Conference USA West Division
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Conference USA West Division was a former football division within Conference USA that grouped together member schools from the western portion of the conference for NCAA Division I FBS competition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conference USA West Division canonical | 2 |
| Conference USA West Division (historical) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3982393 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conference USA West Division Context triple: [UTEP Miners football team, playsIn, Conference USA West Division]
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A.
ABA Western Conference
The ABA Western Conference was one of the two primary regional groupings of teams in the American Basketball Association during its existence as a rival professional basketball league to the NBA.
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B.
NBA Western Conference
The NBA Western Conference is one of the league’s two conferences, comprising teams primarily from the western United States and serving as a major competitive division in professional basketball.
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C.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the WNBA, comprising franchises largely based in the western and central regions of the United States.
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D.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the primary competitive groupings used to organize teams within certain American football leagues, including the Alliance of American Football.
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E.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the National Hockey League, comprising franchises mainly based in the western regions of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conference USA West Division Target entity description: Conference USA West Division was a former football division within Conference USA that grouped together member schools from the western portion of the conference for NCAA Division I FBS competition.
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A.
ABA Western Conference
The ABA Western Conference was one of the two primary regional groupings of teams in the American Basketball Association during its existence as a rival professional basketball league to the NBA.
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B.
NBA Western Conference
The NBA Western Conference is one of the league’s two conferences, comprising teams primarily from the western United States and serving as a major competitive division in professional basketball.
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C.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the National Hockey League, comprising franchises mainly based in the western regions of North America.
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D.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the WNBA, comprising franchises largely based in the western and central regions of the United States.
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E.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the primary competitive groupings used to organize teams within certain American football leagues, including the Alliance of American Football.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I FBS football division
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college football division ⓘ |
| alignmentCriterion |
conference membership
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geography ⓘ |
| associatedCompetition |
Conference USA football championship race
ⓘ
linked to:
Conference USA football
|
| associatedWith |
Conference USA Football Championship Game
ⓘ
linked to:
Conference USA football
|
| competition |
Conference USA football schedule
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linked to:
Conference USA football
|
| competitionLevel |
NCAA Division I FBS
ⓘ
linked to:
Football Bowl Subdivision
|
| competitionSeason | fall ⓘ |
| competitionType |
collegiate athletics
ⓘ
intercollegiate football ⓘ |
| conferenceTier | Group of Five ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| divisionOf |
Conference USA football league structure
ⓘ
linked to:
Conference USA football
|
| divisionStructure | one of two football divisions in Conference USA ⓘ |
| eligibility | FBS football programs ⓘ |
| footballSubdivision | Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ |
| gender | men's football ⓘ |
| geographicalFocus | western portion of Conference USA membership ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Conference USA
ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasDivisionCounterpart |
Conference USA East Division
ⓘ
linked to:
Conference USA East Division (historical)
|
| historicalRole | organized western members of Conference USA for football ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| leagueFormat | divisional alignment ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | major college football ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionCategory | NCAA member institution ⓘ |
| memberSchoolsType |
colleges
ⓘ
universities ⓘ |
| memberSelectionBasis |
Conference USA membership
ⓘ
geographic location within conference footprint ⓘ |
| organizationalType | sports division ⓘ |
| partOf | Conference USA ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | college athletics ⓘ |
| region |
South Central United States
ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Western United States ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| ruleset | NCAA football rules ⓘ |
| schedulingFunction |
determined intra-division opponents
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influenced cross-division matchups ⓘ |
| scope | conference regular season ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Conference USA football ⓘ |
| teamSport | football ⓘ |
| temporalClassification | former NCAA football division ⓘ |
| usedFor |
determining participants in the Conference USA Football Championship Game
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regular-season divisional standings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Conference USA West Division Description of subject: Conference USA West Division was a former football division within Conference USA that grouped together member schools from the western portion of the conference for NCAA Division I FBS competition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Conference USA women's basketball competition
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hasDivision
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Conference USA West Division (historical)
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linked to: Conference USA West Division