Since 1964, the Southland Conference has awarded a championship in football. From 1964 to 1972, the conference was part of the NCAA College Division. It was classified as Division II for 1973 and 1974 before going back to Division I in 1975. It has been part of what is referred to as the FCS since 1982. Due to the scheduling structure at the time in 2018 (in which 10 of its 11 teams played nine games while one team played eight), a co-champion was declared when Nicholls (7-2) and Incarnate Word (6-2) finished with the same amount of conference losses.https://www.southland.org/news/2018/11/6/administration-southland-conference-clarifies-football-champion-determination.aspx
List of champions Year Champion(s)1964 Lamar Tech1965 Lamar1966 Arlington State1967 UT Arlington1968 Arkansas State1969 Arkansas State1970 Arkansas State1971 Louisiana Tech1972 Louisiana Tech1973 Louisiana Tech1974 Louisiana Tech1975 Arkansas State1976 McNeese State, Southwestern Louisiana1977 Louisiana Tech1978 Louisiana Tech1979 McNeese State1980 McNeese State1981 Texas-Alington1982 Louisiana Tech1983 North Texas, Northeast Louisiana1984 Louisiana Tech1985 Arkansas State1986 Arkansas State1987 Northeast Louisiana1988 Northwestern State1989 Stephen F. Austin1990 Northeast Louisiana1991 McNeese State1992 Northeast Louisiana1993 McNeese State1994 North Texas1995 McNeese State1996 Troy State1997 Northwestern Louisiana State, McNeese State1998 Northwestern Louisiana State1999 Stephen F. Austin, Troy State2000 Troy State2001 Sam Houston State, McNeese State (5-1)2002 McNeese State (6-0)2003 McNeese State (5-0)2004 Sam Houston State, Northwestern Louisiana State (4-1)2005 Nicholls State, Texas State (5-1)2006 McNeese State (5-1)2007 McNeese State (7-0)2008 Texas State (5-2) [Central Arkansas, while 6-1, was not yet eligible]2009 Stephen F. Austin, McNeese State (6-1)2010 Stephen F. Austin (7-1)2011 Sam Houston State (7-0)2012 Central Arkansas, Sam Houston State (6-1)2013 Southeastern Louisiana2014 Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana (7-1)2015 McNeese State2016 Sam Houston State2017 Central Arkansas2018 Nicholls (7-2), Incarnate Word (6-2) 2019 Nicholls, Central Arkansas (7-2)2020 Sam Houston State2021 Incarnate Word2022 Southeastern Louisiana, Incarnate Word (5-1)2023 Nicholls2024 Incarnate Word2025
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