Big Sky Conference

Big Sky Conference
Established	1963, 54 years ago
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FCS
Members	12 full-time (2 football affiliates) (2 men's golf affiliates)
Sports fielded	16 (men's: 7; women's: 9)
Region	Western United States
Headquarters	Ogden, Utah
Commissioner	Andrea Williams (since 2016)
Website	bigskyconf.com
Locations

The Big Sky Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the nine states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Four affiliate members each participate in one sport. Two schools from California are football-only participants, and two schools from the Northeast participate only in men's golf.

Initially conceived for basketball,^[1] the Big Sky was founded 54 years ago in 1963 with six members in four states;^[2][3] four of the charter members have been in the league from its founding, and a fifth returned in 2014 after an 18-year absence.

The name "Big Sky" came from the popular 1947 western novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr.; it was proposed by Harry Missildine, a sports columnist of the Spokesman-Review just prior to the founding meetings of the conference in Spokane in February 1963,^[4][5] and was adopted with the announcement of the new conference five days later.^[2][3]

50th anniversary

The 2012–13 season marked the completion of 50 years of athletic competition and 25 years sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics. Before the season the league introduced a new logo to celebrate this.

The 25th season of women’s athletics also marked a first for the league, as Portland State won the league’s inaugural softball championship. Women's sports were formerly conducted in the Mountain West Athletic Conference.

The Big Sky sponsors championships in 16 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball, and tennis. There are also championships in football, and in women’s volleyball, soccer, and softball.^[6]

Member schools

Full members

All 12 of the Big Sky's full members will play football in the conference once Idaho drops from the FBS to FCS in 2018.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (2014)[7]	Nickname	Colors	U.S. News Ranking (2016)[7]
Eastern Washington University	Cheney, Washington	1882	1987	Public	13,453	$27,123,118	Eagles		63 (Regional: West)
Idaho !University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	1889	1963, 2014[a 1]	Public	11,534	$240,979,808	Vandals		168 (National)
Idaho State University	Pocatello, Idaho	1901	1963	Public	15,553	$49,000,000	Bengals		Unranked (National)
Montana !University of Montana	Missoula, Montana	1893	1963	Public	14,946	$170,167,546	Grizzlies[a 2]		Not Published (National)
Montana State University	Bozeman, Montana	1893	1963	Public	15,421	$126,452,621	Bobcats		Not Published (National)
North Dakota !University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	1883	2012	Public	14,906	$230,600,000	Fighting Hawks		180 (National)
Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff, Arizona	1899	1970	Public	27,715	$144,000,000	Lumberjacks		Not Published (National)
Northern Colorado !University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	1889	2006	Public	12,087	$83,071,771	Bears		Not Published (National)
Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	1946	1996	Public	28,241	$84,713,385	Vikings		Not Published (National)
Sacramento State !California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	1947	1996	Public	28,811	$29,981,610	Hornets		63 (Regional: West)
Southern Utah University	Cedar City, Utah	1897	2012	Public	7,656	$22,880,715	Thunderbirds		70 (Regional: West)
Weber State University	Ogden, Utah	1889	1963	Public	26,681	$119,910,849	Wildcats		77 (Regional: West)

North Dakota will leave the non-football side of the Big Sky in 2018 to join the Summit League.^[8] The football team will remain in the Big Sky until 2020, when it will join the Missouri Valley Football Conference.^[9]

Affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (2014)	Nickname	Colors	Primary Conference	Big Sky Sport	U.S. News Ranking (2016)
Binghamton University, SUNY	Vestal, New York	1946	2014	Public	16,695	$101,414,229	Bearcats		America East	Men's Golf	89 (National)
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	1901	2012	Public	20,186	$207,485,860	Mustangs		Big West	Football	10 (Regional: West)
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	1905	2012	Public	35,415	$968,230,000	Aggies		Big West	Football	41 (National)
University of Hartford	West Hartford, Connecticut	1877	2014	Private	7,025	$146,113,000	Hawks		America East	Men's Golf	92 (Regional: North)

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Subsequent Conference Membership
Boise State University	Boise, Idaho	1932	1970	1996	Public	22,678	Broncos	Big West (1996–2001) WAC (2001–2011) Mountain West (2011–present)
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	1958	1996	2001	Public	36,070	Matadors	Big West (2001–present)
Gonzaga University	Spokane, Washington	1887	1963	1979	Private	7,764	Bulldogs	WCC (1979–present)
Nevada !University of Nevada	Reno, Nevada	1874	1979	1992	Public	18,227	Wolf Pack	Big West (1992–2000) WAC (2000–2012) Mountain West (2012–present)

Notes

• Gonzaga, which has not fielded a football team since 1941, was a charter member in 1963.

Membership timeline

Full members Assoc. members (football only) Full members (except football) Assoc. members (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference

Sports

As of the 2016–17 school year, the Big Sky sponsors championships in seven men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[10] Each core member institution is required to participate in all of the 13 core sports. Men's core sports are basketball, cross country, football, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and tennis. Women's core sports are basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis, and volleyball. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Davis participate as football-only affiliates, otherwise participating in the Big West Conference. Binghamton and Hartford are affiliates in men's golf only, otherwise participating in the America East Conference. Before the 2014–15 school year, the latter two schools had participated in men's golf alongside five full Big Sky members in the single-sport America Sky Conference.^[11] The return of Idaho brought the number of members participating in men's golf to six, which led to the Big Sky adding men's golf and absorbing the America Sky Conference.

Baseball

The Big Sky is unusual among Division I all-sports conferences in not sponsoring baseball. The conference originally sponsored baseball, with all members participating. When Boise State and Northern Arizona arrived for the 1971 season, competition was split into two divisions of four teams each, with the winners in a best-of-three championship series.^[12][13] Montana State^[14] and Montana soon dropped the sport and by the 1973 season, only six teams remained but the divisions were kept, and Boise State moved over to the North Division for two years.^[15] In May 1974, the Big Sky announced its intention to discontinue five of its ten sponsored sports. It retained football, basketball, cross-county, track, and wrestling, and dropped conference competition in baseball, golf, tennis, swimming, and skiing.^[16][17] Of the eleven Big Sky baseball titles, four each went to Idaho (1964, '66, '67, '69)^[18] and Gonzaga (1965,'71,'73,'74), and three to Weber State (1968,'70,'72).^[19] Gonzaga won the final title in 1974 over Idaho State in three games, after losing the first game in Pocatello.^[20] Southern division champion Idaho State chose to end its baseball program weeks following the conference's announcement,^[21] and Gonzaga, Idaho, and Boise State joined the new Northern Pacific League (NorPac) for baseball in 1975.^[22] Boise State and Idaho competed in the NorPac for six seasons, then discontinued baseball after the 1980 season.^[23] North Dakota announced on April 12, 2016 that it would discontinue its baseball program, effective following the 2015-16 season.^[24] Currently, two Big Sky members sponsor baseball: Northern Colorado and Sacramento State. Both compete in the Western Athletic Conference.

Teams in Big Sky Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Basketball	12	12
Cross Country	12	12
Football	13	-
Golf	8	12
Soccer	-	11
Softball	-	8
Tennis	12	12
Track and Field (Indoor)	12	12
Track and Field (Outdoor)	12	12
Volleyball	-	12

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Football	Golf	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Total Sports
Eastern Washington	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Idaho	Y	Y	[n 1]	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Idaho State	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Montana	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Montana State	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
North Dakota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Northern Arizona	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Northern Colorado	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Portland State	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Sacramento State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Southern Utah	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Weber State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	12	12	11+2[lower-alpha 1]	6+2[lower-alpha 2]	12	12	12	76+4

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Sky Conference which are played by Big Sky schools:

School	Baseball	Ice hockey	Skiing	Soccer	Wrestling
Montana State	No	No	Independent	No	No
North Dakota	No	NCHC	No	No	No
Northern Colorado	WAC	No	No	No	Big 12
Sacramento State	WAC	No	No	Big West	No

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total Sports
Eastern Washington	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Idaho	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Idaho State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Montana	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Montana State	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
North Dakota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Northern Arizona	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Northern Colorado	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Portland State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Sacramento State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Southern Utah	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Weber State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	12	12	12	11	8	12	12	12	12	103

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Sky Conference which are played by Big Sky schools:

School	Beach volleyball	Gymnastics	Rowing	Skiing	Swimming
Idaho	No	No	No	No	WAC
Montana State	No	No	No	Independent	No
Northern Arizona	No	No	No	No	WAC
Northern Colorado	No	No	No	No	WAC
Sacramento State	Independent	MPSF	The American	No	No
Southern Utah	No	Mountain Rim	No	No	No

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	Alex G. Spanos Stadium	7004110750000000000♠11,075	Football-only member
Eastern Washington	Roos Field	7003860000000000000♠8,600	Reese Court	7003600000000000000♠6,000
Idaho	Kibbie Dome	7004160000000000000♠16,000	Cowan Spectrum Memorial Gymnasium	7003700000000000000♠7,000 7003250000000000000♠2,500
Idaho State	Holt Arena	7004120000000000000♠12,000	Holt Arena (men) Reed Gym (women)	7003800000000000000♠8,000 7003304000000000000♠3,040
Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium	7004252030000000000♠25,203	Dahlberg Arena	7003732100000000000♠7,321
Montana State	Bobcat Stadium	7004207670000000000♠20,767	Worthington Arena	7003725000000000000♠7,250
North Dakota	Alerus Center[25]	7004122830000000000♠12,283	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center[26] Ralph Engelstad Arena	7003330000000000000♠3,300 11,634[27]
Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome	7004100000000000000♠10,000	Walkup Skydome	7003700000000000000♠7,000
Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	7003853300000000000♠8,533[28]	Bank of Colorado Arena	7003299200000000000♠2,992
Portland State	Providence Park	7004200000000000000♠20,000	Peter Stott Center	7003150000000000000♠1,500
Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium	7004211950000000000♠21,195	Colberg Court	7003101200000000000♠1,012[29]
Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum	7003850000000000000♠8,500	Centrum Arena	7003530000000000000♠5,300
UC Davis	Aggie Stadium	7004103670000000000♠10,367	Football-only member
Weber State	Stewart Stadium	7004175000000000000♠17,500	Dee Events Center	7004115000000000000♠11,500

Note: The Idaho Vandals men's basketball team plays early-season home games at Memorial Gym, home of the Vandals volleyball team.

Basketball

Current NBA players

• Joel Bolomboy, Weber State
• Damian Lillard, Weber State
• Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington

Conference rivalries

• Eastern Washington and Portland State
• Idaho and Idaho State
• Idaho and Montana
• Idaho State and Weber State
• Idaho State and Montana
• Montana and Montana State
• Portland State and Sacramento State
• Weber State and Southern Utah
• Eastern Washington and Montana
• Weber State and Montana

Non-conference rivalries

• Weber State and Utah State/Utah/BYU/Utah Valley
• Eastern Washington and Gonzaga
• Idaho and Boise State
• Idaho State and Wyoming
• Montana and Wyoming
• Montana State and Wyoming
• Sacramento State and UC Davis
• Portland State and Portland
• Northern Colorado and Colorado State
• Northern Colorado and Denver
• North Dakota and North Dakota State
• North Dakota and South Dakota

Rivalries - football

Protected Football rivalries ^[30]

School	Rival 1	Rival 2
UC Davis	Sacramento State	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	UC Davis	Sacramento State
Eastern Washington	Montana	Portland State
Idaho State	Weber State	Portland State
Montana	Montana State	Eastern Washington
Montana State	Montana	North Dakota
North Dakota	Montana State	Northern Colorado
Northern Arizona	Southern Utah	Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado	North Dakota	Northern Arizona
Portland State	Eastern Washington	Idaho State
Sacramento State	UC Davis	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Southern Utah	Northern Arizona	Weber State
Weber State	Idaho State	Southern Utah

Conference

Schools		First Meeting	Game	Trophy	Winner (Last Meeting)	All-time Record
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	UC Davis	1939	Battle for the Golden Horseshoe	The Golden Horseshoe	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	UC Davis leads 19–17–2
Eastern Washington	Montana	1938	The EWU-UM Governors Cup	Governors Cup	Montana	Montana leads 27–15–1
Eastern Washington	Portland State	1968	The Dam Cup	The Dam Cup	Portland State	Portland State leads 20-17-1
Idaho State	Weber State	1962			Weber State	Weber State leads 35–14
Montana	Montana State	1897	Brawl of the Wild	The Great Divide Trophy	Montana State	Montana leads 71–38-5
UC Davis	Sacramento State	1954	Causeway Classic	Causeway Carriage	UC Davis	UC Davis leads 39-18
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	Sacramento State	1967	Green and Gold Game		Sacramento State	The Series is tied 16-16
Southern Utah	Northern Arizona	1983	The Canyonland Classic	HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy	Southern Utah	Northern Arizona leads 12-6
Southern Utah	Weber State	1984	Beehive Bowl		Weber State	Weber State leads 16-7

Non-conference

Schools		First Meeting	Trophy	Winner (Last Meeting)	All-time Record	Note
Idaho	Idaho State	1916		Idaho	Idaho leads 28–11	Last competed for in 2008, will play again in 2018
Idaho	Boise State	1971	Governor's Cup	Boise State	Boise State leads 22–17-1	Last competed for in 2010
Montana	Idaho	1903	Little Brown Stein	Montana	Idaho leads 55–27–2	Last competed for in 2003, will play again in 2018
Northern Colorado	Colorado State	1893		Colorado State	Colorado State leads 19–1–1	Last competed for in 2016. CSU 47 UNC 21
North Dakota	North Dakota State	1894	Nickel Trophy	North Dakota State	North Dakota leads 62–46–3	Their 2015 game was the first since 2003; next game scheduled for 2019. After 2019, it will become a conference rivalry in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
North Dakota	South Dakota	1903	Sitting Bull Trophy	North Dakota	North Dakota leads, 61–29–5	After a five-year hiatus, they resumed their rivalry in 2016 and will play again in 2017.

Commissioners

• Jack Friel (1963–71)^[31]
• John Roning (1971–77)^[32][33]
• Steve Belko (1977–81)^[34]
• Ron Stephenson (1981–95)^[35]
• Doug Fullerton (1995–2016)^[36][37]
• Andrea Williams (2016–present)^[38]

Headquarters

• 1963 – Pullman, Washington
• 1971 – Boise, Idaho
• 1996 – Ogden, Utah

Big Sky championships

Big Sky men's basketball

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
1964	Montana State	no tournament
1965	Weber State
1966	Weber State, Gonzaga
1967	Gonzaga, Montana State
1968	Weber State
1969	Weber State
1970	Weber State
1971	Weber State
1972	Weber State
1973	Weber State
1974	Idaho State
1975	Montana
1976	Weber State, Boise State, Idaho State	Boise State
1977	Idaho State	Idaho State
1978	Montana	Weber State
1979	Weber State	Weber State
1980	Weber State	Weber State
1981	Idaho	Idaho
1982	Idaho	Idaho
1983	Weber State, Nevada	Weber State
1984	Weber State	Nevada
1985	Nevada	Nevada
1986	Northern Arizona, Montana	Montana State
1987	Montana State	Idaho State
1988	Boise State	Boise State
1989	Boise State	Idaho
1990	Idaho	Idaho
1991	Montana	Montana
1992	Montana	Montana
1993	Idaho	Boise State
1994	Weber State, Idaho State	Boise State
1995	Weber State, Montana	Weber State
1996	Montana State	Montana State
1997	Northern Arizona	Montana
1998	Northern Arizona	Northern Arizona
1999	Weber State	Weber State
2000	Montana, Eastern Washington	Northern Arizona
2001	CS-Northridge	CS-Northridge
2002	Montana State	Montana
2003	Weber State	Weber State
2004	Eastern Washington	Eastern Washington
2005	Portland State	Montana
2006	Northern Arizona	Montana
2007	Weber State, Northern Arizona	Weber State
2008	Portland State	Portland State
2009	Weber State	Portland State
2010	Weber State	Montana
2011	Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado
2012	Montana	Montana
2013	Montana	Montana
2014	Weber State	Weber State
2015	Montana	Eastern Washington
2016	Weber State	Weber State
2017	North Dakota	North Dakota

Basketball championships (by school)

School	Member years	Conference Titles	Tournament Titles	Last won
Weber State	1963–present	22	10	2016
Montana	1963–present	10	9	2015
Montana State	1963–present	5	2	2002
Northern Arizona	1970–present	5	2	2007
Idaho	1963–96, 2014–present	4	4	1993
Idaho State	1963–present	4	2	1994
Boise State	1970–96	3	4	1989
Eastern Washington	1987–present	2	2	2015
Nevada	1979–92	2	2	1985
Portland State	1996–present	2	2	2009
Gonzaga	1963–79	2	0	1967
Northern Colorado	2006–present	1	1	2011
CS-Northridge	1996–2001	1	1	2001
North Dakota	2012–present	1	1	2017
Sacramento State	1996–present	0	0	N/A
Southern Utah	2012–present	0	0	N/A

NCAA Tournament

The best finish by a Big Sky team in the men's NCAA Tournament came in 1977, when the Idaho State Bengals advanced to the Elite Eight, with a one-point upset of UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen in Provo, Utah. The highest seed granted a Big Sky team was in 1982: the Idaho Vandals under Don Monson were seeded third in the west regional. They beat Lute Olson's Iowa Hawkeyes in nearby Pullman in overtime, but lost to second-seeded Oregon State in the regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen), also played in Provo. Other Big Sky teams that advanced to regional semifinals include the Weber State Wildcats in 1969 and 1972, and the Montana Grizzlies under Jud Heathcote in 1975. They fell to UCLA by just three points, who went on to win another title in John Wooden's final year as head coach.

Big Sky women's basketball

Season	Tournament Champion	Tournament Runner-Up
1983	Montana	Weber State
1984	Montana	Eastern Washington
1985	Idaho	Montana
1986	Montana	Eastern Washington
1987	Eastern Washington	Montana
1988	Montana	Eastern Washington
1989	Montana	Idaho
1990	Montana	Idaho
1991	Montana	Montana State
1992	Montana	Boise State
1993	Montana State	Montana
1994	Montana	Boise State
1995	Montana	Montana State
1996	Montana	Weber State
1997	Montana	Montana State
1998	Montana	Northern Arizona
1999	CS Northridge	Portland State
2000	Montana	CS-Northridge
2001	Idaho State	Montana
2002	Weber State	Montana State
2003	Weber State	Montana State
2004	Montana	Idaho State
2005	Montana	Weber State
2006	Northern Arizona	Weber State
2007	Idaho State	Northern Arizona
2008	Montana	Montana State
2009	Montana	Portland State
2010	Portland State	Montana State
2011	Montana	Portland State
2012	Idaho State	Northern Colorado
2013	Montana	Northern Colorado
2014	North Dakota	Montana
2015	Montana	Northern Colorado
2016	Idaho	Idaho State

• Mountain West Athletic Conference (MWAC) through 1988 season

Big Sky football titles

Season, conference record,^[39][40] and champion

• 1963 - (3–1) - Idaho State
• 1964 - (3–0) - Montana State - won Camellia Bowl
• 1965 - (3–1) - Weber State^ and Idaho
• 1966 - (4–0) - Montana State
• 1967 - (4–0) - Montana State
• 1968 - (3–1) - Idaho, Montana State, and Weber State
• 1969 - (4–0) - Montana
• 1970 - (5–0) - Montana
• 1971 - (4–1) - Idaho - (Boise State won Camellia Bowl, UI was Div. I)
• 1972 - (5–1) - Montana State
• 1973 - (6–0) - Boise State - Div. II semifinalist
• 1974 - (6–0) - Boise State
• 1975 - (5–0–1) - Boise State
• 1976 - (6–0) - Montana State - won Div. II national championship
• 1977 - (6–0) - Boise State - had late regular season game, runner-up Northern Arizona invited to Div. II playoffs
• 1978 - (6–0) - Northern Arizona - not invited to inaugural four-team I-AA playoffs - (independent Nevada selected from West)
• 1979 - (6–1) - Montana State - (Boise State (7–0) ineligible) - Nevada (5–2) to four-team I-AA playoffs
• 1980 - (6–1) - Boise State - won I-AA national championship
• 1981 - (6–1) - Idaho State^ - (also 6-1 - Boise State - both to eight-team I-AA playoffs) - ISU won I-AA national championship
• 1982 - (5–2) - Montana^, Idaho, and Montana State (UM @ UI in twelve-team I-AA playoffs, MSU excluded)
• 1983 - (6–1) - Nevada - I-AA semifinalist
• 1984 - (6–1) - Montana State - won I-AA national championship
• 1985 - (6–1) - Idaho^ - (also 6-1 - Nevada - both to I-AA playoffs)
• 1986 - (7–0) - Nevada - I-AA semi-finalist
• 1987 - (7–1) - Idaho^ - (also 7-1 - Weber State - both to I-AA playoffs)
• 1988 - (7–1) - Idaho - I-AA semifinalist
• 1989 - (8–0) - Idaho - (Montana - I-AA semifinalist)
• 1990 - (7–1) - Nevada - I-AA runner-up, defeated Boise State in I-AA semifinals in 3OT
• 1991 - (8–0) - Nevada
• 1992 - (6–1) - Idaho^ and Eastern Washington - (both to I-AA playoffs)
• 1993 - (7–0) - Montana - (Idaho - I-AA semifinalist)
• 1994 - (6–1) - Boise State - I-AA runner-up - (Montana - I-AA semifinalist)
• 1995 - (6–1) - Montana - won I-AA national championship
• 1996 - (8–0) - Montana - I-AA runner-up
• 1997 - (7–1) - Eastern Washington - I-AA semifinalist
• 1998 - (6–2) - Montana
• 1999 - (7–1) - Montana
• 2000 - (8–0) - Montana - I-AA runner-up
• 2001 - (7–0) - Montana - won I-AA national championship
• 2002 - (5–2) - Montana, Montana State, and Idaho State - (UM, MSU to I-AA playoffs, ISU excluded)
• 2003 - (5–2) - Montana State^, Montana, and Northern Arizona - (all three to I-AA playoffs)
• 2004 - (6–1) - Montana^ and Eastern Washington - (both to I-AA playoffs) - UM - I-AA runner-up
• 2005 - (5–2) - Eastern Washington^, Montana State, and Montana - (EWU, UM to I-AA playoffs, MSU excluded)
• 2006 - (8–0) - Montana - FCS semifinalist
• 2007 - (8–0) - Montana
• 2008 - (7–1) - Weber State^ and Montana - (both to FCS playoffs) - UM - FCS runner-up
• 2009 - (8–0) - Montana - FCS runner-up
• 2010 - (7–1) - Montana State^ and Eastern Washington - (both to FCS playoffs) - EWU won FCS national championship
• 2011 - (7–1) - Montana State and Montana^^
• 2012 - (7–1) - Eastern Washington^, Montana State, and Cal Poly SLO - (all three to FCS playoffs)
• 2013 - (8–0) - Eastern Washington - FCS semifinalist
• 2014 - (7–1) - Eastern Washington
• 2015 - (7–1) - Southern Utah
• 2016 - (8–0) - Eastern Washington - FCS semifinalist and North Dakota

^ - winner of head-to-head matchup(s) in conference game(s) during the regular season. ^^ - vacated due to NCAA violations

Football championships (by school)

School	member years	total titles	Last won
Montana	1963–present	18	2009
Montana State	1963–present	15	2012
Eastern Washington	1987–present	9	2016
Idaho	1965–95 2018–	8	1992
Boise State	1970–95	6	1994
Nevada	1979–92	4	1991
Idaho State	1963–present	3	2002
Weber State	1963–present	3	2008
Northern Arizona	1970–present	2	2003
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	2012–present	1	2012
Southern Utah	2012–present	1	2015
North Dakota	2012–2019	1	2016
Cal State Northridge	1996–2001	0
Sacramento State	1996–present	0
Portland State	1996–present	0
Northern Colorado	2006–present	0
UC Davis	2012–present	0

All-time school records by wins for current teams

This list goes through the 2013 season.

#	Team	Records	Pct.	Big Sky Championships	National Championships
1	North Dakota	622-383-30	.615	0	1
2	Montana	564-478-26	.540	18	2
3	Eastern Washington	503-404-23	.553	7	1
4	UC Davis	495-384-35	.561	0	0
5	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	485-383-19	.557	1	1
6	Montana State	470-467-33	.502	15	3
7	Idaho State	449-488-21	.480	3	1
8	Northern Arizona	445-438-23	.504	2	0
9	Northern Colorado	425-450-26	.486	0	2
10	Portland State	331-354-10	.483	0	0
11	Weber State	266-294-3	.475	3	0
12	Sacramento State	263-351-8	.429	0	0
13	Southern Utah	261-319-13	.451	1	1

Overall Big Sky Conference champions

	Boise State Broncos (1970–1996)	Cal State Northridge Matadors (1996–2001)	Eastern Washington Eagles (1987– )	Gonzaga Bulldogs (1963–1979)	Idaho State Bengals (1963– )	Montana State Bobcats (1963– )	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (1970– )	Portland State Vikings (1996– )	Sacramento State Hornets (1996– )	Idaho Vandals (1963–1996)	Nevada Wolf Pack (1979–1992)	Northern Colorado Bears (2006– )	Montana Grizzlies (1963– )	Weber State Wildcats (1963– )
Football	6	–	7	–	3	15	2	–	–	8	4	–	18	3
Men's Basketball	2	1	1	2	2	5	4	2	–	4	1	1	8	22
Women's Basketball (RS/Tourn)	1/0	1/1	1/1	–	3/3	3/1	1/1	1/1	–	1/1	–	1/0	21/20	2/2
Men's Cross Country	2	–	–	–	5	2	18	–	–	2	3	–	8	7
Women's Cross Country	–	–	–	–	–	4	15	–	–	1	–	–	2	4
Men's Indoor Track and Field	2	–	–	–	5	–	12	–	2	1	1	–	–	5
Women's Indoor Track and Field	6	3	–	–	1	1	7	–	2	1	–	–	1	4
Men's Outdoor Track and Field	1	–	–	–	12	1	15	–	–	4	2	–	1	9
Women's Outdoor Track and Field	6	3	–	–	1	1	7	–	3	1	–	–	1	5
Men's Tennis	5	–	1	–	2	4	2	–	10	10	2	–	–	11
Women's Tennis	2	1	–	–	2	–	3	–	9	–	1	–	–	10
Women's Soccer	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	4	4
Volleyball	1	1	5	–	3	–	1	5	11	3	–	2	3	–
Women's Golf	1	–	–	–	1	1	5	4	1	–	–	–	1	1
Men's Golf	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	2	–	6	17
Baseball (1963–74)	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	3
Men's Swimming (1963–74)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	8	–
Wrestling (1963–87)	10	–	–	–	7	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Men's Skiing (1963–74)	1	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	3	–
Total	-	–	–	–	–	-	–	–	–	-	–	–	-	–

Football

• Eastern Washington Eagles football
• Montana Grizzlies football
• Idaho State Bengals football
• 2016 Big Sky Conference football season

Basketball

• Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

External links

• Official website