	Montagne Center	10,080
Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium	30,427	Fant-Ewing Coliseum	7,085
McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium	17,410	McAlister Field House	8,000
Nicholls State	John L. Guidry Stadium	12,800	Stopher Gym	3,800
Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium	15,971	Prather Colisium	3,900
Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium	14,000	Bernard Johnson Colisium	6,100
Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium	7,408	University Center	7,500
Stephen F. Austin	Homer Bryce Stadium	14,575	William R. Johnson Colisium	7,203
Texas-Arlington	Non-football School	N/A	Texas Hall	4,200
Texas-San Antonio	Non-football School	N/A	Convocation Center	5,100
Texas State	Bobcat Stadium	15,218	Strahan Colisium	7,200

Future members

• University of Central Arkansas (2006)
• Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (2006; no football)

Former members include Arkansas State (1963-1986), Jacksonville State (1997-2002), Louisiana Tech (1971-1986), Trinity (1963-1971), Troy State (1996-2000), Louisiana-Lafayette (1971-1981), and North Texas (1983-1994). Lamar withdrew from the conference after the 1986 season and returned as a non-football program in 1998.

Louisiana-Monroe will leave the Southland Conference in 2006 and become an all-sports member of the Sun Belt Conference, where it already competes in football and women's swimming.

External link

• Official site of the Southland Conference

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