Editing Southwestern Athletic Conference (section)

===Former members===
The SWAC had six former full members, all but one were [[Private university|private]] schools:

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined
! Left
! Current<br />conference
|-
| '''[[Bishop College]]'''
| [[Marshall, Texas]]{{efn|group=former|Bishop was originally at [[Marshall, Texas]], during its tenure with the SWAC until 1961, when the college was moved to [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]], until the school's closing in 1988}}
| 1881
| [[American Baptist Home Mission Society|Baptist HMS]]
| N/A
| [[Bishop Tigers|Tigers]]
| 1920–21
| 1955–56
| N/A{{efn|group=former|Bishop was closed in 1988. Upon its closure, Paul Quinn College relocated from Waco to Dallas and re-established itself at the Bishop College campus.}}
|-
| '''[[Huston–Tillotson University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Formerly known as Samuel Huston College until its merger with Tillotson College on October 24, 1952.}}
| [[Austin, Texas]]
| 1881
| [[United Methodist Church|Methodist]],<br>[[United Church of Christ|Church of Christ]]
| 900
| [[Huston–Tillotson Rams|Rams]]
| 1920–21
| 1953–54<ref name="Austin American (p. 23)"/>
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|Red River (RRAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=NAIA|Currently an [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Langston University]]'''
| [[Langston, Oklahoma]]
| 1897
| Public
| 3,922
| [[Langston Lions|Lions]]
| 1931–32
| 1956–57
| [[Sooner Athletic Conference|Sooner (SAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=NAIA}}
|-
| '''[[Paul Quinn College]]'''
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
| 1872
| [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|A.M.E. Church]]
| 1,020
| [[Paul Quinn Tigers|Tigers]]
| 1920–21
| 1928–29
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|Red River (RRAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=NAIA}}
|-
| '''[[Texas College]]'''
| [[Tyler, Texas]]
| 1894
| [[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church|C.M.E. Church]]
| 600
| [[Texas College Steers and Lady Steers|Steers]]
| 1920–21
| 1961–62<ref name="Shreveport Times (sec. D, p. 5)"/>
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|Red River (RRAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=NAIA}}
|-
| '''[[Wiley University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Formerly known as Wiley College from 1929 to November 3, 2023.}}
| [[Marshall, Texas]]
| 1873
| [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]]
| 1,200
| [[Wiley Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 1920–21
| 1967–68
| [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCU (HBCUAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=NAIA}}
|}

;Notes:
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