on October 21, 2021. Assistant coach Jerry Kill finished out the season as the team's interim head coach. Sonny Dykes era (2022–present) On November 26, 2021, SMU head coach Sonny Dykes left to take over the rival TCU football program as head coach. Dykes also has head coaching experience at Louisiana Tech and California and signed a six-year contract with the Horned Frogs. In his first season, Dykes went 12–0 before losing to Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Horned Frogs finished 12–1 and ranked 3rd in the College Football Playoff rankings. They beat the Michigan Wolverines in the college football semi-final on December 31, 2022, 51–45. They played the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023, with the Bulldogs coming out victorious 65–7 to win their second title in a row. Conference affiliations Independent (1896–1913, 1921–1922) Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1914–1920) Southwest Conference (1923–1995) Western Athletic Conference (1996–2000) Conference USA (2001–2004) Mountain West Conference (2005–2011) Big East Conference (Announced in 2010, Reneged in 2011 in favor of the Big 12) Big 12 Conference (2012–present) Championships National championships TCU claims two national championships in college football, for 1935 and 1938. Both years, in addition to an un-claimed title in 2010, were awarded by contemporary NCAA-designated "major selectors" of national championships. In 1935, TCU spent most of the season ranked No. 1 in the country before losing a regular season game to then No. 2 ranked SMU in the "Game of the Century." SMU went on to lose to Stanford in the Rose Bowl, while TCU went on to beat LSU in the Sugar Bowl. TCU recognizes a statistical poll created by Paul O. Williamson who ranked TCU first in his final post-bowl rankings for the 1935 season. The 1938 team was undefeated and was the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Poll. The 2010 team topped the Congrove Computer Rankings, though the school does not claim this title. Conference championships TCU has won a combined 18 conference championships in six different conferences, with 12 outright and six shared. † Co-champions ‡ Note that the 1920 TIAA Championship was disputed between TCU and Austin College. Although TCU defeated the Kangaroos 9–7 on October 9, 1920, one of the TCU players, Allen Rowson, was declared ineligible after the 1920 season due to transfer rules. Bowl games In 2014, TCU became just the