Southern Conference

**Conference Commissioners**
Wallace Wade	1951–1960
Lloyd Jordon	1960–1973
Ken Germann	1974–1986
Dave Hart	1986–1991
Wright Waters	1991–1998
Alfred B. White	1998–2001
Danny Morrison	2001–2005
John Iamarino	2006–2019
Jim Schaus	2019–

Southern Conference
Association	NCAA
Commissioner	Jim Schaus (since 2019)
Sports fielded	22 men's: 11; women's: 10; coeducational: 1; ;
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Region	Southeast
Official website	www.soconsports.com
Locations

The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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.^[1] Among conferences currently in operation, the Big Ten (1896) and Missouri Valley (1907) are indisputably older. The Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959, but claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, as its own. The Southwest Conference (SWC) was founded in 1914, but ceased operation in 1996. The Big Eight Conference 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 Big 12 Conference in 1996, the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's legacy. The Ivy League was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955, but claims the history of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which competed from 1901 to 1955, as its own.

The SoCon was the first conference to use the three-point field goal in basketball in a November 29, 1980 game at Western Carolina against Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from 22 feet (6.7 m) away and the Catamounts won 77–70.^[2]^[3]

The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball. It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, former member, three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34–32 on September 1, 2007;^[4] from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga (a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s), Georgetown, and Wisconsin.^[5] More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA Football champion Georgia Southern Eagles stunned Southeastern Conference power-house Florida Gators 26–20 in The Swamp on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower division opponent in the Florida program's history.^[6] In 2015, Furman defeated UCF 16–15 and The Citadel topped South Carolina 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.^[7]

History

Talks of a new conference for southern athletics had started as early as fall of 1920.^[8] The conference was formed on February 25, 1921 in Atlanta as fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.^[1] Southern Conference charter members were Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee. In 1922, six more universities – Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, effective January 1.^[9]^[10] The new rules banned freshman play.^[11] Later additions included Sewanee (1924), Virginia Military Institute (1924), and Duke (1929).

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 Southeastern Conference (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 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[1] 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.

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.^[12] Held at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta from February 24 – March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40–25.^[13] The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the Division II West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, first held in 1954.

Member schools

Current members

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 ETSU, which relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015,^[14] rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an independent.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1886	1976	Public (UT system)	11,638	Mocs
The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	1842	1936	Public (Military College)	3,784	Bulldogs
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	1978^{[a 1]} 2014	Public (TBR)	14,334	Buccaneers
Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1826	1936	Private	2,933	Paladins
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	2014	Private	8,740	Bears
Samford University	Homewood, Alabama	1841	2008	Private (ABC)	5,619	Bulldogs
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	1997	Public (UNC system)	20,106	Spartans
Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	1839	1924^{[a 2]} 2014	Public (Military College)	1,685	Keydets
Western Carolina University	Cullowhee, North Carolina	1889	1976	Public (UNC system)	11,639	Catamounts
Wofford College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1854	1997	Private (UMC)	1,608	Terriers

^ ETSU had previously been a SoCon member from 1978 to 2005.^[14]
^ VMI had previously been a SoCon member from 1924 to 2003.^[14]

Associate members

On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2014–15 school year (2015 lacrosse season). 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 season, instead joined the SoCon.^[15] The alliance remains in full 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 season.^[16]

The most recent addition to the associate membership is Presbyterian wrestling, which joined during summer 2019.^[17] Two women's lacrosse members, Central Michigan and Detroit Mercy, will leave after the 2020 season to join the new women's lacrosse league of Central's full-time home of the Mid-American Conference.^[18]

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.

Departing associate members are highlighted in red.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary Conference	Joined	SoCon Sport
United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	Federal (Service academy)	4,417	Falcons	Mountain West	2015	men's lacrosse
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	Public (UNC)	17,589	Mountaineers	Sun Belt	2013^[a]	wrestling
Bellarmine University^[15]	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	Private (Catholic Church)	3,846	Knights	GLVC (NCAA Division II) (ASUN in 2020)	2014	men's lacrosse
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	Private	8,080	Bruins	OVC	2018	men's soccer
Campbell University^[19]	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	Private	11,241	Fighting Camels	Big South	2011	wrestling
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	Public	27,693	Chippewas	MAC	2017	women's lacrosse
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	Private (Presbyterian Church (USA))	1,850	Wildcats	Atlantic 10	2014^[b]	wrestling
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	Public	3,400	Hornets	MEAC	2017	women's lacrosse
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, Michigan	1877	Private (Catholic Church)	5,700	Titans	Horizon League	2017	women's lacrosse
Gardner–Webb University^[19]	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	Private (BSCNC)	5,000	Runnin' Bulldogs	Big South	2011	wrestling
Georgia Southern University^[20]	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	Public (USG)	20,517	Eagles	Sun Belt Conference	2016	rifle
High Point University^[15]	High Point, North Carolina	1924	Private (United Methodist Church)	4,500	Panthers	Big South	2014	men's lacrosse
Jacksonville University^[15]	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	Private	3,741	Dolphins	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)	2014	men's lacrosse
University of North Georgia^[20]	Dahlonega, Georgia	1873/2013	Public (USG) (Military College)	16,064	Nighthawks	Peach Belt Conference (NCAA Division II)	2016	rifle
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1880	Private (Presbyterian Church (USA))	1,403	Blue Hose	Big South Conference	2019	wrestling
University of Richmond^[15]	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Private	4,361	Spiders	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	2014	men's lacrosse
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ^[20]	Birmingham, Alabama	1969	Public (UA)	18,568	Blazers	Conference USA	2016	rifle

Notes

^ The 2013 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.
^ 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.

Former members

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (except football) Other Conference Other Conference

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).

Sports

The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 10 women's, and one coeducational NCAA-sanctioned sports.^[21] Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the Atlantic Sun Conference, 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,^[15] after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.^[16] 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 coed teams all compete against each other.^[22] Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18.

**Teams in Southern Conference competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's	Co-ed
Baseball	9	-	-
Basketball	10	8	-
Cross Country	10	10	-
Football	9	-	-
Golf	8	9	-
Lacrosse	8	6	-
Rifle	2	3	3
Soccer	6	10	-
Softball	-	7	-
Tennis	8	8	-
Track and Field (Indoor)	9	9	-
Track and Field (Outdoor)	9	10	-
Volleyball	-	9	-
Wrestling	9	-	-

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Lacrosse	Rifle^[a]	Soccer	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Wrestling	Total SoCon Sports
Chattanooga	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
The Citadel	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y^[b]	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
East Tennessee State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	9
Furman	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	8
Mercer	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	8
Samford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	8
UNC Greensboro	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	8
VMI	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y^[b]	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Western Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	7
Wofford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y^[c]	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	10
Totals	8	10	10	9	8	2+5^[d]	3+2^[e]	6+1^[f]	8	9	9	3+5^[g]	85+13

Notes

^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other.
^ ^a ^b Men's rifle team; school also fields a women's team.
^ Coed rifle team.
^ Associates Air Force, Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, and Richmond.
^ Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with coed teams.
^ Associate is Belmont
^ Associates Appalachian State, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:

School	Swimming & Diving
VMI	America East

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Rifle^[a]	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total SoCon Teams
Chattanooga	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
The Citadel	N	Y	Y	N	Y^[b]	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	7
East Tennessee State	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Furman	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Mercer	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	9
Samford	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
UNC Greensboro	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
VMI	N	Y	N	N	Y^[b]	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	5
Western Carolina	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Wofford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^[c]	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	8	10	9	3+3^[d]	3+3^[e]	10	7	8	9	10	9	86+6

Notes

^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other.
^ ^a ^b Women's rifle team; school also fields a men's team.
^ Coed rifle team.
^ Associate members Central Michigan, Delaware State, and Detroit Mercy. Central Michigan and Detroit Mercy will leave after the 2020 season.
^ Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (coed team), and UAB (coed team).

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:

School	Beach Volleyball	Swimming & Diving	Water Polo
Chattanooga	OVC	No	No
Mercer	ASUN	No	No
VMI	No	America East	MAAC

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Softball stadium	Capacity	Soccer field	Capacity
Belmont	Men's soccer-only member								E. S. Rose Park	300
Chattanooga	Finley Stadium	20,668	McKenzie Arena	10,928	Non-baseball school		Jim Frost Stadium	3,000	Finley Stadium	20,668
The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium	11,500	McAlister Field House	6,000	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park	6,000	Non-softball school		WLI Field
East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium	7,694^[a]	Freedom Hall Civic Center	8,500	Thomas Stadium	1,200	Betty Basler Field	500+	Summers-Taylor Stadium	2,000+
Furman	Paladin Stadium	16,000	Timmons Arena	5,000	Latham Baseball Stadium	2,000	Pepsi Softball Stadium	300	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium	3,000
Mercer	Moye Complex	10,200	Hawkins Arena	3,500	Claude Smith Field	500	Sikes Field	300	Bear Field	300
Samford	Seibert Stadium	6,700	Pete Hanna Center	4,974	Joe Lee Griffin Stadium	1,000	J.T. Haywood Field House	200	Samford Track and Soccer Complex	1,200
UNC Greensboro	Non-football school		Greensboro Coliseum (men's) Fleming Gymnasium (women's)	7,617 2,320	UNCG Baseball Stadium	3,500	UNCG Softball Stadium	500+	UNCG Soccer Stadium	3,540
VMI	Alumni Memorial Field	10,000	Cameron Hall	5,020	Gray–Minor Stadium	1,400	Non-softball school		Patchin Field	1,000
Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium	13,742	Ramsey Center	7,826	Hennon Stadium	1,500	Catamount Softball Complex	250+	Catamount Athletic Complex	1,000
Wofford	Gibbs Stadium	13,000	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium	3,400	Russell C. King Field	2,500	Non-softball school		Snyder Field	2,250

Notes

^ Seated capacity; 10,000+ with standing room.

Conference champions

Football

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see List of Southern Conference football champions.

Year	Champion	Record
2010	Appalachian State+ Wofford	7–1
2011	Georgia Southern	7–1
2012	Appalachian State Georgia Southern+ Wofford	6–2
2013	Chattanooga Furman+ Samford	6–2
2014	Chattanooga	7–0
2015	Chattanooga+ The Citadel	6–1
2016	The Citadel+	8–0
2017	Wofford+	7–1
2018	East Tennessee State Furman Wofford+	6–2
2019	Wofford+	7–1

+Denotes automatic bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship

See also: College Football All-Southern Team

Men's basketball

This is a partial list of the last 10 regular-season and tournament champions. For the full history, see List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions.

The Southern Conference split into a divisional format for basketball beginning with the 1994–95 season.

Year	Regular Season Champion (North)	Record	Regular Season Champion (South)	Record	Tournament Champion
2009–10	Appalachian State	13–5	Wofford	15–3	Wofford
2010–11	Chattanooga Western Carolina	12–6	College of Charleston Wofford	14–4	Wofford
2011–12	UNC Greensboro	10–8	Davidson	16–2	Davidson
2012–13	Elon	10–8	Davidson	17–1	Davidson

However, the divisional format was abandoned beginning with the 2013–14 season.

Year	Regular Season Champion	Record	Tournament Champion
2013–14	Davidson	15–1	Wofford
2014–15	Wofford	16–2	Wofford
2015–16	Chattanooga	15–3	Chattanooga
2016–17	East Tennessee State^[a] UNC Greensboro Furman	14–4	East Tennessee State
2017–18	UNC Greensboro	15–3	UNC Greensboro
2018–19	Wofford	18–0	Wofford

^ Listed in order of seeding in the conference tournament.

Women's basketball

This is a partial list of the last 10 tournament champions. For the full history, see Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Year	Champion
2010	Chattanooga
2011	Samford
2012	Samford
2013	Chattanooga
2014	Chattanooga
2015	Chattanooga
2016	Chattanooga
2017	Chattanooga
2018	Mercer
2019	Mercer

Baseball

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see Southern Conference Baseball Tournament.

Year	Reg. Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2010	The Citadel	The Citadel
2011	Elon	Georgia Southern
2012	Appalachian State College of Charleston	Samford
2013	Western Carolina	Elon
2014	Western Carolina	Georgia Southern
2015	Mercer	Mercer
2016	Mercer	Western Carolina
2017	Mercer	UNC Greensboro
2018	UNC Greensboro	Samford
2019	Samford	Mercer

Commissioner's and Germann Cups

The Commissioner's and Germann Cups are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference.^[23] 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.^[24]

Year	Commissioner's Cup	Germann Cup
1969–70	East Carolina William & Mary	—
1970–71	William & Mary	—
1971–72	William & Mary	—
1972–73	William & Mary	—
1973–74	East Carolina	—
1974–75	East Carolina	—
1975–76	William & Mary	—
1976–77	East Carolina	—
1977–78	Appalachian State	—
1978–79	Appalachian State	—
1979–80	Appalachian State	—
1980–81	Appalachian State	—
1981–82	Appalachian State	—
1982–83	East Tennessee State	—
1983–84	Appalachian State	—
1984–85	Appalachian State	—
1985–86	Appalachian State	—
1986–87	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1987–88	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1988–89	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1989–90	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1990–91	Furman	Appalachian State
1991–92	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1992–93	Appalachian State	Furman
1993–94	Appalachian State	Furman
1994–95	Appalachian State	Furman
1995–96	Appalachian State	Furman
1996–97	Appalachian State	Furman
1997–98	Appalachian State	Furman
1998–99	Appalachian State	Furman
1999–00	Appalachian State	Furman
2000–01	Appalachian State	Furman
2001–02	Appalachian State	Furman
2002–03	Appalachian State	Furman
2003–04	Appalachian State	Furman
2004–05	Chattanooga	College of Charleston
2005–06	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2006–07	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2007–08	Appalachian State	Chattanooga
2008–09	Appalachian State	College of Charleston
2009–10	Appalachian State	Samford
2010–11	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2011–12	Appalachian State	College of Charleston
2012–13	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2013–14	Appalachian State	Furman
2014–15	Chattanooga	Samford
2015–16	East Tennessee State	Furman
2016–17	East Tennessee State	Furman
2017–18	East Tennessee State	Furman
2018–19	East Tennessee State	Furman

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External links

Official website

[15] ETSU had previously been a SoCon member from 1978 to 2005.^[14]

[16] VMI had previously been a SoCon member from 1924 to 2003.^[14]

[21] The 2013 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.

[23] 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.

[27] Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other.

[MR-28] Men's rifle team; school also fields a women's team.

[29] Coed rifle team.

[30] Associates Air Force, Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, and Richmond.

[31] Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with coed teams.

[32] Associate is Belmont

[33] Associates Appalachian State, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian.

[34] Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other.

[WR-35] Women's rifle team; school also fields a men's team.

[36] Coed rifle team.

[37] Associate members Central Michigan, Delaware State, and Detroit Mercy. Central Michigan and Detroit Mercy will leave after the 2020 season.

[38] Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (coed team), and UAB (coed team).

[39] Seated capacity; 10,000+ with standing room.

[40] Listed in order of seeding in the conference tournament.

[SoConH-1] "The History of the Southern Conference". Southern Conference. 2008-06-30.

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v t e Southern Conference
Current members	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs UNC Greensboro Spartans VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers
Men's wrestling associates	Appalachian State Mountaineers Bellarmine Knights Campbell Fighting Camels Davidson Wildcats Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Presbyterian Blue Hose
Rifle associates	Georgia Southern Eagles North Georgia Nighthawks UAB Blazers
Former members	Former Southern Conference members (30+ schools)
Championships & awards	Southern Conference Hall of Fame

v t e NCAA Division I all-sports conferences
FBS	The American Atlantic Coast Big 12 Big Ten CUSA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-12 Southeastern Sun Belt
FCS - Full	Big Sky Ivy MEAC Northeast Patriot SoCon Southland SWAC
FCS - Alliance	BSOVC (Big South / Ohio Valley) CAA FB (CAA / Atlantic 10 / America East) Missouri Valley FB (Missouri Valley / Summit) United (ASUN / WAC)
Non-Football	Big East Big West Horizon MAAC West Coast

v t e NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision conferences
Current conferences	Big Sky Big South–OVC CAA Ivy MEAC MVFC NEC Patriot Pioneer SoCon Southland SWAC UAC
Previous conferences	American West (defunct 1996) ASUN (alliance with WAC as UAC 2023) Atlantic 10 (alliance with CAA 2007) Big South (alliance with OVC 2023) Great West (non-football 2012; defunct 2013) Gulf Star (defunct 1987) MAAC (non-football 2008) Mid-Continent (now Summit, alliance with MVC 1985 currently as MVFC) OVC (alliance with Big South 2023) WAC (alliance with ASUN as UAC 2023) Yankee (became A10 1997, alliance with CAA 2007)
Independents