Editing Border Conference (section)

===Final members===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined
! Left
! Subsequent<br>conference(s)
! Current<br>conference(s)
|-
| {{sort|Arizona|'''[[University of Arizona]]'''}}
| [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| 1885
| Public
| 43,625
| [[Arizona Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 1931
| 1962
| [[Western Athletic Conference|Western (WAC)]]<br>(1962–78)<br>[[Pac-12 Conference|Pacific-12 (Pac-12)]]<br>(1978–2024)
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]<br>2024–present
|-
| '''[[Arizona State University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Formerly known as Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe until 1958.}}
| [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| 1885
| Public
| 71,946
| [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Sun Devils]]
| 1931
| 1962
| [[Western Athletic Conference|Western (WAC)]]<br>(1962–78)<br>[[Pac-12 Conference|Pacific-12 (Pac-12)]]<br>(1978–2024)
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]<br>2024–present
|-
| '''[[Hardin–Simmons University]]'''
| [[Abilene, Texas]]
| 1891
| [[Baptist General Convention of Texas|Baptist]]
| 2,333
| [[Hardin–Simmons Cowboys|Cowboys]] &<br>[[Hardin–Simmons Cowboys|Cowgirls]]
| 1941
| 1962
| various{{efn|group=final|Hardin–Simmons joined the following subsequent conferences: [[NCAA University Division|Univ. Division Independent]] in 1962–63; [[NCAA College Division|College Division Independent]] from 1963–64 to 1972–73; [[NCAA Division III independent schools|NCAA D-III Independent]] from 1973–74 to 1989–90; and the [[Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1976–1997)|Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (TIAA) from 1990–91 to 1995–96.}}
| [[American Southwest Conference|American Southwest]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}<br>(1996–present)
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''{{efn|group=final|Formerly known as the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (New Mexico A&M) until 1960.}}
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| Public
| 21,694
| [[New Mexico State Aggies|Aggies]]
| 1931
| 1962
| various{{efn|group=final|New Mexico State joined the following subsequent conferences: as an [[NCAA University Division]] Independent from 1962–63 to 1969–70; the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] (MVC) from 1970–71 to 1982–83; the [[Big West Conference]] from 1983–84 to 1999–2000; the [[Sun Belt Conference]] from 2000–01 to 2004–05; and the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC) from 2005–06 to 2022–23.}}
| [[Conference USA|Conf. USA (C-USA)]]<br>(2023–present)
|-
| {{sort|Texas–El Paso|'''[[University of Texas at El Paso]]'''}}{{efn|group=final|Formerly known as the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas (Texas Mines), later Texas Western College until 1967.}}
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| 1914
| Public
| 25,151
| [[UTEP Miners|Miners]]
| 1935{{efn|group=final|The UTEP men's basketball team joined the Border a few years after it became a full member for other sports (1938–39).}}
| 1962
| [[NCAA University Division|University Division Independent]]<br>(1962–67)<br>[[Western Athletic Conference|Western (WAC)]]<br>(1967–2005)
| [[Conference USA|Conf. USA (C-USA)]]<br>(2005–present)<br>{{small|([[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] in 2026)}}
|-
| '''[[West Texas A&M University]]'''{{efn|group=final|Formerly known as West Texas State Teachers College until 1990.}}
| [[Canyon, Texas]]
| 1910
| Public
| 10,169
| [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes|Buffaloes]]
| 1941
| 1962
| various{{efn|group=final|West Texas A&M joined the following subsequent conferences: as an [[NCAA University Division]] Independent from 1962–63 to 1971–72; the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] from 1972–73 to 1985–86; and as an [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]] from 1991–92 to 1992–93.}}
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star (LSC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}<br>(1986–91; 1993–present)
|}

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