text: Conference affiliations North Texas has been a member of eight different conferences, and has had three stints as an independent team.
  Independent (1913–1921)
  Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1922–1931)
  Lone Star Conference (1932–1948)
  Gulf Coast Conference (1949–1956)
  Missouri Valley Conference (1957–1974)
  Div. I-A Independent (1975–1981, 1995)
  Div. I-AA Independent (1982)
  Southland Conference (1983–1994)
  Big West Conference (1996–2000)
  Sun Belt Conference (2001–2012)
  Conference USA (2013–2022)
  American Athletic Conference (2023-present)
  Championships
  Conference championships
  North Texas has won 25 conference champion titles.
  † Co-champions
  Division championships
  Joining Conference USA in 2013, brought North Texas to its first conference with divisions. Split up by eastern and western teams, the Mean Green have to compete against the western teams for a spot in the conference championship game. North Texas won its first title in 2017.
  † Co-champions
  NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances
  In its time in Division I-AA (now known as the Football Championship Subdivision), the Mean Green qualified for the playoffs four times, garnering a record of 0–4.
  Bowl games
  North Texas has played in 14 bowl games with a record of 3–11 through the 2022 season. As Lone Star Conference Champions, North Texas competed in the Optimist Bowl as its first bowl game in 1946 against Pacific. North Texas won the game 14–13.
  Home field