The Great West Conference (GWC) was an NCAA college athletic conference in the continental United States. Originally a football-only league, it became an all-sports entity during the 2008–09 season. The GWC stopped sponsoring football following the 2011 season. The conference became defunct when four of the remaining five full member schools became members of other conferences on July 1, 2013.
The UC Davis Aggies football team represents the University of California, Davis in the second-tier NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) intercollegiate competition. The UC Davis football program began competing in 1915, and has fielded a team each year since with the exception of 1918 during World War I and from 1943 to 1945 during World War II, when the campus, then known as the University Farm, was shut down. UC Davis competed as a member of the NCAA College Division through 1972. From 1973 to 2006, the Aggies competed within the NCAA Division II. In 2007, UC Davis promoted its football program to the Division I FCS level, and joined the Great West Conference. UC Davis has secured a total of 30 conference championships. Between 1929 and 1992, the Aggies captured 27 outright or shared Northern California Athletic Conference championships, including 20 in a row from 1971 to 1990. In 1993, UC Davis shared the American West Conference title, and in 2005 (co-champion) and 2009 the Aggies won the Great West Conference.
The Cal Poly Mustangs are the football team representing California Polytechnic State University located in San Luis Obispo, California. The team plays its home games in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The current head coach is Beau Baldwin, who began his tenure in 2020.
The Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer program represents the Cal Poly Mustangs of California Polytechnic State University in men's soccer at the NCAA Division I level. Cal Poly is coached by former United States men's national team head coach Steve Sampson. Like most teams from Cal Poly, they play in the Big West Conference. The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring soccer in 1991 but resumed soccer in 2001. Over this period, Cal Poly competed in a regional conference called the MPSF. They have since returned to the Big West and as of 2019 have appeared in 2 NCAA tournaments, most recently in 2015. The Mustangs play in Alex G. Spanos Stadium on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University.
The 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team's head coach was Tim Walsh. The Mustangs play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season 7–4, 2–2 in Great West Conference play.
The Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team represents California Polytechnic State University, which is located in San Luis Obispo, California. The Mustangs are an NCAA Division I college baseball program, and along with the other Cal Poly athletic teams with the exception of swimming, wrestling and football, the baseball team competes in the Big West Conference.
The 2011 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Fighting Sioux were led by fourth year head coach Chris Mussman and played their home games at the Alerus Center. They are a member of the Great West Conference. This was North Dakota's final year as a member of the Great West as they became a full member of the Big Sky Conference in 2012.
The 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. This is their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to claim a share of the conference championship with Eastern Washington and Montana State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Sam Houston State.
The Cal Poly Mustangs are the athletic teams representing California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The university fields twenty-one teams and compete in NCAA Division I; they are primarily members of the Big West Conference, but the football team plays in the Big Sky Conference, the wrestling team is an associate member of the Pac-12 Conference, and the swimming and diving program competes as an affiliate member in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
The 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by fifth year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.
The 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by eighth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to San Diego in the first round.
The 2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by ninth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.
The 2003 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
The 2004 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
The 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2009 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by 11th-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place. On November 25, 2019, Tim Walsh announced his retirement. He finished with a 176–148 record in 29 seasons.
The 2020 Cal Poly Mustangs football team will represent California Polytechnic State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs will be led by 1st-year head coach Beau Baldwin and will play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.
