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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg/220px-PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg/330px-PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg/440px-PrimaryBlue_SoCon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1921<span class="noprint">; 104 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1921</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Cross (since 2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>21 <ul><li>men's: 11</li> <li>women's: 9</li> <li>coeducational: 1</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg, South Carolina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://soconsports.com/">soconsports<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #001489; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;; color: white;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of teams in {{{title}}}"><img alt="Location of teams in {{{title}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png/250px-Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png/375px-Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png/500px-Southern_Conference_Map_version_1.1revised03092021.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="780" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Southern Conference</b> (<b>SoCon</b>) is a collegiate <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">athletic conference</a> affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a>. Southern Conference <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a> teams compete in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">Football Championship Subdivision</a> (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third or fourth oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions.<sup id="cite_ref-SoConH_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoConH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a <a href="/wiki/Mid-major" title="Mid-major">mid-major</a> conference in basketball. The three-time Division I NCAA Football <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_football" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers football">Appalachian State Mountaineers</a> were a member of the conference when they stunned the <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">fifth-ranked</a> <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines</a> <a href="/wiki/2007_Appalachian_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game">34–32</a> on September 1, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Davidson Wildcats men's basketball">Davidson Wildcats</a> reached the Elite Eight in the <a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament</a> by upsetting power programs <a href="/wiki/Gonzaga_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball">Gonzaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball" title="Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball">Georgetown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball" title="Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball">Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA football <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_football" title="Georgia Southern Eagles football">Georgia Southern Eagles</a> stunned <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> power-house <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida Gators</a> 26–20 in <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hill_Griffin_Stadium" title="Ben Hill Griffin Stadium">The Swamp</a> on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower-division opponent in the Florida program's history.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Furman_Paladins_football" title="Furman Paladins football">Furman</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights_football" title="UCF Knights football">UCF</a> 16–15 and <a href="/wiki/The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football" title="The Citadel Bulldogs football">The Citadel</a> topped <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">South Carolina</a> 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. On September 4, 2021, <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers football">East Tennessee State University</a> stunned <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt</a> 23–3 in their opening game. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I baseball tournament">NCAA Division I baseball championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SoCon was the first conference to use the <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point field goal</a> in basketball in a November 29, 1980, game at <a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts_men%27s_basketball" title="Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball">Western Carolina</a> against <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee_Blue_Raiders_men%27s_basketball" title="Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball">Middle Tennessee State University</a> (MTSU), where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from 22 feet (6.7 m) away and the Catamounts won 77–70.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="position: relative; 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position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 299.64843922452px; left: 90.422349554089px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> UAB</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 332.14689794041px; left: 229.18071621373px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/18px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/24px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 336.14689794041px; left: 233.68071621373px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> Mercer</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 217.49352994145px; left: 284.08144679352px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/18px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/24px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 222.49352994145px; left: 279.58144679352px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> Furman</span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #777755FF; top: 140.65147354786px; left: 287.26738651965px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/12px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/18px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/24px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; 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position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 339.15022711409px; left: 392.28746838719px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal;"> Citadel</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 564px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/6/34.5547/-82.1885/en" data-zoom="6" data-lat="34.5547" data-lon="-82.1885" data-overlays="["_87e9a8717255d98e71ea59a8cfc07959c4803d68"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Location of SoCon members: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/10px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/15px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/20px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> full member, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> associate member</div></div></div> <table class="floatright" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; color: black; padding: 0.2em; background-color: #f8f9fa;"> <caption style="font-size: 1.15em;">Conference Commissioners </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wade" title="Wallace Wade">Wallace Wade</a> </td> <td>1951–1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lloyd Jordon </td> <td>1960–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Germann" title="Ken Germann">Ken Germann</a> </td> <td>1974–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hart" title="Dave Hart">Dave Hart</a> </td> <td>1986–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wright Waters </td> <td>1991–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alfred B. White </td> <td>1998–2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Danny Morrison </td> <td>2001–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Iamarino </td> <td>2006–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Schaus" title="Jim Schaus">Jim Schaus</a> </td> <td>2019–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Michael Cross </td> <td>2023–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1955_All-Southern_Conference_football_team" title="1955 All-Southern Conference football team">1955 All-Southern Conference football team</a></div> <p>Talks of a new conference for <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> athletics had started as early as fall of 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference was formed on February 25, 1921, in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> as fourteen member institutions split from the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SoConH_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoConH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southern Conference charter members were <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Tech</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Tech</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington & Lee</a>. In 1922, six more universities—<a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">LSU</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">Mississippi</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulane_University" title="Tulane University">Tulane</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt</a> joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, effective January 1.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new rules banned freshman play.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later additions included <a href="/wiki/Sewanee:_The_University_of_the_South" title="Sewanee: The University of the South">Sewanee</a> (1924), <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute" title="Virginia Military Institute">Virginia Military Institute</a> (1924), and <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a> (1929). </p><p>The SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, the 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, University of the South (Sewanee), Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) all departed the SoCon to form the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC). In 1953, seven additional schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from the SoCon to form the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC).<sup id="cite_ref-SoConH_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoConH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SEC and ACC have gone on to surpass their parent conference in prestige; while the SEC and ACC are considered "power" conferences in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A), the SoCon dropped to Division I-AA (FCS) in 1982, four years after the top division was split into two levels in 1978. </p><p>The SoCon became the first league to hold a post-season basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become "official" until 1922, and in its first few years included teams which were not conference members.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Held at the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Auditorium_(Atlanta)" title="Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)">Municipal Auditorium</a> in Atlanta from February 24 to March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40–25.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the <a href="/wiki/SEC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="SEC men's basketball tournament">SEC men's basketball tournament</a>, founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the <a href="/wiki/ACC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="ACC men's basketball tournament">ACC men's basketball tournament</a>, first held in 1954. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_schools">Member schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_full_members">Current full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State (ETSU), Mercer, and VMI. The current football membership stands at nine. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers football">ETSU</a> relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015 and rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FCS independent schools">independent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_arrivals-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <p>The 10 members of the Southern Conference are: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Founded</th> <th>Joined</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Enrollment</th> <th>Endowment<br />(millions)</th> <th>Nickname</th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_at_Chattanooga" title="University of Tennessee at Chattanooga">University of Tennessee at Chattanooga</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1886 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>11,728 </td> <td>$195 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Mocs" title="Chattanooga Mocs">Mocs</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00386B"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#E0AA0F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#ADAFAA"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Citadel" title="The Citadel">The Citadel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1842 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_Military_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Military College">Senior Military College</a> </td> <td>3,693 </td> <td>$423.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citadel_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Citadel Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#7BADD3"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_University" title="East Tennessee State University">East Tennessee State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1911 </td> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>9,151 </td> <td>$87.8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers">Buccaneers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00053E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC72C"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Furman_University" title="Furman University">Furman University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1826 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private</a> </td> <td>2,629 </td> <td>$812 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Furman_Paladins" title="Furman Paladins">Paladins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#582C83"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mercer_University" title="Mercer University">Mercer University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1833 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>9,026 </td> <td>$502 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears" title="Mercer Bears">Bears</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CB5307"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Samford_University" title="Samford University">Samford University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Homewood,_Alabama" title="Homewood, Alabama">Homewood, Alabama</a> </td> <td>1841 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>5,729 </td> <td>$403.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs" title="Samford Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0C2340"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BA0C2F"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Greensboro" title="University of North Carolina at Greensboro">University of North Carolina at Greensboro</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>19,764 </td> <td>$368.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UNC_Greensboro_Spartans" title="UNC Greensboro Spartans">Spartans</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0F2044"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFB71B"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute" title="Virginia Military Institute">Virginia Military Institute</a><br />(VMI) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_Military_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Military College">Senior Military College</a> </td> <td>1,772 </td> <td>$703.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/VMI_Keydets" title="VMI Keydets">Keydets</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#AE122A"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFD619"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_University" title="Western Carolina University">Western Carolina University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cullowhee,_North_Carolina" title="Cullowhee, North Carolina">Cullowhee, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1889 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>12,243 </td> <td>$130 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts" title="Western Carolina Catamounts">Catamounts</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#592C88"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B9975B"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wofford_College" title="Wofford College">Wofford College</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1854 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>1,773 </td> <td>$417.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wofford_Terriers" title="Wofford Terriers">Terriers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#8A6E4B"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#282829"> </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">ETSU was previously a Southern Conference member from 1978 to 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_arrivals-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">VMI was previously a Southern Conference member from 1924 to 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_arrivals-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associate_members">Associate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Associate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference, now known as the <a href="/wiki/ASUN_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN Conference">ASUN Conference</a>, announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2015 spring season (2014–15 school year). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for men's lacrosse for the 2015 spring season, instead joined the SoCon.<sup id="cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alliance remains in effect in men's lacrosse, but the leagues amicably ended their full alliance in women's lacrosse once the SoCon began sponsoring that sport in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 school year).<sup id="cite_ref-SoCon_adds_WLAX_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoCon_adds_WLAX-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers" title="Coastal Carolina Chanticleers">Coastal Carolina</a> as an associate member effective with the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) in order to keep both conferences at five women's lacrosse members for 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coastal was intended to play in SoCon women's lacrosse in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) as well, but the SoCon decided to drop the sport after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year). While no formal announcement was made, the SoCon–ASUN women's lacrosse partnership definitively ended at that time, as the three full SoCon members who sponsored women's lacrosse moved that sport to the <a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a>. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The men's lacrosse partnership took a slightly different form from the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) forward, as the ASUN reinstated its men's lacrosse league. The two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs separated, with Jacksonville remaining in SoCon men's lacrosse while Bellarmine joined the ASUN men's lacrosse league. SoCon associate Air Force also left for ASUN men's lacrosse.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SoCon maintained its automatic NCAA tournament berth with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Pirates_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse">Hampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the addition of Hampton men's lacrosse, the most recent addition to the associate membership was <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose" title="Presbyterian Blue Hose">Presbyterian</a> wrestling, which joined during summer 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two women's lacrosse members, <a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas" title="Central Michigan Chippewas">Central Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Mercy_Titans" title="Detroit Mercy Titans">Detroit Mercy</a>, left after the 2020 season (2019–20 school year) to join the new women's lacrosse league of Central's full-time home of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this move contributed to the eventual demise of the SoCon women's lacrosse league. </p><p>Men's soccer member Belmont left the SoCon after the 2021–22 school year when it joined the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a>, which sponsors that sport.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, Hampton moved men's lacrosse to its new full-time home of the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal Athletic Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The addition of men's lacrosse by the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10 Conference</a>, announced on May 23, 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A10MLAX-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led to the demise of the SoCon men's lacrosse league after the 2022 season. In addition to Hampton joining the CAA, SoCon associate members High Point and Richmond (the latter a full A-10 member) moved to the A-10, and Jacksonville returned to ASUN men's lacrosse. </p><p>In the table below, the "Joined" column denotes the start of the school year in which the institution became an associate member, which for spring sports differs from the first season of competition. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Primary conference </th></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="UAB !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham" title="University of Alabama at Birmingham">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a></span> (UAB) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td rowspan="2">Public </td> <td>18,568 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">Blazers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#1E6B52"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CDC26C"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports#Rifle" title="Shooting sports">rifle</a><sup id="cite_ref-rifle_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rifle-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1899 </td> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20,641 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#222222"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFCC00"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_University" title="Bellarmine University">Bellarmine University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td rowspan="4">Private </td> <td>3,846 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_Knights" title="Bellarmine Knights">Knights</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#660000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASUN_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN Conference">ASUN</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Campbell_University" title="Campbell University">Campbell University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Buies_Creek,_North_Carolina" title="Buies Creek, North Carolina">Buies Creek, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1887 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>11,241 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Fighting_Camels" title="Campbell Fighting Camels">Fighting Camels</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FB471F"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson College</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Davidson,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson, North Carolina">Davidson, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1837 </td> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,850 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats" title="Davidson Wildcats">Wildcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D02139"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Gardner%E2%80%93Webb_University" title="Gardner–Webb University">Gardner–Webb University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boiling_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Boiling Springs, North Carolina">Boiling Springs, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1905 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>5,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gardner%E2%80%93Webb_Runnin%27_Bulldogs" title="Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs">Runnin' Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BB0000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#141414"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Statesboro,_Georgia" title="Statesboro, Georgia">Statesboro, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1906 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>20,517 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles" title="Georgia Southern Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#041E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports#Rifle" title="Shooting sports">rifle</a><sup id="cite_ref-rifle_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rifle-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="North Georgia !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Georgia" title="University of North Georgia">University of North Georgia</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dahlonega,_Georgia" title="Dahlonega, Georgia">Dahlonega, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1873<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>16,064 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">Nighthawks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002F87"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC82E"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports#Rifle" title="Shooting sports">rifle</a><sup id="cite_ref-rifle_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rifle-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peach_Belt_Conference" title="Peach Belt Conference">Peach Belt</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_College" title="Presbyterian College">Presbyterian College</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_South_Carolina" title="Clinton, South Carolina">Clinton, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1880 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>1,403 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose" title="Presbyterian Blue Hose">Blue Hose</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0060A9"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#9D2235"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 2014 date reflects the departure of Appalachian State from the SoCon to join the Sun Belt Conference. The Mountaineers have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 2014 date reflects the departure of Davidson from the SoCon to join the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Wildcats have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On January 10, 2012, the University System of Georgia approved the consolidation of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville State College to form a new institution, the University of North Georgia in January 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D2-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D2_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_full_members">Former full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most former members are currently members of either the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>. Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">rifle</a> when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Left </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="Unsortable">Colors </th> <th>Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Alabama !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa, Alabama</a> </td> <td>1831 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="Alabama Crimson Tide">Crimson Tide</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B30838"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1899 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#222222"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFCC00"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Alabama" title="Auburn, Alabama">Auburn, Alabama</a> </td> <td>1856 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auburn_Tigers" title="Auburn Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F26522"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#03244d"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Charleston !"><a href="/wiki/College_of_Charleston" title="College of Charleston">College of Charleston</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1770 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_of_Charleston_Cougars" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Charleston Cougars">Cougars</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#772432"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson,_South_Carolina" title="Clemson, South Carolina">Clemson, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1889 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers" title="Clemson Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F56600"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#522D80"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson College</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Davidson,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson, North Carolina">Davidson, North Carolina</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1837 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats" title="Davidson Wildcats">Wildcats</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D02139"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1838 </td> <td>1928 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils" title="Duke Blue Devils">Blue Devils</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#013088"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_University" title="East Carolina University">East Carolina University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1907 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_Pirates" title="East Carolina Pirates">Pirates</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#582C83"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC72C"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Elon_University" title="Elon University">Elon University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Elon,_North_Carolina" title="Elon, North Carolina">Elon, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1889 </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elon_Phoenix" title="Elon Phoenix">Phoenix</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#73000A"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B59A57"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Florida !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida" title="Gainesville, Florida">Gainesville, Florida</a> </td> <td>1853 </td> <td>1922 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">Gators</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FA4616"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003087"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td>1821 </td> <td>1941 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Revolutionaries" title="George Washington Revolutionaries">Colonials</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#E4CF9F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002D62"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Georgia !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1785 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_and_Lady_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BA0C2F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#2C2A29"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Statesboro,_Georgia" title="Statesboro, Georgia">Statesboro, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1906 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles" title="Georgia Southern Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#041E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Georgia Tech !"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech" title="Georgia Tech">Georgia Institute of Technology</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1885 </td> <td rowspan="2">1921 </td> <td rowspan="3">1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets">Yellow Jackets</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B3A369"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Kentucky !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1865 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats" title="Kentucky Wildcats">Wildcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0033A0"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a> </td> <td>1860 </td> <td>1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_and_Lady_Tigers" title="LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#461D7C"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FDD023"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1837 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd" title="Marshall Thundering Herd">Thundering Herd</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00B140"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Maryland !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland" title="College Park, Maryland">College Park, Maryland</a> </td> <td>1856 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins" title="Maryland Terrapins">Terrapins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#E21833"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFD200"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Mississippi !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi" title="Oxford, Mississippi">Oxford, Mississippi</a> </td> <td>1848 </td> <td>1922 </td> <td rowspan="2">1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels" title="Ole Miss Rebels">Rebels</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CE1126"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#14213D"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Starkville,_Mississippi" title="Starkville, Mississippi">Starkville, Mississippi</a> </td> <td>1878 </td> <td rowspan="3">1921 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#5D1725"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="North Carolina !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina<br />at Chapel Hill</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1789 </td> <td rowspan="2">1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels" title="North Carolina Tar Heels">Tar Heels</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#7BAFD4"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1887 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack" title="NC State Wolfpack">Wolfpack</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CC0000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Richmond !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Richmond" title="University of Richmond">University of Richmond</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1830 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Spiders" title="Richmond Spiders">Spiders</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000066"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#990000"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sewanee:_The_University_of_the_South" title="Sewanee: The University of the South">Sewanee: The University<br />of the South</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sewanee,_Tennessee" title="Sewanee, Tennessee">Sewanee, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1857 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sewanee_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Sewanee Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#582C83"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CEB888"> </span> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Southern_Athletic_Association" title="Southern Athletic Association">SAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-D3_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D3-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="South Carolina !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1801 </td> <td>1922 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks" title="South Carolina Gamecocks">Gamecocks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#73000A"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Tennessee !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1794 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td rowspan="3">1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers" title="Tennessee Volunteers">Volunteers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FF8200"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tulane_University" title="Tulane University">Tulane University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans, Louisiana</a> </td> <td>1834 </td> <td rowspan="2">1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulane_Green_Wave" title="Tulane Green Wave">Green Wave</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#006548"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#3A8DDE"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1873 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores" title="Vanderbilt Commodores">Commodores</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CFAE70"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Virginia !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1819 </td> <td rowspan="2">1921 </td> <td>1937 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers" title="Virginia Cavaliers">Cavaliers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F84C1E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#232D4B"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Polytechnic Institute<br />and State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Blacksburg,_Virginia" title="Blacksburg, Virginia">Blacksburg, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1872 </td> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies" title="Virginia Tech Hokies">Hokies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#861F41"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#E87722"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1834 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons">Demon Deacons</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CEB888"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#2C2A29"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1749 </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_Generals" title="Washington and Lee Generals">Generals</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003399"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_Athletic_Conference" title="Old Dominion Athletic Conference">ODAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D3_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D3-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#EAAA00"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002855"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="William & Mary !"><a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1693 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe" title="William & Mary Tribe">Tribe</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#115740"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F0B323"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D0D3D4"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">George Washington's nickname throughout its SoCon tenure was Colonials. The current nickname of Revolutionaries was adopted in 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D3-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D3_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D3_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former_associate_members">Former associate members</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former associate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the table below, the "Joined" and "Left" columns denotes the calendar year in which each school joined and left the SoCon. For fall sports, the year of departure differs from the final year of competition. For spring sports, the year of arrival differs from the first season of competition. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Left </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th> <th>SoCon<br />sport </th> <th>Primary<br />conference<br />during SoCon<br />associate membership </th> <th>Current<br />conference<br />in former<br />SoCon sport </th></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Air Force !"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>Federal<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Military</a>)</span> </td> <td>4,417 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Falcons" title="Air Force Falcons">Falcons</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003594"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B2B4B2"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASUN" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN">ASUN</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_University" title="Bellarmine University">Bellarmine University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>3,369 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_Knights_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse">Knights</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#660000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Valley_Conference" title="Great Lakes Valley Conference">GLVC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">ASUN</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASUN" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN">ASUN</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1890 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>8,080 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belmont_Bruins" title="Belmont Bruins">Bruins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00205B"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C8102E"> </span> </td> <td>soccer (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Michigan" title="Mount Pleasant, Michigan">Mount Pleasant, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1892 </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>21,705 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas" title="Central Michigan Chippewas">Chippewas</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#6A0032"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC82E"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (w) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_University" title="Coastal Carolina University">Coastal Carolina University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conway,_South_Carolina" title="Conway, South Carolina">Conway, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>10,484 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers" title="Coastal Carolina Chanticleers">Chanticleers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Big South">Big South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_University" title="Jacksonville University">Jacksonville University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> </td> <td>1934 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>3,741 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Dolphins" title="Jacksonville Dolphins">Dolphins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#004E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (m)<sup id="cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-2" class="reference"><a 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-D2-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D2_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bellarmine had been a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from that league's formation in 1978 until moving to Division I in 2020 as a new member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.</span> </li> 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title="Southeastern Conference" alt="Southeastern Conference" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" coords="-10,67,92,88" title="Georgia Institute of Technology" alt="Georgia Institute of Technology" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" coords="147,48,199,68" title="Southeastern Conference" alt="Southeastern Conference" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" coords="-10,48,65,68" title="University of Georgia" alt="University of Georgia" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" coords="147,28,199,49" title="Southeastern Conference" alt="Southeastern Conference" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Auburn_University" coords="-10,28,59,49" title="Auburn University" alt="Auburn University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" coords="147,9,199,29" title="Southeastern Conference" alt="Southeastern Conference" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" coords="-10,9,65,29" title="University of Alabama" alt="University of Alabama" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_atep3zan8byb3597seq7s0u52shvki3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/atep3zan8byb3597seq7s0u52shvki3.png" /></div> <p><span style="background-color:rgb(190,186,218); color:;">Full members</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(141,211,219); color:;">Full members (except football)</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,179); color:;">Other Conference</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(253,180,98); color:;">Other Conference</span> </p> <ul><li><small>Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lee's affiliation history is not indicated in the table. In 1958, W&L stopped awarding athletic scholarships; from then until 1962, it was an independent in what was then the NCAA College Division (which was split in 1973 to form today's Divisions II and III).</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 9 women's, and one co-educational NCAA-sanctioned sports.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (June 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the <a href="/wiki/ASUN_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN Conference">ASUN Conference</a>, the SoCon began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2014–15 school year (2015 season) with three full members (Furman, Mercer, VMI) and four associates (Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, Richmond). SoCon men's lacrosse has since added Air Force. Women's lacrosse was sponsored by the ASUN through the 2017 season,<sup id="cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.<sup id="cite_ref-SoCon_adds_WLAX_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoCon_adds_WLAX-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, after a 30-year hiatus, the SoCon resumed rifle as its 21st sport. Members for conference competition are full members The Citadel, VMI, and Wofford as well as associate members UAB, Georgia Southern, and North Georgia. The SoCon is one of only two all-sports conferences to sponsor rifle, joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Rifle is technically a men's sport for NCAA purposes, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18, but was dropped after the 2020–21 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SoCon dropped men's lacrosse after the 2022 season. Affiliate member Hampton joined the Colonial Athletic Association, which sponsors that sport, and the Atlantic 10 Conference, full-time home to men's lacrosse affiliate Richmond, launched a men's lacrosse league in the 2023 season, also taking in another SoCon affiliate in High Point.<sup id="cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A10MLAX-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With SoCon men's lacrosse being gutted by these changes, VMI moved that sport to its former men's lacrosse home of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and the two remaining men's lacrosse members, Jacksonville and Mercer, moved that sport to the ASUN.<sup id="cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A10MLAX-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Teams in Southern Conference competition</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sport</th> <th>Men's</th> <th>Women's</th> <th>Co-ed </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">Cross Country</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">Golf</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Rifle_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Rifle Championship">Rifle</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">Softball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>8</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_tennis" class="mw-redirect" title="College tennis">Tennis</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field_(indoor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Track and field (indoor)">Track and Field (Indoor)</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field_(outdoor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Track and field (outdoor)">Track and Field (Outdoor)</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>9</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Men.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Men's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Men's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Baseball</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross country</th> <th>Football</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Rifle<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & field<br />(indoor)</th> <th>Track & field<br />(outdoor)</th> <th>Wrestling</th> <th>Total SoCon sports </th></tr> <tr> <td><big>Chattanooga</big></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>The Citadel</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-MR_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>East Tennessee State</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Furman</big></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Mercer</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Samford</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>UNC Greensboro</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>VMI</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-MR_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Western Carolina</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Wofford</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Totals</big></td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>3+2<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>3+6<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>82+8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Rifle_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Rifle Championship">Rifle</a> is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MR-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MR_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MR_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Men's rifle team; school also fields a women's team.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Co-ed rifle team</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with co-ed teams</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Associates Appalachian State, Bellarmine, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><big><b>Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:</b></big> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><big>School</big></th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Swimming &<br />diving </th></tr> <tr> <td><big>Mercer</big></td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASUN_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN Conference">ASUN</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>VMI</big></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/America_East" class="mw-redirect" title="America East">America East</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Women.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Women's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Women's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><big>School</big></th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross country</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Rifle<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Softball</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & field<br />(indoor)</th> <th>Track & field<br />(outdoor)</th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Total SoCon teams </th></tr> <tr> <td><big>Chattanooga</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>The Citadel</big></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-WR_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WR-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>East Tennessee State</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Furman</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Mercer</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Samford</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>UNC Greensboro</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>VMI</big></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-WR_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WR-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Western Carolina</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Wofford</big></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Totals</big></td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>3+3<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>87+4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Rifle_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Rifle Championship">Rifle</a> is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WR-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WR_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WR_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Women's rifle team; school also fields a men's team.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Co-ed rifle team</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (co-ed team), and UAB (co-ed team)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><big><b>Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:</b></big> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><big>School</big></th> <th>Beach volleyball</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Swimming &<br />diving</th> <th>Water polo </th></tr> <tr> <td><big>Chattanooga</big></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Furman</big></td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Mercer</big></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>VMI</big></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/America_East_Conference" title="America East Conference">America East</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><big>Wofford</big></td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Football stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Basketball arena </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Baseball stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Softball stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Soccer field </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#001489;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DA291C, inset -2px -2px 0 #DA291C;">Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#00386B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E0AA0F, inset -2px -2px 0 #E0AA0F;"><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Mocs" title="Chattanooga Mocs"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-000000BA-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Chattanooga</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finley_Stadium" title="Finley Stadium">Finley Stadium</a> </td> <td>20,668 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McKenzie_Arena" title="McKenzie Arena">McKenzie Arena</a> </td> <td>10,928 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Frost_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Frost Stadium (page does not exist)">Jim Frost Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finley_Stadium" title="Finley Stadium">Finley Stadium</a> </td> <td>20,668 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#002856;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #7BADD3, inset -2px -2px 0 #7BADD3;"><a href="/wiki/The_Citadel_Bulldogs" title="The Citadel Bulldogs"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Citadel</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Hagood_Stadium" title="Johnson Hagood Stadium">Johnson Hagood Stadium</a> </td> <td>11,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McAlister_Field_House" title="McAlister Field House">McAlister Field House</a> </td> <td>6,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Riley_Jr._Park" title="Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park">Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park</a> </td> <td>6,000 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-softball school</i> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-soccer school</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#00053E;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC72C, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC72C;"><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>East Tennessee State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_B._Greene_Jr._Stadium" title="William B. Greene Jr. Stadium">William B. Greene Jr. Stadium</a> </td> <td>7,694<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Hall_Civic_Center" title="Freedom Hall Civic Center">Freedom Hall Civic Center</a> </td> <td>8,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stadium" title="Thomas Stadium">Thomas Stadium</a> </td> <td>1,200 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty_Basler_Field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty Basler Field (page does not exist)">Betty Basler Field</a> </td> <td>500+ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Summers-Taylor_Stadium" title="Summers-Taylor Stadium">Summers-Taylor Stadium</a> </td> <td>2,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#582C83;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A7A8AA, inset -2px -2px 0 #A7A8AA;"><a href="/wiki/Furman_Paladins" title="Furman Paladins"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Furman</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paladin_Stadium" title="Paladin Stadium">Paladin Stadium</a> </td> <td>16,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Timmons_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Timmons Arena">Timmons Arena</a> </td> <td>5,000 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepsi_Softball_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pepsi Softball Stadium (page does not exist)">Pepsi Softball Stadium</a> </td> <td>300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eugene_E._Stone_III_Stadium_(Greenville,_South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (Greenville, South Carolina)">Eugene E. Stone III Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CB5307, inset -2px -2px 0 #CB5307;"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears" title="Mercer Bears"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Mercer</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Five_Star_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Star Stadium">Five Star Stadium</a> </td> <td>10,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_Arena" title="Hawkins Arena">Hawkins Arena</a> </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claude_Smith_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Claude Smith Field">Claude Smith Field</a> </td> <td>500 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikes_Field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sikes Field (page does not exist)">Sikes Field</a> </td> <td>300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Betts_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Betts Stadium">Betts Stadium</a> </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#0C2340;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BA0C2F, inset -2px -2px 0 #BA0C2F;"><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs" title="Samford Bulldogs"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Samford</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hanna_Stadium" title="Pete Hanna Stadium">Pete Hanna Stadium</a> </td> <td>6,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hanna_Center" title="Pete Hanna Center">Pete Hanna Center</a> </td> <td>4,974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lee_Griffin_Stadium" title="Joe Lee Griffin Stadium">Joe Lee Griffin Stadium</a> </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.T._Haywood_Field_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J.T. Haywood Field House (page does not exist)">J.T. Haywood Field House</a> </td> <td>200 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samford_Track_and_Soccer_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samford Track and Soccer Complex (page does not exist)">Samford Track and Soccer Complex</a> </td> <td>1,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#0F2044;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB71B, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB71B;"><a href="/wiki/UNC_Greensboro_Spartans" title="UNC Greensboro Spartans"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>UNC Greensboro</b></span></a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-football school</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Complex#First_Horizon_Coliseum" title="Greensboro Complex">First Horizon Coliseum</a> (men's)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fleming_Gymnasium" title="Fleming Gymnasium">Fleming Gymnasium</a> (women's) </td> <td>7,617<br />2,320 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UNCG_Baseball_Stadium" title="UNCG Baseball Stadium">UNCG Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNCG_Softball_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UNCG Softball Stadium (page does not exist)">UNCG Softball Stadium</a> </td> <td>500+ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UNCG_Soccer_Stadium" title="UNCG Soccer Stadium">UNCG Soccer Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,540 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#AE122A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFD619, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFD619;"><a href="/wiki/VMI_Keydets" title="VMI Keydets"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>VMI</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Memorial_Field" title="Alumni Memorial Field">Alumni Memorial Field</a> </td> <td>10,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Hall_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameron Hall (Virginia)">Cameron Hall</a> </td> <td>5,020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gray%E2%80%93Minor_Stadium" title="Gray–Minor Stadium">Gray–Minor Stadium</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-softball school</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patchin_Field" title="Patchin Field">Patchin Field</a> </td> <td>1,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#592C88;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #B9975B, inset -2px -2px 0 #B9975B;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts" title="Western Carolina Catamounts"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Western Carolina</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Waters_Field_at_E._J._Whitmire_Stadium" title="Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium">E. J. Whitmire Stadium</a> </td> <td>13,742 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Center" title="Ramsey Center">Ramsey Center</a> </td> <td>7,826 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hennon_Stadium" title="Hennon Stadium">Hennon Stadium</a> </td> <td>1,500 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catamount_Softball_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catamount Softball Complex (page does not exist)">Catamount Softball Complex</a> </td> <td>250+ </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catamount_Athletic_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catamount Athletic Complex (page does not exist)">Catamount Athletic Complex</a> </td> <td>1,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#282829;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #8A6E4B, inset -2px -2px 0 #8A6E4B;"><a href="/wiki/Wofford_Terriers" title="Wofford Terriers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Wofford</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gibbs_Stadium" title="Gibbs Stadium">Gibbs Stadium</a> </td> <td>13,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Richardson_Indoor_Stadium" title="Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium">Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_C._King_Field" title="Russell C. King Field">Russell C. King Field</a> </td> <td>2,500 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-softball school</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snyder_Field_(Spartanburg,_South_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Snyder Field (Spartanburg, South Carolina) (page does not exist)">Snyder Field</a> </td> <td>2,250 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Seated capacity; 10,000+ with standing room</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_champions">Conference champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Conference champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-Southern_Team" title="College Football All-Southern Team">College Football All-Southern Team</a></div> <p><i>This is a list of recent champions. For the full history, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Southern_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Southern Conference football champions">List of Southern Conference football champions</a>.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Champion </th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Southern_Conference_football_season" title="2014 Southern Conference football season">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Chattanooga_Mocs_football_team" title="2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team">Chattanooga</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Southern_Conference_football_season" title="2015 Southern Conference football season">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Chattanooga_Mocs_football_team" title="2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team">Chattanooga</a>†<br /><a href="/wiki/2015_The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team">The Citadel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Southern_Conference_football_season" title="2016 Southern Conference football season">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2016 The Citadel Bulldogs football team">The Citadel</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Southern_Conference_football_season" title="2017 Southern Conference football season">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Wofford_Terriers_football_team" title="2017 Wofford Terriers football team">Wofford</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2018 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football_team" title="2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team">East Tennessee State</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_Furman_Paladins_football_team" title="2018 Furman Paladins football team">Furman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_Wofford_Terriers_football_team" title="2018 Wofford Terriers football team">Wofford</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Wofford_Terriers_football_team" title="2019 Wofford Terriers football team">Wofford</a>† </td> <td align="center">7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_VMI_Keydets_football_team" title="2020 VMI Keydets football team">VMI</a>† </td> <td align="center">6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football_team" title="2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team">East Tennessee State</a>† </td> <td align="center">7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Samford_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2022 Samford Bulldogs football team">Samford</a>† </td> <td align="center">8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Furman_Paladins_football_team" title="2023 Furman Paladins football team">Furman</a>† </td> <td align="center">7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Southern_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Southern Conference football season (page does not exist)">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Mercer_Bears_football_team" title="2024 Mercer Bears football team">Mercer</a>† </td> <td align="center">10–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Automatic bid to <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">NCAA Division I Football Championship</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>This is a partial list of the last 10 regular-season and tournament champions. For the full history, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_champions" title="List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions">List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions</a>.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Regular season champion </th> <th>Record </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2014_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2013–14</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Davidson_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team">Davidson</a> </td> <td>15–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Wofford_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team">Wofford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2014–15</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Wofford_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2014–15 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team">Wofford</a> </td> <td>16–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Wofford_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2014–15 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team">Wofford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2016_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2015–16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chattanooga_Mocs_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td> <td>15–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chattanooga_Mocs_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2016–17</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team">East Tennessee State</a><sup id="cite_ref-seedorder_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seedorder-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team">UNC Greensboro</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Furman_Paladins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Furman Paladins men's basketball team">Furman</a> </td> <td>14–4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team">East Tennessee State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2018_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2017–18</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team">UNC Greensboro</a> </td> <td>15–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team">UNC Greensboro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2019_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2018–19</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Wofford_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team">Wofford</a> </td> <td>18–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Wofford_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team">Wofford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2019–20</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team">East Tennessee State</a> </td> <td>16–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team">East Tennessee State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">2020–21</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2020–21 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team">UNC Greensboro</a> </td> <td>13–5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2020–21 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team">UNC Greensboro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball season">2021–22</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Chattanooga_Mocs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td> <td>14–4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Chattanooga_Mocs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Southern Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">2022–23</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Furman_Paladins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2022–23 Furman Paladins men's basketball team">Furman</a><sup id="cite_ref-seedorder_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seedorder-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Samford_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2022–23 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team">Samford</a> </td> <td>15–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Furman_Paladins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2022–23 Furman Paladins men's basketball team">Furman</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-seedorder-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-seedorder_53-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seedorder_53-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Listed in order of seeding in the conference tournament</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Women's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>This is a partial list of the last 10 tournament champions. For the full history, see <a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Southern Conference women's basketball tournament">Southern Conference women's basketball tournament</a></i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Mocs_women%27s_basketball" title="Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Mocs_women%27s_basketball" title="Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chattanooga_Mocs_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Chattanooga_Mocs_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Mercer_Bears_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team">Mercer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Mercer_Bears_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team">Mercer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Samford_Bulldogs_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2019–20 Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team">Samford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020%E2%80%9321_Mercer_Bears_women%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020–21 Mercer Bears women's basketball team (page does not exist)">Mercer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Mercer_Bears_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Mercer Bears women's basketball team">Mercer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Chattanooga_Mocs_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2022–23 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team">Chattanooga</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see <a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="Southern Conference baseball tournament">Southern Conference baseball tournament</a>.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Reg. season champion </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2013_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2013 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts_baseball" title="Western Carolina Catamounts baseball">Western Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elon_Phoenix_baseball" title="Elon Phoenix baseball">Elon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2014_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2014 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts_baseball" title="Western Carolina Catamounts baseball">Western Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_baseball" title="Georgia Southern Eagles baseball">Georgia Southern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2015_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears_baseball" title="Mercer Bears baseball">Mercer</a> </td> <td>Mercer </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2016_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears_baseball" title="Mercer Bears baseball">Mercer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts_baseball" title="Western Carolina Catamounts baseball">Western Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2017_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2017 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears_baseball" title="Mercer Bears baseball">Mercer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_baseball" title="UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball">UNC Greensboro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2018_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2018 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_baseball" title="UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball">UNC Greensboro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs_baseball" title="Samford Bulldogs baseball">Samford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2019_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs_baseball" title="Samford Bulldogs baseball">Samford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Bears_baseball" title="Mercer Bears baseball">Mercer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2020 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><i>Season canceled due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2021_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2021 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wofford_Terriers_baseball" title="Wofford Terriers baseball">Wofford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Samford_Bulldogs_baseball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Samford Bulldogs baseball team">Samford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2022_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" title="2022 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Wofford_Terriers_baseball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Wofford Terriers baseball team (page does not exist)">Wofford</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_UNC_Greensboro_Spartans_baseball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball team (page does not exist)">UNC Greensboro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2023_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Southern Conference baseball tournament">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Samford_Bulldogs_baseball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Samford Bulldogs baseball team (page does not exist)">Samford</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Samford_Bulldogs_baseball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Samford Bulldogs baseball team (page does not exist)">Samford</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rifle">Rifle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rifle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:30%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Air rifle champion </th> <th>Smallbore champion </th> <th>Overall champion </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles" title="Georgia Southern Eagles">Georgia Southern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles" title="Georgia Southern Eagles">Georgia Southern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">UAB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">UAB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">UAB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">UAB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles" title="Georgia Southern Eagles">Georgia Southern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Georgia_Nighthawks" title="North Georgia Nighthawks">North Georgia</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_Lacrosse"><span id="Men.27s_Lacrosse"></span>Men's Lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Men's Lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Point_Panthers_men%27s_lacrosse" title="High Point Panthers men's lacrosse">High Point</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Falcons_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Air Force Falcons men's lacrosse">Air Force</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Falcons_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Air Force Falcons men's lacrosse">Air Force</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Spiders_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Richmond Spiders men's lacrosse">Richmond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Spiders_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Richmond Spiders men's lacrosse">Richmond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>Not Held </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Point_Panthers_men%27s_lacrosse" title="High Point Panthers men's lacrosse">High Point</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commissioner's_and_Germann_Cups"><span id="Commissioner.27s_and_Germann_Cups"></span>Commissioner's and Germann Cups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Commissioner's and Germann Cups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commissioner's and Germann Cups are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commissioner's Cup was inaugurated in 1970. The Germann Cup, named for former Southern Conference Commissioner Ken Germann, was first awarded in 1987. The completion of the 2013–2014 athletics season saw Appalachian State winning its 33rd Commissioner's Cup and Furman its 13th Germann Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Commissioner's Cup</th> <th>Germann Cup </th></tr> <tr> <td>1969–70</td> <td>East Carolina<br />William & Mary</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970–71</td> <td>William & Mary</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971–72</td> <td>William & Mary</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972–73</td> <td>William & Mary</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973–74</td> <td>East Carolina</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974–75</td> <td>East Carolina</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–76</td> <td>William & Mary</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976–77</td> <td>East Carolina</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–78</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–79</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979–80</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–81</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981–82</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–83</td> <td>East Tennessee State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–84</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–85</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985–86</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–87</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–88</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–89</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–90</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–91</td> <td>Furman</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–92</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–93</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–94</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–95</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–96</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–97</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–98</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–99</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–00 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000–01</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–02</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002–03</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–04</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–05 </td> <td>Chattanooga</td> <td>College of Charleston </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–06</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006–07</td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–08 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Chattanooga </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008–09 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>College of Charleston </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–10 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Samford </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–11 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011–12 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>College of Charleston </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–13 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Appalachian State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–14 </td> <td>Appalachian State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–15 </td> <td>Chattanooga</td> <td>Samford </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015–16 </td> <td>East Tennessee State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–17 </td> <td>East Tennessee State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–18 </td> <td>East Tennessee State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018–19 </td> <td>East Tennessee State</td> <td>Furman </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference_Hall_of_Fame" title="Southern Conference Hall of Fame">Southern Conference Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relevant_literature">Relevant literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Relevant literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Iamarino, John. 2020. <i>A Proud History of Athletic History.</i> Mercer University Press.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Among conferences currently in operation, the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> (1896) and <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> (1907) are indisputably older. The <a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-12 Conference</a> did not operate under its current charter until 1959 but claims the history of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Conference" title="Pacific Coast Conference">Pacific Coast Conference</a>, founded in 1915, as its own. The <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a> (SWC) was founded in 1914 but ceased operation in 1996. The <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a> claimed the same history as the Missouri Valley from 1907 to 1928 during its existence; though it essentially merged with four SWC members to form the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> in 1996, the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's legacy. The <a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a> was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955, but claims the history of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Intercollegiate_Basketball_League" title="Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League">Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League</a>, which competed from 1901 to 1955, as its own.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Conference&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SoConH-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SoConH_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoConH_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoConH_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2008/6/30/177772.aspx">"The History of the Southern Conference"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 16,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Issuu&rft.atitle=2014-15+Southern+Conference+men%27s+basketball+media+guide&rft.date=2014-12-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Fsoconsports%2Fdocs%2F2014-15_mbk_media_guide%2F0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000">"Southern Conference Tournament Results"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Southern Conference</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Southern+Conference&rft.atitle=Southern+Conference+Tournament+Results&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soconsports.com%2Ffls%2F4000%2Fsocon%2Ffiles%2Fbktny%2Fall_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf%3FDB_OEM_ID%3D4000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2014_arrivals-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014_arrivals_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209526451&DB_OEM_ID=4000">"SoCon Welcomes ETSU, Mercer and VMI"</a> (Press release). Southern Conference. July 1, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 2,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SoCon+Welcomes+ETSU%2C+Mercer+and+VMI&rft.pub=Southern+Conference&rft.date=2014-07-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soconsports.com%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FDB_LANG%3DC%26ATCLID%3D209526451%26DB_OEM_ID%3D4000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140407052929/http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983">"SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse"</a> (Press release). Southern Conference. January 9, 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983">the original</a> on April 7, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 31,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SoCon%2C+A-Sun+Partner+to+Enhance+Lacrosse&rft.pub=Southern+Conference&rft.date=2014-01-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soconsports.com%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FDB_LANG%3DC%26DB_OEM_ID%3D4000%26ATCLID%3D209368200%26SPID%3D1790%26SPSID%3D21983&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SoCon_adds_WLAX-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SoCon_adds_WLAX_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoCon_adds_WLAX_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1161510&SPID=186908&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211445189&DB_OEM_ID=4000">"SoCon to Add Women's Lacrosse as 22nd Sport"</a> (Press release). Southern Conference. January 31, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SoCon+to+Add+Women%27s+Lacrosse+as+22nd+Sport&rft.pub=Southern+Conference&rft.date=2017-01-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soconsports.com%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FSPSID%3D1161510%26SPID%3D186908%26DB_LANG%3DC%26ATCLID%3D211445189%26DB_OEM_ID%3D4000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goccusports.com/news/2020/2/7/womens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx">"Women's Lacrosse to Move to SoCon Beginning in 2021"</a> (Press release). Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. February 7, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 1,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Women%27s+Lacrosse+to+Move+to+SoCon+Beginning+in+2021&rft.pub=Coastal+Carolina+Chanticleers&rft.date=2020-02-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgoccusports.com%2Fnews%2F2020%2F2%2F7%2Fwomens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://asunsports.org/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20210706esyw90">"Coastal Carolina and Delaware State Set to Rejoin ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse"</a> (Press release). ASUN Conference. July 7, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 1,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Coastal+Carolina+and+Delaware+State+Set+to+Rejoin+ASUN+Conference+Women%27s+Lacrosse&rft.pub=ASUN+Conference&rft.date=2021-07-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fasunsports.org%2Fsports%2Fwlax%2F2021-22%2Freleases%2F20210706esyw90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181350/https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a">"ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League"</a> (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 5, 2021. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a">the original</a> on February 5, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ASUN+Conference+Announces+Formation+of+Men%27s+Lacrosse+League&rft.pub=ASUN+Conference&rft.date=2021-02-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fasunsports.org%2Fgeneral%2F2020-21%2Freleases%2F20210205djyk6a&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180343/https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx">"Hampton joining SoCon as associate member for men's lacrosse"</a> (Press release). Southern Conference. February 5, 2021. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx">the original</a> on February 5, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hampton+joining+SoCon+as+associate+member+for+men%27s+lacrosse&rft.pub=Southern+Conference&rft.date=2021-02-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsoconsports.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2F2%2F5%2Fhampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18100&ATCLID=211688877">"PC Adds Men's and Women's Wrestling; Men to Join Southern Conference"</a> (Press release). Presbyterian Blue Hose. December 7, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PC+Adds+Men%27s+and+Women%27s+Wrestling%3B+Men+to+Join+Southern+Conference&rft.pub=Presbyterian+Blue+Hose&rft.date=2017-12-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobluehose.com%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FDB_OEM_ID%3D18100%26ATCLID%3D211688877&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/11/5/general-womens-lacrosse-coming-in-2020-21-detroit-mercy-youngstown-state-as-affiliates.aspx">"Women's Lacrosse Coming in 2020-21; Detroit Mercy & Youngstown State As Affiliates"</a> (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 6, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 8,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Women%27s+Lacrosse+Coming+in+2020-21%3B+Detroit+Mercy+%26+Youngstown+State+As+Affiliates&rft.pub=Mid-American+Conference&rft.date=2019-11-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgetsomemaction.com%2Fnews%2F2019%2F11%2F5%2Fgeneral-womens-lacrosse-coming-in-2020-21-detroit-mercy-youngstown-state-as-affiliates.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/9/27/general-belmont-accepts-invitation-to-join-mvc.aspx">"Belmont to Join MVC in 2022–23"</a> (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. September 28, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 2,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Belmont+to+Join+MVC+in+2022%E2%80%9323&rft.pub=Missouri+Valley+Conference&rft.date=2021-09-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmvc-sports.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2F9%2F27%2Fgeneral-belmont-accepts-invitation-to-join-mvc.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caasports.com/news/2022/1/24/football-caa-welcomes-hampton-university-monmouth-university-and-stony-brook-university-as-new-members.aspx">"CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members"</a> (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. January 25, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 25,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CAA+Welcomes+Hampton+University%2C+Monmouth+University+and+Stony+Brook+University+as+New+Members&rft.pub=Colonial+Athletic+Association&rft.date=2022-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcaasports.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F1%2F24%2Ffootball-caa-welcomes-hampton-university-monmouth-university-and-stony-brook-university-as-new-members.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-A10MLAX-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A10MLAX_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/atlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx">"Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport"</a> (Press release). Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 23,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Atlantic+10+Conference+Adds+Men%27s+Lacrosse+as+22nd+Championship+Sport&rft.pub=Atlantic+10+Conference+%21date%3DMay+23%2C+2022&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fatlantic10.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F5%2F23%2Fatlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Conference" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rifle-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rifle_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rifle_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rifle_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210573189&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983">"Southern Conference to Add Rifle as 21st Sport"</a>. Southern Conference. December 9, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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University of North Georgia. December 9, 2015. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php">the original</a> on December 10, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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