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{{short description|Collegiate athletics conference operating primarily in the southeastern United States}}
{{other uses|Southeastern Conference (disambiguation)|SEC (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Southeastern Conference (SEC)
| color           = #004B8D; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFD046|2px}}
| font_color      = white
| title           = Southeastern Conference
| logo            = Southeastern Conference logo (2024).svg
| logo_size       = 150px
| founded         = {{start date and age|1932}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12628010/sec-history |title=Official Site of the Southeastern Conference |publisher=Secsports.com }}</ref>
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]
| teams           = 16
| sports          = 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secsports.com/championships/default.aspx |title=Official Site of the Southeastern Conference |publisher=Secsports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806140918/http://www.secsports.com/championships/default.aspx |archive-date=August 6, 2010 }}</ref>
| mens            = 9
| womens          = 13
| region          = * [[Southern United States|South]]
** [[South Atlantic States|South Atlantic]]
** [[East South Central States|East South Central]]
** [[West South Central States|West South Central]]
* [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]
** [[West North Central States|West North Central]]
| champion        = 
| TV              = [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]]/[[ESPN]]/[[SEC Network]]
| streaming       = [[ESPN (streaming service)|ESPN]]
| headquarters    = Roy F. Kramer Building<br/>2201 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd.<br/>[[Birmingham, Alabama]]<br/>United States
| commissioner    = [[Greg Sankey]]
| since           = 2015
| website         = {{URL|https://www.secsports.com/|secsports.com}}
| map             = New SEC Map 2.jpg
| map_size        = 250
}}

The '''Southeastern Conference''' ('''SEC''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] whose member institutions are located primarily in the [[South Central United States|South Central]] and [[Southeastern United States]]. Its 16 members include the [[Flagship university|flagship]] public universities of 12 states, 3 additional public [[Land-grant university|land-grant universities]], and 1 private research university. The conference is headquartered in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. The SEC participates in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] in sports competitions. In [[College football|football]], it is part of the [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A.

The SEC was established in 1932 by 13 members of the [[Southern Conference]]. Three charter members left by the late 1960s, but additions in 1990 and 2012 grew the conference to 14 member institutions. The conference expanded to 16 members with the addition of the [[University of Oklahoma]] and the [[University of Texas]] in 2024.<ref name="OUUT">{{Cite web|title=Statement from SEC Commissioner on Oklahoma, Texas|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/35625656/statement-sec-commissioner-oklahoma-texas|access-date=February 10, 2023 |date=February 9, 2023 |work= SECSports.com}}</ref>

In [[1992 SEC Championship Game|1992]], the SEC was the first NCAA Division I conference to have a [[SEC Championship Game|championship game]] for football and was one of the founding member conferences of the [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS). The conference sponsors team championships in nine men's sports and 13 women's sports. The conference distributed $721.8 million to its 14 schools in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEC Announces 2021–22 revenue distribution |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/35622884/sec-announces-2021-22-revenue-distribution |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=secsports.com}}</ref>

==Member universities==

===Members===
The SEC consists of 16 member institutions located in the U.S. states of [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[Oklahoma]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]].

The SEC was formerly divided into East and West Divisions, although the divisional alignment was not strictly geographic, with Missouri in the East Division while being farther west than all West Division schools except Arkansas and Texas A&M, and Auburn in the West Division despite being located farther east than East Division schools Missouri and Vanderbilt.<ref name="d154">{{cite web | last=Larrabee | first=Brandon | title=Alabama and Auburn to the East? Missouri and Vanderbilt to the West? | website=Team Speed Kills | date=2016-04-07 | url=https://www.teamspeedkills.com/2016/4/7/11319796/alabama-auburn-sec-west-missouri-vanderbilt-sec-east | access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref> These divisional groupings were applied only in football, men's basketball (prior to 2011–12), baseball, and women's soccer both for scheduling and standings purposes. In football, the winner of each division met in the [[SEC Championship Game]]. The SEC eliminated its divisional groupings when Oklahoma and Texas joined in 2024.<ref name=SevenSports>{{cite press release|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/35857432/seven-sec-sports-future-scheduling-formats-approved |title=Seven SEC sports future scheduling formats are approved |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name=SixSports>{{cite press release|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/34032021/six-sec-sports-future-scheduling-formats-approved |title=Six SEC sports future scheduling formats are approved |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 3, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref>

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|-
!Institution !! Location !! Founded !!  Joined !! Type!! Enrollment<br /><small>(fall 2023)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ |title=College Navigator |website=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=January 1, 2025 }}</ref>!! Endowment<br />{{nowrap|<small>(billions – [[fiscal year|FY]]24)</small><ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
! Nickname !!class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
![[University of Alabama]]
| [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
| 1831
| 1932
|Public
| 39,622
| $2.379<br /><small>([[University of Alabama System|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
| {{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}<!-- Crimson and White -->
|-
![[University of Arkansas]]
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| 1871
| 1992
|Public
| 32,140
| $1.666
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Razorbacks]]
| {{college color boxes|Arkansas Razorbacks}}<!-- Cardinal and White -->
|-
! [[Auburn University]]
| [[Auburn, Alabama]]
| 1856
| 1932
|Public
| 33,015
| $1.187
| [[Auburn Tigers|Tigers]]
| {{college color boxes|Auburn Tigers}}<!-- Navy Blue and Burnt Orange -->
|-
! [[University of Florida]]
| [[Gainesville, Florida]]
| 1853
| 1932
|Public
| 54,814
| $2.454
| [[Florida Gators|Gators]]
| {{college color boxes|Florida Gators }}<!-- Orange and Blue -->
|-
! [[University of Georgia]]
| [[Athens, Georgia]]
| 1785
| 1932
|Public
| 41,615
| $2.056
| [[Georgia Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Bulldogs}}<!-- Red and Dark Gray -->
|-
![[University of Kentucky]]
| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| 1865
| 1932
|Public
| 32,703{{efn|group=full|Includes a small enrollment in engineering programs housed in [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]].}}
| $1.979
| [[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
|-
![[Louisiana State University]]
| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
| 1860
| 1932
|Public
| 39,418
| $1.138<br /><small>([[Louisiana State University System|system-wide]])</small>
| [[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tigers]]
| {{college color boxes|LSU Tigers}}<!-- Purple and Gold -->
|-
![[University of Mississippi]]
| [[University, Mississippi]]{{efn|group=full|The U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Census Bureau designate the location of Ole Miss as "University, Mississippi."}}
| 1848
| 1932
|Public
| 24,043{{efn|group=full|Includes enrollment in academic programs housed at the [[University of Mississippi Medical Center]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]].}}
| $0.925
| [[Ole Miss Rebels|Rebels]]
| {{college color boxes|Ole Miss Rebels}}
|-
! [[Mississippi State University]]
| [[Mississippi State, Mississippi]]{{efn|group=full|The U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Census Bureau designate the location of Mississippi State as "Mississippi State, Mississippi."}}
| 1878
| 1932
|Public
| 22,657
| $0.895
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}
|-
! [[University of Missouri]]
| [[Columbia, Missouri]]
| 1839
| 2012
|Public
| 31,013
| $2.411<br /><small>([[University of Missouri System|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Missouri Tigers|Tigers]]
| {{college color boxes|Missouri Tigers}}
|-
! [[University of Oklahoma]]
| [[Norman, Oklahoma]]
| 1890
| 2024
|Public
| 29,145{{efn|group=full|Enrollment at the main campus in Norman.}}
| $1.808<ref>As of June 30, 2024. {{Cite web|title=Consolidated Financial Statements: June 30, 2024 and 2023 with Independent Auditor's Report |publisher=The University of Oklahoma Foundation |url=https://home.oufoundation.org/s/1720/images/gid2/editor_documents/transparency_documents/2024_university_of_oklahoma_foundation_report_final.pdf |date=October 21, 2024 |access-date=January 1, 2025 }}</ref>
| [[Oklahoma Sooners|Sooners]]
| {{college color boxes|Oklahoma Sooners}}
|-
! [[University of South Carolina]]
| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| 1801
| 1992
|Public
| 36,579
| $1.044
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
| {{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
|-
![[University of Tennessee]]
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| 1794
| 1932
|Public
| 36,304 
| $1.766<br /><small>([[University of Tennessee system|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Tennessee Volunteers|Volunteers]]
| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
|-
! [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| [[Austin, Texas]]
| 1883
| 2024
|Public
| 53,082
| $47.465<br /><small>([[University of Texas System|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Texas Longhorns|Longhorns]]
| {{College color boxes|Texas Longhorns}}
|-
![[Texas A&M University]]
| [[College Station, Texas]]
| 1876
| 2012
|Public
| 76,633
| $20.381<br /><small>([[Texas A&M University System|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Texas A&M Aggies|Aggies]]
| {{College color boxes|Texas A&M Aggies}}
|-
! [[Vanderbilt University]]
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1873
| 1932
|Private
| 13,456
| $10.248
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
| {{College color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
|}

; Notes
{{notelist|group=full}}

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===Membership map===

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===Former members===
Three schools have left the SEC, all charter members:

*[[Sewanee: The University of the South|The University of the South]] ("Sewanee") developed an elite college football program around the turn of the 20th century, with some observers{{Who|date=March 2025}} opining that the [[1899 Sewanee Tigers football team|1899 "Iron Tigers"]] were the most dominant squad in history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unrivaled: Sewanee 1899 |url= https://sewanee1899.org}}</ref> However, after helping to establish the SEC in the early 1930s, it became clear that the small private institution's athletic teams could no longer compete with those from large state universities. [[Sewanee Tigers football]] squads never won a conference game, going 0–36 in league play over eight seasons while enjoying much more success against non-conference foes from comparably-sized institutions.<ref name="charter"/> As such, Sewanee opted to leave the SEC after the 1940 season and transitioned its athletic programs to the lower divisions of intercollegiate play.<ref name="Sewanee1">{{cite news |title=Sewanee quits Southeastern |first=Romney |last=Wheeler |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VuU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=4638%2C4829781 |via=Google News Archives |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=December 13, 1940 |page=1 |access-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref> The school is currently a member of the [[Southern Athletic Association]].{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
*[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech]] left the SEC in 1964 due to controversy over the conference's regulation of [[college recruiting|recruiting]] and [[athletic scholarship|scholarships]]. Georgia Tech athletic director and head football coach [[Bobby Dodd]] had lobbied the league to establish rules prohibiting several practices, particularly the oversigning of players by Alabama coach [[Bear Bryant]] and others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oversigning: An in-depth look into one of college football's biggest controversies |url=https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/sports/national-sports/staff-sports-picks/oversigning-an-in-depth-look-into-1-of-college-footballs-biggest-controversies/ |work=www.gainesvilletimes.com |publisher=The Gainesville Times |date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> When league members voted against tightening the rules, Dodd withdrew the Yellow Jackets from the SEC. The school played as an [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|independent]] for several years until 1978, when Georgia Tech joined the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]].<ref name="charter">{{cite news |last1=Sims |first1=Bob |title=Southeastern Conference charter schools move on in different directions |url=https://www.al.com/bn/2008/02/southeastern_conference_charte.html |access-date=December 4, 2022 |work=Alabama.com |date=February 24, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Tulane Green Wave|Tulane]] left the SEC in 1966. Although the school's athletic squads were competitive in the conference's early days, the private institution's programs struggled to compete against large state universities. This was particularly true in football, where the [[Tulane Green Wave football|Green Wave]] were SEC champions in [[1949 Tulane Green Wave football team|1949]] but never again posted a winning record in conference play. Tulane left the SEC in 1966 and subsequently considered dropping to lower levels of NCAA competition or ending its football program to focus on academics.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dellenger |first1=Ross |title=Inside Tulane's Rapid Turnaround From Two Wins to Group of Five Dominance |url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/10/tulane-football-turnaround-academic-school |access-date=January 2, 2023 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 10, 2022}}</ref> However, the school has remained in Division I and is currently in the [[American Conference (NCAA)|American Conference]].<ref name="charter"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Establishment
!Joined SEC
!Left SEC
!Type
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Current<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Sewanee: The University of the South]]'''
| [[Sewanee, Tennessee]]
| 1857
| 1932
| 1940
| Private<br>{{small|([[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]])}}
| [[Sewanee Tigers|Tigers]]
| {{college color boxes|Sewanee Tigers}}
| [[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3}}
|-
| '''[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]'''
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 1885
| 1932
| 1964
| Public
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| '''[[Tulane University]]'''
| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| 1834
| 1932
| 1966
| Private
| [[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
| {{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|}

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

==History==

===Founding===
The SEC was established December 8 and 9, 1932, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Farragut Hotel, when the thirteen members of the large [[Southern Conference]] located west and south of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] left to form their own conference. Ten of the thirteen founding members have remained in the conference since its inception: the [[University of Alabama]], [[Auburn University]], the [[University of Florida]], the [[University of Georgia]], the [[University of Kentucky]], [[Louisiana State University]] ("LSU"), the [[University of Mississippi]] ("Ole Miss"), [[Mississippi State University]], the [[University of Tennessee]], and [[Vanderbilt University]]. The SEC had no formal headquarters during its first eight years of existence, but in 1940, former [[Governor of Mississippi]] [[Martin S. Conner|Martin "Mike" Conner]] was named the conference's first president, with the league establishing its first corporate headquarters on the 13th floor of the [[Standard Life Building (Jackson, Mississippi)|Standard Life Building]] in downtown [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. The SEC office remained there until 1948, when it moved to [[Birmingham, Alabama]], where it remains.<ref>"Original SEC Office," ''HMdb.com: The Historical Marker Database'' [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=178426]. Accessed 19 October 2024.</ref> The three founding members that have since left the conference are [[Sewanee Tigers football|Sewanee]], who left after the 1940 season to drop all athletic scholarships and become a [[NCAA Division III|D-III]] Independent; [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]], who left after the 1963 season and became a D-I Independent; and [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]], who left after the 1965 season and became a D-I Independent.

In 1935, the SEC became the first conference to legalize [[athletic scholarships]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Madsen |first1=Rob |date=Spring 2023 |title=The Cost of Conservatism: The University of Minnesota's Lofted Ideals and Fallen Football Teams |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/article/918698 |journal=Journal of Sport History |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=85–100 |doi= 10.5406/21558450.50.1.06|access-date=|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===Racial integration===
[[File:GreirSugarBwolpg322 1956OWL.jpg|thumb|[[Bobby Grier (Pittsburgh Panthers)|Bobby Grier]] playing against the [[1955 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] in 1955]]
White southerners committed to maintaining segregation created controversy preceding the [[1956 Sugar Bowl]], when the [[1955 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pitt Panthers]],  with African-American fullback [[Bobby Grier (American football player)|Bobby Grier]] on the roster, met the [[1955 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]].<ref name=fcflu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cs9RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4796%2C5131560 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Sell |first=Jack |title=Panthers defeat flu; face Ga. Tech next |date=December 30, 1955 |page=1}}</ref> White southern segregationists created controversy by claiming that Grier should be barred from the game due to his race, and whether Georgia Tech should even play at all due to Georgia's [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor]] [[Marvin Griffin]]'s opposition to racial integration.<ref name="Mulé">Mulé, Marty – {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610185435/http://www.blackathlete.net/artman/publish/article_01392.shtml A Time For Change: Bobby Grier And The 1956 Sugar Bowl]}}. Black Athlete Sports Network, December 28, 2005</ref><ref>Zeise, Paul – [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05280/584401.stm Bobby Grier broke bowl's color line. The Panthers' Bobby Grier was the first African-American to play in Sugar Bowl] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 07, 2005</ref><ref>[[Pete Thamel]] – [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/sports/ncaafootball/01grier.html?ex=1293771600&en=8a6a5b2ca5956881&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Grier Integrated a Game and Earned the World's Respect]. New York Times, January 1, 2006.</ref> After Griffin publicly sent a telegram to the state's Board of Regents requesting Georgia Tech not to engage in racially integrated events, Georgia Tech's president [[Blake R. Van Leer]] rejected the request and threatened to resign. The game went on as planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2019/11/14/20914927/rearview-revisited-segregation-and-the-sugar-bowl-georgia-tech-pittsburgh-bobby-grier-1955-1956-game |publisher=Georgia Tech|title=Rearview Revisited: Segregation and the Sugar Bowl|author=Jake Grantl|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>

The 1959 Mississippi State men's basketball team, led by all-American [[Bailey Howell]], finished its season 24–1, winning the conference title. They did not participate in the NCAA tournament as school and state officials would not permit the team to play against Black players from northern schools. Four years later, in 1963, [[1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team|Loyola]], with four black starters, played Mississippi State in the "[[Game of Change]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8741183/game-change-mississippi-state-loyola-cannot-forgotten-college-basketball|publisher=ESPN|title=A game that should not be forgotten|author=Dana O'Neil|date=Dec 13, 2012|access-date=2021-10-09}}</ref>

It was not until 1966 that African Americans first participated in an SEC athletic contest, and the first black scholarship athletes did not play in the SEC until the 1967–68 school year.

The first African American to compete in the SEC was Stephen Martin, who [[Walk-on (sports)|walked on]] to the [[Tulane Green Wave baseball|Tulane baseball team]] in that school's final SEC season of 1966.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2013/05/tulane_community_mourns_passin.html |title=Tulane community mourns death of SEC pioneer Stephen Martin |first=Tammy |last=Nunez |newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref> In August of that same year, Kentucky enrolled [[Nate Northington]] and Greg Page on football scholarships,<ref name=Sculpture>{{cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-football/article103568827.html |title=UK reveals sculpture honoring first black football players |first=Mark |last=Story |newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]] |date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> and Vanderbilt enrolled Godfrey Dillard and [[Perry Wallace]] on basketball scholarships.<ref name=Carey>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/sec/2004-02-19-sec-trailblazer_x.htm|title=An SEC trailblazer gets his due|last=Carey|first=Jack |date=February 19, 2004|work=USA Today|access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> At the time, the NCAA did not allow freshmen to compete on varsity teams, which meant that these pioneers could not play until 1967. Page died from complications of a spinal cord injury suffered during a football practice before ever playing a game,<ref name=Sculpture/> while Dillard suffered a career-altering injury before getting a chance to play for Vanderbilt's varsity and transferred to [[Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball|Eastern Michigan]].<ref name=Carey/> The remaining two both played in the 1967–68 school year. Northington made his overall debut against [[1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]] on September 23, 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukathletics.com/documents/2018/7/17/2018_KentuckyFBRecord_Book_WEB.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913074031/https://ukathletics.com/documents/2018/7/17/2018_KentuckyFBRecord_Book_WEB.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |title=Pioneers of Integration in the SEC |work=2018 UK Football Record Book |publisher=[[Kentucky Wildcats]] |access-date=September 12, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Maraniss |first=Andrew |date=2014 |title=Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]] |publisher=[[Vanderbilt University Press]] |page=221 |isbn=9780826520241 |author-link=Andrew Maraniss}}</ref> and his SEC debut against Ole Miss the following week on September 30 (the day after Page's death<ref name=Sculpture/>), while Wallace made his varsity debut later that year.<ref>''Benching Jim Crow'' by Charles H. Martin</ref>

===1990 expansion===
{{Further|Southwest Conference}}

In 1990, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of the [[Arkansas Razorbacks]] and the [[South Carolina Gamecocks]]. The two new members began SEC competition with the 1991–1992 basketball season.

At the same time, the SEC organized competition for some sports into two divisions. The Western Division comprised six of the seven member schools in the [[Central Time Zone]], while the Eastern Division comprised the five member schools in the [[Eastern Time Zone]] plus Vanderbilt, which is in the Central Time Zone but was placed in the Eastern Division to preserve its rivalry with Tennessee. Initially, the divisional format was used in football, baseball, and men's basketball. The divisional format was dropped for men's basketball following the 2011–2012 season.

Following expansion, the SEC was the first conference to receive permission from the NCAA to sponsor an annual [[SEC Championship Game|football championship game]] that did not count against NCAA limits on regular-season contests, featuring the winners of the conference's Eastern and Western divisions.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=9993&s |title=About the Southeastern Conference |publisher=Secsports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317103552/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=9993&s |archive-date=March 17, 2009 }}</ref> The [[1992 SEC Championship Game|1992]] and [[1993 SEC Championship Game|1993]] championship games were held at [[Legion Field]] in Birmingham, and all championship games from [[1994 SEC Championship Game|1994]] onward have been held in [[Atlanta]]—first at the [[Georgia Dome]] until its closure and demolition after the 2016 season, and since 2017 at [[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]].<ref name="about"/>

===2012 expansion===
{{See also|2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment}}

On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that [[Texas A&M University]] would join the SEC effective July 1, 2012, to begin competition in nineteen of the twenty sports sponsored by the SEC during the 2012–13 academic year.<ref>"[http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/228257/texas-am-to-join-southeastern-conference.aspx Texas A&M To Join Southeastern Conference]", SECSports.com (September 25, 2011). Retrieved September 25, 2011.</ref> On November 6, 2011, the SEC commissioner announced that the [[University of Missouri]] would also join the SEC on July 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Of Missouri To Join Southeastern Conference|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/229185/university-of-missouri-to-join-southeastern-conference.aspx|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> For football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division.<ref name=washpo-secnewmember20111228>{{cite news|title=SEC's new members Missouri, Texas A&M open league play Sept. 8, Alabama-LSU rematch Nov. 3|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/secs-new-members-missouri-texas-aandm-open-league-play-sept-8-alabama-lsu-rematch-nov-3/2011/12/28/gIQAEqDXMP_story.html|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 28, 2011|agency=Associated Press|quote=Missouri will play the 2012 season in the SEC East and hosts Georgia on Sept. 8. Texas A&M will be in the West and hosts Florida.}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=bhamnews28dec2011>{{cite news|last=Segrest|first=Doug|title=SEC unveils 2012 schedules: Newcomers Missouri, Texas A&M get splashy home debuts|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/12/sec_unveils_2012_schedules.html|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=December 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name=espn-28dec2011>{{cite news|title=SEC rolls out division-based schedule|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/7396002/sec-rolls-2012-schedule-based-division-play|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=ESPN|date=December 28, 2011|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=sportingnewsdecember282011>{{cite news|title=SEC releases schedule with Missouri and Texas A&M|url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-12-28/sec-releases-schedule-with-missouri-and-texas-am|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=Sporting News|date=December 28, 2011|archive-date=January 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110064344/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-12-28/sec-releases-schedule-with-missouri-and-texas-am|url-status=dead}}</ref> Texas A&M and Missouri both left the [[Big 12 Conference]].

===2024 expansion===
{{See also|2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment}}
On July 27, 2021, [[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] and [[University of Texas at Austin|Texas]] formally notified the SEC they were seeking "an invitation for membership." In a joint letter, Texas president Jay Hartzell and Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz Jr. wrote, "We believe that there would be mutual benefit to the Universities on the one hand, and the SEC on the other hand, for the Universities to become members of the SEC."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31897367/oklahoma-sooners-texas-longhorns-formally-notify-sec-membership-request|title=Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns formally notify SEC of membership request for 2025| date=July 27, 2021 |publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=July 27, 2021}}</ref> On July 29, 2021, the presidents of the current 14 schools of the SEC voted unanimously to extend an offer of admission to Oklahoma and Texas.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2021 |title=SEC Extends Membership Invitations to the University of Oklahoma and University of Texas |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/31913897/sec-extends-membership-invitations-university-oklahoma-university-texas |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=SEC Network}}</ref> The boards of regents for both institutions on July 30, 2021, accepted conference membership, and the schools were tentatively scheduled to join the league in 2025.

On February 9, 2023, the Big 12, Texas, and Oklahoma announced they had reached a buyout agreement that allowed the schools to join the SEC in 2024. The [[Texas Longhorns]] and [[Oklahoma Sooners]] athletic teams thus began league play during the 2024–25 academic year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://big12sports.com/news/2023/2/9/conference-big-12-announces-agreement-for-withdrawal-of-oklahoma-and-texas.aspx |title=Big 12 Announces Agreement for Withdrawal of Oklahoma and Texas |publisher=Big 12 Conference |date=February 9, 2023 |access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>

===Membership timeline===
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==Commissioners==
The office of Commissioner was created in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=22&url_article_id=9250&change_well_id=2 |title=Stories of Character :: Celebrating 75 Years |publisher=Secsports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022232114/http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=22&url_article_id=9250&change_well_id=2 |archive-date=October 22, 2007 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Years
! Commissioners
|-
| 1940–1946
| [[Martin Sennett Conner|Martin S. Conner]]
|-
| 1948–1965
| [[Bernie Moore]]
|-
| 1966–1971
| [[Tonto Coleman|A. M. "Tonto" Coleman]]
|-
| 1972–1985
| H. Boyd McWhorter
|-
| 1986–1989
| [[Harvey Schiller|Harvey W. Schiller]]
|-
| 1990–2001
| [[Roy Kramer|Roy F. Kramer]]
|-
| 2002–2015
| [[Michael Slive]]
|-
| 2015–present
| [[Greg Sankey]]
|}

==SEC Academic Network==
In 2005, the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference formed the SEC Academic Consortium (SECAC), a collaborative endeavor designed to promote research, scholarship, and achievement amongst the universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southeastern Conference Creates Consortium to Strengthen Academic Programs at SEC Institutions|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/SECAC_created.pdf|publisher=SEC Digital Network|access-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, the SEC Academic Consortium relocated from its original home on the campus of the [[University of Arkansas]] to the SEC headquarters in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] and was renamed SECU. The SECU rebranded its mission to better serve as a means through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of Southeastern Conference universities would be promoted and advanced. The SECU's goals included highlighting the endeavors and achievements of SEC [[Faculty (academic staff)|faculty]], students, and its universities; advancing the academic reputation of SEC universities; identifying and preparing future leaders for high-level service in [[academia]]; increasing the amount and type of [[study abroad]] opportunities available for students; and providing opportunities for collaboration among SEC university personnel.<ref>{{cite web|title=SECU|url=http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php|publisher=SEC|access-date=February 13, 2013|archive-date=January 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124074319/http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SECU: The Academic Initiative of the SEC |url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |publisher=SEC Digital Network |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721055557/http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |archive-date=July 21, 2012 }}</ref> The [[Big Ten Conference]], since 1958, has had a similar program, now called the [[Big Ten Academic Alliance]].

The SEC Symposium component of SECU was crafted by [[Vanderbilt University]] Chancellor [[Nicholas S. Zeppos]], who at the time was the Vice President of the SEC Executive Committee and liaison to SECU.<ref>{{cite web|title=SEC pushing academic oomph|url=http://mrsec.com/2013/01/sec-pushing-its-academic-oomph/|publisher=MrSEC.com|access-date=December 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224092436/http://mrsec.com/2013/01/sec-pushing-its-academic-oomph/|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref> In an interview with Dr. Zeppos about the formation of the SECU he noted, "that the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference are committed to a shared mission of fostering research, scholarship, and achievement. The SEC Symposium represents a platform to connect, collaborate and promote a productive dialogue that will span disciplinary and institutional boundaries and allow us to work together for the betterment of society."<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Zeppos interview|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/241394/secu-qa-vanderbilt-chancellor-nick-zeppos.aspx|publisher=SEC Network|access-date=December 21, 2013}}</ref>

The SEC Academic Network was created in 2009 in partnership with [[ESPN]]. The SEC Academic Network was an online library of institutionally produced videos featuring academic initiatives and stories from all Southeastern Conference institutions. The SEC Academic Network was officially merged into the SECU operation.<ref>{{cite web|title=About SECU|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/secac_sec_fact_sheet.pdf|publisher=SEC Digital Network|access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref>

==Academics==

The following table shows National University rank by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as of 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=2022–2023 Best National University Rankings |work=U.S. News & World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities }}</ref>

Also indicated is membership in the [[Association of American Universities]].<ref>{{cite news |title=American Association of University Member List |url=https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Who-We-Are/AAU%20Member%20Universities%20listed%20by%20year_updated%202023.pdf }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| National University Rank
! style="width:150px;"| AAU Member
|-
| [[Vanderbilt University]]
| 17
| {{yes}}
|-
| [[University of Florida]]
| 30
| {{yes}}
|-
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| 30
| {{yes}}
|-
| {{sort|Georgia|[[University of Georgia]]}}
| 46
| {{no}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M University]]
| 51
| {{yes}}
|-
| {{sort|Auburn|[[Auburn University]]}}
| 102
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Missouri|[[University of Missouri]]}}<!--Mizzou only uses "Columbia" on documents internal to the UM System.-->
| 102
| {{yes}}
|-
| {{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
| 102
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|South Carolina|[[University of South Carolina]]}}
| 127
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Oklahoma|[[University of Oklahoma]]}}
| 110
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}
| 143
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
| 169
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Mississippi|[[University of Mississippi]]}}
| 169
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Louisiana State|[[Louisiana State University]]}}
| 169
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Arkansas|[[University of Arkansas]]}}
| 183
| {{no}}
|-
| {{sort|Mississippi State|[[Mississippi State University]]}}
| 208
| {{no}}
|}

==Athletic department revenue by school==
Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the [[United States Department of Education]] as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Equity in Athletics Data Analysis |work=U.S. Department of Education |url=https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics
|-
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| $320,312,665
| $237,475,591
|-
| [[University of Alabama]]
| $243,096,720
| $243,096,720
|-
| [[University of Georgia]]
| $241,843,474
| $182,882,099
|-
| [[Texas A&M University]]
| $231,773,287
| $223,847,369
|-
| [[Louisiana State University]]
| $220,281,227
| $218,545,643
|-
| [[University of Tennessee]]
| $204,906,178
| $204,906,178
|-
| [[University of Kentucky]]
| $193,967,575
| $193,915,782
|-
| [[Auburn University]]
| $193,417,486
| $182,486,390
|-
| [[University of Oklahoma]]
| $188,933,196
| $188,623,620
|-
| [[University of South Carolina]]
| $183,652,273
| $183,652,273
|-
| [[University of Florida]]
| $180,556,616
| $180,556,616
|-
| [[University of Arkansas]]
| $170,608,754
| $170,011,614
|-
| [[University of Missouri]]
| $157,734,870
| $157,734,870
|-
| [[University of Mississippi]]
| $145,401,658
| $145,401,658
|-
| [[Vanderbilt University]]
| $140,707,218
| $140,707,218
|-
| [[Mississippi State University]]
| $125,114,437
| $125,114,437
|}

The following table shows revenue specifically from NCAA / Conference Distributions, Media Rights, and Post-Season Football reported by the [[Knight Commission]] for the 2021–22 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Knight-Newhouse College Athletics Database |url=https://knightnewhousedata.org/fbs/sec }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2021–22 Distribution (Millions of dollars)
|-
| [[University of Alabama]]
| $75.61
|-
| [[University of Kentucky]]
| $75.24
|-
| [[Auburn University]]
| $67.75
|-
| [[University of Florida]]
| $65.13
|-
| [[Louisiana State University]]
| $61.63
|-
| [[University of Georgia]]
| $58.62
|-
| [[University of Arkansas]]
| $56.18
|-
| [[University of Tennessee]]
| $55.17
|-
| [[University of South Carolina]]
| $54.62
|-
| [[Mississippi State University]]
| $59.88
|-
| [[University of Mississippi]]
| $59.28
|-
| [[University of Missouri]]
| $53.63
|-
| [[Texas A&M University]]
| $51.11
|-
| [[Vanderbilt University]]
| Not Reported
|}

==Key personnel==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School !! Athletic director !! Football coach !! Men's basketball coach !! Women's basketball coach !! Baseball coach !! Softball coach !! Volleyball coach || Women's soccer coach
|-
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]] || [[Greg Byrne (athletic director)|Greg Byrne]] || [[Kalen DeBoer]] || [[Nate Oats]] || [[Kristy Curry]] || [[Rob Vaughn]] || [[Patrick Murphy (softball)|Patrick Murphy]] || Rashinda Reed || [[Wes Hart]]
|-
|[[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]] || [[Hunter Yurachek]] || [[Bobby Petrino]] (interim) || [[John Calipari]] || [[Kelsi Musick]] || [[Dave Van Horn]] || [[Courtney Deifel]] || Jason Watson || Colby Hale
|-
|[[Auburn Tigers|Auburn]] || [[John Cohen (baseball)|John Cohen]] || [[D. J. Durkin]] (interim) || [[Steven Pearl]]|| [[Larry Vickers (basketball)|Larry Vickers]] || [[Butch Thompson (baseball)|Butch Thompson]] || [[Chris Malveaux]] & [[Kate Malveaux]] || [[Brent Crouch]] || [[James Armstrong (soccer, born 1979)|James Armstrong]]
|-
|[[Florida Gators|Florida]] || [[Scott Stricklin (athletic director)|Scott Stricklin]] || [[Billy Gonzales]] (interim) || [[Todd Golden]] || [[Kelly Rae Finley]] || [[Kevin O'Sullivan (baseball)|Kevin O'Sullivan]] || [[Tim Walton (softball)|Tim Walton]] || Ryan Thies || [[Samantha Bohon]]
|-
|[[Georgia Bulldogs|Georgia]] || [[Josh Brooks]] || [[Kirby Smart]] || [[Mike White (basketball)|Mike White]] || [[Katie Abrahamson-Henderson]]|| [[Wes Johnson (baseball)|Wes Johnson]] || [[Tony Baldwin]] || Tom Black || [[Keidane McAlpine]]
|-
|[[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]] || [[Mitch Barnhart]] || [[Mark Stoops]] || [[Mark Pope]]|| [[Kenny Brooks]] || [[Nick Mingione]] || [[Rachel Lawson]] || [[Craig Skinner (volleyball)|Craig Skinner]] || [[Troy Fabiano]]
|-
|[[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|LSU]] || Verge Ausberry || [[Frank Wilson (American football)|Frank Wilson]] (interim) || [[Matt McMahon (basketball)|Matt McMahon]]|| [[Kim Mulkey]] || [[Jay Johnson (baseball coach)|Jay Johnson]] || [[Beth Torina]] || [[Tonya Johnson]] || Sian Hudson
|-
|[[Ole Miss Rebels|Ole Miss]] || [[Keith Carter (basketball)|Keith Carter]] || [[Lane Kiffin]] || [[Chris Beard]] || [[Yolett McPhee-McCuin]] || [[Mike Bianco]]|| [[Jamie Trachsel]] || Bre Henry || Molly Rouse
|-
|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Mississippi State]] || |[[Zac Selmon]] || [[Jeff Lebby]] || [[Chris Jans]]|| [[Sam Purcell]] || [[Brian O'Connor (baseball coach)|Brian O'Connor]] || [[Samantha Ricketts]] || Julie Darty || Nick Zimmerman
|-
|[[Missouri Tigers|Missouri]] || [[Laird Veatch]] || [[Eliah Drinkwitz]] || [[Dennis Gates]]||[[Kellie Harper]]
| [[Kerrick Jackson]] || [[Larissa Anderson (softball)|Larissa Anderson]] || [[Dawn Sullivan]] || Stefanie Golan
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma]] || [[Joe Castiglione (athletic director)|Joe Castiglione]] || [[Brent Venables]] || [[Porter Moser]] || [[Jennie Baranczyk]] || [[Skip Johnson]] || [[Patty Gasso]] || Aaron Mansfield || Matt Mott
|-
|[[South Carolina Gamecocks|South Carolina]] || Jeremiah Donati || [[Shane Beamer]] || [[Lamont Paris]]|| [[Dawn Staley]] || [[Paul Mainieri]]|| [[Ashley Chastain]]|| Tom Mendoza || Shelley Smith
|-
|[[Tennessee Volunteers|Tennessee]] || [[Danny White (athletic director)|Danny White]] || [[Josh Heupel]]|| [[Rick Barnes]] || [[Kim Caldwell]] || Josh Elander || [[Karen Weekly]] || Eve Rackham || [[Joe Kirt]]
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns|Texas]] || [[Chris Del Conte]] || [[Steve Sarkisian]] || [[Sean Miller]] || [[Vic Schaefer]] || [[Jim Schlossnagle]]|| [[Mike White (softball)|Mike White]] || [[Jerritt Elliott]] || [[Angela Kelly (soccer)|Angela Kelly]]
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]] || [[Trev Alberts]]|| [[Mike Elko]]|| [[Bucky McMillan]] || [[Joni Taylor]] || [[Michael Earley]] || [[Trisha Ford]]|| [[Jamie Morrison (volleyball)|Jamie Morrison]] || [[G Guerrieri]]
|-
|[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt]] || [[Candice Storey Lee]] || [[Clark Lea]]|| [[Mark Byington]] || [[Shea Ralph]] || [[Tim Corbin]] || ''No team '' || Anders Nelson || Darren Ambrose
|}

{{notelist|group=kp}}

==Facilities==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Southeastern Conference | School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity }}
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Alabama Crimson Tide}}"| [[Alabama Crimson Tide|{{white|'''Alabama'''}}]]
| [[Bryant–Denny Stadium|Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/2016/6/10/facilities-alab-facilities-html.aspx|title=Alabama Athletics Facilities|publisher=University of Alabama|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 100,077
| [[Coleman Coliseum]]<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 15,383
| [[Sewell-Thomas Stadium]]<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,500
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Arkansas Razorbacks}}"| [[Arkansas Razorbacks|{{white|'''Arkansas'''}}]]
| [[Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/facilities/index.html|title=Arkansas Razorback Facilities|publisher=University of Arkansas|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809002018/http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/facilities/index.html|archive-date=August 9, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{efn|group=facilities|One game played each year at [[War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas)|War Memorial Stadium]] in Little Rock.}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 76,000
| [[Bud Walton Arena]]<ref name="auto1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 19,368
| [[Baum-Walker Stadium]]<ref name="auto1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,737
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Auburn Tigers}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Auburn Tigers|Auburn Tigers|'''Auburn'''}}
| [[Jordan-Hare Stadium|Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/jordan_hare_stadium.html|title=Jordan_Hare Stadium|publisher=University of Auburn|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801135500/http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/jordan_hare_stadium.html|archive-date=August 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 88,043
| [[Neville Arena]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/aub-10-basketball.html|title=Auburn Arena|publisher=University of Auburn|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910163208/http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/aub-10-basketball.html|archive-date=September 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,121
| [[Plainsman Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/aub-10-baseball.html|title=Plainsman Park|publisher=University of Auburn|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820075332/http://www.auburntigers.com/facilities/aub-10-baseball.html|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6,300
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Gators}}"| [[Florida Gators|{{white|'''Florida'''}}]]
| [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/facilities/|title=Florida Gators Facilities|publisher=University Athletic Assoc., Inc.|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813064213/http://floridagators.com/facilities/|archive-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 88,548
| [[O'Connell Center]]<ref name="auto2"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,136
| [[Condron Ballpark]]<ref name="floridaballpark">{{cite web|url=https://floridagators.com/news/2020/8/6/baseball-florida-ballpark-at-mckethan-field-nears-completion.aspx|title=Florida Ballpark at McKethan Field Nears Completion|publisher=University Athletic Assoc., Inc.|access-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 7,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia Bulldogs}}"| [[Georgia Bulldogs|{{white|'''Georgia'''}}]]
| [[Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/2017/6/16/sanford-stadium.aspx|title=Sanford Stadium|publisher=University of Georgia Athletics |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 92,746
| [[Stegeman Coliseum]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/2017/6/16/stegeman-coliseum.aspx |title= Stegeman Coliseum |publisher= University of Georgia Athletics |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,523
| [[Foley Field]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/2017/6/16/Foley-Field.aspx |title= Foley Field |publisher= University of Georgia Athletics |access-date= August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,291
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kentucky Wildcats}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky Wildcats|'''Kentucky'''}}
| [[Kroger Field]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukathletics.com/documents/2017/8/14/1718_FB_MediaGuide_WEB_new.pdf|title=2017 Kentucky Wildcats Media Guide|publisher=UK Athletics|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074730/http://www.ukathletics.com/documents/2017/8/14/1718_FB_MediaGuide_WEB_new.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 61,000
| [[Rupp Arena]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/rupp-arena-unveils-new-upper-level-chair-back-seats/ |title=Rupp Arena Unveils New Upper-Level Chair Back Seats |first=Jack |last=Pilgrim |work=Kentucky Sports Radio |date=October 8, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2019}}</ref><br />[[Memorial Coliseum (University of Kentucky)|Memorial Coliseum]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/ukathletics-com/2024/11/27849fb8-2024-25-fact-book.pdf |title=2024–25 Kentucky Quick Facts |work=2024–25 Kentucky Women's Basketball Fact Book |page=3 |publisher=Kentucky Wildcats |date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=January 30, 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 20,545<br />6,250
| [[Kentucky Proud Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukathletics.com/facilities/kentucky-proud-park/62 |title=Kentucky Proud Park |publisher=UK Athletics |access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,000{{efn|group=facilities|Listed capacity includes grass seating; fixed capacity is 2,500. Expandable to 7,000.}}
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|LSU Tigers}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|LSU Tigers|LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|'''LSU'''}}
| [[Tiger Stadium (LSU)|Tiger Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177159&DB_OEM_ID=5200&_ga=2.210196885.1054151836.1503194758-1650668916.1497501132|title=LSU's Tiger Stadium|publisher=LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074847/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177159&DB_OEM_ID=5200&_ga=2.210196885.1054151836.1503194758-1650668916.1497501132|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 102,321
| [[Pete Maravich Assembly Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177173&DB_OEM_ID=5200|title=Pete Maravich Assembly Center|publisher=LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074906/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177173&DB_OEM_ID=5200|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 13,215
| [[Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field|Alex Box Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177194&DB_OEM_ID=5200|title=Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field|publisher=LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=July 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726222838/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=177194|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,326
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ole Miss Rebels}}"| [[Ole Miss Rebels|{{white|'''Ole Miss'''}}]]
| [[Vaught-Hemingway Stadium]]<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=http://www.olemisssports.com/facilities/ole-facilities.html|title=Ole Miss Facilities|publisher=CBSi Advanced Media|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813134959/http://www.olemisssports.com/facilities/ole-facilities.html|archive-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 64,038
| [[The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss]]<ref name="auto3"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,500
| [[Swayze Field]]<ref name="auto3"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 11,477<ref name="auto3SC">{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/olemisssports.com/documents/2019/2/8/2019_Ole_Miss_Baseball_Media_Guide_Web.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Archived copy|access-date=February 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906122445/https://s3.amazonaws.com/olemisssports.com/documents/2019/2/8/2019_Ole_Miss_Baseball_Media_Guide_Web.pdf|archive-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}"| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs|{{white|'''Mississippi State'''}}]]
| [[Davis Wade Stadium|Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field]]<ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url= http://www.hailstate.com/sports/2007/6/16/925403.aspx|title= Mississippi State Athletic Facilities|publisher= Mississippi State University Athletics|access-date= August 19, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170819173209/http://www.hailstate.com/sports/2007/6/16/925403.aspx|archive-date= August 19, 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 60,311
| [[Humphrey Coliseum]]<ref name="auto4"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,100
| [[Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium|Dudy Noble Field]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hailstate.com/sports/2007/6/16/925403.aspx |title= Mississippi State Athletic Facilities |publisher= Mississippi State University Athletics |access-date= August 19, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170819173209/http://www.hailstate.com/sports/2007/6/16/925403.aspx |archive-date= August 19, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 15,000{{efn|group=facilities|Dudy Noble Field's official [[seating capacity]] is 7,200, but its total capacity is 15,000, which includes privately owned seating in [[Left Field Lounge]]. Mississippi State holds the all-time NCAA on-campus record for one day attendance at 15,586.<ref>[http://msuinfo.ur.msstate.edu/alumnus/fall.99/25attendance.htm Mississippi State Alumnus:Fall 1999] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20020902021803/http://msuinfo.ur.msstate.edu/alumnus/fall.99/25attendance.htm |date=September 2, 2002 }}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Bonner|first=Michael|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2014/04/13/mississippi-state-rallies-th-steal-win-ole-miss/7664179/|title=Mississippi State rallies in 10th to steal win from Ole Miss|access-date=13 April 2014|newspaper=Jackson Clarion Ledger|date=13 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri Tigers}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Missouri Tigers|'''Missouri'''}}
| [[Faurot Field|Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium]]<ref name="auto5">{{cite web|url=http://www.mutigers.com/facilities/|title=Mizzou Facilities|publisher=University of Missouri|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 62,621
| [[Mizzou Arena]]<ref name="auto5"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 15,061
| [[Taylor Stadium (Missouri)|Taylor Stadium]]<ref name="auto5"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,031
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma Sooners|'''Oklahoma'''}}
| [[Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/documents/2021/3/23/Spring_Guide_2021.pdf |title=Sooners at a Glance |work=2021 Oklahoma Spring Football Guide |page=4 |publisher=Oklahoma Sooners |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 80,126
| [[Lloyd Noble Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/documents/2020/11/19//2020_21_Oklahoma_Basketball_Guide.pdf?id=11626 |title=General Information |work=2020–21 Oklahoma Men's Basketball Media Guide |page=6 |publisher=Oklahoma Sooners |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,967
| [[L. Dale Mitchell Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/documents/2021/2/5/2021_Quick_Facts.pdf |title=Quick Facts: 2021 Oklahoma Baseball |publisher=Oklahoma Sooners |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,180
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Carolina Gamecocks}}"| [[South Carolina Gamecocks|{{white|'''South Carolina'''}}]]
| [[Williams-Brice Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/facilities/williams-brice-stadium/|title=Williams-Brice Stadium|date=June 4, 2022 |page= |publisher=gamecocksonline.com |accessdate=September 11, 2024}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 77,559
| [[Colonial Life Arena]]<ref name="auto6">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamecocksonline.com/facilities/facilities-landing-new.html|title=South Carolina Facilities|publisher=CBSi Advanced Media|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820153133/http://www.gamecocksonline.com/facilities/facilities-landing-new.html|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 18,000
| [[Founders Park]]<ref name="auto6"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| <!-- This field is for the official [[seating capacity]] of the stadium, which is 8,242. -->8,242
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Tennessee Volunteers}}"| [[Tennessee Volunteers|{{color|black|'''Tennessee'''}}]]
| [[Neyland Stadium]]<ref name="auto7">{{cite web|url=http://www.utsports.com/facilities/|title=University of Tennessee Facilities|publisher=University of Tennessee Athletics|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 101,915
| [[Thompson-Boling Arena]]<ref name="auto7"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 21,678
| [[Lindsey Nelson Stadium]]<ref name="auto7"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,548
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}"| [[Texas Longhorns|{{white|'''Texas'''}}]]
| [[Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/24/facilities_0724133148.aspx?id=205 |title=Facilities: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at Campbell-Williams Field |publisher=Texas Longhorns |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 100,119
| [[Moody Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moodycenteratx.com/about-moody-center/faqs/ |title=Moody Center: FAQs |publisher=Moody Center at The University of Texas |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,000{{efn|group=facilities|Standard capacity for basketball; expandable to 15,000.}}
| [[UFCU Disch-Falk Field]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/25/facilities_0725133242.aspx?id=223 |title=Facilities: UFCU Disch-Falk Field |publisher=Texas Longhorns |accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6,649
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}"| [[Texas A&M Aggies|{{white|'''Texas A&M'''}}]]
| [[Kyle Field]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.12thman.com/facilities/?id=1|title=Kyle Field|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 102,733
| [[Reed Arena]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.12thman.com/facilities/?id=5|title=Reed Arena|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 12,989
| [[Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park|Blue Bell Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.12thman.com/facilities/?id=2|title=Blue Bell Park|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6,100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205237884 |title=Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park |access-date=September 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603023144/http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205237884 |archive-date=June 3, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Vanderbilt Commodores}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt Commodores|'''Vanderbilt'''}}
| [[FirstBank Stadium]]<ref name="auto8">{{cite web|url=http://www.vucommodores.com/facilities/vand-facilities.html|title=Vanderbilt Facilities|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903183331/http://www.vucommodores.com/facilities/vand-facilities.html|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 34,000{{efn|group=facilities|Approximate capacity in 2024 following renovations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/vanderbilt-stadium-capacity-reduced-significantly-amid-construction/ |title=Vanderbilt stadium capacity reduced significantly amid construction |first=Tyler |last=Thompson |website=Kentucky Sports Radio |date=August 16, 2023 |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> Vanderbilt has yet to announce the exact capacity.}}
| [[Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)|Memorial Gymnasium]]<ref name="auto8"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,316
| [[Hawkins Field]]<ref name="auto8"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,700
|}

{{notelist|group=facilities}}

==Sports==
The Southeastern Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/ |title=Official Site of the Southeastern Conference |publisher=Secdigitalnetwork.com |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.secsports.com/news/2024/08/rowing-becomes-22nd-conference-sports-to-be-sponsored-by-sec | title=Rowing becomes 22nd conference sport to be sponsored by SEC }}</ref> Under SEC conference rules reflecting the large number of male scholarship participants in football and attempting to address [[gender equity]] concerns (see also [[Title IX]]), each member institution is required to provide two more women's varsity sports than men's. A similar rule was recently adopted by the NCAA for all of Division{{nbsp}}I.<ref name="TitleIXrules">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/15/changes-ncaa-rules-raise-title-ix-concerns |title=Title IX |publisher=insidehighered |access-date=January 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref>Under NCAA Bylaw 20.9.4, all Division I schools are required to sponsor a minimum of seven men's and seven women's sports, or six men's and eight women's sports. Bylaw 20.9.7.1 imposes the latter requirement on FBS schools. FCS schools, under Bylaw 20.9.8.1, may use either requirement. Note that this does not explicitly require a school to sponsor two more women's sports than men's sports. See {{cite web|url=http://ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D113.pdf |title=2012–13 NCAA Division I Manual |publisher=NCAA |access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style=
|+ '''Teams in SEC conference competition'''
!Sport||Men's||Women's
|-
|[[College baseball|Baseball]]||style="text-align: center;" |16|| style="text-align: center;" |–
|-
|[[College basketball|Basketball]]||style="text-align: center;" |16|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Cross country running|Cross country]]||style="text-align: center;" |14|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" |4
|-
|[[College football|Football]]||style="text-align: center;" |16|| style="text-align: center;" |–
|-
|[[Golf]]||style="text-align: center;" |16|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" |9
|-
|[[College rowing in the United States|Rowing]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" |4
|-
|[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[College softball|Softball]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" |15 
|-
|[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|diving]]||style="text-align: center;" |11|| style="text-align: center;" |13 
|-
|[[College tennis|Tennis]]||style="text-align: center;" |15|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Track & Field#Indoor|Indoor]] [[track & field]]||style="text-align: center;" |15|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Track & Field#Outdoor|Outdoor]] [[track & field]]||style="text-align: center;" |15|| style="text-align: center;" |16 
|-
|[[Volleyball]]||style="text-align: center;" |–|| style="text-align: center;" | 16 
|}

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! School!! Baseball !! Basket{{shy}}ball !! Cross <br> country !! Football !! width=8% | Golf !! Swimming and<br />diving !! Tennis !! Track and field<br />(indoor) !! Track and field<br />(outdoor) !! Total SEC Sports
|-
| align=left | Alabama || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Arkansas || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| align=left | Auburn || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Florida || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Georgia || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Kentucky || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | LSU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Mississippi State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-
| align=left | Missouri || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| align=left | Oklahoma || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| align=left | Ole Miss || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| align=left | South Carolina || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| align=left | Tennessee || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Texas || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Texas A&M || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Vanderbilt || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
| Totals || 16 || 16 || 14 || 16 || 16 || 11 || 15 || 15 || 15 || 116
|}

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School !! Gymnastics !! Rifle{{efn|group=mns|Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team.}} !! Soccer !! Wrestling
|-
| Kentucky || No || [[Great America Rifle Conference|GARC]] || [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] || No
|-
| Missouri || No || No || No || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-b
| Oklahoma || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || No || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| South Carolina || No || No || [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] || No
|}

{{notelist|group=mns}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! School!! Basketball !! Cross country !! Eques{{shy}}trian  !! Golf !! Gym{{shy}}nastics  !! Rowing<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.secsports.com/news/2024/08/rowing-becomes-22nd-conference-sports-to-be-sponsored-by-sec |title=Rowing becomes 22nd conference sport to be sponsored by SEC |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 31, 2024}}</ref> !! Soccer !! Softball !! Swimming and<br />diving !! Tennis !! Track and field<br />(indoor) !! Track and field<br />(outdoor) !! Volleyball !! Total SEC sports
|-
| align=left | Alabama || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
| align=left | Arkansas || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Auburn || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
| align=left | Florida || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Georgia || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
| align=left | Kentucky || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | LSU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Mississippi State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | Missouri || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Oklahoma || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Ole Miss || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| align=left | South Carolina || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Tennessee || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Texas || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Texas A&M || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| align=left | Vanderbilt || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|<u>Totals</u> || 16 || 16 || 4 || 16 || 9 || 4 || 16 || 15 || 13 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 153
|}

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School !! Beach volleyball !! Bowling !! Lacrosse !! Rifle{{efn|group=ws|Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team, and Ole Miss has a women's team.}} !! Stunt{{efn|group=ws|An all-female cheerleading discipline that emphasizes acrobatics, and part of the [[NCAA Emerging Sports for Women]] program.}}
|-
| Florida || No || No || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] || No || No
|-
| Kentucky || No || No || No || [[Great America Rifle Conference|GARC]] || Independent
|-
| LSU || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || No || No || No
|-
| Ole Miss || No || No || No || [[Patriot Rifle Conference|PRC]] || No 
|-
| South Carolina || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] || No || No || No || No 
|-
| Texas || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || No || No || No
|-
| Vanderbilt || No || [[Conference USA|CUSA]] || [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]] || No || No 
|}

{{notelist|group=ws}}

* In addition to the above, Kentucky lists its coeducational [[University of Kentucky cheerleading squad|cheerleading squad]] and its all-female dance team as varsity teams on its athletics website.

==Conference champions==
{{Main|List of Southeastern Conference champions}}

The ''Southeastern Conference'' sponsors nine men's sports and 13 women's sports, and awards a [[List of Southeastern Conference champions|conference championship]] in every one of them.

===Current champions===
* (RS) indicates regular-season champion
* (T) indicates tournament champion
* Champions from the previous academic year are indicated with the year of their title.
<!--DO NOT LINK to anything that redirects to a school's athletics page! Only link if a page exists for the specific season or the specific team.-->
{| class="wikitable" style = "text-align: center"
|-
! Season !! Sport !! colspan = 2 | Men's champion !! colspan = 2 | Women's champion
|-
| rowspan = 4 | Fall 2025
| Cross country || colspan = 2 | Alabama || colspan = 2 | [[Florida Gators cross country|Florida]]
|-
| Football || colspan = 2 | [[2024 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] (2024) || colspan=2 align=center | –
|-
| Soccer || colspan=2 | – || [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer|Arkansas]] (RS) || Vanderbilt (T)
|-
| Volleyball || colspan=2 | – || Kentucky (RS) || 
|-
| rowspan = 5 | Winter 2024–25
| Basketball || [[2024–25 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team|Auburn]] (RS) || [[2024–25 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]] (T) || [[2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]] & [[2024–25 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team|Texas]] (RS) || [[2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]] (T)
|-
| Equestrian || colspan=2 | – || colspan=2 | South Carolina
|-
| Gymnastics || colspan=2 | – || [[LSU Tigers women's gymnastics|LSU]] & [[Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics|Oklahoma]] (RS) || [[LSU Tigers women's gymnastics|LSU]] (T)
|-
| Swimming and diving || colspan=2 | [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Texas]] || colspan=2 | [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Texas]]
|-
| Track and field (indoor) || colspan=2 | Texas A&M || colspan=2 | Arkansas
|-
| rowspan = 6 | Spring 2025
| Baseball || [[2025 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]] (RS) || [[2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]] (T) || colspan="2" align="center" | –
|-
| Softball || colspan=2 | – || [[2025 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]] (RS) || [[2025 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]] & [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]] (T)
|-
| Golf || colspan=2 | [[Florida Gators men's golf|Florida]] || colspan=2 | South Carolina
|-
| Rowing || colspan=2 | – || colspan=2 | Texas
|-
| Tennis || colspan=2 | [[Texas Longhorns men's tennis|Texas]] (RS & T) || Texas A&M (RS) || Georgia (T)
|-
| Track and field (outdoor) || colspan=2 | Arkansas || colspan=2 | Georgia
|}

{{notelist|group=cc}}

Source: SECSports.com.<ref>Southeastern Conference, [http://www.secsports.com/article/13676970/sec-championships-full-schedule 2018–19 SEC Championships – Full Schedule], SECSports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.</ref>

==Football==
[[File:AmericanFootball current event.svg|40px|alt=|link=2025 Southeastern Conference football season]] ''For the current season, see [[2025 Southeastern Conference football season]].''

===Scheduling===
SEC teams did not play a uniform number of conference games until 1974. Prior to that, the number of conference games teams played ranged from four to eight, but most played a 6- or 7- game schedule. The league adopted a uniform 6-game schedule from 1974 to 1987, and added a seventh conference game from 1988 to 1991. Through this period and through the earlier years each SEC school had five permanent opponents, developing some traditional rivalries between schools, and the other games rotated around the other members of the conference.

After expansion to twelve programs in 1992, the SEC went to an 8-game conference schedule, with each team playing the five other teams in their division and three opponents from the other division. The winners of the two divisions would then meet in the [[SEC Championship Game]].

From 1992 through 2002, each team had two permanent inter-divisional opponents, allowing many traditional rivalries from the pre-expansion era (such as Florida vs. Auburn, Kentucky vs. LSU, and Vanderbilt vs. Alabama) to continue. However, complaints from some league athletic directors about imbalance in the schedule (for instance, Auburn's two permanent opponents from the East were Florida and Georgia – two of the SEC's stronger football programs at the time – while Mississippi State played Kentucky and South Carolina every year) led to the SEC reducing the number of permanent inter-division opponents to one starting in the 2003 season. The TV networks televising SEC games were also pressuring for the change so attractive match-ups between non-traditional opponents would happen twice every five years instead of twice every eight years.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
!
!1992–2011<br>Divisional Rival
!1992–2002<br>Divisional Rival
|-
! colspan="3" |East
|-
!Georgia
|Auburn
|Ole Miss
|-
!Florida
|LSU
|Auburn
|-
!Kentucky
|Mississippi State
|LSU
|-
!South Carolina
|Arkansas
|Mississippi State
|-
!Tennessee
|Alabama
|Arkansas
|-
!Vanderbilt
|Ole Miss
|Alabama
|-
! colspan="3" |West
|-
!Alabama
|Tennessee
|Vanderbilt
|-
!Arkansas
|South Carolina
|Tennessee
|-
!Auburn
|Georgia
|Florida
|-
!LSU
|Florida
|Kentucky
|-
!Mississippi State
|Kentucky
|South Carolina
|-
!Ole Miss
|Vanderbilt
|Georgia
|}

Under the format used from 2012 to 2023 when the SEC had 14 teams, each school played a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other six teams in its division, one school from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year. Non-permanent cross-division opponents face each other in the regular season twice in a span of twelve years. The permanent cross-division matchups were: [[Third Saturday in October|Alabama–Tennessee]]; [[Battle Line Rivalry|Arkansas–Missouri]]; [[Deep South's Oldest Rivalry|Auburn–Georgia]]; [[Florida–LSU football rivalry|LSU–Florida]]; Mississippi State–Kentucky; [[Ole Miss–Vanderbilt football rivalry|Ole Miss–Vanderbilt]]; Texas A&M–South Carolina.

The then-current scheduling arrangement was originally set to expire after the 2015 season, but the SEC presidents voted 10–4<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2014/04/sec_sticking_with_eight_game_f.html |title=LSU AD Joe Alleva blasts SEC decision on permanent cross-division foes in football |first=Jim |last=Kleinpeter |newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] |location=[[New Orleans]] |date=April 27, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> in April 2014 to keep the current format for an additional six to eight seasons beyond 2015.<ref name="SEC 2016 FB schedules">{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/250851/sec-announces-format-for-future-football-schedules.aspx |title=SEC Announces Format For Future Conference Schedules |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=April 27, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> Additionally, since 2016, SEC teams have been required to schedule at least one opponent each season from the other so-called [[Power Five conferences|"Power Five" conferences]] (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, or Pac-12); games against select [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|football independent]] schools also qualify, including [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] (which no longer counts as of 2024 due to it joining the [[American Athletic Conference]], a [[Group of Five conferences|Group of Five]] conference), [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] (before it joined the Big 12 in 2023), and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]].<ref name="SEC 2016 FB schedules"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/sec-announces-continuation-of-8-game-conference-schedule-004745559.html |title=SEC to continue eight-game conference schedule |first=Nick |last=Bromberg |work=Dr. Saturday |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |date=April 27, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="SEC 2016 Adjustments">{{cite news|url=http://www.fbschedules.com/2015/03/sec-adjusts-power-5-scheduling-requirements/|title=SEC Adjusts Power 5 Scheduling Requirements|first=Brian|last=Wilmer|publisher=FB Schedules |date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref>

In 2023, the SEC announced the divisional split would be scrapped when Oklahoma and Texas join in 2024. The conference schedule will remain at 8 games in the 2024 and 2025 seasons while the SEC determines its long-term football scheduling format. Teams will play the same opponents in both seasons on a home-and-home basis. Each of the 14 members in the conference in 2023 will play either Oklahoma or Texas in 2024 and '25, but not both. The requirement of scheduling at least one Power Four (the Pac-12 lost all but two of its members, [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] and [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]], before the 2024 season; the Beavers have meetings with Ole Miss scheduled in 2027 and 2030, while the Cougars are slated to face Mississippi State in 2030 and '31) team or Notre Dame remains in place. The championship game will feature the top two teams in the conference standings, with tiebreakers as needed.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/37776145/sec-establishes-2024-football-schedule-format |title=SEC Establishes 2024 Football Schedule Format |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref>

Starting in 2026, the SEC will schedule nine conference games (up from eight) per school in a bid to increase its members' chances at the [[College Football Playoff]]. Each school will play three annual opponents and each team's remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools. Under this format every school will play every other school at least once in two years and twice (home and away) in four years. In addition the SEC announced that teams must annually schedule at least one high-quality non-conference opponent from the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12 conferences or Notre Dame every year.<ref name="SEC Protected Rivalries 2026-2029">{{cite press release|url=https://www.secsports.com/championships/2026-2029-sec-football-opponents-reveal |title=Football Opponents Reveal 2026-2029 |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=September 23, 2025 |access-date=October 13, 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
!
!colspan="3" |Protected Rivalries
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Alabama Crimson Tide}}" |'''Alabama'''
|Auburn
|Tennessee
|Mississippi State
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Arkansas Razorbacks}}" |'''Arkansas'''
|LSU
|Texas
|Missouri
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Auburn Tigers}}" |'''Auburn'''
|Alabama
|Georgia
|Vanderbilt
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}" |'''Florida'''
|Georgia
|South Carolina
|Kentucky
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Georgia Bulldogs}}" |'''Georgia'''
|Florida
|Auburn
|South Carolina
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Kentucky Wildcats}}" |'''Kentucky'''
|Tennessee
|Florida
|South Carolina
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|LSU Tigers}}" |'''LSU'''
|Ole Miss
|Arkansas
|Texas A&M
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}" |'''Mississippi State'''
|Ole Miss
|Alabama
|Vanderbilt
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Missouri Tigers}}" |'''Missouri'''
|Arkansas
|Oklahoma
|Texas A&M
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}" |'''Oklahoma'''
|Texas
|Missouri
|Ole Miss
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Ole Miss Rebels}}" |'''Ole Miss'''
|Mississippi State
|LSU
|Oklahoma
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|South Carolina Gamecocks}}" |'''South Carolina'''
|Georgia
|Florida
|Kentucky
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Tennessee Volunteers}}" |'''Tennessee'''
|Alabama
|Kentucky
|Vanderbilt
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}" |'''Texas'''
|Oklahoma
|Texas A&M
|Arkansas
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}" |'''Texas A&M'''
|Texas
|LSU
|Missouri
|-
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Vanderbilt Commodores}}" |'''Vanderbilt'''
|Tennessee
|Auburn
|Mississippi State
|}

===All-time school records (ranked according to winning percentage)===
Through end of the 2023 season including SEC Championship Game.  Records reflect official NCAA results, including any forfeits or win vacating.<ref name="NCAA2023">{{cite book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/football_records/FBS.pdf |title=2023 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |date=2023 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826124459/http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/football_records/FBS.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>

<!-- This chart has been fully updated as of December 4, 2023. All teams are up-to-date through the 2023 season, bowl games ARE NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE ANY TEAM WITHOUT UPDATING THE ENTIRE CHART. This throws the entire table out of whack and produces incorrect information. All team records can be found at the reference listed above. Thanks.-->

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Won
! scope="col" | Loss
! scope="col" | Tied
! scope="col" | Win %
! scope="col" | Division<br/>Championships
! scope="col" | SEC<br/>Championships
! scope="col" | Claimed National<br/>Championships
|-
| 1
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| 965
| 337
| 43
| {{Winning percentage|965|337|43}}
| 16
| 30
| 18
|- 
| 2
| [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| 944
| 341
| 53
| {{Winning percentage|944|341|53}}
| 0
| 0
| 7
|-
| 3
| [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| 948
| 392
| 33
| {{Winning percentage|948|392|33}}
| 0
| 0
| 4
|-
| 4
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| 865
| 414
| 53
| {{Winning percentage|865|414|53}}
| 6
| 13
| 6
|-
| 5
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| 881
| 429
| 54
| {{Winning percentage|881|429|54}}
| 13
| 14
| 4
|-
| 6
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| 806
| 434
| 47
| {{Winning percentage|806|434|47}}
| 10
| 12
| 4
|-
| 7
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| 758
| 445
| 40
| {{Winning percentage|758|445|40}}
| 15
| 8
| 3
|-
| 8
| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]
| 799
| 471
| 47
| {{Winning percentage|799|471|47}}
| 6
| 8
| 9
|-
| 9
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| 778
| 504
| 48
| {{Winning percentage|778|504|48}}
| 0 
| 0
| 3
|-
| 10
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]]
| 740
| 539
| 40
| {{Winning percentage|740|539|40}}
| 3
| 0
| 1
|-
| 11
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| 675
| 547
| 35
| {{Winning percentage|675|547|35}}
| 0
| 6
| 3
|-
| 12
| [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| 711
| 590
| 52
| {{Winning percentage|711|590|52}}
| 2
| 0
| 0
|-
| 13
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| 635
| 612
| 44
| {{Winning percentage|635|612|44}}
| 1
| 0
| 0
|-
| 14
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| 643
| 647
| 44
| {{Winning percentage|643|647|44}}
| 0
| 2
| 1
|-
| 15
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]
| 586
| 609
| 39
| {{Winning percentage|586|609|39}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-
| 16
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| 618
| 665
| 50
| {{Winning percentage|618|665|50}}
| 0
| 0
| 0
|}

Notes:
* Alabama's record reflects 21 wins being vacated (2005–2007) and eight wins and one tie forfeited (1993).
* Kentucky's record reflects 10 vacated wins from 2021.
* LSU's record reflects 37 wins being vacated (2012–2015) for major level-1 rule violations and playing with ineligible players.
* Mississippi State's record reflects 18 wins and one tie being forfeited (1975–1977).
* Ole Miss's record reflects 33 wins being vacated (2010–2016).
* Tennessee's record reflects 11 wins being vacated (2019–2020) for 18 Level −1 violations encompassing more than 200 individual infractions and an additional four (4) Level-1 unethical conduct violations along with playing 16 ineligible players.
* Two former members have also won conference titles, [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] five and [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]] three.

===Championship game===
{{Main|SEC Championship Game}}

From its establishment in 1992 through 2023, the [[SEC Championship Game]] pitted the SEC West Division representative against the East Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Since 2024, when the SEC eliminated its football divisions, the game has featured the top two teams in the conference standings. The first two SEC Championship football games were held at [[Legion Field]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. Since 1994, it has been played in [[Atlanta]]—first at the [[Georgia Dome]] through 2016, and since 2017 at its replacement, [[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]], with the current hosting contract running through 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Natalie |date=2015-09-07 |title=SEC Championship Game will remain in Atlanta through 2027, will move to new Mercedes-Benz Stadium |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2015/09/sec_championship_game_will_rem.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=al |language=en}}</ref> The "home team" designation alternated between the division champions during the divisional era, going to the East champion in even-numbered years and the West champion in odd-numbered years. The West led [[SEC Championship Game#Results|19–13]] in overall wins in the championship game against the East during the divisional era. As of 2024, the only members without a Championship Game appearance are Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Championship – Football |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/11037746/championship-football |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=www.secsports.com}}</ref>

===Bowl games===
The post-season [[bowl game]] tie-ins for the SEC for the 2014–2019 seasons are:<ref name="bowl tie-ins">{{cite web| url = http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/246353/sec-announces-agreements-with-nine-bowl-games.aspx | title = SEC Announces Agreements with Nine Bowl Games | publisher = secdigitalnetwork.com | access-date =May 31, 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:80px;"| Pick
! style="width:160px;"| Name
! style="width:180px;"| Location
! style="width:170px;"| Opposing conference
! style="width:110px;"| Opposing pick
! style="width:50px;"| Payout
|-
| 1^
| [[Sugar Bowl]]
| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| 1
| $19M
|-
| 2†
| [[Orange Bowl]]
| [[Miami Gardens, Florida]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| 1
| $18M
|-
| 3
| [[Citrus Bowl (game)|Citrus Bowl]]
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] – [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]°
| 3/4/5 – 2
| $4.2M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[ReliaQuest Bowl]]
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| 3/4/5
| $3.5M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[Duke's Mayo Bowl]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]¤
| 3/4/5/6/7
| $1.7M
|-
| 10/11/12
| [[Las Vegas Bowl]]
| [[Paradise, Nevada]]
| [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]¤
| 
| $2.9M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[Texas Bowl]]
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| 4
| $3.0M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[Liberty Bowl]]
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| 5
| $1.4M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[Gator Bowl]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] – [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]‡
| 6/7/8 – 3/4/5/6/7
| $2.8M
|-
| 4/5/6/7/8/9
| [[Music City Bowl]]
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] – [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]‡
| 6/7/8 – 3/4/5/6/7
| $2.8M
|-
| 10/11/12
| [[Gasparilla Bowl]]
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| Pool
| 
| $1.1M
|-
| 10/11/12
| [[Birmingham Bowl]]
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|American]]
| 5
| $1.4M
|}

Payout is per team for the 2014 season; if different for opposing conference, payout for the SEC team is shown. Each conference member, irrespective of bowl participation, also receives an equal split of a payout to the SEC conference.<ref name="team payouts">{{cite web| url = https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/12/23/the-money-behind-the-college-football-playoff-bowl-games | title = The Money Behind the College Football Playoff Bowl Games – US News | publisher = U.S. News & World Report LP | access-date =November 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="team payouts and schedule">{{cite web| url = http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html | title = College Football Bowl Schedule | publisher = College Football Poll | access-date =November 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/sec-bowl-game-payouts-keep-getting-bigger-bigger/|title=SEC bowl game payouts keep getting bigger and bigger|date=December 9, 2015}}</ref>

^ The Sugar Bowl is contractually obligated to select the SEC champion if that team is not participating in the College Football Playoff. In years where the champion is unavailable the Playoff Committee will assign another SEC team to participate in the Sugar. Alternatively, in years where the Sugar hosts a playoff game the SEC Champion will be sent to the Fiesta, Cotton, or Peach Bowl if not selected for the playoff.

† The Big Ten and SEC will be eligible to face the ACC representative in the Orange Bowl at least three out of the eight seasons that it does not host a semifinal for the Playoff over a 12-year span. Notre Dame may be chosen the other two years if eligible.

° In years when the Big Ten places a team in the Orange Bowl, the Citrus Bowl will select from ACC teams remaining after the Playoff Committee and Orange Bowl make their selections.

‡ The Big Ten and ACC will switch between the Music City and Gator bowls on alternating years.

¤ For the 2020 through 2025 seasons, the Big Ten and SEC will alternate which conference sends a team to the Duke's Mayo Bowl or the Las Vegas Bowl. SEC will be in the Las Vegas Bowl during the even years and Duke's Mayo Bowl during the odd years.

===Head coach compensation===
The total pay of head coaches includes university and non-university compensation including base salary, income from contracts, foundation supplements, bonuses and media and radio pay as of the most recent [[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024 season]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Conference pay rank 
! style="width:190px;"| Institution
! style="width:190px;"| Head coach
! style="width:130px;"| 2024 total pay
|-
| 1
|{{sort|Georgia|[[Georgia Bulldogs football|University of Georgia]]}}
| {{sortname|Kirby|Smart}}
| $13,282,580
|-
| 2
| {{sort|Texas|[[Texas Longhorns football|University of Texas]]}}
| {{sortname|Steve|Sarkisian}}
| $10,600,000
|-
| 3
| {{sort|Alabama|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]]}}
| {{sortname|Kalen|Deboer}}
| $10,000,000
|-
| 4
| {{sort|LSU|[[LSU Tigers football|Louisiana State University]]}}
| {{sortname|Brian|Kelly|dab=American football coach}}
| $9,975,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berkowitz |first=Steve |title=Brian Kelly's 10-year deal with LSU football includes $1.2M loan for residence, eye-popping bonuses |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2021/11/30/brian-kelly-gets-100-million-10-year-deal-lsu/8816093002/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 5
| {{sort|Kentucky|[[Kentucky Wildcats football|University of Kentucky]]}}
| {{sortname|Mark|Stoops}}
| $9,013,600
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Mississippi|[[Ole Miss Rebels football|University of Mississippi]]}}
| {{sortname|Lane|Kiffin}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Missouri|[[Missouri Tigers football|University of Missouri]]}}
| {{sortname|Eliah|Drinkwitz}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Tennessee|[[Tennessee Volunteers football|University of Tennessee]]}}
| {{sortname|Josh|Heupel}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 9
| {{sort|Oklahoma|[[Oklahoma Sooners football|University of Oklahoma]]}}
| {{sortname|Brent|Venables}}
| $8,152,000
|-
| 10
| {{sort|Florida|[[Florida Gators football|University of Florida]]}}
| {{sortname|Billy|Napier}}{{efn|group=hcc|name=Fired25|Napier and Pittman were fired during the 2025 season.}}
| $7,370,000
|-
| 11
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M University]]
| {{sortname|Mike|Elko}}
| $7,000,000
|-
| 12
| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn University]]
| {{sortname|Hugh|Freeze}}
| $6,728,100
|-
| 13
| {{sort|Arkansas|[[Arkansas Razorbacks football|University of Arkansas]]}}
| {{sortname|Sam|Pittman}}{{efn|group=hcc|name=Fired25}}
| $6,498,000
|-
| 14
| {{sort|South Carolina|[[South Carolina Gamecocks football|University of South Carolina]]}}
| {{sortname|Shane|Beamer}}
| $6,401,996
|-
| 15
| {{sort|Mississippi State|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State University]]}}
| {{sortname|Jeff|Lebby}}
| $4,250,000
|-
| 16
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt University]]
| {{sortname|Clark|Lea}}
| $3,189,744<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 2024-10-16 |title=College Football Head Coach Salaries|url=https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/coach/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

{{notelist|group=hcc}}

===Player awards===
Each year, the conference selects various [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards|individual awards]]. In 1994, the conference began honoring former players from each school annually with the [[SEC Football Legends]] program.

===50th anniversary All-Time SEC Team===
In 1982, the SEC Skywriters, a group of media covering the Southeastern Conference, selected members of their All-Time SEC Team for the first fifty years (1933–82) of the SEC.<ref>''Lakeland Times Daily'', December 21, 1985</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}

'''Coach''': [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]]

'''Offense'''<br />
'''QB''' [[Archie Manning]], Ole Miss ''1968–70''<br />
'''HB''' [[Charley Trippi]], Georgia ''1942,45–46''<br />
'''HB''' [[Billy Cannon]], LSU ''1957–59''<br />
'''HB''' [[Herschel Walker]], Georgia ''1980–82''<br />
'''WR''' [[Don Hutson]], Alabama ''1932–34''<br />
'''WR''' [[Terry Beasley]], Auburn ''1969–71''<br />
'''TE''' [[Ozzie Newsome]], Alabama ''1974–77''<br />
'''OL''' [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], Alabama ''1970–72''<br />
'''OL''' [[Frank Kinard|Bruiser Kinard]], Ole Miss ''1935–37''<br />
'''OC''' [[Dwight Stephenson]], Alabama ''1977–79''<br />
'''OL''' [[Bob Suffridge]], Tennessee ''1938–40''<br />
'''OL''' [[Billy Neighbors]], Alabama ''1959–61''<br />
'''PK''' [[Fuad Reveiz]], Tennessee ''1981–84''

{{col-3}}

''' Defense'''<br />
'''DL''' [[Doug Atkins]], Tennessee ''1950–52''<br />
'''DL''' [[Bill Stanfill]], Georgia ''1966–68''<br />
'''DL''' [[Jack Youngblood]], Florida ''1968–70''<br />
'''DL''' [[Lou Michaels]], Kentucky ''1955–57''<br />
'''DL''' [[Gaynell Tinsley]], LSU ''1934–36''<br />
'''LB''' [[Lee Roy Jordan]], Alabama ''1960–62''<br />
'''LB''' [[Jack Reynolds (American football)|Jack Reynolds]], Tennessee ''1967–69''<br />
'''LB''' [[D. D. Lewis (linebacker b. 1945)|D. D. Lewis]], Miss. State ''1965–67''<br />
'''DB''' [[Tucker Frederickson]], Auburn ''1962–64''<br />
'''DB''' [[Jake Scott (defensive back)|Jake Scott]], Georgia ''1967–68''<br />
'''DB''' [[Tommy Casanova]], LSU ''1969–71''<br />
'''DB''' [[Don McNeal]], Alabama ''1977–79''<br />
'''DB''' [[Jimmy Patton]], Ole Miss ''1953–55''<br />
'''P'''         [[Craig Colquitt]], Tennessee         ''1975–77''

{{col-3}}
{{col-end}}

===Intra-conference football rivalries===
The members of the SEC have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. The following is a list of active rivalries in the Southeastern Conference with totals & records through the completion of the [[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024 season]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Rivalry Name
! scope="col" | Trophy
! scope="col" | Meetings
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Series Leader
! scope="col" | Current Streak
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Iron Bowl]]
| [[James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy|Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy]]
| 89
| 51–37–1
| Alabama
| Alabama won 5
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Alabama–Florida football rivalry]]
| None
| 42
| 27–14
| Alabama
| Alabama won 8
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Alabama–Georgia football rivalry]]
| None
| 74
| 44–26–4
| Alabama
| Alabama won 2
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Alabama–LSU football rivalry|First Saturday in November]]
| None
| 89
| 57–27–5
| Alabama
| Alabama won 2
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]
| [[Alabama–Mississippi State football rivalry]]
| None
| 108
| 86–18–3
| Alabama
| Alabama won 16
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Alabama–Ole Miss football rivalry]]
| None
| 71
| 55–10–2
| Alabama
| Alabama won 8
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Third Saturday in October]]
| None
| 107
| 59–40–7
| Alabama
| Tennessee won 1
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Arkansas–LSU football rivalry]]
| Golden Boot
| 70
| 43–23–2
| LSU
| LSU won 3
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| [[Battle Line Rivalry]]
| Battle Line Trophy
| 16
| 12–4
| Missouri
| Missouri won 3
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Arkansas–Ole Miss football rivalry]]
| None
| 71
| 37–31–1
| Arkansas
| Ole Miss won 2
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| [[Arkansas–Texas football rivalry]]
| None
| 80
| 57–23
| Texas
| Texas won 1
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| [[Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry]]
| Southwest Classic Trophy
| 81
| 42–36–3
| Arkansas
| Texas A&M won 3
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Auburn–Florida football rivalry]]
| None
| 84
| 43–39–2
| Auburn
| Florida won 1
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Deep South's Oldest Rivalry]]
| None
| 129
| 65–56–8
| Georgia
| Georgia won 8
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Auburn–LSU football rivalry]]
| None
| 58
| 30–24–1
| LSU
| LSU won 2
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry]]
| None
| 48
| 35–12
| Auburn
| Ole Miss won 2
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Auburn–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| None
| 54
| 29–22–3
| Auburn
| Auburn won 1
|-
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry]]
| Okefenokee Oar
| 102
| 56–44–2
| Georgia
| Georgia won 4
|-
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| [[Florida–Kentucky football rivalry]]
| None
| 75
| 54–21
| Florida
| Florida won 1
|-
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Florida–LSU football rivalry]]
| None
| 71
| 34–31–3
| Florida
| Florida won 1
|-
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Florida–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| None
| 54
| 32–22
| Florida
| Tennessee won 1
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| [[Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry]]
| None
| 76
| 55–19–2
| Georgia
| Georgia won 4
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| None
| 54
| 29–23–2
| Georgia
| Georgia won 8
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| None
| 83
| 61–20–2
| Georgia
| Georgia won 6
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Kentucky–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| Beer Barrel
| 120
| 84–26–9
| Tennessee
| Tennessee won 4
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Kentucky–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| None
| 97
| 48–44–4
| Kentucky
| Vanderbilt won 1
|-
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]
| [[LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry]]
| None
| 117
| 75–36–3
| LSU
| LSU won 3
|-
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Magnolia Bowl]]
| Magnolia Bowl Trophy
| 113
| 64–42–4
| LSU
| LSU won 1
|-
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| [[LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry]]
| None
| 63
| 32–24–3
| LSU
| Texas A&M won 1
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Egg Bowl]]
| Golden Egg
| 121
| 66–46–6
| Ole Miss
| Ole Miss won 2
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| [[Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry]]
| Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe
| 97
| 67–25–5
| Oklahoma
| Missouri won 1
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| [[Mayor's Cup (Missouri-South Carolina)|Mayor's Cup]]
| Mayor's Cup
| 15
| 9–6
| Missouri
| South Carolina won 1
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| [[Red River Rivalry]]
| Golden Hat
| 120
| 64–51–5
| Texas
| Texas won 1
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Ole Miss–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| None
| 98
| 54–40–2
| Ole Miss
| Ole Miss won 5
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[South Carolina–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| None
| 42
| 27–11–2
| Tennessee
| Tennessee won 1
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| None
| 119
| 79–33–5
| Tennessee
| Tennessee won 6
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| [[Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry]]
| None
| 119
| 77–37–5
| Texas
| Texas won 2
|}

===Interconference football rivalries===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Teams
! scope="col" | Rivalry name
! scope="col" | Trophy
! scope="col" | Meetings
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Series leader
! scope="col" | Existing streak
! scope="col" | Opposing conference
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Alabama Crimson Tide Football|Alabama]]
| [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| [[Alabama–Clemson football rivalry]]
| rowspan="7" | None
| 19
| 14–5
| Alabama
| Alabama lost 1
| rowspan="2" | [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Alabama–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| 52
| 28–21–3
| Alabama
| Alabama lost 1
|-
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]
| [[Alabama–Penn State football rivalry]]
| 15
| 10–5
| Alabama
| Alabama won 2
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks Football|Arkansas]]
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
| [[Arkansas–Texas Tech football rivalry]]
| 38
| 30–8
| Arkansas
| Arkansas won 1
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Auburn Tigers Football|Auburn]]
| [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| [[Auburn–Clemson football rivalry]]
| 51
| 34–15–2
| Auburn
| Auburn lost 4
| rowspan="2" | [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Auburn–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| 92
| 47–41–4
| Auburn
| Auburn lost 2
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]]
| [[Auburn–Tulane football rivalry]]
| 38
| 15–17–6
| Tulane
| Auburn won 2
| [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| [[Florida–Florida State football rivalry|Sunshine Showdown]]
| Makala Trophy, [[Florida Cup]]
| 68
| 38–28–2
| Florida
| Florida won 1
| rowspan="4" | [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]]
| [[Florida–Miami football rivalry]]
| [[Florida Cup]]
| 57
| 27–30
| Miami (FL)
| Florida lost 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| [[Clemson–Georgia football rivalry]]
| None
| 66
| 44–18–4
| Georgia
| Georgia won 2
|-
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate]]
| The Governor's Cup
| 118
| 72–41–5
| Georgia
| Georgia won 7
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| [[Centre Colonels football|Centre]]
| [[Centre–Kentucky rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" |None
| 35
| 12–21–2
| Centre
| Kentucky won 3
| [[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]<br/>([[NCAA Division III|D-III]])
|-
| [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]
| [[Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry]]
| 36
| 17–18–1
| Indiana
| Kentucky lost 1
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]
| [[Governor's Cup (Kentucky)|Governor's Cup]]
| The Governor's Cup
| 36
| 19–16
| Kentucky
| Kentucky lost 1
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Transylvania Pioneers football|Transylvania]]
| [[Battle On Broadway]]
| None
| 19
| 12–6–1
| Kentucky
| Kentucky lost 1
| Program defunct since 1941
|-
| [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]]
| [[Battle for the Rag]]
| Tiger Rag/Victory Rag
| 98
| 69–22–7
| LSU
| LSU won 18
| [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]]
| [[Illinois–Missouri football rivalry|Arch Rivalry]]
| None
| 24
| 17–7
| Missouri
| Missouri won 6
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]
| [[Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry]]
| Telephone Trophy
| 104
| 61–34–9
| Missouri
| Missouri won 5
| rowspan="2" | [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| [[Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry)|Border War]]
| Indian War Drum
| 121
| 57–54–9
| Missouri
| Missouri won 3
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| [[Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry]]
| Victory Bell
| 104
| 36–65–3
| Nebraska
| Missouri lost 2
| rowspan="2" | [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| [[Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry]]
| None
| 88
| 47–38–3
| Oklahoma
| Oklahoma won 3
|-
| [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]
| [[Bedlam Series]]
| Bedlam Bell
| 118
| 91–20–7
| Oklahoma
| Oklahoma lost 1
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| [[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]]
| [[Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry|Mid-South Rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" | None
| 63
| 47–12–2
| Ole Miss
| Ole Miss lost 1
| rowspan="2" | [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]]
| [[Ole Miss–Tulane football rivalry]]
| 73
| 43–28
| Ole Miss
| Ole Miss won 13
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| [[Clemson–South Carolina rivalry|Palmetto Bowl]]
| Palmetto Trophy
| 121
| 44–73–4
| Clemson
| South Carolina won 1
| rowspan="3" | [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
| [[North Carolina–South Carolina football rivalry]]
| rowspan="5" | None
| 60
| 20–36–4
| North Carolina
| South Carolina lost 1
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| 44
| 25–17–2
| Tennessee
| Tennessee won 2
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]
| [[Baylor-Texas football rivalry]]
| 113
| 81–28–4
| Texas
| Texas won 2
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| [[Rice Owls football|Rice]]
| [[Rice–Texas football rivalry]]
| 97
| 75–21–1
| Texas
| Texas won 16
| [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| [[TCU–Texas football rivalry]]
| 94
| 65–28–1
| Texas
| Texas won 1
| rowspan="5" | [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
| [[Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry]]
| Chancellor's Spurs
| 73
| 55–18
| Texas
| Texas won 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]
| [[Battle of the Brazos]]
| rowspan="3" | None
| 108
| 68–31–9
| Texas A&M
| Texas A&M won 3
|-
| [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| [[TCU–Texas A&M football rivalry]]
| 92
| 56–29–7
| Texas A&M
| Texas A&M won 24
|-
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
| [[Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry]]
| 70
| 37–32–1
| Texas A&M
| Texas A&M won 3
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| Gold Cowbell
| 39
| 16–20–3
| Georgia Tech
| Vanderbilt won 1
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|- 
| [[Sewanee Tigers football|Sewanee]]
| [[Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| None
| 52
| 40–8–4
| Vanderbilt
| Vanderbilt won 1
| [[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]<br/>([[NCAA Division III|D-III]])
|}

==Men's basketball==
[[File:Basketball current event.svg|40px|alt=|link=2025–26 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season]] ''For the upcoming season, see [[2025–26 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season]].''

Since the 2012–13 season, SEC teams have played an 18-game conference schedule, which includes two games (home and away) against each of three permanent rivals and single games against the remaining ten teams in the conference. Men's basketball formerly used the East/West divisional alignment for regular-season scheduling and seeding the conference tournament, but it no longer does.

Before expansion to 14 teams, the conference schedule was 16 games. Although the divisions were eliminated beginning with the 2011–12 season, that season's schedule was still set according to the divisional alignments, with each team facing each team from its own division twice and each team from the opposite division once. As part of the proposal by SEC head coaches that led to the scrapping of the divisional structure, a task force of four coaches and four athletic directors was set to discuss future conference scheduling. At that time, options included a revamped 16-game schedule, an 18-game schedule, or a full double round-robin of 22 conference games.<ref name="MBB changes">{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/SECNation/SECTraditions/tabid/1073/Article/226326/destin-recap-day-two.aspx |title=Destin Recap: Day Two |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> However, these discussions came before Texas A&M and Missouri were announced in late 2011 as incoming members for the 2012–13 season, which required a format that could support 14 teams rather than twelve.

At the 2012 SEC spring meetings, league athletic directors adopted an 18-game conference schedule. Each school had one permanent opponent that it played home and away every season, and faced four other opponents in a home-and-home series during a given season, and then the remaining teams one each (four home, four away). The permanent opponents were Alabama–Auburn, Arkansas–Missouri, Florida–Kentucky, Georgia–South Carolina, LSU–Texas A&M, Ole Miss–Mississippi State, and Tennessee–Vanderbilt. The home-and-home opponents, apart from the permanent opponent, rotated each season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/235185/sec-mens-basketball-scheduletournament-formats.aspx |title=SEC Men's Basketball Schedule/Tournament Formats |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>

The 2014 SEC spring meetings saw a further change to the scheduling format. While the athletic directors voted to stay with an 18-game conference schedule, they increased the number of permanent opponents for each school from one to three. Each school retained its permanent opponent from the 2012–2014 period while adding two others.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/251321/sec-spring-meetings-tuesday-notebook.aspx |title=SEC Spring Meetings – Tuesday Notebook |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

From 1966 to 1967, following Tulane's departure, through 1990–91, the year prior to the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina, teams played a double round-robin, 18-game conference schedule. No team was undefeated in this period, though three teams went 17–1 (Kentucky in 1970 and 1986, LSU in 1981; ironically, a loss to the Wildcats at Lexington in the regular season finale prevented the [[1980–81 LSU Tigers basketball team|1980–81 Tigers]] from an 18–0 conference record). During the period from 1992 to 2012 when the league slate was 16 games, Kentucky went undefeated in SEC play in 1996, 2003, and 2012 (although only the 2003 team went on to win the conference tournament).

Since the return to an 18-game conference schedule following the 2012 conference expansion, two teams have gone undefeated in SEC play: Florida in 2013–14 and Kentucky in 2014–15.

The scheduling format will change again with the arrival of Oklahoma and Texas in 2024. The conference schedule will remain at 18 games, but each team will play three opponents home and away—two permanent and one rotating. The remaining 12 games will be single games against all other conference members, evenly divided between home and away games.<ref name=SixSports />

===Scheduling partners===
The table below lists each school's permanent men's basketball-only scheduling partners starting with the 2024–2025 season.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:250px;"| School
! style="width:250px;"| Partner 1
! style="width:250px;"| Partner 2
|-
| Alabama
| Auburn
| Mississippi State
|-
| Arkansas
| LSU
| Missouri
|-
| Auburn
| Alabama
| Ole Miss
|-
| Florida
| Georgia
| South Carolina
|-
| Georgia
| Florida
| South Carolina
|-
| Kentucky
| Tennessee
| Vanderbilt
|-
| LSU
| Arkansas
| Texas A&M
|-
| Ole Miss
| Auburn
| Mississippi State
|-
| Mississippi State
| Alabama
| Ole Miss
|-
| Missouri
| Arkansas
| Oklahoma
|-
| Oklahoma
| Missouri
| Texas
|-
| South Carolina
| Florida
| Georgia
|-
| Tennessee
| Kentucky
| Vanderbilt
|-
| Texas
| Oklahoma
| Texas A&M
|-
| Texas A&M
| LSU
| Texas
|-
| Vanderbilt
| Kentucky
| Tennessee
|}

===National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Southeastern Conference basketball programs have combined to win 12 NCAA men's basketball championships as SEC member. Kentucky has won eight, Florida has won three, and Arkansas has won one national championship each as SEC members. Eleven teams have advanced to the Final Four at least once in their history. Nine SEC schools (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Final Fours}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Elite Eights}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Sweet Sixteens}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]]
|
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2024)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2004, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1976, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2004, 2021, 2023–25)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(1975, 1976, 1982–86, 1989–92, 1994, 1995, 2002–06, 2012, 2018, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1994)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1995)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1978, 1990,'' 1994, 1995)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1949, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1991,'' 1994, 1995, 2021, 2022)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1958, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991,'' 1993–96, 2021–23, 2025)}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1977–85, 1988–91,'' 1992–96, 1998–2001, 2006–08, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021–23, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers men's basketball|Auburn]]
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2019, 2025)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1984–88, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022–25)}}
|-
| [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]]
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2006, 2007, 2025)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2000)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2025)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011–14, 2017, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011–14, 2017, 2025)}}
| '''23'''<br/>{{small|(1989, 1994, 1995, 1999–2007, 2010–14, 2017–19, 2021, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
| 
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1983)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1983)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1986)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]]
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1966, 1975, 1997, 2014)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1996–98, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)}}
| '''38'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956–58, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995–99, 2003, 2005, 2010–12, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)}}
| '''49'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955–59, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968–73, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983–86, 1992, 1993, 1995–99, 2001–03, 2005, 2010–12, 2014, 2015, 2017–19, 2025)}}
| '''62'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955–59, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968–73, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980–87, 1992–2008, 2010–12, 2014–19, 2022–25)}}
|-
| [[LSU Tigers men's basketball|LSU]]
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1981, 1986, 2006)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2006)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2006, 2019)}}
| '''24'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1979–81, 1984–93, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022)}}
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball|Ole Miss]]
|
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2001, 2025)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1981, 1997–99, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1996)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1996)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1963, 1995, 1996)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1963, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002–05, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2023–25)}}
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri]]
|
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1944, 1976, 2002, 2009'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1976, 1980, 1982, 1989, 2002, 2009'')}}
| '''29'''<br/>{{small|(''1944, 1976, 1978, 1980–83, 1986–90, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999–2003, 2009–12,'' 2013, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball|Oklahoma]]
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1947, 1988'')}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1947, 1988, 2002, 2016'')}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1985, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1979, 1985, 1987–89, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2016'')}}
| '''34'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1979, 1983–90, 1992, 1995–2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013–16, 2018, 2019, 2021,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball|South Carolina]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1971–73,'' 2017)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''1971–74, 1989,'' 1997, 1998, 2004, 2017, 2024)}}
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|
|
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2010, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1967, 1981, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023–25)}}
| '''27'''<br/>{{small|(1967, 1976, 1977, 1979–83, 1989, 1998–2001, 2006–11, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]]
|
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1943, 1947, 2003'')}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2023'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1960, 1963, 1972, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2023'')}}
| '''39'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989–92, 1994–97, 1999–2012, 2014–16, 2018, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball|Texas A&M]]
|
|
|
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1969, 1980, 2007,'' 2016, 2018)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1964, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1987, 2006–11,'' 2016, 2018, 2023–25)}}
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1965)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1974, 1988, 1993, 2004, 2007)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2025)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the SEC.

===Basketball tournament===
{{Main|SEC men's basketball tournament|}}

The ''[[SEC men's basketball tournament]]'' (also known simply as the ''[[SEC tournament]]'') is the competition that determines the SEC's automatic bid to the [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship|NCAA men's basketball tournament]]. Notably, it does not determine the SEC conference champion in men's basketball—the conference has awarded its championship to the team(s) with the best regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/menshoops/SECMBBGuide.pdf |title=Through the Years: SEC Champions |work=2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Southeastern Conference |page=67 |access-date=May 16, 2013 |quote=Since 1951, when the round-robin schedule was introduced, the title has been decided by a winning percentage on the conference schedule.}}</ref> It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

With the expansion to 14 members in 2012, the 2013 tournament was the first with a new format covering five days. The teams seeded eleven through fourteen play on the first day, with the winners advancing to play the No.{{nbsp}}5 and No.{{nbsp}}6 seeds on Thursday. The top four teams receive a "double bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals on Friday. The expansion to 16 teams in 2024 will result in two additional tournament games, but the top four teams will continue to receive "double byes" into the quarterfinals.<ref name=SixSports/>

As of the 2022–23 season, the tournament has most often been held at two venues that have each hosted twelve times. [[Louisville Gardens]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], served as the regular host from 1941 until the tournament was discontinued after the 1952 edition. The [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta]] first hosted the tournament in 1995 and most recently hosted in 2014. [[Bridgestone Arena]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], is now the regular host, with that venue hosting the tournament from 2015 through 2030, except in 2018 and 2022 (years in which it instead hosted the SEC women's basketball tournament).<ref name="Nashville 2015–2025">{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/247151/nashville-to-host-sec-basketball-tournaments.aspx |title=Nashville To Host SEC Basketball Tournaments |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref> Sometimes, the tournament will take place at the [[Smoothie King Center]] in [[New Orleans]], or [[Benchmark International Arena]] in [[Tampa, Florida]]. The 2018 tournament was held at Scottrade Center, now [[Enterprise Center]], in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], and the 2022 tournament was at Amalie Arena.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10992358/sec-tabs-st-louis-tampa-2018-2022-tournaments |title=St. Louis, Tampa to play SEC hosts |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

Prior to moving to the Georgia Dome, the tournament (during its modern, post-1979 era) was most often contested at the venue now known as [[Legacy Arena]] in Birmingham, Alabama, home of the SEC's headquarters and centrally located prior to the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. Other sites to host include on-campus arenas at LSU, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt; [[Rupp Arena]] in Lexington; and the [[Orlando Arena]].

===NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
''† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! colspan=2|Champion
! colspan=2|Runner-up
! colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
|[[1947 NCAA basketball tournament|1947]]<!--NCAA didn't split into divisions until 1956-->
|[[1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team|Holy Cross]] || '''58'''
|'''''[[1946–47 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]''''' || 47
|[[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] || [[New York City, New York]]
|-
|[[1948 NCAA basketball tournament|1948]]
|'''[[1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || '''58'''
|[[Baylor Bears basketball|Baylor]] || 42
|[[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] || [[New York City, New York]]
|-
|[[1949 NCAA basketball tournament|1949]]
|'''[[1948–49 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''46'''
|[[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma A&M]] || 36
|[[Hec Edmundson Pavilion]] || [[Seattle, Washington]]
|-
|[[1951 NCAA basketball tournament|1951]]
|'''[[1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''68'''
|[[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] || 58
|[[Williams Arena]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
|[[1958 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1958]]<!--Split into "University Division" and "College Division" in 1956-->
|'''[[1957–58 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(4)}} || '''84'''
|[[1957–58 Seattle Chieftains men's basketball team|Seattle]] || 72
|[[Freedom Hall]] || [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
|-
|[[1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1966]]
|[[1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team|Texas Western]] || '''72'''
|'''[[1965–66 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 65
|[[Cole Field House]] || [[College Park, Maryland]]
|-
|[[1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1975]]<!--Divisions I, II, III created in 1973-->
|[[1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] {{small|(10)}} || '''92'''
|'''[[1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 85
|[[San Diego Sports Arena]] || [[San Diego, California]]
|-
|[[1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1978]]
|'''[[1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''94'''
|[[1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] || 88
|[[The Checkerdome]] || [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|-
|[[1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1988]]<!--First NCAA women's championships in 1982-->
|[[1993–94 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] {{small|(2)}} || '''83'''
|'''''[[1987–88 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]''''' || 79
|[[Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
|[[1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1994]]
|'''[[1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]''' || '''76'''
|[[1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] || 72
|[[Charlotte Coliseum]] || [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|-
|[[1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1995]]
|[[1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] {{small|(11)}} || '''89'''
|'''[[1994–95 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]''' || 78
|[[Kingdome]] || [[Seattle, Washington]]
|-
|[[1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1996]]
|'''[[1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(6)}} || '''76'''
|[[1995–96 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team|Syracuse]] || 67
|[[Continental Airlines Arena]] || [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
|-
|[[1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1997]]†
|[[1996–97 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team|Arizona]] || '''84'''
|'''[[1996–97 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 79
|[[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1998]]
|'''[[1997–98 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(7)}} || '''78'''
|[[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] || 69
|[[Alamodome]] || [[San Antonio, Texas]]
|-
|[[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2000]]
|[[1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]] {{small|(2)}} || '''89'''
|'''[[1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' || 76
| [[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2006]]
|'''[[2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' || '''73'''
|[[2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] || 57
|[[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2007]]
|'''[[2006–07 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''84'''
|[[2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]] || 75
|[[Georgia Dome]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia]] 
|-
|[[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2012]]
|'''[[2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(8)}} || '''67'''
|[[2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] || 59
|[[Mercedes-Benz Superdome]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
|[[2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2014]]
|[[2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team|UConn]] {{small|(4)}} || '''60'''
|'''[[2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 54
|[[AT&T Stadium]] || [[Arlington, Texas]]
|-
|[[2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2025]]
|'''[[2024-25 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''65'''
|[[2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team|Houston]] || 63
|[[Alamodome]] || [[San Antonio, Texas]]
|}

===Awards===
The [[SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year]] is awarded to the player who has proven himself, throughout the season, to be the most exceptional talent in the Southeastern Conference. Various other awards, such as the best tournament player in the [[SEC men's basketball tournament|SEC tournament]] and all conference honors are given out throughout the year.

==Baseball==
{{See also|SEC Baseball Tournament}}

Starting in 2025 with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas, schools play a 30–game league schedule (10 three-game series), with two permanent opponents and eight rotating opponents. Between 1996 and 2012, the SEC consisted of two divisions, where schools played all five teams within their division and five schools from the opposite division, resulting in only one missed opponent in any given season. From 2012 to 2024, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, schedules consisted of games played against all six other divisional opponents and four opponents from the opposite division, meaning three missed opponents in a given season.

Since 1990, the SEC has become the most successful conference on the college baseball diamond. That year, Georgia captured the conference's first national championship at the [[College World Series|Men's College World Series]] (MCWS). Following that, LSU won six of the next 19 titles, including five of ten between 1991 and 2000 and its sixth title in 2009. This was followed by South Carolina winning back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011, Vanderbilt winning its first title in 2014, Florida winning its first title in 2017, Vanderbilt winning again in 2019, Mississippi State claiming its first title in 2021, Ole Miss winning its first title in 2022, LSU winning again in 2023, Tennessee winning its first title in 2024, and LSU winning again in 2025. During that same span, 13 teams have also been runners-up at the MCWS. The MCWS final series featured two SEC teams in 1997, 2011, 2017, 2021, 2023, and 2024, and the 2022 final involved a current member and a future member.{{efn|For this purpose, "future member" is defined as a school that, at the time of the relevant MCWS, was confirmed to be joining the SEC in the future. Oklahoma and Texas combined for 49 MCWS appearances through 2022, but their 2022 appearances were their first after the SEC announced both as future members.}} The 2022 MCWS featured four current members, all from the SEC West, and both future members. Every current member has appeared at least 5 times except [[Kentucky Wildcats baseball|Kentucky]], which made its first MCWS appearance in [[2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team|2024]]. The only pre-2024 SEC member that has not appeared in the MCWS as an SEC member is [[Missouri Tigers baseball|Missouri]], which has yet to make the NCAA tournament as an SEC member, although it made six MCWS appearances in the 1950s and 1960s while in the [[Big Eight Conference]]. Both Georgia Tech and Tulane have made appearances in the MCWS after leaving the SEC. One of the two newest SEC members, Texas, leads all schools in MCWS appearances with 38, and its 6 titles trail only [[USC Trojans baseball|USC]] (12 titles) and LSU (8). The other new member, Oklahoma, has two titles from 11 MCWS appearances.

SEC teams have also become leaders in total and average attendance over the years. In 2022, the top seven programs in average home attendance and the top eight programs in total home attendance were all SEC members, with the exception of future SEC member Texas. The only SEC members to place outside the top 30 in both measures of attendance were Kentucky and Missouri, with the latter being the only one outside the top 50.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/Attend.pdf |title=Baseball Attendance Records |work=2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Record Book |publisher=NCAA |page=2 |access-date=June 27, 2023}}</ref>

The NCAA automatic berth is given to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, which was first started in 1977. The 2025 tournament, the first after the addition of Oklahoma and Texas, was the first to include all conference members, and also the first to use a single-elimination format throughout. Previously, at least some rounds used a double-elimination format. Regardless of the format, seeding is based on regular-season records. Since 1998, the tournament has been held at [[Hoover Metropolitan Stadium]] in [[Hoover, Alabama]]. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|NCAA Division I baseball tournament]].

SEC presidents and athletic directors voted to expand the SEC Tournament to ten teams starting in 2012. The division winners received a bye on the first day of competition, and the tournament became single-elimination after the field is pared to four teams.

With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M for the 2013 baseball season, the tournament was expanded to 12 teams. The top four seeds receive a bye on the first day, with seeds 5–12 playing single elimination. The tournament is double-elimination for the next three days, then reverts to single elimination when four teams are remaining.

Because of the arrival of Oklahoma and Texas for the 2025 baseball season, the tournament was expanded to a 16-team, single elimination tournament. The top 4 seeds earn a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–8 earn a bye to the second round.

In addition to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, the Southeastern Conference usually gets several at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Many teams have qualified for the NCAA tournament despite failing to win a game in the SEC Tournament. Three of these reached the MCWS despite going 0–2 in the SEC Tournament — Mississippi State in 2007 and 2021, and Texas A&M in 2024, with Texas A&M reaching the MCWS championship series and Mississippi State outright winning the 2021 MCWS.

===National championships, Men's College World Series, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Southeastern Conference baseball programs have combined to win 16 NCAA baseball championships as SEC members. LSU has won eight, South Carolina and Vanderbilt have won two, and Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tennessee have won one national championship each as SEC members. Texas has won six, Oklahoma has won two, and Missouri has won one championship prior to joining the SEC. Every SEC team has advanced to the Men's College World Series at least once in its history, and only Kentucky has made fewer than five MCWS appearances. Twelve SEC schools (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|NCAA<br/>College World Series Appearances}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|NCAA<br/>Regional Champions}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide baseball|Alabama]]
| 
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1997)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1950, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2023)}}
| '''26'''<br/>{{small|(1950, 1955, 1968, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1995–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008–11, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2023–25)}}
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks baseball|Arkansas]]
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1979,'' 2018)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(''1979, 1985, 1987, 1989,'' 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1979, 1985, 1987, 1989,'' 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(''1973, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985–90,'' 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002–15, 2017–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers baseball|Auburn]]
|
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1967, 1976, 1994, 1997, 2019, 2022)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1976, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(1963, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1993–95, 1997–2003, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2017–19, 2022, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Florida Gators baseball|Florida]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2005, 2011, 2023)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010–12, 2015–18, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2009–12, 2015–18, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''40'''<br/>{{small|(1958, 1960, 1962, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996–98, 2000–05, 2008–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs baseball|Georgia]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1990)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2008)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008)}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2024)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats baseball|Kentucky]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2024)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1988, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2023–25)}}
|-
| [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]]
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''39'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 1987, 1989–91, 1993, 1994, 1996–98, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''39'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 1987, 1989–91, 1993, 1994, 1996–2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015–17, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''50'''<br/>{{small|(1975, 1985–87, 1989–2005, 2008–10, 2012–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2022)}}
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1956, 1964, 1969, 1972, 2014, 2022)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(2005–07, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022)}}
| '''26'''<br/>{{small|(1956, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003–10, 2012–16, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball|Mississippi State]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2021)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2013)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016–19, 2021)}}
| '''39'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983–85, 1987–93, 1996–2001, 2003–07, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2021, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers baseball|Missouri]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1954'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1952, 1958, 1964'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1952, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964'')}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2006'')}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(''1952, 1954, 1958, 1962–65, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2003–09, 2012'')}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1994'')}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2022'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1972–76, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2010, 2022'')}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1976, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2022'')}}
| '''41'''<br/>{{small|(''1947, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1972–77, 1979, 1982, 1984–89, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004–06, 2008–13, 2017, 2018, 2022–2024,''  2025)}}
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks baseball|South Carolina]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2010, 2011)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1977,'' 2002, 2012)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985,'' 2002–04, 2010–12)}}
| '''19'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985,'' 2000–04, 2006, 2007, 2010–13, 2016, 2018, 2023)}}
| '''35'''<br/>{{small|(''1974–77, 1980–86, 1988,'' 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000–14, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)}}
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers baseball|Tennessee]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2024)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1951)}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(1951, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2021, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1995, 2001, 2005, 2021–25)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(1951, 1993–97, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2019, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns baseball|Texas]]
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1953, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009'')}}
| '''38'''<br/>{{small|(''1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1961–63, 1965, 1966, 1968–70, 1972–75, 1979, 1981–85, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002–05, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022'')}}
| '''24'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1979, 1981–85, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002–05, 2009–11, 2014, 2018, 2021–23'')}}
| '''64'''<br/>{{small|(''1947, 1949, 1950, 1952–54, 1957, 1958, 1960–63, 1965–76, 1979–96, 1999–2008, 2009–11, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021–24,''  2025)}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies baseball|Texas A&M]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2024)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1964, 1993, 1999, 2011,'' 2017, 2022, 2024)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1993, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011,'' 2015–17, 2022, 2024)}}
| '''38'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1975–78, 1984, 1986–89, 1991–93, 1995, 1997–99, 2003, 2004, 2007–12,'' 2013–19, 2022–24)}}
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores baseball|Vanderbilt]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2014, 2019)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2015, 2021)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(2004, 2010, 2011, 2013–15, 2017–19, 2021)}}
| '''23'''<br/>{{small|(1973, 1974, 1980, 2004, 2006–19, 2021–25)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the SEC.

===Men's College World Series champions, runners-up, and scores===
Note: Teams in '''bold''' are current SEC members who advanced to the MCWS while in the conference. Teams in '''''bold italics''''' are current SEC members who were either in another conference or an independent at the time of their appearance.<!-- Teams in ''plain italics'' are future members.-->

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Score(s)
! colspan=2|Venue
|-
|[[1949 College World Series|1949]]
|'''''[[1949 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|[[1949 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team|Wake Forest]]
|'''10–3'''
|[[Lawrence–Dumont Stadium]] || [[Wichita, Kansas]]
|-
|[[1950 College World Series|1950]]
|'''''[[1950 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]''''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[1950 Washington State Cougars baseball team|Washington State]]
|'''3–0'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1951 College World Series|1951]]
|'''''[[1951 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]]'''''
|'''[[1951 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team|Tennessee]]'''
|'''3–2'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1952 College World Series|1952]]
|[[1952 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team|Holy Cross]]
|'''''[[1952 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]'''''
|'''7–3, 8–4'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1953 College World Series|1953]]
|[[1953 Michigan Wolverines baseball team|Michigan]]
|'''''[[1953 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''7–5'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1954 College World Series|1954]]
|'''''[[1954 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]'''''
|[[1954 Rollins Tars baseball team|Rollins]]
|'''4–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1958 College World Series|1958]]
|[[1958 USC Trojans baseball team|Southern California]] {{small|(2)}}
|'''''[[1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]'''''
|'''7–0, 8–7 (12)'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1964 College World Series|1964]]
|[[1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team|Minnesota]] {{small|(3)}}
|'''''[[1964 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]'''''
|'''5–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1975 College World Series|1975]]
|'''''[[1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]''''' {{small|(3)}}
|'''''[[1975 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]'''''
|'''5–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1977 College World Series|1977]]
|[[1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State]] {{small|(4)}}
|'''''[[1977 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]'''''
|'''2–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1979 College World Series|1979]]
|[[1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|'''''[[1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]]'''''
|'''2–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1983 College World Series|1983]]
|'''''[[1983 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]''''' {{small|(4)}}
|'''[[1983 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team|Alabama]]'''
|'''4–3'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1984 College World Series|1984]]
|[[1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]] {{small|(2)}}
|'''''[[1984 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''3–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1985 College World Series|1985]]
|[[1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami (FL)]] {{small|(2)}}
|'''''[[1985 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''2–1, 10–6'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1989 College World Series|1989]]
|[[1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team|Wichita State]]
|'''''[[1989 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''5–3'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1990 College World Series|1990]]
|'''[[1990 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team|Georgia]]'''
|[[1990 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team|Oklahoma State]]
|'''2–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1991 College World Series|1991]]
|'''[[1991 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]'''
|[[1991 Wichita State Shockers baseball team|Wichita State]]
|'''6–3'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1993 College World Series|1993]]
|'''[[1993 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[1993 Wichita State Shockers baseball team|Wichita State]]
|'''8–0'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1994 College World Series|1994]]
|'''''[[1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team|Georgia Tech]]
|'''13–5'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1996 College World Series|1996]]
|'''[[1996 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]''' {{small|(3)}}
|[[1996 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami (FL)]]
|'''9–8'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1997 College World Series|1997]]
|'''[[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]]''' {{small|(4)}}
|'''[[Alabama Crimson Tide baseball|Alabama]]'''
|'''13–6'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2000 College World Series|2000]]
|'''[[2000 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]''' {{small|(5)}}
|[[2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team|Stanford]]
|'''6–5'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2002 College World Series|2002]]
|'''''[[2002 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]''''' {{small|(5)}}
|'''[[2002 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]'''
|'''12–6'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2004 College World Series|2004]]
|[[2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]] {{small|(4)}}
|'''''[[2004 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''6–4, 3–2'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2005 College World Series|2005]]
|'''''[[2005 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]''''' {{small|(6)}}
|'''[[2005 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]'''
|'''4–2, 6–2'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2008 College World Series|2008]]
|[[2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team|Fresno State]]
|'''[[2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team|Georgia]]'''
|'''6–7, 19–10, 6–1'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2009 College World Series|2009]]
|'''[[2009 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]''' {{small|(6)}}
|'''''[[2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''7–6 (11), 1–5, 11–4'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2010 College World Series|2010]]
|'''[[2010 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]'''
|[[2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team|UCLA]]
|'''7–1, 2–1 (11)'''
|[[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2011 College World Series|2011]]
|'''[[2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]''' {{small|(2)}}
|'''[[2011 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]'''
|'''2–1 (11), 5–2'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2012 College World Series|2012]]
|[[2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team|Arizona]] {{small|(4)}}
|'''[[2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]'''
|'''5–1, 4–1'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2013 College World Series|2013]]
|[[2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team|UCLA]]
|'''[[2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State]]'''
|'''3–1, 8–0'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2014 College World Series|2014]]
|'''[[2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]'''
|[[2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia]]
|'''9–8, 2–7, 3–2'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2015 College World Series|2015]]
|[[2015 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia]]
|'''[[2015 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]'''
|'''1–5, 3–0, 4–2'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2017 College World Series|2017]]
|'''[[2017 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]'''
|'''[[2017 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]'''
|'''4–3, 6–1'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
| [[2018 College World Series|2018]]
|[[2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team|Oregon State]] {{small|(3)}}
|'''[[2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]]'''
|'''1–4, 5–3, 5–0'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2019 College World Series|2019]]
|'''[[2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team|Michigan]]
|'''4–7, 4–1, 8–2'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2021 College World Series|2021]]
|'''[[2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State]]'''
|'''[[2021 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]'''
|'''2–8, 13–2, 9–0'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha|TD Ameritrade Park Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2022 Men's College World Series|2022]]
|'''[[2022 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]'''
|'''''[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]]'''''
|'''10–3, 4–2'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2023 Men's College World Series|2023]]
|'''[[2023 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]'''  {{small|(7)}}
|'''[[2023 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]'''
|'''4–3 (11), 4–24, 18–4'''
| [[Charles Schwab Field Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2024 Men's College World Series|2024]]
|'''[[2024 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team|Tennessee]]'''
|'''[[2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team|Texas A&M]]'''
|'''5–9, 4–1, 6–5'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2025 Men's College World Series|2025]]
|'''[[2025 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]''' {{small|(8)}}
|[[2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|Coastal Carolina]]
|'''1-0, 5-3'''
|[[Charles Schwab Field Omaha]]
|[[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|}

===Rivalries===
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2017}}
Several baseball rivalries have developed in the SEC:
* [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]]–[[Tulane Green Wave baseball|Tulane]]
:Historically these schools were arch-rivals in all sports, but following Tulane's decades-long de-emphasis of sports, including its exit from the SEC in 1966, baseball is the only sport in which the two schools are relatively evenly matched. On several occasions match-ups between the two have drawn national record-setting attendances. Tulane reached its first [[College World Series]] in 2001 by defeating LSU in three games in the NCAA Super Regional. In 2002, the Tigers and Green Wave drew an NCAA regular season record crowd of 27,673 to the [[Louisiana Superdome]].
* [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]]–[[Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball|Mississippi State]]
:Before the arrival of [[Skip Bertman]] as LSU's baseball coach in 1984, Mississippi State had long dominated the conference in baseball, with most of that success coming under coach [[Ron Polk]], who returned to coach the Bulldogs in 2002 after retiring in 1997. When Bertman arrived in Baton Rouge, LSU's long-dormant program took off, winning eleven SEC championships and five [[College World Series]] championships between 1984 and 2001.
* [[South Carolina Gamecocks baseball|South Carolina]]–[[Clemson Tigers baseball|Clemson]]
:This instate rivalry is an intense local affair, with the Gamecocks and Tigers meeting each regular season, and has gained national prominence as both teams are often ranked in the top ten nationally. The highlights of the rivalry include the [[2002 College World Series|2002]] and [[2010 College World Series|2010]] meetings in the final four of the [[College World Series]]. Each time, South Carolina emerged from the losers bracket to beat Clemson twice and advance to the national championship series.
* [[South Carolina Gamecocks baseball|South Carolina]]–[[North Carolina Tar Heels baseball|North Carolina]]
:The Gamecocks and Tar Heels met five times in the NCAA tournament between 2002 and 2013, including the [[2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2002 NCAA Regional]], [[2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2003 NCAA Super Regional]], [[2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2004 NCAA Regional]] and [[2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|2013 NCAA Regional]], with the Gamecocks holding a 3–2 edge.

==Women's basketball==
The SEC has historically been a strong conference in women's basketball.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/news/2000/11/17/sec_one/ |title=As Strong As Ever |last=Traub |first=Seth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604092803/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/news/2000/11/17/sec_one/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |date=November 17, 2000 |publisher=CNNSI.com |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the 2009–10 season, teams have played a 16-game conference schedule with a single league table; prior to that time the conference schedule was 14 games, again in a single table.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdispatch.com/sports/article.asp?aid=5083 |title=SEC women's schedule affects seedings for tournament |access-date=March 4, 2010 |date=March 3, 2010 |work=The Starkville Dispatch |last=Minichino |first=Adam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708130712/http://www.cdispatch.com/sports/article.asp?aid=5083 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Like SEC men's basketball, women's basketball used the divisional alignment for scheduling purposes through the 2011–12 season; however, the women's scheduling format was significantly different from the men's. Each team played home-and-home games against five schools—one permanent opponent, two teams from the same division, and two teams from the opposite division; the non-permanent home-and-home opponents rotated every two years.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082409aaa.html |title=UK Hoops Announces 2009–10 Schedule |publisher=[[Kentucky Wildcats|University of Kentucky Athletics]] |date=August 24, 2009 |access-date=June 16, 2011 |quote=The system increased the existing 14-game schedule by adding another rotating team from the East and West divisions. Kentucky's permanent partner is South Carolina and for the next two seasons, UK will face Auburn and Arkansas as their Western home-and-home opponent (''sic''). The Wildcats' Eastern Division partners are Georgia and Vanderbilt. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406154208/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082409aaa.html |archive-date=April 6, 2012 }}</ref> The remaining games were single games against the six other schools in the conference, with three at home and three away.

The league voted to keep a 16-game league schedule even after the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M. Arkansas and LSU are no longer permanent opponents, with the Razorbacks picking up Missouri and the Lady Tigers picking up Texas A&M. The other permanent opponents are the same as men's basketball, except for Florida-Georgia and Kentucky-South Carolina (both pairs had been permanent women's basketball opponents before the 2012 expansion). Each school plays two others home-and-home during a given season and the other ten once each. The divisional alignments no longer play any role in scheduling.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/235149/sec-spring-meetings-notes.aspx |title=SEC Spring Meetings Notes |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>

The conference schedule will remain at 16 games after the 2024 arrival of Oklahoma and Texas. Each team will play home and away against one permanent opponent, with single games against all other teams, evenly divided between home and away games.<ref name=SixSports/>

SEC women's basketball was historically dominated by [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]], who won regular-season and/or conference tournament championships in 25 seasons through 2015, as well as eight national championships since 1987. In more recent times, the dominant team has been [[South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball|South Carolina]], winning eight regular-season and eight tournament titles since 2014, as well as national titles in 2017, 2022 and 2024. In the 28 seasons the [[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament]] has been held, SEC schools have reached the Final Four 32 times, more than twice as often as any other conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secsports.com/the_sec/default.aspx |title=The SEC |publisher=Southeastern Conference |access-date=March 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926035531/http://www.secsports.com/the_sec/default.aspx |archive-date=September 26, 2009 }}</ref>

===National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Southeastern Conference basketball programs have combined to win 12 NCAA women's basketball championships as SEC members. Tennessee has won eight, South Carolina has won three, and LSU has won one national championship each as SEC members. Texas and Texas A&M have won championships prior to joining the conference. Twelve teams have advanced to the Final Four at least once in their history. Eleven SEC schools (Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Final Fours}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Elite Eights}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Sweet Sixteens}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball|Alabama]]
|
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1994)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1994)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1984, 1994–98)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1984, 1988, 1992–99, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball|Arkansas]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1998)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1990,'' 1998)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1990, 1991,'' 1998)}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(''1990, 1991,'' 1995, 1998, 2001–03, 2012, 2015)}}
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers women's basketball|Auburn]]
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1988–90)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1988–90)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1987–91, 1996)}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(1986–91, 1996)}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 1983, 1985–91, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024)}}
|-
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]]
|
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1997)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1997, 1998)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(1993–99, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)}}
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball|Georgia]]
| 
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1985, 1996)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1983–85, 1991, 1995–97, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2013)}}
| '''20'''<br/>{{small|(1983–88, 1991, 1995–97, 1999, 2000, 2003–07, 2010, 2011, 2013)}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(1982–91, 1993, 1995–2014, 2016, 2018, 2021–23)}}
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball|Kentucky]]
|
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 2010, 2012, 2013)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 2010, 2012–14, 2016)}}
| '''18'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2010–17, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
|-
| [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2023)}}
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(2004–08, 2023)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 2000, 2003–08, 2023–25)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(1984, 1986, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003–08, 2013, 2014, 2023–25)}}
| '''30'''<br/>{{small|(1984, 1986–91, 1997, 1999–2010, 2012–15, 2017, 2018, 2022–25)}}
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball|Ole Miss]]
|
|
|
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2007)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(1983–90, 1992, 2007, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(1982–92, 1994–96, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2022–25)}}
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball|Mississippi State]]
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2018)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2018)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2017–19)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(2010, 2016–19)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2015–19, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Missouri]]
|
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 2001'')}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(''1982–86, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2006,'' 2016–19)}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball|Oklahoma]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2002'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''2002, 2009, 2010'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''2002, 2009, 2010'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1986, 2000–02, 2006, 2007, 2009–11, 2013,'' 2025)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(''1986, 1995, 2000–18, 2022–24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball|South Carolina]]
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2022, 2024)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2025)}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(2015, 2017, 2021–25)}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(2002, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021–25)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 1990,'' 2002, 2012, 2014–19, 2021–25)}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 1986, 1988–91,'' 2002, 2003, 2012–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–98, 2007, 2008)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1984, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004)}}
| '''18'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 1984, 1986–89, 1991, 1995–98, 2000, 2002–05, 2007, 2008)}}
| '''28'''<br/>{{small|(1982–84, 1986–91, 1993, 1995–2000, 2002–08, 2011–13, 2015, 2016)}}
| '''37'''<br/>{{small|(1982–2008, 2010–16, 2022, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''43'''<br/>{{small|(1982–2019, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1986'')}}
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1986, 1987, 2003,'' 2025)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1984, 1986–90, 2003, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''19'''<br/>{{small|(''1983–90, 2002–04, 2015–18, 2021, 2022, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''37'''<br/>{{small|(''1983–94, 1996, 1997, 1999–2005, 2008–12, 2014–19, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball|Texas A&M]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2011'')}}
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2011'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''2008, 2011,'' 2014)}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(''1994, 2008, 2009, 2011,'' 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021)}}
| '''18'''<br/>{{small|(''1994, 1996, 2006–11,'' 2012–19, 2021, 2024)}}
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1993)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1990–97, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)}}
| '''29'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 1987, 1989–98, 2000–14, 2024, 2025)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the SEC.

===Basketball tournament===
{{Main|SEC women's basketball tournament|}}

The ''[[SEC women's basketball tournament]]'' is currently held a week before the men's basketball tournament. Like the men's version, it is a single-elimination tournament involving all conference members, with seeding based on regular season records. With the expansion to 14 schools, the bottom four teams in the conference standings play opening-round games, and the top four receive "double byes" into the quarterfinals. The winner earns the conference's automatic bid to the [[NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship|NCAA women's basketball tournament]]. Also paralleling the men's tournament, the women's tournament does not determine the SEC champion; that honor has been awarded based on regular-season record since the 1985–86 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/wbasketball/2012-13_sec_wbb_guide.pdf |title=Championships: SEC Champions |work=2012–13 SEC Women's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Southeastern Conference |page=88 |access-date=May 16, 2013 |quote=From 1980 to 1985, the SEC champion was the winner of the SEC Tournament. Since 1986, the SEC champion has been determined by the regular season schedule.}}</ref> The expansion to 16 teams will result in the addition of two extra games, but the top four teams in the conference standings will continue to receive "double byes" into the quarterfinals.<ref name=SixSports/>

The tournament, inaugurated in 1980, was originally held on campus sites; the first tournament to take place at a neutral site was in 1987. The three most frequent sites for the tournament have been [[McKenzie Arena]] in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] (seven times), the [[Albany Civic Center]] in [[Albany, Georgia]] (six times), and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville (six times). However, the only one of these venues to have hosted the tournament in the 21st century is Bridgestone Arena. Because demand for women's tournament tickets is generally lower than for the men's tournament, it is typically played in a smaller venue than the men's tournament in the same season. The most frequent venues since 2000 have been Bridgestone Arena, [[Gas South Arena]] at [[Duluth, Georgia]] (four), and [[Simmons Bank Arena]] in [[North Little Rock, Arkansas]] (four).

===NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
''† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.''

Teams in '''bold''' represented the SEC at the time of their championship appearance. Teams in '''''bold italics''''' made their appearances before joining the SEC.
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! colspan=2|Champion
! colspan=2|Runner-up
! colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
| [[1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1984]]
| [[1983–84 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]] {{small|(2)}} || '''72'''
| '''[[1983–84 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || 61
| [[Pauley Pavilion]] || [[Los Angeles, California]]
|-
| [[1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1985]]
| [[1984–85 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team|Old Dominion]] || '''70'''
| '''[[1984–85 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia]]''' || 65
| [[Frank Erwin Center]] || [[Austin, Texas]]
|-
| [[1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1986]]
| '''''[[1985–86 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team|Texas]]''''' || '''97'''
| [[1985–86 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]] || 81
| [[Rupp Arena]] || [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1987]]
| '''[[1986–87 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || '''67'''
| [[1986–87 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team|Louisiana Tech]] || 44
| [[Frank Erwin Center]] || [[Austin, Texas]]
|-
| [[1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1988]]
| [[1987–88 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team|Louisiana Tech]] {{small|(2)}} || '''56'''
| '''[[1987–88 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 54
| [[Tacoma Dome]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]]
|-
| [[1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1989]]
| '''[[1988–89 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''76'''
| '''[[1988–89 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 70
| [[Tacoma Dome]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]]
|-
| [[1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1990]]
| [[1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team|Stanford]] || '''88'''
| '''[[1989–90 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 81
| [[Thompson–Boling Arena]] || [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|-
| [[1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1991]]†
| '''[[1990–91 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''70'''
| [[1990–91 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team|Virginia]] || 67
| [[Lakefront Arena]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
| [[1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1995]]
| [[1994–95 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] || '''70'''
| '''[[1994–95 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || 64
| [[Target Center]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| [[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1996]]
| '''[[1995–96 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(4)}} || '''83'''
| '''[[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]''' || 65
| [[Charlotte Coliseum]] || [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1997]]
| '''[[1996–97 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''68'''
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]] || 59
| [[Heritage Bank Center|Riverfront Coliseum]] || [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
|-
| [[1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1998]]
| '''[[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(6)}} || '''93'''
| [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]] || 75
| [[Hy-Vee Arena|Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
| [[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2000]]
| [[1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(2)}} || '''71'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 52
| [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|First Union Center]] || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|-
| [[2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2003]]
| [[2002–03 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(4)}} || '''73'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 68
| [[Georgia Dome]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|-
| [[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2004]]
| [[2003–04 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(5)}} || '''70'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 61
| [[Smoothie King Center|New Orleans Arena]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2007]]
| '''[[2006–07 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(7)}} || '''59'''
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]] || 46
| [[Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse|Quicken Loans Arena]] || [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2008]]
| '''[[2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(8)}} || '''64'''
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] || 48
| [[Benchmark International Arena|St. Pete Times Forum]] || [[Tampa, Florida]]
|-
| [[2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2011]]
| '''''[[2010–11 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team|Texas A&M]]''''' || '''76'''
| [[2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team|Notre Dame]] || 70
| [[Gainbridge Fieldhouse|Conseco Fieldhouse]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
| [[2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2017]]
| '''[[2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' || '''67'''
| '''[[2016–17 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team|Mississippi State]]''' || 55
| [[American Airlines Center]] || [[Dallas, Texas]]
|-
| [[2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2018]]
| [[2017–18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team|Notre Dame]] || '''61'''
| '''[[2017–18 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team|Mississippi State]]''' || 58
| [[Nationwide Arena]] || [[Columbus, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2022]]
| '''[[2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''64'''
| [[2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|UConn]] || 49
|[[Target Center]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2023]]
| '''[[2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]'''
| '''102'''
| [[2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]] 
| 85
| [[American Airlines Center]]
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
|-
| [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2024]]
| '''[[2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' {{small|(3)}}
| '''87'''
| [[2023–24 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]] 
| 75
| [[Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse]]
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2025]]
| [[2024–25 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(12)}}
| '''82'''
| '''[[2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]'''
| 59
| [[Benchmark International Arena|Amalie Arena]]
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
|}

===Rivalries===
* [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]–[[UConn Huskies women's basketball|UConn]]
{{See also|Tennessee–UConn women's basketball rivalry}}
:The Lady Vols have historically been one of the nation's dominant programs in that sport. Starting in the mid-1990s, UConn has emerged as Tennessee's main rival for national prominence. The Huskies won four national titles between 2000 and 2004; in three of those years, their opponent in the NCAA final was Tennessee. Connecticut also defeated Tennessee in the 1995 Championship game, the Huskies' first-ever title. The [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] brokered a deal that saw the teams renew their rivalry with a home-and-home series in 2020 and 2021, and both schools extended the series through 2023.

==Softball==
{{See also|SEC Softball Tournament}}

===National championships, Women's College World Series, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Southeastern Conference softball programs have combined to win four NCAA softball championships as SEC members. Florida has won two, and Alabama and Texas have won one national championship each as SEC members. Oklahoma has won eight and Texas A&M has won two championships prior to joining the SEC. Twelve SEC teams have advanced to the Women's College World Series at least once in their history. Fourteen SEC schools (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>College World Series Appearances}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Super Regional Appearances}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide softball|Alabama]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2012)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2014)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014–16, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''19'''<br/>{{small|(2005–19, 2021, 2023–25)}}
| '''26'''<br/>{{small|(1999–2019, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks softball|Arkansas]]
|
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(2018, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(2000, 2002, 2008–10, 2012, 2013, 2017–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers softball|Auburn]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2016)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2015, 2016)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2015, 2016, 2017)}}
| '''20'''<br/>{{small|(2002, 2004–06, 2008–12, 2014–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Florida Gators softball|Florida]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2014, 2015)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2009, 2011, 2017)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(2008–11, 2013–15, 2017–19, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(2007–11, 2013–19, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(1998, 2000, 2001, 2003–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs softball|Georgia]]
|
|
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(2009, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2021)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(2005, 2008–12, 2014–16, 2018, 2021, 2023–25)}}
| '''23'''<br/>{{small|(2002–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats softball|Kentucky]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2014)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(2011, 2013–15, 2017–19, 2021)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(2009–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[LSU Tigers softball|LSU]]
|
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(2001, 2004, 2012, 2015–17)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(2006, 2007, 2012, 2015–19, 2021, 2024)}}
| '''26'''<br/>{{small|(1998–2004, 2006–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels softball|Ole Miss]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2025)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(2016–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs softball|Mississippi State]]
|
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2022)}}
| '''19'''<br/>{{small|(2000, 2002–05, 2007–09, 2012–15, 2017–19, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers softball|Missouri]]
|
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011'')}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''2008–12,'' 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024)}}
| '''27'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003–05, 2007–12,'' 2013–19, 2021–24)}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners softball|Oklahoma]]
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021–24'')}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''2012, 2019'')}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(''2000–04, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
| '''20'''<br/>{{small|(''2005, 2007, 2008, 2010–19, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
| '''31'''<br/>{{small|(''1994–2019, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks softball|South Carolina]]
|
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1989,'' 1997)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2007, 2018, 2025)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1994–96,'' 1997, 1999–2004, 2007, 2013–19, 2023–25)}}
|-
| [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball|Tennessee]]
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2007, 2013)}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(2005–07, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(2005–07, 2010, 2012–15, 2017–19, 2023–25)}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(1999, 2004–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns softball|Texas]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2025)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''2022, 2024'')}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(''1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(''1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–19, 2021–24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1987'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1984, 1986, 2008'')}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1984, 1986–88, 2007, 2008,'' 2017)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''2005, 2007, 2008, 2011,'' 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024)}}
| '''35'''<br/>{{small|(''1983–88, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002–12,'' 2013–19, 2021–25)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the SEC.

===Women's College World Series champions, runners-up, and scores===
Note: Teams in '''bold''' are current SEC members who advanced to the WCWS while in the conference. Teams in '''''bold italics''''' are current SEC members who were either in another conference or an independent at the time of their appearance.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Score(s)
! colspan=2|Venue
|-
|[[1983 NCAA Division I softball tournament|1983]]
|'''''[[1983 Texas A&M Aggies softball team|Texas A&M]]'''''
|[[Cal State Fullerton Titans softball|Cal State Fullerton]]
|'''2–0 (12)'''
|[[Seymour Smith Park]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament|1984]]
|[[1984 UCLA Bruins softball team|UCLA]] {{small|(2)}}
|'''''[[1984 Texas A&M Aggies softball team|Texas A&M]]'''''
|'''1–0, 1–0 (13)'''
|[[Seymour Smith Park]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1986 NCAA Division I softball tournament|1986]]
|[[1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans softball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|'''''[[1986 Texas A&M Aggies softball team|Texas A&M]]'''''
|'''3–0'''
|[[Seymour Smith Park]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[1987 NCAA Division I softball tournament|1987]]
|'''''[[1987 Texas A&M Aggies softball team|Texas A&M]]''''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[1987 UCLA Bruins softball team|UCLA]]
|'''1–0, 4–1'''
|[[Seymour Smith Park]] || [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|[[2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2000]]
|'''''[[2000 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]'''''
|[[2000 UCLA Bruins softball team|UCLA]]
|'''3–1'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2007]]
|[[2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team|Arizona]] {{small|(8)}}
|'''[[2007 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team|Tennessee]]'''
|'''0–3, 1–0 (10), 5–0'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2008]]
|[[2008 Arizona State Sun Devils softball team|Arizona State]] 
|'''''[[2008 Texas A&M Aggies softball team|Texas A&M]]'''''
|'''3–0, 11–0'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2009]]
|[[2009 Washington Huskies softball team|Washington]]
|'''[[2009 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]'''
|'''8–0, 3–2'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2011 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2011]]
|[[2011 Arizona State Sun Devils softball team|Arizona State]] {{small|(2)}}
|'''[[2011 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]'''
|'''14–4, 7–2'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2012 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2012]]
|'''[[2012 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team|Alabama]]'''
|'''''[[Oklahoma Sooners softball|Oklahoma]]'''''
|'''1–4, 8–6, 5–4'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2013 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2013]]
|'''''[[2013 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(2)}}
|'''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball|Tennessee]]'''
|'''5–3 (12), 4–0'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2014]]
|'''[[2014 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]'''
|'''[[2014 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team|Alabama]]'''
|'''5–0, 6–3'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2015]]
|'''[[2015 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(2)}}
|[[2015 Michigan Wolverines softball team|Michigan]]
|'''3–2, 0–1, 4–1'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2016]]
|'''''[[2016 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(3)}}
|'''[[2016 Auburn Tigers softball team|Auburn]]'''
|'''3–2, 7–11 (8), 2–1'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2017]]
|'''''[[2017 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(4)}}
|'''[[Florida Gators softball|Florida]]'''
|'''7–5 (17), 5–4'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2019]]
|[[2019 UCLA Bruins softball team|UCLA]] {{small|(12)}}
|'''''[[Oklahoma Sooners softball|Oklahoma]]'''''
|'''16–3, 5–4'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|ASA Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2021]]
|'''''[[2021 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(5)}}
|[[Florida State Seminoles softball|Florida State]]
|'''0–8, 6–2, 5–1'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2022]]
|'''''[[2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(6)}}
|'''''[[2022 Texas Longhorns softball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''16–1, 10–5'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2023]]
|'''''[[2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(7)}}
|[[Florida State Seminoles softball|Florida State]]
|'''5–0, 3–1'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2024]]
|'''''[[2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma]]''''' {{small|(8)}}
|'''''[[2024 Texas Longhorns softball team|Texas]]'''''
|'''8–3, 8–4'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|Devon Park]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|-
|[[2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2025]]
|'''[[2025 Texas Longhorns softball team|Texas]]'''
|[[2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team|Texas Tech]]
|'''2–1, 3–4, 10–4'''
|[[Devon Park (stadium)|Devon Park]] || [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|}

==Other sports==
Besides football, basketball, and baseball, there are a number of other sports in which the Southeastern Conference actively competes.

===Rivalries===
* [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics|Alabama]]–[[Georgia Gym Dogs|Georgia]], women's gymnastics{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
:These two storied programs have often butted heads for not only SEC titles, but NCAA titles as well. Georgia has won ten national championships to Alabama's six. For decades the rivalry was dominated by two long-standing coaches, [[Suzanne Yoculan]] at Georgia and [[Sarah Patterson (coach)|Sarah Patterson]] at Alabama. Yoculan and Patterson have since retired, bringing their personal rivalry to an end.
* [[University of Alabama athletics|Alabama]]–[[University of Florida|Florida]], women's softball{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
:These two nationally acclaimed softball programs have proven to be the elite of the SEC and the nation. While consistently being ranked in the nation's Top Ten, both teams find their way to the SEC Tournament Finals and often clash once more in the Women's College Softball World Series.
* [[Tennessee Volunteers softball|Tennessee]]–[[Louisiana State Tigers softball|LSU]], women's softball
* [[Auburn Tigers swimming and diving|Auburn]]–[[Texas Longhorns|Texas]], men's swimming and diving{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
:One of the youngest rivalries featuring an SEC team, the Tigers and Texas Longhorns are the two most successful swimming and diving programs in the country. The two have combined for 17 NCAA National Titles since 1981 (nine for Texas, eight for Auburn) and between 1999 and 2007 won every national title awarded. The two regularly face off in a meet during the regular season, Auburn's men own a 12–9 record over the Longhorns. The women just recently began an annual series, with the Tigers winning the series so far 3–1. Texas was the only team to beat the Auburn men between 2001 and 2007.<ref name="Texas">{{cite web |url= http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/recaps/011107aaa.html |title= Auburn Men's Swimming And Diving Falls To No. 1 Texas, Snapping 44-Dual Meet Win Streak |publisher= Auburn University Athletics |access-date= May 26, 2009 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130121063157/http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/recaps/011107aaa.html |archive-date= January 21, 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==National team championships==
{{Main|List of Southeastern Conference national championships}}

Since the SEC's founding in December 1932, the varsity athletic teams of its current 14 members have won 261 (38 in addition are current SEC teams that weren't SEC teams when they won a national championship) national team sports championships.

The following is the list of the national team championships claimed by current SEC member schools, including those tournament championships currently or formerly sponsored by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).<ref name="ncaa mens titles">{{cite web | title =NCAA Men's Championships | url =http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Men.pdf | access-date =June 3, 2009 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090205072509/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Men.pdf | archive-date =February 5, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="ncaa womens titles">{{cite web | title =NCAA Women's Championships | url =http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Women.pdf | access-date =June 3, 2009 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100627170907/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Women.pdf | archive-date =June 27, 2010 }}</ref> The NCAA has never sponsored a tournament championship for major college football, the championship game for which is currently part of the [[College Football Playoff]] (CFP) system. Prior to 1992, championships for major college football were determined by a "consensus" of major polling services, including the [[AP Poll|Associated Press]] and [[United Press International]] college football polls. Recognized [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships|women's championships]] from 1972 to 1982 were administered by the [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women]] (AIAW), not the NCAA. There was a one-year overlap period during the 1981–82 school year, when both the AIAW and the NCAA operated women's championship tournaments; since 1982, only the NCAA has sponsored women's championship tournaments. National equestrian tournament championships are currently sponsored by the [[National Collegiate Equestrian Association]] (NCEA), not the NCAA. Those national championships dating from before 1933 predate the founding of the SEC in December 1932; championships won by Arkansas and South Carolina before the 1992–93 school year predate their membership in the SEC; championships won by Missouri and Texas A&M before the 2012–13 school year predate their membership in the SEC; championships won by Oklahoma and Texas before the 2024–25 school year predate their membership in the SEC.

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'''[[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|Football]] (53):'''<br />
1919 – Texas A&M*<br />
1925 – Alabama*<br />
1926 – Alabama*<br />
1927 – Texas A&M*<br />
1930 – Alabama*<br />
1934 – Alabama<br />
1938 – Tennessee<br />
1939 – Texas A&M*<br />
1940 – Tennessee<br />
1941 – Alabama<br />
1942 – Georgia<br />
1950 – Oklahoma*<br />
1951 – Tennessee<br />
1955 – Oklahoma*<br />
1956 – Oklahoma*<br />
1957 – Auburn<br />
1958 – LSU<br />
1959 – Ole Miss<br />
1960 – Ole Miss<br />
1961 – Alabama<br />
1962 – Ole Miss<br />
1963 – Texas*<br />
1964 – Arkansas*<br />
1965 – Alabama<br />
1967 – Tennessee<br />
1969 – Texas*<br />
1970 – Texas*<br />
1973 – Alabama<br />
1974 – Oklahoma*<br />
1975 – Oklahoma*<br />
1978 – Alabama<br />
1979 – Alabama<br />
1980 – Georgia<br />
1985 – Oklahoma*<br />
1992 – Alabama<br />
1996 – Florida<br />
1998 – Tennessee<br />
2000 – Oklahoma*<br />
2003 – LSU<br />
2005 – Texas*<br />
2006 – Florida<br />
2007 – LSU<br />
2008 – Florida<br />
2009 – Alabama<br />
2010 – Auburn<br />
2011 – Alabama<br />
2012 – Alabama<br />
2015 – Alabama<br />
2017 – Alabama<br />
2019 – LSU<br />
2020 – Alabama<br />
2021 – Georgia<br />
2022 – Georgia

'''[[College World Series|Baseball]] (23):'''<br />
1949 – Texas*<br />
1950 – Texas*<br />
1951 – Oklahoma*<br />
1954 – Missouri*<br />
1975 – Texas*<br />
1983 – Texas*<br />
1990 – Georgia<br />
1991 – LSU<br />
1993 – LSU<br />
1994 – Oklahoma*<br />
1996 – LSU<br />
1997 – LSU<br />
2000 – LSU<br />
2002 – Texas*<br />
2005 – Texas*<br />
2009 – LSU<br />
2010 – South Carolina<br />
2011 – South Carolina<br />
2014 – Vanderbilt<br/>
2017 – Florida<br/>
2019 – Vanderbilt<br/>
2021 – Mississippi State<br/>
2022 – Ole Miss<br/>
2023 – LSU<br/>
2024 – Tennessee<br/>
2025 – LSU

'''[[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Men's basketball]] (13):'''<br />
1935 – LSU<br />
1948 – Kentucky<br />
1949 – Kentucky<br />
1951 – Kentucky<br />
1958 – Kentucky<br />
1978 – Kentucky<br />
1994 – Arkansas<br />
1996 – Kentucky<br />
1998 – Kentucky<br />
2006 – Florida<br />
2007 – Florida<br />
2012 – Kentucky<br />
2025 – Florida

'''[[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|Women's basketball]] (14):'''<br />
1986 – Texas*<br />
1987 – Tennessee<br />
1989 – Tennessee<br />
1991 – Tennessee<br />
1996 – Tennessee<br />
1997 – Tennessee<br />
1998 – Tennessee<br />
2007 – Tennessee<br />
2008 – Tennessee<br />
2011 – Texas A&M*<br/>
2017 – South Carolina<br/>
2022 – South Carolina<br/>
2023 – LSU<br/>
2024 – South Carolina

'''[[NCAA Bowling Championship|Women's bowling]] (3):'''<br />
2007 – Vanderbilt<br/>
2018 – Vanderbilt<br/>
2023 – Vanderbilt

'''[[NCAA Boxing Championship|Boxing]] (1):'''<br />
1949 – LSU

'''[[NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship|Men's cross country]] (12):'''<br />
1972 – Tennessee<br />
1984 – Arkansas*<br />
1986 – Arkansas*<br />
1987 – Arkansas*<br />
1990 – Arkansas*<br />
1991 – Arkansas*<br />
1992 – Arkansas<br />
1993 – Arkansas<br />
1995 – Arkansas<br />
1998 – Arkansas<br />
1999 – Arkansas<br />
2000 – Arkansas

'''[[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|Women's cross country]] (2):'''<br />
1986 – Texas*<br />
1988 – Kentucky

'''[[National Collegiate Equestrian Association|Women's equestrian]] (19):'''<br />
2002 – Texas A&M*<br/>
2003 – Georgia<br/>
2004 – Georgia<br/>
2005 – South Carolina<br />
2006 – Auburn<br />
2007 – South Carolina<br />
2008 – Georgia<br />
2009 – Georgia<br />
2010 – Georgia<br />
2011 – Auburn<br />
2012 – Texas A&M*<br />
2013 – Auburn<br />
2014 – Georgia<br />
2015 – South Carolina<br />
2016 – Auburn<br/>
2017 – Texas A&M<br/>
2018 – Auburn<br/>
2019 – Auburn<br/>
2025 – Georgia

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'''[[NCAA Men's Golf Championship|Men's golf]] (22):'''<br />
1940 – LSU<br />
1942 – LSU<br />
1947 – LSU<br />
1955 – LSU<br />
1968 – Florida<br />
1971 – Texas*<br />
1972 – Texas*<br />
1973 – Florida<br />
1989 – Oklahoma*<br />
1993 – Florida<br />
1999 – Georgia<br />
2001 – Florida<br />
2005 – Georgia<br />
2009 – Texas A&M*<br />
2012 – Texas*<br />
2013 – Alabama<br />
2014 – Alabama<br />
2015 – LSU<br/>
2017 – Oklahoma*<br />
2022 – Texas*<br />
2023 – Florida<br/>
2024 – Auburn

'''[[NCAA Women's Golf Championship|Women's golf]] (5):'''<br />
1985 – Florida<br />
1986 – Florida<br />
2001 – Georgia<br />
2012 − Alabama<br />
2021 − Ole Miss

'''[[NCAA women's gymnastics championship|Women's gymnastics]] (29):'''<br />
1982 – Florida ([[AIAW]])<br />
1987 – Georgia<br />
1988 – Alabama<br />
1989 – Georgia<br />
1991 – Alabama<br />
1993 – Georgia<br />
1996 – Alabama<br />
1998 – Georgia<br />
1999 – Georgia<br />
2002 – Alabama<br />
2005 – Georgia<br />
2006 – Georgia<br />
2007 – Georgia<br />
2008 – Georgia<br />
2009 – Georgia<br />
2011 – Alabama<br />
2012 – Alabama<br />
2013 – Florida<br />
2014 – Florida / Oklahoma* (tie)<br />
2015 – Florida<br />
2016 – Oklahoma*<br />
2017 – Oklahoma*<br />
2019 – Oklahoma*<br />
2022 – Oklahoma*<br />
2023 – Oklahoma*<br />
2024 – LSU<br />
2025 – Oklahoma

'''[[NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship|Men's gymnastics]] (12):'''<br/>
1977 – Oklahoma*<br />
1978 – Oklahoma*<br />
1991 – Oklahoma*<br />
2002 – Oklahoma*<br />
2003 – Oklahoma*<br />
2005 – Oklahoma*<br />
2006 – Oklahoma*<br />
2008 – Oklahoma*<br />
2015 – Oklahoma*<br />
2016 – Oklahoma*<br />
2017 – Oklahoma*<br />
2018 – Oklahoma*

'''[[NCAA Rifle Championship|Rifle]] (4):'''<br />
2011 – Kentucky<br>
2018 – Kentucky<br>
2021 – Kentucky<br>
2022 – Kentucky

'''[[NCAA Rowing Championship|Women's Rowing]] (3):'''<br />
2021 – Texas*<br />
2022 – Texas*<br />
2024 – Texas*

'''[[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|Women's soccer]] (1):'''<br />
1998 – Florida

'''[[Women's College World Series|Softball]] (15):'''<br />
1982 – Texas A&M ([[AIAW]])*<br />
1983 – Texas A&M*<br />
1987 – Texas A&M*<br />
2000 – Oklahoma*<br />
2012 – Alabama<br />
2013 – Oklahoma*<br />
2014 – Florida<br />
2015 – Florida<br />
2016 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2017 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2021 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2022 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2023 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2024 – Oklahoma*<br/>
2025 – Texas

'''[[NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships|Men's swimming]] (26):'''<br />
1978 – Tennessee<br />
1981 – Texas*<br />
1983 – Florida<br />
1984 – Florida<br />
1988 – Texas*<br />
1989 – Texas*<br />
1990 – Texas*<br />
1991 – Texas*<br />
1996 – Texas*<br />
1997 – Auburn<br />
1999 – Auburn<br />
2000 – Texas*<br />
2001 – Texas*<br />
2002 – Texas*<br />
2003 – Auburn<br />
2004 – Auburn<br />
2005 – Auburn<br />
2006 – Auburn<br />
2007 – Auburn<br />
2009 – Auburn<br />
2010 – Texas*<br />
2015 – Texas*<br />
2016 – Texas*<br />
2017 – Texas*<br />
2018 – Texas*<br />
2021 – Texas*

'''[[NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships|Women's swimming]] (24):'''<br />
1979 – Florida ([[AIAW]])<br />
1981 – Texas*  ([[AIAW]])<br />
1982 – Texas*  ([[AIAW]])<br />
1982 – Florida<br />
1984 – Texas*<br />
1985 – Texas*<br />
1986 – Texas*<br />
1987 – Texas*<br />
1988 – Texas*<br />
1990 – Texas*<br />
1991 – Texas*<br />
1999 – Georgia<br />
2000 – Georgia<br />
2001 – Georgia<br />
2002 – Auburn<br />
2003 – Auburn<br />
2004 – Auburn<br />
2005 – Georgia<br />
2006 – Auburn<br />
2007 – Auburn<br />
2010 – Florida<br />
2013 – Georgia<br />
2014 – Georgia<br/>
2016 – Georgia

'''[[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship|Men's tennis]] (8):'''<br />
1985 – Georgia<br />
1987 – Georgia<br />
1999 – Georgia<br />
2001 – Georgia<br />
2007 – Georgia<br/>
2008 – Georgia<br/>
2019 – Texas*<br />
2021 – Florida

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'''[[NCAA Women's Tennis Championship|Women's tennis]] (16):'''<br />
1992 – Florida<br />
1993 – Texas*<br />
1995 – Texas*<br />
1994 – Georgia<br />
1996 – Florida<br />
1998 – Florida<br />
2000 – Georgia<br />
2003 – Florida<br />
2011 – Florida<br />
2012 − Florida<br />
2015 – Vanderbilt<br/>
2017 – Florida<br/>
2021 – Texas*<br />
2022 – Texas*<br />
2024 – Texas A&M<br />
2025 – Georgia

'''[[NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Men's indoor track]] (30):'''<br />
1965 – Missouri*<br />
1984 – Arkansas*<br />
1985 – Arkansas*<br />
1986 – Arkansas*<br />
1987 – Arkansas*<br />
1988 – Arkansas*<br />
1989 – Arkansas*<br />
1990 – Arkansas*<br />
1991 – Arkansas*<br />
1992 – Arkansas*<br />
1993 – Arkansas<br />
1994 – Arkansas<br />
1995 – Arkansas<br />
1997 – Arkansas<br />
1998 – Arkansas<br />
1999 – Arkansas<br />
2000 – Arkansas<br />
2001 – LSU<br />
2002 – Tennessee<br />
2003 – Arkansas<br />
2004 – LSU<br />
2005 – Arkansas<br />
2006 – Arkansas<br />
2010 – Florida<br />
2011 – Florida<br />
2012 − Florida<br />
2013 – Arkansas<br/>
2017 – Texas A&M<br/>
2018 – Florida<br/>
2019 – Florida<br/>
2022 – Texas*<br />
2023 – Arkansas

'''[[NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Women's indoor track]] (25):'''<br />
1986 – Texas*<br />
1987 – LSU<br />
1988 – Texas*<br />
1989 – LSU<br />
1990 – Texas*<br />
1991 – LSU<br />
1992 – Florida<br />
1993 – LSU<br />
1994 – LSU<br />
1995 – LSU<br />
1996 – LSU<br />
1997 – LSU<br />
1998 – Texas*<br />
1999 – Texas*<br />
2002 – LSU<br />
2003 – LSU<br />
2004 – LSU<br />
2005 – Tennessee<br/>
2006 – Texas*<br />
2009 – Tennessee<br/>
2015 – Arkansas<br/>
2018 – Georgia<br/>
2019 – Arkansas<br/>
2021 – Arkansas<br/>
2022 – Florida<br/>
2023 – Arkansas

'''[[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Men's outdoor track]] (27):'''<br />
1933 – LSU<br />
1974 – Tennessee<br />
1985 – Arkansas*<br />
1989 – LSU<br />
1990 – LSU<br />
1991 – Tennessee<br />
1992 – Arkansas*<br />
1993 – Arkansas<br />
1994 – Arkansas<br />
1995 – Arkansas<br />
1996 – Arkansas<br />
1997 – Arkansas<br />
1998 – Arkansas<br />
1999 – Arkansas<br />
2001 – Tennessee<br />
2002 – LSU<br />
2003 – Arkansas<br />
2009 – Texas A&M*<br />
2010 – Texas A&M*<br />
2011 – Texas A&M*<br />
2012 − Florida<br />
2013 − Florida / Texas A&M (tie)<br/>
2016 − Florida<br/>
2017 – Florida<br/>
2021 – LSU<br/>
2022 – Florida<br/>
2023 – Florida<br/>
2024 – Florida<br/>
2025 – Texas A&M

'''[[NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Women's outdoor track]] (30):'''<br />
1981 – Tennessee ([[AIAW]])<br />
1982 – Texas* ([[AIAW]])<br />
1986 – Texas*<br />
1987 – LSU<br />
1988 – LSU<br />
1989 – LSU<br />
1990 – LSU<br />
1991 – LSU<br />
1992 – LSU<br />
1993 – LSU<br />
1994 – LSU<br />
1995 – LSU<br />
1996 – LSU<br />
1997 – LSU<br />
1998 – Texas*<br />
1999 – Texas*<br />
2000 – LSU<br />
2002 – South Carolina<br />
2003 – LSU<br />
2005 – Texas*<br />
2006 – Auburn<br />
2008 – LSU<br />
2009 – Texas A&M*<br />
2010 – Texas A&M*<br />
2011 – Texas A&M*<br />
2014 – Texas A&M<br />
2016 – Arkansas<br />
2019 – Arkansas<br />
2022 – Florida<br />
2023 – Texas*<br />
2024 – Arkansas<br />
2025 – Georgia

'''[[NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament|Women's volleyball]] (6):'''<br />
1981 – Texas* ([[AIAW]])<br />
1988 – Texas*<br />
2012 – Texas*<br />
2020 – Kentucky{{efn|group=ncwon|Due to COVID-19 issues in the 2020–21 school year, the NCAA moved its women's volleyball championship from its normal fall 2020 schedule to spring 2021. It designated the championship as "2020", but the season as "2020–21".}}<br />
2022 – Texas*<br />
2023 – Texas*

'''[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|Wrestling]] (7):'''<br />
1936 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1951 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1952 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1957 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1960 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1963 – Oklahoma*<br/>
1974 – Oklahoma*
{{col-end}}

<small>* A championship marked by an asterisk (*) indicates that the institution was not a member of the SEC at the time of the championship.</small>

{{notelist|group=ncwon}}

===National team titles claimed by current SEC institutions===
The sixteen members of the Southeastern Conference claim over 200 national team championships in sports currently or formerly sponsored by conference members. The following totals include national team championships sponsored by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) from 1906 to present, the [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women]] (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982, and, in football, the [[Bowl Alliance]], [[Bowl Coalition]], [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) and [[College Football Playoff]] (CFP) since 1992, as well as consensus national championships determined by the major football polls prior to 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |title=Championships Summary Through July 1, 2021 |publisher=NCAA |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320185655/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Texas – 67
* LSU – 53
* Arkansas – 50
* Florida – 49
* Oklahoma – 45
* Georgia – 35
* Alabama – 28
* Tennessee – 22
* Auburn – 18
* Texas A&M – 17
* Kentucky – 14
* South Carolina – 6
* Vanderbilt – 5
* Ole Miss – 5
* Missouri – 2
* Mississippi State – 1

===NCAA and AIAW national tournament team titles won by current SEC institutions===
The following totals include national team tournament championships sponsored by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) from 1906 to the present and the [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women]] (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982. The NCAA did not sponsor tournament championships in women's sports before the 1981–82 academic year, and the NCAA has never sponsored a national championship playoff or tournament in major college football. To date, the fourteen members of the SEC have won 216 NCAA and four AIAW championships:<ref>NCAA.org, Division I Championships, [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531045646/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf |date=May 31, 2011 }}. Retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref>
* Texas – 63
* LSU – 59
* Arkansas – 54
* Florida – 39
* Oklahoma – 38
* Georgia – 31
* Tennessee – 17
* Auburn – 15
* Kentucky – 13
* Texas A&M – 13
* Alabama – 10
* South Carolina – 6
* Vanderbilt – 5
* Missouri – 2
* Ole Miss – 2
* Mississippi State – 1

== Broadcasting and media rights ==
SEC sports are televised exclusively by the [[ESPN]] family of networks, which includes [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], [[ESPNU]], [[SEC Network]], [[ESPN+]], and SEC+.

For football scheduling, the SEC designates start windows (either Noon–1 EST, 3:30–4:30 EST, 3:30–8 EST, or 6–8 EST) before the season begins and schedules start times as the season progresses. ABC serves as the primary broadcaster of SEC football games with three possible broadcast windows available to air games: noon, 3:30 EST, and 7:30 EST. Every week, ABC designates its 3:30 EST window for an SEC game, carrying on the SEC's traditional window from its previous media rights agreement with CBS.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 2008 |title=CBS Sports TV Schedule |work=CBSSports.com |url=http://www.cbssports.com/cbssports/schedules/page/collegefootball}}</ref> However, unlike with CBS, the marquee game of the week does not necessarily air at 3:30 EST. The marquee game can air in any of the three windows that maximizes exposure, which is usually ABC's ''[[Saturday Night Football]]'' window at 7:30 EST. There is no limit to the maximum number of SEC games that can be designated for ''Saturday Night Football''. This allows for ABC to air as many SEC doubleheaders, or tripleheaders in some weeks, as they would like throughout the season (compared to a limit of two doubleheaders per season with CBS that included one game at noon in one week and one game in primetime in the other week). ABC broadcasts are presented under the ''SEC on ABC'' banner. ABC also broadcasts the [[SEC Championship Game]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SEC on ABC and ESPN |url=https://www.secsports.com/sec-on-abc-and-espn |website=secsports.com |publisher=Southeastern Conference |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>

Remaining football games are assigned to ESPN and its other networks. Each season, one football game and a few men's basketball games for each team are broadcast on ESPN+ and SEC+, the online component of the SEC Network. Most other sports are broadcast on the SEC Network or on SEC+.

All SEC schools broadcast their radio play-by-play through [[Sirius XM]], and the conference carries its own full-time radio network on satellite channel 374, and via Sirius XM Online.

=== History ===
The SEC created the [[College Football Association]] in 1977 with other major conferences to negotiate contracts for broadcasting college football games.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Exploring the history of college football media rights |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2013/08/25/exploring-the-history-of-college-football-media-rights/60887384007/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Jefferson Pilot Sports]] began syndicated television coverage of men's basketball games in 1986 and football games in 1992, which were picked after the CFA allocated games for its national contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-25 |title=ESPN signs 15-year deal with SEC |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=3553033 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>

In 1994, the SEC became the first conference to leave the CFA when it announced a deal with CBS to televise one game each week. CBS paid about $17 million per season for the right to show the best game of the week. The network was required to televise each team at least once per season. The Conference soon reached a deal with ESPN to broadcast games in primetime.<ref name=":2" />

In August 2008, the SEC announced an unprecedented 15-year television contract with CBS worth an estimated $55 million a year. This continued the previous deal that made CBS the exclusive over-the-air broadcaster of SEC sports.<ref name="about" /> In the same month, the league also announced another landmark television contract with ESPN worth $2.25 billion or $150 million a year for fifteen years. The ESPN deal replaced the syndicated contract and ensured that all SEC football games would be televised nationally. The deal also committed ESPN and the conference to the creation of the SEC Network, which was finally created in 2014 and allowed for a significant increase in television coverage of SEC sports. Together, these contracts helped make the SEC one of the most nationally televised and visible conferences in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=www.secspors.com – ESPN, SEC Reach Unprecedented 15-Year Agreement |url=http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=3&url_article_id=11428&change_well_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829213225/http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=3&url_article_id=11428&change_well_id=2 |archive-date=August 29, 2008 |publisher=Secsports.com}}</ref>

In 2020, the SEC announced a new deal that made ESPN the sole televisor of SEC sports starting in 2024. The ten-year contract was reported to be about $300 million per year and will allow ESPN to broadcast the SEC on ABC as well as rights to the SEC Championship Game.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dellenger |first=Ross |date=2020-12-10 |title=Inside SEC's 10-Year Deal With ABC Starting in 2024 |url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/12/10/sec-espn-abc-tv-contract-leaving-cbs |access-date=2023-05-31 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref>

===SEC Network===
{{Main|SEC Network}}

The [[SEC Network]] is a television and multimedia network that features exclusively Southeastern Conference content through a partnership between [[ESPN]] and the SEC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/244762/sec-and-espn-announce-new-tv-network.aspx |title=SEC And ESPN Announce New TV Network > SEC > NEWS |publisher=Secdigitalnetwork.com |date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref> The network launched on August 14, 2014, with the first live football game scheduled for two weeks later between Texas A&M and South Carolina on Thursday, August 28 in Columbia, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/246413/sec-releases-2014-conference-football-schedule.aspx |title=SEC Releases 2014 Conference Football Schedule > SEC > NEWS |publisher=Secdigitalnetwork.com |date=August 21, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref>

The network is part of a deal between the Southeastern Conference and ESPN which is a 20-year agreement, beginning in August 2014 and running through 2034. The agreement served to create and operate a new multiplatform television network and accompanying digital platform in the hope of increasing revenue for member institutions and expanding the reach of the Southeastern Conference.

==Awards and honors==
===Athlete of the Year===
The conference has presented athlete of the year awards in men's sports since 1976 and women's sports since 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy F. Kramer Male Athlete of the Year |url=https://www.secsports.com/kramer-male-athlete-of-the-year |website=secsports.com |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roy F. Kramer Female Athlete of the Year |url=https://www.secsports.com/roy-f-kramer-female-athlete-of-the-year-award |website=secsports.com |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> The award has officially been known as the [[Roy F. Kramer]] Athlete of the Year Award since 2004.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Roy F. Kramer SEC Athlete of the Year winners
!Year
!Men's winners
!School
!Sport
!Women's winners
!School
!Sport
|-
!1976
|{{sortname|Harvey|Glance}}
|[[Auburn Tigers track and field|Auburn]]
|[[Track and field]]
| colspan="3" rowspan="8" {{n/a}}
|-
!1977
|{{sortname|Larry|Seivers}}
|[[1976 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
|[[College football|Football]]
|-
!1978
|{{sortname|Jack|Givens}}
|[[1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
|[[College basketball|Basketball]]
|-
!1979
|{{sortname|Reggie|King}}
|[[1978–79 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team|Alabama]]
|Basketball
|-
!1980
|{{sortname|Kyle|Macy}}
|[[1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
|Basketball
|-
!1981
|{{sortname|Rowdy|Gaines}}
|[[Auburn Tigers swimming and diving|Auburn]]
|[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
|-
!1982
|{{sortname|Buck|Belue}}
|[[1981 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
|Football / [[College baseball|baseball]]
|-
!1983
|{{sortname|Herschel|Walker}}
|[[1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
|Football / track and field
|-
!1984
|{{sortname|Terry|Hoage}}
|[[1983 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Tracy|Caulkins}}
|[[Florida Gators swimming and diving|Florida]]
|[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
|-
!1985
|{{sortname|Will|Clark}}
|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball|Mississippi State]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Penney|Hauschild|nolink=y}}
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics|Alabama]]
|[[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]]
|-
!1986
|{{sortname|Bo|Jackson}}
|[[1985 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Jennifer|Gillom}}
|[[Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball|Ole Miss]]
|[[Women's basketball|Basketball]]
|-
!1987
|{{sortname|Cornelius|Bennett}}
|[[1986 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Lillie|Leatherwood}}
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide track and field|Alabama]]
|[[Track and field]]
|-
!1988
|{{sortname|Will|Perdue}}
|[[1987–88 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Dara|Torres}}
|Florida
|Swimming
|-
!1989
|{{sortname|Derrick|Thomas}}
|[[1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Bridgette|Gordon}}
|[[1988–89 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|Basketball
|-
!1990
|{{sortname|Alec|Kessler}}
|[[1989–90 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team|Georgia]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Dee|Foster|nolink=y}}
|Alabama
|Gymnastics
|-
!1991
|{{sortname|Shaquille|O'Neal||Oneal, Shaquille}}
|[[1990–91 LSU Tigers basketball team|LSU]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Daedra|Charles}}
|[[1990–91 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|Basketball
|-
!1992
|{{sortname|Shaquille|O'Neal||Oneal, Shaquille|nolink=y}}
|[[1991–92 LSU Tigers basketball team|LSU]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Vicki|Goetze}}
|[[Georgia Bulldogs women's golf|Georgia]]
|[[Golf]]
|-
!1993
|{{sortname|Jamal|Mashburn}}
|[[1992–93 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Nicole|Haislett}}
|Florida
|Swimming
|-
!1994
|{{sortname|Corliss|Williamson}}
|[[1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Nicole|Haislett|nolink=y}}
|Florida
|Swimming
|-
!1995
|{{sortname|Todd|Helton}}
|[[Tennessee Volunteers baseball|Tennessee]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Jenny|Hansen}}
|Kentucky
|Gymnastics
|-
!1996
|{{sortname|Danny|Wuerffel}}
|[[1995 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Saudia|Roundtree}}
|[[1994–95 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia]]
|Basketball
|-
!1997
|{{sortname|Danny|Wuerffel|nolink=y}}
|[[1996 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Trinity|Johnson|nolink=y}}
|[[South Carolina Gamecocks softball|South Carolina]]
|[[Softball]]
|-
!1998
|{{sortname|Peyton|Manning}}
|[[1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Chamique|Holdsclaw}}
|[[1996–97 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|Basketball
|-
!1999
|{{sortname|Tim|Couch}}
|[[1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Chamique|Holdsclaw|nolink=y}}
|[[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|Basketball
|-
!2000
|{{sortname|Kip|Bouknight}}
|[[South Carolina Gamecocks baseball|South Carolina]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Kristy|Kowal}}
|[[Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving|Georgia]]
|Swimming
|-
!2001
|{{sortname|Matías|Boeker}}
|[[Georgia Bulldogs tennis|Georgia]]
|[[College tennis|Tennis]]
|{{sortname|Amy|Yoder Begley}}
|[[Arkansas Razorbacks track and field|Arkansas]]
|[[Cross country running]]
|-
!2002
|{{sortname|Walter|Lewis|nolink=y}}
|[[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU]]
|[[Track and field]]
|{{sortname|Andree'|Pickens|nolink=y}}
|Alabama
|Gymnastics
|-
!2003
|{{sortname|Alistair|Cragg}}
|[[Arkansas Razorbacks track and field|Arkansas]]
|[[Cross country running]]
|{{sortname|LaToya|Thomas}}
|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball|Mississippi State]]
|Basketball
|-
!2004
|{{sortname|Alistair|Cragg|nolink=y}}
|Arkansas
|Cross country running
|{{sortname|Jeana|Rice|nolink=y}}
|Alabama
|Gymnastics
|-
!2005
|{{sortname|Ryan|Lochte}}
|[[Florida Gators swimming and diving|Florida]]
|Swimming
|{{sortname|Kirsty|Coventry}}
|[[Auburn Tigers swimming and diving|Auburn]]
|Swimming
|-
!2006
|{{sortname|Xavier|Carter}}
|LSU
|Track and field
|{{sortname|Seimone|Augustus}}
|[[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]]
|Basketball
|-
!2007
|{{sortname|David|Price|dab=baseball}}
|[[Vanderbilt Commodores baseball|Vanderbilt]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Monica|Abbott}}
|[[2007 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team|Tennessee]]
|Softball
|-
!2008
|{{sortname|Tim|Tebow}}
|[[2007 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Candace|Parker}}
|[[2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|Basketball
|-
!2009
|{{sortname|Tim|Tebow|nolink=y}}
|[[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Courtney|Kupets}}
|[[Georgia GymDogs|Georgia]]
|Gymnastics
|-
!2010
|{{sortname|Mark|Ingram II}}
|[[2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Susan|Jackson|nolink=y}}
|[[LSU Tigers women's gymnastics|LSU]]
|Gymnastics
|-
!2011
|{{sortname|John-Patrick|Smith}}
|[[Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis|Tennessee]]
|Tennis
|{{sortname|Kayla|Hoffman}}
|Alabama
|Gymnastics
|-
!2012
|{{sortname|Anthony|Davis}}
|[[2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
|Basketball
|{{sortname|Brooke|Pancake}}
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide golf|Alabama]]
|Golf
|-
!2013
|{{sortname|Johnny|Manziel}}
|[[2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Allison|Schmitt}}
|Georgia
|Swimming
|-
!2014
|{{sortname|A. J.|Reed}}
|[[2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team|Kentucky]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Hannah|Rogers}}
|[[2014 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]
|Softball
|-
!2015
|{{sortname|Andrew|Benintendi}}
|[[2015 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Lauren|Haeger}}
|[[2015 Florida Gators softball team|Florida]]
|Softball
|-
!2016
|{{sortname|Jarrion|Lawson}}
|Arkansas
|Track and field
|{{sortname|Bridget|Sloan}}
|[[Florida Gators women's gymnastics|Florida]]
|Gymnastics
|-
!2017
|{{sortname|Brent|Rooker}}
|[[2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Kendell|Williams}}
|Georgia
|Track and field
|-
!2018
|{{sortname|Caeleb|Dressel}}
|Florida
|Swimming
|{{sortname|A'ja|Wilson}}
|[[2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]
|Basketball
|-
!2019
|{{sortname|Grant|Holloway}}
|[[Florida Gators track and field|Florida]]
|Track and field
|{{sortname|María|Fassi}}
|Arkansas
|Golf
|-
!2020
|{{sortname|Joe|Burrow}}
|[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Tyasha|Harris}}
|[[2019–20 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]
|Basketball
|-
!2021
|{{sortname|DeVonta|Smith}}
|[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Madison|Lilley}}
|Kentucky<!--DO NOT LINK until a dedicated page (not a redirect!!) for UK volleyball, or the 2020–21 team, exists-->
|[[Volleyball]]
|-
!2022
|{{sortname|Bryce|Young}}
|[[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Aliyah|Boston}}
|[[2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]
|Basketball
|-
!2023
|{{sortname|Dylan|Crews}}
|[[2023 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]
|Baseball
|{{sortname|Trinity|Thomas}}
|Florida
|Gymnastics
|-
!2024
|{{sortname|Jayden|Daniels}}
|[[2023 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
|Football
|{{sortname|Parker|Valby}}
|[[Florida Gators track and field|Florida]]
|Track and field
|-
!2025
|{{sortname|Walter|Clayton Jr.}}
|[[2024-25 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]
|Basketball
|[[Darja Vidmanová]]
|[[Georgia Bulldogs women's tennis|Georgia]]
|Tennis
|}

===NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankings===
The [[NACDA Directors' Cup|NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup]] is an annual award given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the U.S. colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | Institution
! scope="col" | 2023–<br/>24
! scope="col" | 2022–<br/>23
! scope="col" | 2021–<br/>22
! scope="col" | 2020–<br/>21
! scope="col" | 2019–<br/>20
! scope="col" | 2018–<br/>19
! scope="col" | 2017–<br/>18
! scope="col" | 2016–<br/>17
! scope="col" | 2015–<br/>16
! scope="col" | 2014–<br/>15
! scope="col" | 10-yr<br/>Average
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide]]
| 9
| 12
| 22
| 7
| N/A
| 31
| 14
| 24
| 36
| 25
| '''20'''
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks]]
| 18
| 13
| 7
| 8
| N/A
| 23
| 16
| 22
| 23
| 16
| '''16'''
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers]]
| 33
| 36
| 32
| 50
| N/A
| 37
| 18
| 32
| 35
| 32
| '''34'''
|-
| [[Florida Gators]]
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 5
| N/A
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 4
| '''4'''
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs]]
| 16
| 7
| 19
| 10
| N/A
| 21
| 8
| 13
| 15
| 14
| '''14'''
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats]]
| 32
| 18
| 9
| 12
| N/A
| 14
| 17
| 11
| 26
| 22
| '''18'''
|-
| [[LSU Tigers]]
| 13
| 9
| 16
| 15
| N/A
| 11
| 27
| 23
| 19
| 15
| '''16'''
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels]]
| 38
| 39
| 20
| 22
| N/A
| 56
| 38
| 39
| 49
| 66
| '''41'''
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
| 60
| 57
| 76
| 59
| N/A
| 44
| 42
| 57
| 44
| 52
| '''55'''
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers]]
| 55
| 50
| 57
| 48
| N/A
| 51
| 33
| 31
| 43
| 42
| '''46'''
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners]]
| 24
| 23
| 10
| 24
| N/A
| 33
| 25
| 16
| 16
| 21
| '''21'''
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks]]
| 30
| 33
| 37
| 42
| N/A
| 22
| 26
| 19
| 31
| 46
| '''32'''
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers]]
| 3
| 6
| 13
| 26
| N/A
| 25
| 35
| 45
| 34
| 38
| '''25'''
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns]]
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| N/A
| 4
| 5
| 10
| 9
| 9
| '''5'''
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies]]
| 6
| 24
| 25
| 19
| N/A
| 15
| 10
| 14
| 12
| 17
| '''16'''
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores]]
| 57
| 56
| 66
| 56
| N/A
| 45
| 55
| 67
| 58
| 51
| '''57'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | University
! scope="col" | Cup Wins
! scope="col" | Top 10<br/>rankings
|-
| Texas
| 3
| 24
|-
| Florida
| 
| 30
|-
| Georgia
| 
| 12
|-
| LSU
| 
| 7
|-
| Texas A&M
| 
| 7
|-
| Tennessee
| 
| 4
|-
| Oklahoma
| 
| 3
|-
| Arkansas
| 
| 2
|-
| Kentucky
| 
| 2
|-
| Alabama
| 
| 2
|}

===2023–24 Capital One Cup standings===
The [[Capital One Cup (college sports)|Capital One Cup]] is an award given annually to the best men's and women's Division I college athletics programs in the United States. Points are earned throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final coaches' poll rankings.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | Institution
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | Men's<br/>Ranking
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | Women's<br/>Ranking
|-
| Alabama
| 8
| 34
|-
| Arkansas
| 30
| 11
|-
| Auburn
| 22
| data-sort-value="9999" | NR
|-
| Florida
| 12
| 3
|-
| Georgia
| 22
| 34
|-
| Kentucky
| 56
| 54
|-
| LSU
| data-sort-value="9999" | NR
| 12
|-
| Ole Miss
| 69
| 44
|-
| Mississippi State
| data-sort-value="9999" | NR
| data-sort-value="9999" | NR
|-
| Missouri
| 63
| 84
|-
| Oklahoma
| 49
| 5
|-
| South Carolina
| data-sort-value="9999" | NR
| 7
|-
| Tennessee
| 26
| 22
|-
| Texas
| 10
| 1
|-
| Texas A&M
| 55
| 26
|-
| Vanderbilt
| 69
| 59
|}

==See also==
* [[List of independent southern basketball champions]]
* [[List of NCAA conferences]]
* [[List of SEC men's basketball tournament locations]]
* [[SEC on CBS]]
* [[Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium]], located in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
*[[SEC community service team|SEC Community Service Team]]
* [[Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference]]
* [[College Hockey South]], formerly known as the '''South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC)''' – a non-varsity ice hockey conference featuring many SEC schools

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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