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{{short description|American collegiate athletic conference}}
{{distinguish|Conference South|Big South Conference|Conference League South|Southern Conference (NJCAA)}}
{{Infobox sports league
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| font_color      = white
| title           = 
| logo            = PrimaryBlue SoCon.svg
| logo_size       = 200
| founded         = {{start date and age|1921}}
| association     = [[NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]
| teams           = 10 (11 in 2026)
| sports          = 21
| mens            = 11
| womens          = 9
| coed            = 1
| region          = [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]]
| headquarters    = [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
| commissioner    = Michael Cross
| since           = 2023
| TV              = [[ESPN]]<br>
[[CBS Sports]]<br>
[[CW Sports]]
| website         = {{URL|https://soconsports.com/ |soconsports.com}}
| map             = Southern Conference Map version 1.1revised03092021.png
| map_size        = 250
}}

The '''Southern Conference''' ('''SoCon''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. Southern Conference [[College football|football]] teams compete in the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]] (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the [[U.S. state|states]] of [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|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.<ref name="SoConH">{{Cite news |date=2008-06-30 |title=The History of the Southern Conference |publisher=Southern Conference |url=https://soconsports.com/sports/2008/6/30/177772.aspx |access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref>{{refn|group="lower-roman"|Among conferences currently in operation, the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1896) and [[Missouri Valley Conference|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 Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a [[mid-major]] conference in basketball. The three-time Division I NCAA Football [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|champion]] [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State Mountaineers]] were a member of the conference when they stunned the [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|fifth-ranked]] [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]] [[2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game|34–32]] on September 1, 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Mother of All Upsets|author=Stewart Mandel|publisher=CNNSI|date=2007-09-01|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2007/09/mother-of-all-upsets.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209050011/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2007/09/mother-of-all-upsets.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref> The [[Davidson Wildcats men's basketball|Davidson Wildcats]] reached the Elite Eight in the [[2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] by upsetting power programs [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Gonzaga]], [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]], and [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Curry's sweet touch continues as Davidson eludes Wisconsin|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=2008-03-28|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128102328/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000014|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA football [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|champion]] [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern Eagles]] stunned [[Southeastern Conference]] power-house [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]] 26–20 in [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|The Swamp]] on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower-division opponent in the Florida program's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/11/23/florida-falls-to-georgia-southern-to-lose-its-sixth-in-a-row/3686607/|title=Florida falls to FCS opponent, won't be bowl eligible|author=David Jones|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2014-03-20}}</ref> In 2015, [[Furman Paladins football|Furman]] defeated [[UCF Knights football|UCF]] 16–15 and [[The Citadel Bulldogs football|The Citadel]] topped [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]] 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. On September 4, 2021, [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football|East Tennessee State University]] stunned [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] 23–3 in their opening game. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the [[NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Division I baseball championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2011/2611286.html|title=Preseason Projected Field Of 64|publisher=BaseballAmerica.com|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref>

The SoCon was the first conference to use the [[three-point field goal]] in basketball in a November 29, 1980, game at [[Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball|Western Carolina]] against [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball|Middle Tennessee State University]] (MTSU), where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from {{convert|22|ft}} away and the Catamounts won 77–70.<ref>{{cite web |title=A First in NCAA Basketball |website=catamountsports.com |url=http://www.catamountsports.com/genrel/011205abc.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225104015/http://www.catamountsports.com/genrel/011205abc.html |archive-date=2014-02-25 |access-date=2014-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Rivals.com |url=http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?cid=675171 |accessdate=2022-03-13 |publisher=Collegebasketball.rivals.com}}</ref>

==History==
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|[[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]]
|2019–2023
|-
| Michael Cross
| 2023–present
|}

{{Further|1955 All-Southern Conference football team}}
Talks of a new conference for [[Southern United States|Southern]] athletics had started as early as fall of 1920.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3021318/the_charlotte_observer/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Southern Conference Talked By College Men|page=8|date=February 28, 1921|access-date=August 16, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> The conference was formed on February 25, 1921, in [[Atlanta]] as fourteen member institutions split from the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]].<ref name="SoConH"/> Southern Conference charter members were [[University of Alabama|Alabama]], [[Auburn University|Auburn]], [[Clemson University|Clemson]], [[University of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]], [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]], [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]], [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]], [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[University of Virginia|Virginia]], [[Virginia Tech]], and [[Washington and Lee University|Washington & Lee]]. In 1922, six more universities—[[University of Florida|Florida]], [[Louisiana State University|LSU]], [[University of Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Tulane University|Tulane]], and [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]] joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, effective January 1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3021327/the_charlotte_observer/|title=Southern Conference, With 15 Colleges as Members, Is Formed At Atlanta Meeting|page=24|date=February 27, 1921|work=The Charlotte Observer|access-date=August 16, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3023590/news_and_observer/|work=News and Observer|date=October 16, 1921|page=15|title=Too Many Practice Games And Too Few Real Battles|author=[[Fuzzy Woodruff]]|access-date=August 16, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> The new rules banned freshman play.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3021335/the_atlanta_constitution/|page=2|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Drastic Rules Are Adopted By New Southern Conference To Keep College Sports Clean|access-date=August 16, 2015|date=February 27, 1921|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Later additions included [[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee]] (1924), [[Virginia Military Institute]] (1924), and [[Duke University|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).<ref name="SoConH"/> The ACC and SEC have gone on to surpass their parent conference in prestige; while the ACC and SEC 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/soconsports/docs/2014-15_mbk_media_guide/0 |title=2014-15 Southern Conference men's basketball media guide |date=Dec 17, 2014 |website=Issuu  |publisher=Southern Conference |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> Held at the [[Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)|Municipal Auditorium]] 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=Southern Conference Tournament Results |website=Southern Conference}}</ref> 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 [[NCAA Division II|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 full 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 [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football|ETSU]] relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015 and rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|independent]].<ref name="2014 arrivals">{{Cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209526451&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon Welcomes ETSU, Mercer and VMI |publisher=Southern Conference |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>

{{Clear right}}
The 10 members of the Southern Conference are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
! [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]
| [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
| 1886
| 1976
| Public
| 11,728
|$195
| [[Chattanooga Mocs|Mocs]]
| {{college color boxes|Chattanooga Mocs}}
|-
! [[The Citadel]]
| [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| 1842 
| 1936
| [[Senior Military College]]
| 3,693
|$423.6
| [[The Citadel Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Citadel Bulldogs}}
|-
! [[East Tennessee State University]]
| [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]
| 1911 
| 2014{{efn|group=cm|ETSU was previously a Southern Conference member from 1978 to 2005.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
| Public
| 9,151
|$87.8
|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]
|{{college color boxes|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}
|-
![[Furman University]]
|[[Greenville, South Carolina]]
| 1826 
| 1936
| rowspan="3"|[[Private university|Private]]
| 2,629
|$812
|[[Furman Paladins|Paladins]]
|{{college color boxes|Furman Paladins}}
|-
![[Mercer University]]
|[[Macon, Georgia]]
|1833
|2014
|9,026
|$502
|[[Mercer Bears|Bears]]
|{{college color boxes|Mercer Bears}}
|-
![[Samford University]]
|[[Homewood, Alabama]]
|1841
|2008
|5,729
|$403.5
|[[Samford Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Samford Bulldogs}}
|-
![[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
|[[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
|1891
|1997
|Public
|19,764
|$368.6
|[[UNC Greensboro Spartans|Spartans]]
|{{college color boxes|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}
|-
! [[Virginia Military Institute]]<br>(VMI)
| [[Lexington, Virginia]]
| 1839
| 2014{{efn|group=cm|VMI was previously a Southern Conference member from 1924 to 2003.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
| [[Senior Military College]]
| 1,772
|$703.1
|[[VMI Keydets|Keydets]]
|{{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}}
|-
![[Western Carolina University]]
|[[Cullowhee, North Carolina]]
| 1889
| 1976
| Public
| 12,243
|$130
|[[Western Carolina Catamounts|Catamounts]]
|{{college color boxes|Western Carolina Catamounts}}
|-
![[Wofford College]]
|[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
| 1854
| 1997
| Private
| 1,773
|$417.4
|[[Wofford Terriers|Terriers]]
|{{college color boxes|Wofford Terriers}}
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=cm}}

=== Future members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joining !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors !! Current<br/>conference
|-
! [[Tennessee Tech|Tennessee Tech University]]
| [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
| 1915
| 2026
| Public
| 9,902
| $96.2
| [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://soconsports.com/article/blt5e859df3f32b686d/|title=The Southern Conference Approves Tennessee Tech Membership|publisher=Southern Conference|date=August 13, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}
| [[Ohio Valley Conference|Ohio Valley (OVC)]]
|}

===Associate members===
On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] (ASUN){{refn|group="lower-roman"|The Atlantic Sun officially used the shortened form of "ASUN Conference" from 2016 to 2023.}} 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.<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX">{{cite press release |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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).<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX">{{cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1161510&SPID=186908&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211445189&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon to Add Women's Lacrosse as 22nd Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] 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.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://goccusports.com/news/2020/2/7/womens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse to Move to SoCon Beginning in 2021 |publisher=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |date=February 7, 2020 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref> 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 [[Big South Conference]]. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20210706esyw90 |title=Coastal Carolina and Delaware State Set to Rejoin ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=July 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |title=ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181350/https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |url-status=dead }}</ref> The SoCon maintained its automatic NCAA tournament berth with the addition of [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Hampton]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Hampton joining SoCon as associate member for men's lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180343/https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Before the addition of Hampton men's lacrosse, the most recent addition to the associate membership was [[Presbyterian Blue Hose|Presbyterian]] wrestling, which joined during summer 2019.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18100&ATCLID=211688877 |title=PC Adds Men's and Women's Wrestling; Men to Join Southern Conference |publisher=Presbyterian Blue Hose |date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> Two women's lacrosse members, [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Central Michigan]] and [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Detroit Mercy]], 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 [[Mid-American Conference]];<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/11/5/general-womens-lacrosse-coming-in-2020-21-detroit-mercy-youngstown-state-as-affiliates.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse Coming in 2020-21; Detroit Mercy & Youngstown State As Affiliates |publisher=Mid-American Conference |date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref> this move contributed to the eventual demise of the SoCon women's lacrosse league.

Men's soccer member Belmont left the SoCon after the 2021–22 school year when it joined the [[Missouri Valley Conference]], which sponsors that sport.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/9/27/general-belmont-accepts-invitation-to-join-mvc.aspx |title=Belmont to Join MVC in 2022–23 |publisher=Missouri Valley Conference |date=September 28, 2021 |accessdate=October 2, 2021}}</ref> At the same time, Hampton moved men's lacrosse to its new full-time home of the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the [[Coastal Athletic Association]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://caasports.com/news/2022/1/24/football-caa-welcomes-hampton-university-monmouth-university-and-stony-brook-university-as-new-members.aspx |title=CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members |publisher=Colonial Athletic Association |date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

The addition of men's lacrosse by the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]], announced on May 23, 2022,<ref name=A10MLAX>{{cite press release|url=https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/atlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx |title=Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport |publisher=Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> 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.

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. -->

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Sport
!Primary conference
|-
! {{sort|UAB|[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]}} (UAB)
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| 1969
| 2016
| rowspan="2|Public
| 18,568
| [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
| {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
! [[Appalachian State University]]
| [[Boone, North Carolina]]
| 1899
| 2014{{efn|group=am|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.}}
| 20,641
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| {{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
| wrestling
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
! [[Bellarmine University]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1950
| 2020
| rowspan=4 | Private
| 3,846
| [[Bellarmine Knights|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
| wrestling
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Campbell University]]
| [[Buies Creek, North Carolina]]
| 1887
| 2011
| 11,241
| [[Campbell Fighting Camels|Fighting Camels]]
| {{college color boxes|Campbell Fighting Camels}}
| wrestling
| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
! [[Davidson College]]
| [[Davidson, North Carolina]]
| 1837
| 2014{{efn|group=am|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.}}
| 1,850 
| [[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
| wrestling
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
! [[Gardner–Webb University]]
| [[Boiling Springs, North Carolina]]
| 1905
| 2011
| 5,000
| [[Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs|Runnin' Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs}}
| wrestling
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
|-
! [[Georgia Southern University]]
| [[Statesboro, Georgia]]
| 1906
| 2016
| Public
| 20,517
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle">{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210573189&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=Southern Conference to Add Rifle as 21st Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
! {{sort|North Georgia|[[University of North Georgia]]}}
| [[Dahlonega, Georgia]]
| 1873{{efn|group=am|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.}}
| 2016
| Public
| 16,064 
| [[North Georgia Nighthawks|Nighthawks]]
| {{college color boxes|North Georgia Nighthawks}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
| [[Peach Belt Conference|Peach Belt]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
|-
! [[Presbyterian College]] 
| [[Clinton, South Carolina]]
| 1880 
| 2019 
| Private
| 1,403
| [[Presbyterian Blue Hose|Blue Hose]]
| {{college color boxes|Presbyterian Blue Hose}} 
| wrestling
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=am}}

===Future associate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Joins
! Type
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! class="unsortable"|Colors
! Sport
! Primary Conference
|-
! [[Liberty University]]
| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
| 1971
| 2026
| Private
| 16,000{{efn|group=amf|Approximate on-campus enrollment. Including online students, Liberty claims an enrollment of over 130,000.}}
| [[Liberty Flames soccer|Flames]]
| {{college color boxes|Liberty Flames}} 
| men's soccer
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|} 

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=amf}}

===Former full members===
Most former members are currently members of either the [[Southeastern Conference]] or the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in [[Shooting sports|rifle]] when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left 
!Nickname
!class="Unsortable"|Colors
!Current<br/>conference
|-
!{{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
|[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
|1831
|1921
|1932
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
|{{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Appalachian State University]]
|[[Boone, North Carolina]]
|1899
|1971
|2014
|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
|{{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
![[Auburn University]]
|[[Auburn, Alabama]]
|1856
|1921
|1932
|[[Auburn Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Auburn Tigers}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Charleston|[[College of Charleston]]}}
|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
|1770
|1998
|2013
|[[College of Charleston Cougars|Cougars]]
|{{college color boxes|College of Charleston Cougars}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
![[Clemson University]]
|[[Clemson, South Carolina]]
|1889
|1921
|1953
|[[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Clemson Tigers}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[Davidson College]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson, North Carolina]]
|rowspan="2"|1837
|1936
|1988
|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
|1992
|2014
|-
![[Duke University]]
|[[Durham, North Carolina]]
|1838
|1928
|1953
|[[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
|{{college color boxes|Duke Blue Devils}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[East Carolina University]]
|[[Greenville, North Carolina]]
|1907
|1964
|1976
|[[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
|{{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
![[Elon University]]
|[[Elon, North Carolina]]
|1889
|2003
|2014
|[[Elon Phoenix|Phoenix]]
|{{college color boxes|Elon Phoenix}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
!{{sort|Florida|[[University of Florida]]}}
|[[Gainesville, Florida]]
|1853
|1922
|1932
|[[Florida Gators|Gators]]
|{{college color boxes|Florida Gators}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[George Washington University]]
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|1821
|1941
|1970
|[[George Washington Revolutionaries|Colonials]]{{efn|group=ffm|George Washington's nickname throughout its SoCon tenure was Colonials. The current nickname of Revolutionaries was adopted in 2023.}}
|{{college color boxes|George Washington Revolutionaries}}
|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
!{{sort|Georgia|[[University of Georgia]]}}
|[[Athens, Georgia]]
|1785
|1921
|1932
|[[Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Bulldogs}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Georgia Southern University]]
|[[Statesboro, Georgia]]
|1906
|1992
|2014
|[[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
!{{sort|Georgia Tech|[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]}}
|[[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
|1885
|rowspan="2"|1921
|rowspan="3"|1932
|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
!{{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}
|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]
|1865
|[[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|{{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Louisiana State University]]
|[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
|1860
|1922
|[[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|LSU Tigers}}
|-
![[Marshall University]]
|[[Huntington, West Virginia]]
|1837
|1976
|1997
|nowrap|[[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
|{{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
!{{sort|Maryland|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]}}
|[[College Park, Maryland]]
|1856
|1923
|1953
|[[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
|{{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
|[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
!{{sort|Mississippi|[[University of Mississippi]]}}
|[[Oxford, Mississippi]]
|1848
|1922
|rowspan="2"|1932
|[[Ole Miss Rebels|Rebels]]
|{{college color boxes|Ole Miss Rebels}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Mississippi State University]]
|[[Starkville, Mississippi]]
|1878
|rowspan="3"|1921
|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}
|-
!{{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina<br/>at Chapel Hill]]}}
|[[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
|1789
|rowspan="2"|1953
|[[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
|{{college color boxes|North Carolina Tar Heels}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[North Carolina State University]]
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
|1887
|[[NC State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]]
|{{college color boxes|NC State Wolfpack}}
|-
!{{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|1830
|1936
|1976
|[[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
|{{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
![[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee: The University<br/>of the South]]
|[[Sewanee, Tennessee]]
|1857
|1923
|1932
|[[Sewanee Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Sewanee Tigers}}
|nowrap|[[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
!{{sort|South Carolina|[[University of South Carolina]]}}
|[[Columbia, South Carolina]]
|1801
|1922
|1953
|[[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
|{{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|1794
|1921
|rowspan="3"|1932
|[[Tennessee Volunteers|Volunteers]]
|{{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
|-
![[Tulane University]]
|[[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|1834
|rowspan="2"|1922
|[[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
|{{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
![[Vanderbilt University]]
|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
|1873
|[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
|{{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia]]}}
|[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
|1819
|rowspan="2"|1921
|1937
|[[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
|{{college color boxes|Virginia Cavaliers}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute<br/>and State University]]
|[[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
|1872
|1965
|[[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
|{{college color boxes|Virginia Tech Hokies}}
|-
![[Wake Forest University]]
|[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
|1834
|1936
|1953
|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]]
|{{college color boxes|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}
|-
![[Washington and Lee University]]
|[[Lexington, Virginia]]
|1749
|1921
|1958
|[[Washington and Lee Generals|Generals]]
|{{college color boxes|Washington and Lee Generals}}
|[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|ODAC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
![[West Virginia University]]
|[[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
|1867
|1950
|1968
|[[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
|{{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
|[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
!{{sort|William & Mary|[[College of William & Mary]]}}
|[[Williamsburg, Virginia]]
|1693
|1936
|1977
|[[William & Mary Tribe|Tribe]]
|{{college color boxes|William & Mary Tribe}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|}

{{notelist|group=ffm}}

==== Former associate members ====
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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!SoCon<br/>sport
!Primary<br/>conference<br/>during SoCon<br/>associate membership
!Current<br/>conference<br/>in former<br/>SoCon sport
|-
! {{sort|Air Force|[[United States Air Force Academy]]}}
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| 1954
| 2015
| 2021
| Federal<br/>{{Small|([[United States service academies|Military]])}}
| 4,417
| [[Air Force Falcons|Falcons]]
| {{college color boxes|Air Force Falcons}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Bellarmine University]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1950
| 2014
| 2021
| Private
| 3,369
| [[Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}},<br/>[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]{{efn|group=fam|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.}}
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Belmont University]]
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1890
| 2018
| 2022
| Private
| 8,080
| [[Belmont Bruins|Bruins]]
| {{college color boxes|Belmont Bruins}}
| soccer (m)
| [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
| [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
|-
! [[Central Michigan University]]
| [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]]
| 1892
| 2017
| 2020
| Public
| 21,705
| [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Chippewas]]
| {{college color boxes|Central Michigan Chippewas}}
| lacrosse (w)
| colspan=2 align=center | [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
! [[Coastal Carolina University]]
| [[Conway, South Carolina]]
| 1954
| 2020
| 2021
| Public
| 10,484
| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
| {{college color boxes|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Delaware State University]]
| [[Dover, Delaware]]
| 1891
| 2017
| 2021
| Public<br/>{{small|([[HBCU]])}}
| 5,054
| [[Delaware State Hornets|Hornets]]
| {{college color boxes|Delaware State Hornets}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]]
| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast]]
|-
! {{sort|Detroit|[[University of Detroit Mercy]]}}
| [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
| 1870
| 2017
| 2020
| Private
| 5,700
| [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Titans]]
| {{college color boxes|Detroit Mercy Titans}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Horizon League|Horizon]]
| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
! [[Hampton University]]
| [[Hampton, Virginia]]
| 1868
| 2021
| 2022
| Private
| 4,321
| [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Pirates]]
| {{college color boxes|Hampton Pirates}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
! [[High Point University]]
| [[High Point, North Carolina]]
| 1924
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 4,500
| [[High Point Panthers|Panthers]]
| {{college color boxes|High Point Panthers}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
! [[Jacksonville University]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| 1934
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 3,741
| [[Jacksonville Dolphins|Dolphins]]
| {{college color boxes|Jacksonville Dolphins}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| colspan=2 align=center | [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! {{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| 1830
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 4,361
| [[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
| {{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| colspan=2 align=center | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|}

{{notelist|group=fam}}

===SoCon membership timeline===

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   bar:1 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:2 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Auburn University|Auburn]] (1921–1933)
   bar:2 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:3 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Georgia|Georgia]] (1921–1933)
   bar:3 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:4 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] (1921–1933)
   bar:4 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1964 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1964 till:1975 text:Independent
   bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1979 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:5 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]] (1921–1933)
   bar:5 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:6 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Mississippi State University|Mississippi A&M/State]] (1921–1933)
   bar:6 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:7 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] (1921–1933)
   bar:7 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:8 color:Full from:1921 till:1937 text:[[University of Virginia|Virginia]] (1921–1937)
   bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1937 till:1953 text:Independent
   bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:9 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[Clemson University|Clemson]] (1921–1953)
   bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:10 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] (1921–1953)
   bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:11 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]] (1921–1953)
   bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:12 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] (1921–1953)
   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2014 till:end text:[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]

   bar:13 color:Full from:1921 till:1958 text:[[Washington and Lee University|Washington and Lee]] (1921–1958)
   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1958 till:1962
   bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1962 till:1976 text:[[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|CAC]]
   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:end text:[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|VCC/ODAC]]

   bar:14 color:Full from:1921 till:1965 text:[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] (1921–1965)
   bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1965 till:1978 text:Independent
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2000 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:2004 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2004)|Big East]]
   bar:14 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:2004 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:15 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[University of Florida|Florida]] (1922–1933)
   bar:15 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:16 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Louisiana State University|LSU]] (1922–1933)
   bar:16 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:17 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss]] (1922–1933)
   bar:17 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:18 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Tulane University|Tulane]] (1922–1933)
   bar:18 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1966 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1975 text:Independent
   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2014 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]

   bar:19 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]] (1922–1933)
   bar:19 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:20 color:Full from:1922 till:1953 text:[[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]] (1922–1953)
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:1971 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1971 till:1983 text:Independent
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1983 till:1991 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:21 color:Full from:1923 till:1933 text:[[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee]] (1923–1933)
   bar:21 shift:(30) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1940 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1940 till:1962 text:Independent
   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1962 till:2012 text:[[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|CAC/SCAC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:[[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]

   bar:22 color:Full from:1924 till:2003 text:[[Virginia Military Institute|VMI]] (1924–2003; 2014–present)
   bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:2003 till:2014 text:[[Big South]]
   bar:22 color:Full from:2014 till:end

   bar:23 color:Full from:1928 till:1953 text:[[Duke University|Duke]] (1928–1953)
   bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:24 color:Full from:1936 till:1953 text:[[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] (1936–1953)
   bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:25 color:Full from:1936 till:end text:[[Furman University|Furman]] (1936–present)

   bar:26 color:Full from:1936 till:1976 text:[[University of Richmond|Richmond]] (1936–1976)
   bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1979 text:Ind.
   bar:26 shift:(-2) color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1983 text:[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC S.]]
   bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:2001 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
   bar:26 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:27 color:Full from:1936 till:1977 text:[[College of William &amp; Mary|William & Mary]] (1936–1977)
   bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1977 till:1983 text:[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC S.]]
   bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:28 color:Full from:1936 till:end text:[[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]] (1936–present)

   bar:29 color:Full from:1936 till:2014 text:[[Davidson College|Davidson]] (1936–2014)
   bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1990 
   bar:29 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 
   bar:29 color:FullxF from:1992 till:2014:(1992–2014)
   bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Atlantic-10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:30 color:Full from:1941 till:1967 text:[[George Washington University|George Washington]] (1941–1970)
   bar:30 color:FullxF from:1967 till:1970
   bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1976 text:Ind.
   bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:31 color:Full from:1950 till:1968 text:[[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] (1950–1968)
   bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1968 till:1976 text:Ind.
   bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1995 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
   bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2012 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]

   bar:32 color:Full from:1964 till:1977 text:[[East Carolina University|East Carolina]] (1964–1977)
   bar:32 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:1977 till:1981 text:Ind.
   bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2001 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
   bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2014 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]

   bar:33 color:Full from:1971 till:2014 text:[[Appalachian State University|Appalachian State]] (1971–2014)
   bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:34 color:Full from:1976 till:1997 text:[[Marshall University|Marshall]] (1976–1997)
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2005 text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:35 color:Full from:1976 till:end text:[[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga|Chattanooga]] (1976–present)

   bar:36 color:Full from:1976 till:end text:[[Western Carolina University|Western Carolina]] (1976–present)

   bar:37 color:Full from:1978 till:2004 text:[[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State]] (1978–2005; 2014–present)
   bar:37 color:FullxF from:2004 till:2005
   bar:37 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Sun Conference|A-Sun]]
   bar:37 color:FullxF from:2014 till:2015
   bar:37 color:Full from:2015 till:end

   bar:38 color:Full from:1992 till:2014 text:[[Georgia Southern University|Georgia Southern]] (1992–2014)
   bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:39 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text:[[University of North Carolina at Greensboro|UNC Greensboro]] (1997–present)

   bar:40 color:Full from:1997 till:end text:[[Wofford College|Wofford]] (1997–present)

   bar:41 color:FullxF from:1998 till:end text:[[College of Charleston|Charleston]] (1998–2013)
   bar:41 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:42 color:Full from:2003 till:end text:[[Elon University|Elon]] (2003–2014)
   bar:42 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:43 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:[[Samford University|Samford]] (2008–present)

   bar:44 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[Mercer University|Mercer]] (2014–present)

   bar:45 shift:(-52) color:Full from:2026 till:end text:[[Tennessee Technological University|Tennessee Tech]] (2026–future)

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* <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>

==Sports==
The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 9 women's, and one co-educational NCAA-sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soconsports.com/index.aspx|title=Southern Conference|website=Southern Conference}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2021}}<!-- claim is inferred by clicking on the site header--> Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the [[ASUN 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,<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/> after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|publisher=University of North Georgia|title=Southern Conference to add rifle as 21st sport|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210232925/http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18, but was dropped after the 2020–21 school year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2021/6/7/big-south-adds-three-associate-members-in-womens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Big South Adds Three Associate Members in Women's Lacrosse |publisher=Big South Conference |date=June 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref name=A10MLAX/> 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.<ref name=A10MLAX/><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://maacsports.com/news/2022/4/4/virginia-military-institute-rejoins-maac-mens-lacrosse-league.aspx |title=Virginia Military Institute Rejoins MAAC Men's Lacrosse League |publisher=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/mlax/2021-22/releases/202203300adgdf |title=Jacksonville, Lindenwood & Mercer Joining #ASUNMLAX for 2023 Season |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=March 30, 2022 |access-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Teams in Southern Conference competition'''
!Sport||Men's||Women's||Co-ed
|-
|align="left"|[[College baseball|Baseball]]||8||–||–
|-
|align="left"|[[College basketball|Basketball]]||10||8||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Cross country running|Cross Country]]||10||10||–
|-
|align="left"|[[College football|Football]]||9||–||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Golf]]||8||9||–
|-
|align="left"|[[NCAA Rifle Championship|Rifle]]||2||3||3
|-
|align="left"|[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]||6||10||–
|-
|align="left"|[[College softball|Softball]]||–||8||–
|-
|align="left"|[[College tennis|Tennis]]||8||8||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Track and field (indoor)|Track and Field (Indoor)]]||9||9||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Track and field (outdoor)|Track and Field (Outdoor)]]||9||10||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Volleyball]]||–||9||–
|-
|align="left"|[[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]||9||–||–
|}

{{notelist|group=t}}

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
|-
! School!! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross country !! Football !! Golf !! Rifle{{efn|group=m|align="left"|[[NCAA Rifle Championship|Rifle]] is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.}} !! Soccer !! Tennis !! Track & field<br/>(indoor) !! Track & field<br/>(outdoor) !! Wrestling !! Total SoCon sports
|-
| <big>Chattanooga</big> || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || 6
|-
| <big>The Citadel</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=m|name=MR|Men's rifle team; school also fields a women's team.}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| <big>East Tennessee State</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| <big>Furman</big> || {{no}} ||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| <big>Mercer</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| <big>Samford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| <big>UNC Greensboro</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| <big>VMI</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=m|name=MR}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| <big>Western Carolina</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 7
|-
| <big>Wofford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||  {{yes}}{{efn|group=m|Co-ed rifle team}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10
|-
! colspan="13" | Future Members
|-
| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||  {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
| <big>Totals</big> || 8 || 10 || 10 || 9 || 8 || 3+2{{efn|group=m|Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with co-ed teams}}|| 6 || 8 || 8 || 9 || 3+6{{efn|group=m|Associates Appalachian State, Bellarmine, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian}}|| 82+8
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=m}}

<big>'''Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:'''</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>School</big> !! Lacrosse !! Swimming &<br/>diving
|-
| <big>Mercer</big> || [[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]|| No
|-
| <big>VMI</big> || [[Northeast Conference|NEC]] || [[America East]]
|}

{{notelist|group=mn}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
! <big>School</big>!! Basketball !! Cross country !! Golf !! Rifle{{efn|group=w|align="left"|[[NCAA Rifle Championship|Rifle]] is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.}} !! Soccer !! Softball !! Tennis !! Track & field<br/>(indoor) !! Track & field<br/>(outdoor) !! Volleyball !! Total SoCon teams
|-
| <big>Chattanooga</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>The Citadel</big> || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=w|name=WR|Women's rifle team; school also fields a men's team.}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||7
|-
| <big>East Tennessee State</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>Furman</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||10
|-
| <big>Mercer</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>Samford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>UNC Greensboro</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>VMI</big> || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=w|name=WR|Women's rifle team; school also fields a men's team.}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||5
|-
| <big>Western Carolina</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
|-
| <big>Wofford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=w|Co-ed rifle team}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||10
|-
! colspan="13" | Future Members
|-
| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| <big>Totals</big> ||8 ||10 ||9 || 3+3{{efn|group=w|Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (co-ed team), and UAB (co-ed team)}}||10 ||8 ||8 ||9 ||10 ||9 ||87+4
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=w}}

<big>'''Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:'''</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>School</big> !! Beach volleyball !! Lacrosse !! Swimming &<br/>diving !! Water polo
|-
| <big>Chattanooga</big> || [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]] || No || No || No
|-
| <big>Furman</big> || No || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
|-
| <big>Mercer</big> || [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]{{efn|group=wn|Tennessee Tech has not announced a future affiliation for its beach volleyball program.}} || No || No || No
|-
| <big>VMI</big> || No || No || [[America East Conference|America East]] || [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
|-
| <big>Wofford</big> || No || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
|}

{{notelist|group=wn}}

==Facilities==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|border=2|team=Southern Conference | School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity | Softball stadium | Capacity | Soccer field | Capacity }}
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Chattanooga Mocs}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Chattanooga Mocs|Chattanooga Mocs|'''Chattanooga'''}}
|[[Finley Stadium]]
|20,668
|[[McKenzie Arena]]
|10,928
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-baseball school''}}
|[[Jim Frost Stadium]]
|3,000
|[[Finley Stadium]]
|20,668
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Citadel Bulldogs}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Citadel Bulldogs|The Citadel Bulldogs|'''Citadel'''}}
|[[Johnson Hagood Stadium]]
|11,500
|[[McAlister Field House]]
|6,000
|[[Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park]]
|6,000
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-soccer school''}}
|- 
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|East Tennessee State Buccaneers|East Tennessee State Buccaneers|'''East Tennessee State'''}}
|[[William B. Greene Jr. Stadium]]
|7,694{{efn|group=f|Seated capacity; 10,000+ with standing room}}
|[[Freedom Hall Civic Center]]
|8,500
|[[Thomas Stadium]]
|1,200
|[[Betty Basler Field]]
|500+
|[[Summers-Taylor Stadium]]
|2,000+
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Furman Paladins}}"| [[Furman Paladins|{{white|'''Furman'''}}]]
|[[Paladin Stadium]]
|16,000
|[[Timmons Arena]]
|5,000
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-baseball school''}}
|[[Pepsi Softball Stadium]]
|300
|[[Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (Greenville, South Carolina)|Eugene E. Stone III Stadium]]
|3,000
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Liberty Flames}}"| [[Liberty Flames men's soccer|{{white|'''Liberty'''}}]]
| colspan=8 {{N/A|''Men's soccer-only member''}}
|Osborne Stadium
|1,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mercer Bears}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Mercer Bears|Mercer Bears|'''Mercer'''}}
|[[Five Star Stadium]]
|10,200
|[[Hawkins Arena]]
|3,500
|[[Claude Smith Field]]
|500
|[[Sikes Field]]
|300
|[[Betts Stadium]]
|500
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Samford Bulldogs}}"| [[Samford Bulldogs|{{white|'''Samford'''}}]]
|[[Pete Hanna 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
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|'''Tennessee Tech'''}}
| [[Tucker Stadium]]
| 16,500
| [[Eblen Center]]
| 9,280
| [[Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex]]
| 1,100
| Tech Softball Field
| {{nts|800}}
| Tech Soccer Field
| {{nts|800}}
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|UNC Greensboro Spartans|UNC Greensboro Spartans|'''UNC Greensboro'''}}
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-football school''}}
|[[Greensboro Complex #First Horizon Coliseum|First Horizon Coliseum]] (men's)<br/>[[Fleming Gymnasium]] (women's)
|7,617<br/>2,320
|[[UNCG Baseball Stadium]]
|3,500
|[[UNCG Softball Stadium]]
|500+
|[[UNCG Soccer Stadium]]
|3,540
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|VMI Keydets}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|VMI Keydets|VMI Keydets|'''VMI'''}}
|[[Alumni Memorial Field]]
|10,000
|[[Cameron Hall (Virginia)|Cameron Hall]]
|5,020
|[[Gray–Minor Stadium]]
|1,400
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|[[Patchin Field]]
|1,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Carolina Catamounts}}"| [[Western Carolina Catamounts|{{white|'''Western Carolina'''}}]]
|[[Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium|E. J. Whitmire Stadium]]
|13,742
|[[Ramsey Center]]
|7,826
|[[Hennon Stadium]]
|1,500
|[[Catamount Softball Complex]]
|250+
|[[Catamount Athletic Complex]]
|1,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wofford Terriers}}"| [[Wofford Terriers|{{white|'''Wofford'''}}]]
|[[Gibbs Stadium]]
|13,000
|[[Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium]]
|3,400
|[[Russell C. King Field]]
|2,500
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|[[Snyder Field (Spartanburg, South Carolina)|Snyder Field]]
|2,250
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=f}}

==Conference champions==

===Football===
{{See also|College Football All-Southern Team}}

''This is a list of recent champions. For the full history, see [[List of Southern Conference football champions]].''

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Champion
!Record
|-
|[[2014 Southern Conference football season|2014]]
|[[2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team|Chattanooga]]
| style="text-align:center;"|7–0
|-
|[[2015 Southern Conference football season|2015]]
|[[2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team|Chattanooga]]†<br/>[[2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team|The Citadel]]
| style="text-align:center;"|6–1
|-
|[[2016 Southern Conference football season|2016]]
|[[2016 The Citadel Bulldogs football team|The Citadel]]†
| style="text-align:center;"|8–0
|-
|[[2017 Southern Conference football season|2017]]
|[[2017 Wofford Terriers football team|Wofford]]†
| style="text-align:center;"|7–1
|-
|[[2018 Southern Conference football season|2018]]
|[[2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team|East Tennessee State]]<br/>[[2018 Furman Paladins football team|Furman]]<br/>[[2018 Wofford Terriers football team|Wofford]]†
| style="text-align:center;"|6–2
|-
|[[2019 Southern Conference football season|2019]]
|[[2019 Wofford Terriers football team|Wofford]]†
|align=center | 7–1
|-
|[[2020 Southern Conference football season|2020]]
|[[2020 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]†
|align=center | 6–1
|-
|[[2021 Southern Conference football season|2021]]
|[[2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team|East Tennessee State]]†
|align=center | 7–1
|-
| [[2022 Southern Conference football season|2022]]
| [[2022 Samford Bulldogs football team|Samford]]†
| align=center | 8–0
|-
| [[2023 Southern Conference football season|2023]]
| [[2023 Furman Paladins football team|Furman]]†
| align=center | 7–1
|-
| [[2024 Southern Conference football season|2024]]
| [[2024 Mercer Bears football team|Mercer]]†
| align=center | 10–2
|}
† Automatic bid to [[NCAA Division I Football Championship]]

===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]].''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Regular season champion
!Record
!Tournament champion
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2015–16]]
| [[2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team|Chattanooga]]
| 15–3
| [[2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2016–17]]
| [[2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team|East Tennessee State]]{{efn|group=mbc|name=seedorder|Listed in order of seeding in the conference tournament}}<br/>[[2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]<br/>[[2016–17 Furman Paladins men's basketball team|Furman]]
| 14–4
| [[2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team|East Tennessee State]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2017–18]]
| [[2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]
| 15–3
| [[2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2018–19]]
| [[2018–19 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team|Wofford]]
| 18–0
| [[2018–19 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team|Wofford]]
|-
|[[2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2019–20]]
|[[2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team|East Tennessee State]]
|16–2
|[[2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team|East Tennessee State]]
|-
|[[2021 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2020–21]]
|[[2020–21 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]
|13–5
|[[2020–21 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]
|-
|[[2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball season|2021–22]]
|[[2021–22 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|14–4
|[[2021–22 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
| [[2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2022–23]]
| [[2022–23 Furman Paladins men's basketball team|Furman]]{{efn|group=mbc|name=seedorder}}<br/>[[2022–23 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team|Samford]]
| 15–3
| [[2022–23 Furman Paladins men's basketball team|Furman]]
|-
| [[2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2023–24]]
| [[2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team|Samford]]
| 15–3
| [[2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team|Samford]]
|-
| [[2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament|2024–25]]
| [[2024–25 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
| 15–3
| [[2024–25 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team|Wofford]]
|}

{{notelist|group=mbc}}

===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]]''

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Champion
|-
|2016
| [[2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
|2017
| [[2016–17 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
| 2018
| [[2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team|Mercer]]
|-
| 2019
| [[2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team|Mercer]]
|-
| 2020
| [[2019–20 Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team|Samford]]
|-
| 2021
| [[2020–21 Mercer Bears women's basketball team|Mercer]]
|-
| 2022
| [[2021–22 Mercer Bears women's basketball team|Mercer]]
|-
| 2023
| [[2022–23 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
| 2024
| [[2023–24 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team|Chattanooga]]
|-
| 2025
| [[2024–25 UNC Greensboro Spartans women's basketball team|UNC Greensboro]]
|}

===Baseball===
''This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see [[Southern Conference baseball tournament]].''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Reg. season champion
!Tournament champion
|-
| align=center | [[2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2015]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2015|team=Mercer Bears|title=Mercer}}
| Mercer
|-
| align=center | [[2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2016]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2016|team=Mercer Bears|title=Mercer}}
| {{cbsb link|year=2016|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
|-
| align=center | [[2017 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2017]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2017|team=Mercer Bears|title=Mercer}}
| {{cbsb link|year=2017|team=UNC Greensboro Spartans|title=UNC Greensboro}}
|-
| align=center | [[2018 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2018]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2018|team=UNC Greensboro Spartans|title=UNC Greensboro}}
| {{cbsb link|year=2018|team=Samford Bulldogs|title=Samford}}
|-
| align=center | [[2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2019]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2019|team=Samford Bulldogs|title=Samford}}
| {{cbsb link|year=2019|team=Mercer Bears|title=Mercer}}
|-
| align=center | 2020
| colspan=2 align=center | ''Season canceled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]]''
|-
| align=center | [[2021 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2021]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2021|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}
| [[2021 Samford Bulldogs baseball team|Samford]]
|-
| align=center | [[2022 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2022]]
| [[2022 Wofford Terriers baseball team|Wofford]]
| [[2022 UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball team|UNC Greensboro]]
|-
| align=center | [[2023 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2023]]
| [[2023 Samford Bulldogs baseball team|Samford]]
| [[2023 Samford Bulldogs baseball team|Samford]]
|-
| align=center | [[2024 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2024]]
| {{cbsb link|year=2024|team=UNC Greensboro Spartans|title=UNC Greensboro}}
| {{cbsb link|year=2024|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}
|-
| align="center" |[[2025 Southern Conference baseball season|2025]]
|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers baseball|East Tennessee State]]
|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers baseball|East Tennessee State]]
|}

===Rifle===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%;"
|-
!Year
!Air rifle champion
!Smallbore champion
!Overall champion
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2017
|[[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2018
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2019
|[[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
|[[UAB Blazers|UAB]]
|[[UAB Blazers|UAB]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2020
|[[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|[[UAB Blazers|UAB]]
|[[UAB Blazers|UAB]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2021
| [[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|-
| align=center|2022
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[North Georgia Nighthawks|North Georgia]]
|-
| align=center|2023
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Citadel Bulldogs|The Citadel]]
|-
| align=center|2024
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
|-
| align=center|2025
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
|}

===Men's Lacrosse===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Champion
|-
|2015
|[[High Point Panthers men's lacrosse|High Point]]
|-
|2016
|[[Air Force Falcons men's lacrosse|Air Force]]
|-
|2017
|[[Air Force Falcons men's lacrosse|Air Force]]
|-
|2018
|[[Richmond Spiders men's lacrosse|Richmond]]
|-
|2019
|[[Richmond Spiders men's lacrosse|Richmond]]
|-
|2020
|Not Held
|-
|2021
|[[High Point Panthers men's lacrosse|High Point]]
|}

==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Conference Commissioner's & Germann Cups|publisher=Southern Conference|date=2007-06-04|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&KEY=&ATCLID=264425}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=264425 | title=Southern Conference }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Year ||Commissioner's Cup || Germann Cup
|-
|1969–70 || East Carolina<br/>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
|-
|2020–21
| Furman || Samford
|-
|2021–22
| East Tennessee State || Samford
|-
|2022–23
| Samford || Samford
|-
|2023–24
| Samford || Samford
|}

==See also==
*[[Southern Conference Hall of Fame]]

==Relevant literature==
*Iamarino, John. 2020. ''A Proud History of Athletic History.'' Mercer University Press.

==Notes==
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==References==
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