[3] UC Davis left the AWC after the 1993 season, opting to stay in Division II, leaving Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, Southern Utah for the 1994–95 season.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo won the 1994 AWC football championship.

Southern Utah became an independent until they became members of the Mid-Continent Conference, now called the Summit League, in 1997.

By winning the 400 Meter Intermediate Hurdle championship races in both 1995 and 1996, David Baeza became the only Men's 400IH American West Conference Champion in history.

This conference remained small much like the AWC for its entire existence, ranging from only 5 to 6 football members at any given time.