Southwestern College is a member of the Southern California Football Association (SCFA) and Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC). The PCAC includes Cuyamaca, Grossmont, Imperial Valley, Mira Costa, Palomar, San Diego City, San Diego Miramar, and San Diego Mesa Colleges. Crafton Hills is an affiliate member in the sports of Swimming & Diving and Water Polo. The SCFA, National Southern League includes Grossmont, Fullerton, Mt. San Jacinto, Palomar, Riverside, Saddleback, and San Diego Mesa.

Southwestern College competes in the following 17 intercollegiate sports:

Baseball, Basketball (M), Basketball (W), Cross Country (M), Cross Country (W), Football, Soccer (M), Soccer (W), Softball, Swimming & Diving (M), Swimming & Diving (W), Tennis (W), Track & Field (M), Track & Field (W), Volleyball (W), Water Polo (M), Water Polo (W). 

Eligibility bylaws and rules, established by the California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) and Southwestern College, include the following:

• A student athlete must pass a physical exam prior to competition

• In order to be eligible for intercollegiate competition, a student-athlete must be continuously enrolled in a minimum of 12 units within the Southwestern Community College District during the season of sport

• A student athlete may not practice and/or participate with more than one postsecondary institution during the season of sport

• In order to be eligible for a second season of a sport, the athlete must earn a minimum of 24 units during the first year. Units completed during the fall, intersession, spring, and summer shall be included in the required 24 units.

• A cumulative 2.0 GPA. The GPA calculation begins with the units taken during their first semester/quarter of competition in that sport and includes course work completed for credit at accredited postsecondary institutions. This grade point average must include all courses taken since the start of the term of the first competition in any 3C2A-sanctioned sport, with the exception of course work where substandard grades (D, F) were forgiven through course repetition or academic renewal per regulations of Title V

• No athlete shall be allowed more than two (2) seasons of collegiate competition in any one sport. A student-athlete may have a season of collegiate competition reinstated for reasons of medical hardship

• A student transferring to Southwestern College for athletic participation purposes whose last competition in 3C2A sanctioned intercollegiate athletics was at another California community college must successfully complete 12 units in residence prior to the beginning of the semester of competition 

• If a sport is dropped by a college, the student-athlete may request a waiver of any Bylaw that would prevent the student-athlete from transferring and being eligible at another California community college that semester, or having the partial season count as a year of eligibility

• Once the season of sport begins, the athlete may not participate on any other team in that sport during the season.

Questions regarding athletic eligibility should be referred to the Director of Athletics in Building 71.

The athletic website is www.southwesternjaguars.com.