From 1918 to 1996, the SMU Mustangs performed within the Southwest Convention. It was a outstanding convention, with member universities together with Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, TCU, Baylor and others. The Mustangs received or shared the convention championship 11 occasions, with the final title in 1984.
Infamously, SMU’s soccer program acquired the school soccer “demise penalty” in 1987, with the NCAA canceling the Mustangs’ season. SMU voluntarily opted out of the 1988 season, involved it will be unable to discipline a aggressive workforce. A couple of seasons later, the Southwest Convention folded, and the Mustangs, reeling from the devastating impression of the demise penalty, joined the Western Athletic Convention in 1996. For the subsequent quarter century, the Mustangs languished in relative obscurity, not enjoying in a top-tier convention.
This season, nonetheless, marks SMU’s return to energy convention standing. Together with the Cal Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal, the Mustangs joined the Atlantic Coast Convention.
