Southern Conference: Difference between revisions

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The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third or fourth oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions.^[1]Template:Refn

The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball. The three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers were a member of the conference when they stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34–32 on September 1, 2007.^[2] The Davidson Wildcats reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin.^[3] More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA football champion Georgia Southern Eagles stunned Southeastern Conference power-house Florida Gators 26–20 in The Swamp on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower-division opponent in the Florida program's history.^[4] In 2015, Furman defeated UCF 16–15 and The Citadel topped South Carolina 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. On September 4, 2021, East Tennessee State University stunned Vanderbilt 23–3 in their opening game. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the NCAA Division I baseball championship.^[5]

The SoCon was the first conference to use the three-point field goal in basketball in a November 29, 1980, game at Western Carolina against Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from Script error: No such module "convert". away and the Catamounts won 77–70.^[6]^[7]

History

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Conference Commissioners
Wallace Wade	1951–1960
Lloyd Jordon	1960–1973
Ken Germann	1974–1986
Dave Hart	1986–1991
Wright Waters	1991–1998
Alfred B. White	1998–2001
Danny Morrison	2001–2005
John Iamarino	2006–2019
Jim Schaus	2019–2023
Michael Cross	2023–present

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Talks of a new conference for Southern athletics had started as early as fall of 1920.^[8] The conference was formed on February 25, 1921, in Atlanta as fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.^[1] Southern Conference charter members were Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee. In 1922, six more universities—Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, effective January 1.^[9]^[10] The new rules banned freshman play.^[11] Later additions included Sewanee (1924), Virginia Military Institute (1924), and Duke (1929).

The SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, the 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, University of the South (Sewanee), Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) all departed the SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 1953, seven additional schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[1] The ACC and SEC have gone on to surpass their parent conference in prestige; while the ACC and SEC are considered "power" conferences in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A), the SoCon dropped to Division I-AA (FCS) in 1982, four years after the top division was split into two levels in 1978.

The SoCon became the first league to hold a post-season basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become "official" until 1922, and in its first few years included teams which were not conference members.^[12] Held at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta from February 24 to March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40–25.^[13] The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the SEC men's basketball tournament, founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the Division II West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the ACC men's basketball tournament, first held in 1954.

Member schools

Current full members

The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State (ETSU), Mercer, and VMI. The current football membership stands at nine. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while ETSU relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015 and rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an independent.^[14]

The 11 members of the Southern Conference are:

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Nickname	JoinedTemplate:Efn	Colors
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC, UT Chattanooga, Chattanooga)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1886	Public	11,728	$195	Mocs	1976	Template:College color boxes
The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	1842	S.M.C.	3,693	$423.6	Bulldogs	1936	Template:College color boxes
East Tennessee State University (ETSU)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	Public	9,151	$87.8	Buccaneers	1978	Template:College color boxes
	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	Public	9,151	$87.8	Buccaneers	2014Template:Efn	Template:College color boxes
Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1826	NonsectarianTemplate:Efn	2,629	$812	Paladins	1936	Template:College color boxes
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	Baptist (C.B.F.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	9,026	$502	Bears	2014	Template:College color boxes
Samford University	Homewood, Alabama	1841	Christian	5,729	$403.5	Bulldogs	2008	Template:College color boxes
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	Public	19,764	$368.6	Spartans	1997	Template:College color boxes
Tennessee Tech University^[15] (Tennessee Tech)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Cookeville, Tennessee	1915	Public	9,902	$96.2	Golden Eagles	2026	Template:College color boxes
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Lexington, Virginia	1839	S.M.C.	1,772	$703.1	Keydets	1924	Template:College color boxes
	Lexington, Virginia	1839	S.M.C.	1,772	$703.1	Keydets	2014Template:Efn	Template:College color boxes
Western Carolina University	Cullowhee, North Carolina	1889	Public	12,243	$130	Catamounts	1976	Template:College color boxes
Wofford College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1854	United Methodist	1,773	$417.4	Terriers	1997	Template:College color boxes

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Associate members

On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN)Template:Refn announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2015 spring season (2014–15 school year). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for men's lacrosse for the 2015 spring season, instead joined the SoCon.^[16] The alliance remains in effect in men's lacrosse, but the leagues amicably ended their full alliance in women's lacrosse once the SoCon began sponsoring that sport in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 school year).^[17] However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding Coastal Carolina as an associate member effective with the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) in order to keep both conferences at five women's lacrosse members for 2021.^[18] Coastal was intended to play in SoCon women's lacrosse in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) as well, but the SoCon decided to drop the sport after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year). While no formal announcement was made, the SoCon–ASUN women's lacrosse partnership definitively ended at that time, as the three full SoCon members who sponsored women's lacrosse moved that sport to the Big South Conference. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.^[19]

The men's lacrosse partnership took a slightly different form from the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) forward, as the ASUN reinstated its men's lacrosse league. The two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs separated, with Jacksonville remaining in SoCon men's lacrosse while Bellarmine joined the ASUN men's lacrosse league. SoCon associate Air Force also left for ASUN men's lacrosse.^[20] The SoCon maintained its automatic NCAA tournament berth with the addition of Hampton.^[21]

Before the addition of Hampton men's lacrosse, the most recent addition to the associate membership was Presbyterian wrestling, which joined during summer 2019.^[22] Two women's lacrosse members, Central Michigan and Detroit Mercy, left after the 2020 season (2019–20 school year) to join the new women's lacrosse league of Central's full-time home of the Mid-American Conference;^[23] this move contributed to the eventual demise of the SoCon women's lacrosse league.

Men's soccer member Belmont left the SoCon after the 2021–22 school year when it joined the Missouri Valley Conference, which sponsors that sport.^[24] At the same time, Hampton moved men's lacrosse to its new full-time home of the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association.^[25]

The addition of men's lacrosse by the Atlantic 10 Conference, announced on May 23, 2022,^[26] led to the demise of the SoCon men's lacrosse league after the 2022 season. In addition to Hampton joining the CAA, SoCon associate members High Point and Richmond (the latter a full A-10 member) moved to the A-10, and Jacksonville returned to ASUN men's lacrosse.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	JoinedTemplate:Efn	Colors	SoCon sport(s)	Primary conference
Script error: No such module "sort". (UAB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Birmingham, Alabama	1969	Public	18,568	Blazers	2016	Template:College color boxes	Rifle^[27]	American
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	Public	20,641	Mountaineers	2014Template:Efn	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Sun Belt (SBC)
Bellarmine University Template:Efn	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	Catholic (Archdiocese of Louisville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	3,846	Knights	2020	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
Campbell University	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	Baptist	11,241	Fighting Camels	2011	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Coastal (CAA)
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	Presbyterian (PCUSA)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1,850	Wildcats	2014Template:Efn	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	Southern Baptist	5,000	Runnin' Bulldogs	2011	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Big South (BSC)
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	Public	20,517	Eagles	2016	Template:College color boxes	Rifle^[27]	Sun Belt (SBC)
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	Private	16,000Template:Efn	Flames	2026	Template:College color boxes	Men's soccer	CUSA
Script error: No such module "sort".	Dahlonega, Georgia	1873Template:Efn	Public	16,064	Nighthawks	2016	Template:College color boxes	Rifle^[27]	Peach Belt (PBC)Template:Efn
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1880	Presbyterian (PCUSA)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1,403	Blue Hose	2019	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Big South (BSC)

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Former full members

Most former members are currently members of either the Southeastern Conference (SEC) or the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in men's wrestling. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in rifle when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	JoinedTemplate:Efn	LeftTemplate:Efn	Colors	Current conference
Script error: No such module "sort".	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1831	Public	Crimson Tide	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	Public	Mountaineers	1971	2014	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt (SBC)
Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	1856	Public	Tigers	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Script error: No such module "sort". (CofC)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	Nonsectarian	Cougars	1998	2013	Template:College color boxes	Coastal (CAA)
Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	1889	Public	Tigers	1921Template:Efn	1953	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	Presbyterian (PCUSA)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Wildcats	1936	1988	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837		Wildcats	1992	2014	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	1838	United Methodist	Blue Devils	1928	1953	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	1907	Public	Pirates	1964	1976	Template:College color boxes	American
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	NonsectarianTemplate:Efn	Phoenix	2003	2014	Template:College color boxes	Coastal (CAA)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Gainesville, Florida	1853	Public	Gators	1922	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	1821	Federal	Colonials Template:Efn	1941	1970	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Athens, Georgia	1785	Public	Bulldogs	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	Public	Eagles	1992	2014	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt (SBC)
Script error: No such module "sort". (Georgia Tech)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Atlanta, Georgia	1885	Public	Yellow Jackets	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	Public	Wildcats	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Louisiana State University (LSU)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1860	Public	Tigers	1922	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia	1837	Public	Thundering Herd	1976	1997	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt (SBC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	College Park, Maryland	1856	Public	Terrapins	1923	1953	Template:College color boxes	Big Ten (B1G)
Script error: No such module "sort". (Ole Miss)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Oxford, Mississippi	1848	Public	Rebels	1922	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Mississippi State University	Starkville, Mississippi	1878	Public	Bulldogs	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Script error: No such module "sort". (UNC)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	1789	Public	Tar Heels	1921Template:Efn	1953	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
North Carolina State University (NC State)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Raleigh, North Carolina	1887	Public	Wolfpack	1921Template:Efn	1953	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Nonsectarian	Spiders	1936	1976	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Sewanee: The University of the South	Sewanee, Tennessee	1857	Episcopal	Tigers	1923	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southern (SAA)Template:Efn
Script error: No such module "sort".	Columbia, South Carolina	1801	Public	Gamecocks	1922	1953	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Knoxville, Tennessee	1794	Public	Volunteers	1921Template:Efn	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	1834	Nonsectarian	Green Wave	1922	1932	Template:College color boxes	American
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	1873	Nonsectarian	Commodores	1922	1932	Template:College color boxes	Southeastern (SEC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Charlottesville, Virginia	1819	Public	Cavaliers	1921Template:Efn	1937	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Blacksburg, Virginia	1872	Public	Hokies	1921Template:Efn	1965	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	1834	NonsectarianTemplate:Efn	Demon Deacons	1936	1953	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Washington and Lee University	Lexington, Virginia	1749	Nonsectarian	Generals	1921Template:Efn	1958	Template:College color boxes	Old Dominion (ODAC)Template:Efn
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	Public	Mountaineers	1950	1968	Template:College color boxes	Big 12 (B12)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Williamsburg, Virginia	1693	Public	Tribe	1936	1977	Template:College color boxes	Coastal (CAA)

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Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	JoinedTemplate:Efn	LeftTemplate:Efn	Colors	SoCon sport(s)	Primary conference	Current conference in former SoCon sport(s)
Script error: No such module "sort". (Air Force)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	Federal (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Falcons	2015	2021	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse	Mountain West (MW)	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
Bellarmine University Template:Efn	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	Catholic (Archdiocese of Louisville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Knights	2014	2021	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)Template:Efn
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	NondenominationalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Bruins	2018	2022	Template:College color boxes	Men's soccer	Missouri Valley (MVC)Template:Efn
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	Public	Chippewas	2017	2020	Template:College color boxes	Women's lacrosse	Mid-American (MAC)
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	Public	Chanticleers	2020	2021	Template:College color boxes	Women's lacrosse	Sun Belt (SBC)	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	PublicTemplate:Efn	Hornets	2017	2021	Template:College color boxes	Women's lacrosse	Mid-Eastern (MEAC)	Northeast (NEC)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Detroit, Michigan	1870	Catholic (Jesuit/RSM)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Titans	2017	2020	Template:College color boxes	Women's lacrosse	Horizon	Mid-American (MAC)
Hampton University	Hampton, Virginia	1868	NonsectarianTemplate:Efn	Pirates	2021	2022	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse	Coastal (CAA)Template:Efn
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	United Methodist	Panthers	2014	2022	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse^[16]	Big South (BSC)	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	Nonsectarian	Dolphins	2014	2022	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse^[16]	Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
Script error: No such module "sort".	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Nonsectarian	Spiders	2014	2022	Template:College color boxes	Men's lacrosse^[16]	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU Edwardsville, SIUE)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Edwardsville, Illinois	1890	Public	Cougars	2012	2018	Template:College color boxes	Men's wrestling	Ohio Valley (OVC)	Mid-American (MAC)

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SoCon membership timeline

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  bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1995 text:A-10
  bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2012 text:Big East
  bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text:Big 12

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  bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2001 text:CAA
  bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2014 text:C-USA
  bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:AAC

  bar:33 color:Full from:1971 till:2014 text:Appalachian State (1971–2014)
  bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:Sun Belt

  bar:34 color:Full from:1976 till:1997 text:Marshall (1976–1997)
  bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2005 text:MAC
  bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2022 text:C-USA
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  bar:42 color:Full from:2003 till:end text:Elon (2003–2014)
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Sports

The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 9 women's, and one co-educational NCAA-sanctioned sports.^[28]Template:Better source needed Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), the SoCon began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2014–15 school year (2015 season) with three full members (Furman, Mercer, VMI) and four associates (Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, Richmond). SoCon men's lacrosse has since added Air Force. Women's lacrosse was sponsored by the ASUN through the 2017 season,^[16] after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.^[17] Beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, after a 30-year hiatus, the SoCon resumed rifle as its 21st sport. Members for conference competition are full members The Citadel, VMI, and Wofford as well as associate members UAB, Georgia Southern, and North Georgia. The SoCon is one of only two all-sports conferences to sponsor rifle, joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Rifle is technically a men's sport for NCAA purposes, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.^[29] Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18, but was dropped after the 2020–21 school year.^[30]

The SoCon dropped men's lacrosse after the 2022 season. Affiliate member Hampton joined the Colonial Athletic Association, which sponsors that sport, and the Atlantic 10 Conference, full-time home to men's lacrosse affiliate Richmond, launched a men's lacrosse league in the 2023 season, also taking in another SoCon affiliate in High Point.^[26] With SoCon men's lacrosse being gutted by these changes, VMI moved that sport to its former men's lacrosse home of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and the two remaining men's lacrosse members, Jacksonville and Mercer, moved that sport to the ASUN.^[26]^[31]^[32]

The conference is unique in that it contains the only two full Division I member schools not to field a women's basketball team. The Citadel and VMI do not sponsor the sport at the varsity level; both schools are historically all-male military colleges which only became co-educational in the 1990s.

**Teams in Southern Conference competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's	Co-ed
Baseball	9	–	–
Basketball	11	10	–
Cross country	11	10	–
Football	10	–	–
Golf	9	10	–
Rifle	2	3	3
Soccer	7	11	–
Softball	–	9	–
Tennis	9	8	–
Track and Field (Indoor)	7	10	–
Track and Field (Outdoor)	8	11	–
Volleyball	–	10	–
Wrestling	9	–	–

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Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Football	Golf	RifleTemplate:Efn	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Wrestling	Total SoCon sports
Chattanooga	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	6
The Citadel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
East Tennessee State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	8
Furman	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8
Mercer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	8
Samford	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8
Tennessee Tech	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	6
UNC Greensboro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8
VMI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Western Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	7
Wofford	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	10
Totals	9	11	11	10	9	3+2Template:Efn	6+1Template:Efn	9	7	8	3+6Template:Efn	83+9

Notes

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

School	Lacrosse	Swimming & diving
Mercer	ASUN	No
VMI	NEC	NEC

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Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	RifleTemplate:Efn	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total SoCon teams
Chattanooga	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
The Citadel	No	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
East Tennessee State	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Furman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Mercer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	9
Samford	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Tennessee Tech	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
UNC Greensboro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
VMI	No	Yes	No	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	5
Western Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Wofford	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Totals	9	11	10	3+3Template:Efn	11	9	8	10	11	10	95+4

Notes

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

School	Beach volleyball	Lacrosse	Swimming & diving	Water polo
Chattanooga	OVC	No	No	No
Furman	No	Big South	No	No
Mercer	Sun Belt	Big South	No	No
Tennessee Tech	OVC Template:Efn	No	No	No
VMI	No	No	NEC	MAAC
Wofford	No	Big South	No	No

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Facilities

Template:CollegePrimaryHeader

style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Finley Stadium	20,668	McKenzie Arena	10,928	Non-baseball school		Jim Frost Stadium	3,000	Finley Stadium	20,668
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Johnson Hagood Stadium	11,500	McAlister Field House	6,000	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park	6,000	Non-softball school		Non-soccer school
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium	7,694Template:Efn	Freedom Hall Civic Center	8,500	Thomas Stadium	1,200	Betty Basler Field	500+	Summers-Taylor Stadium	2,000+
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Furman	Paladin Stadium	16,000	Timmons Arena	5,000	Non-baseball school		Pepsi Softball Stadium	300	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium	3,000
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Liberty	Men's soccer-only member								Osborne Stadium	1,000
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Five Star Stadium	10,200	Hawkins Arena	3,500	Claude Smith Field	500	Sikes Field	300	Betts Stadium	500
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Samford	Pete Hanna Stadium	6,700	Pete Hanna Center	4,974	Joe Lee Griffin Stadium	1,000	J.T. Haywood Field House	200	Samford Track and Soccer Complex	1,200
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Tucker Stadium	16,500	Eblen Center	9,280	Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex	1,100	Tech Softball Field	Template:Nts	Tech Soccer Field	Template:Nts
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Non-football school		First Horizon Coliseum (men's) Fleming Gymnasium (women's)	7,617 2,320	UNCG Baseball Stadium	3,500	UNCG Softball Stadium	500+	UNCG Soccer Stadium	3,540
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Template:CollegeSecondaryColorLink	Alumni Memorial Field	10,000	Cameron Hall	5,020	Gray–Minor Stadium	1,400	Non-softball school		Patchin Field	1,000
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium	13,742	Ramsey Center	7,826	Hennon Stadium	1,500	Catamount Softball Complex	250+	Catamount Athletic Complex	1,000
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Wofford	Gibbs Stadium	13,000	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium	3,400	Russell C. King Field	2,500	Non-softball school		Snyder Field	2,250

Notes

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Conference champions

Football

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

Year	Champion	Record
2015	Chattanooga† The Citadel	6–1
2016	The Citadel†	8–0
2017	Wofford†	7–1
2018	East Tennessee State Furman Wofford†	6–2
2019	Wofford†	7–1
2020	VMI†	6–1
2021	East Tennessee State†	7–1
2022	Samford†	8–0
2023	Furman†	7–1
2024	Mercer†	10–2
2025	Mercer†	9–3

† Automatic bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship

Men's basketball

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

Year	Regular season champion	Record	Tournament champion
2015–16	Chattanooga	15–3	Chattanooga
2016–17	East Tennessee State Template:Efn UNC Greensboro Furman	14–4	East Tennessee State
2017–18	UNC Greensboro	15–3	UNC Greensboro
2018–19	Wofford	18–0	Wofford
2019–20	East Tennessee State	16–2	East Tennessee State
2020–21	UNC Greensboro	13–5	UNC Greensboro
2021–22	Chattanooga	14–4	Chattanooga
2022–23	Furman Template:Efn Samford	15–3	Furman
2023–24	Samford	15–3	Samford
2024–25	Chattanooga	15–3	Wofford

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Women's basketball

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

Year	Champion
2016	Chattanooga
2017	Chattanooga
2018	Mercer
2019	Mercer
2020	Samford
2021	Mercer
2022	Mercer
2023	Chattanooga
2024	Chattanooga
2025	UNC Greensboro

Baseball

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

Year	Reg. season champion	Tournament champion
2015	Template:Cbsb link	Mercer
2016	Template:Cbsb link	Template:Cbsb link
2017	Template:Cbsb link	Template:Cbsb link
2018	Template:Cbsb link	Template:Cbsb link
2019	Template:Cbsb link	Template:Cbsb link
2020	Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Template:Cbsb link	Samford
2022	Wofford	UNC Greensboro
2023	Samford	Samford
2024	Template:Cbsb link	Template:Cbsb link
2025	East Tennessee State	East Tennessee State

Rifle

Year	Air rifle champion	Smallbore champion	Overall champion
2017	Georgia Southern	North Georgia	North Georgia
2018	North Georgia	North Georgia	North Georgia
2019	Georgia Southern	UAB	UAB
2020	North Georgia	UAB	UAB
2021	North Georgia	Georgia Southern	North Georgia
2022	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern	North Georgia
2023	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern	The Citadel
2024	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern
2025	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern

Men's Lacrosse

Year	Champion
2015	High Point
2016	Air Force
2017	Air Force
2018	Richmond
2019	Richmond
2020	Not Held
2021	High Point

Commissioner's and Germann Cups

The Commissioner's and Germann Cups are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference.^[33] The Commissioner's Cup was inaugurated in 1970. The Germann Cup, named for former Southern Conference Commissioner Ken Germann, was first awarded in 1987. The completion of the 2013–2014 athletics season saw Appalachian State winning its 33rd Commissioner's Cup and Furman its 13th Germann Cup.^[34]

Year	Commissioner's Cup	Germann Cup
1969–70	East Carolina William & Mary	—
1970–71	William & Mary	—
1971–72	William & Mary	—
1972–73	William & Mary	—
1973–74	East Carolina	—
1974–75	East Carolina	—
1975–76	William & Mary	—
1976–77	East Carolina	—
1977–78	Appalachian State	—
1978–79	Appalachian State	—
1979–80	Appalachian State	—
1980–81	Appalachian State	—
1981–82	Appalachian State	—
1982–83	East Tennessee State	—
1983–84	Appalachian State	—
1984–85	Appalachian State	—
1985–86	Appalachian State	—
1986–87	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1987–88	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1988–89	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1989–90	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1990–91	Furman	Appalachian State
1991–92	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
1992–93	Appalachian State	Furman
1993–94	Appalachian State	Furman
1994–95	Appalachian State	Furman
1995–96	Appalachian State	Furman
1996–97	Appalachian State	Furman
1997–98	Appalachian State	Furman
1998–99	Appalachian State	Furman
1999–00	Appalachian State	Furman
2000–01	Appalachian State	Furman
2001–02	Appalachian State	Furman
2002–03	Appalachian State	Furman
2003–04	Appalachian State	Furman
2004–05	Chattanooga	College of Charleston
2005–06	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2006–07	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2007–08	Appalachian State	Chattanooga
2008–09	Appalachian State	College of Charleston
2009–10	Appalachian State	Samford
2010–11	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2011–12	Appalachian State	College of Charleston
2012–13	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
2013–14	Appalachian State	Furman
2014–15	Chattanooga	Samford
2015–16	East Tennessee State	Furman
2016–17	East Tennessee State	Furman
2017–18	East Tennessee State	Furman
2018–19	East Tennessee State	Furman
2020–21	Furman	Samford
2021–22	East Tennessee State	Samford
2022–23	Samford	Samford
2023–24	Samford	Samford
2024–25	East Tennessee State	Samford

Relevant literature

Iamarino, John. 2020. A Proud History of Athletic History. Mercer University Press.

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Southern Conference: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:09, 3 July 2026

Contents

History

Member schools

Current full members

Associate members

Former full members

Former associate members

SoCon membership timeline

Sports

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school

Facilities

Conference champions

Football

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Baseball

Rifle

Men's Lacrosse

Commissioner's and Germann Cups

See also

Relevant literature

Notes

References

External links

Navigation menu

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+{{Use American English|date=January 2026}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}}
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-| name            = Southern Conference
+| name         = Southern Conference
-| color           = #001489; {{box-shadow border|a|#DA291C|2px}}
+| color        = #001489; {{box-shadow border|a|#DA291C|2px}}
-| font_color      = white
+| font_color   = white
-| title           =
+| title        =
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+| logo         = PrimaryBlue SoCon.svg
-| logo_size       = 200
+| logo_size    = 200
-| founded         = {{start date and age|1921}}
+| founded      = {{start date and age|1921}}
-| association     = [[NCAA]]
+| association  = [[NCAA]]
-| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
+| division     = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
-| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]
+| subdivision  = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]
-| teams           = 10 (11 in 2026)
+| teams        = 11
-| sports          = 21
+| sports       = 21
-| mens            = 11
+| mens         = 11
-| womens          = 9
+| womens       = 9
-| coed            = 1
+| coed         = 1
-| region          = [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]]
+| region       = [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]]
-| headquarters    = [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
+| headquarters = [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
-| commissioner    = Michael Cross
+| commissioner = Michael Cross
-| since           = 2023
+| since        = 2023
-| TV              = [[ESPN]]<br>
+| broadcaster  = [[ESPN]]<br />[[CBS Sports]]<br />[[CW Sports]]
-[[CBS Sports]]<br>
+| website      = {{URL|https://soconsports.com/ |soconsports.com}}
-[[CW Sports]]
+| map          = Southern Conference Map version 1.1revised03092021.png
-| website         = {{URL|https://soconsports.com/ |soconsports.com}}
+| map_size     = 250
-| map             = Southern Conference Map version 1.1revised03092021.png
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 ==History==
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 | caption = Location of SoCon members:<br>[[Image:Blue pog.svg|10px]] full member<br>[[Image:Red pog.svg|10px]] associate member<br>[[Image:Green pog.svg|10px]] future full member<br>[[Image:Purple pog.svg|10px]] future associate member
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 The SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, the 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, University of the South (Sewanee), Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) all departed the SoCon to form the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC). In 1953, seven additional schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from the SoCon to form the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC).<ref name="SoConH"/> The ACC and SEC have gone on to surpass their parent conference in prestige; while the ACC and SEC are considered "power" conferences in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A), the SoCon dropped to Division I-AA (FCS) in 1982, four years after the top division was split into two levels in 1978.
-The SoCon became the first league to hold a post-season basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become "official" until 1922, and in its first few years included teams which were not conference members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/soconsports/docs/2014-15_mbk_media_guide/0 |title=2014-15 Southern Conference men's basketball media guide |date=Dec 17, 2014 |website=Issuu  |publisher=Southern Conference |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> Held at the [[Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)|Municipal Auditorium]] in Atlanta from February 24 to March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40–25.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=Southern Conference Tournament Results |website=Southern Conference}}</ref> The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the [[SEC men's basketball tournament]], founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the [[ACC men's basketball tournament]], first held in 1954.
+The SoCon became the first league to hold a post-season basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become "official" until 1922, and in its first few years included teams which were not conference members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/soconsports/docs/2014-15_mbk_media_guide/0 |title=2014-15 Southern Conference men's basketball media guide |date=Dec 17, 2014 |website=Issuu |publisher=Southern Conference |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> Held at the [[Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)|Municipal Auditorium]] in Atlanta from February 24 to March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40–25.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=Southern Conference Tournament Results |website=Southern Conference}}</ref> The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the [[SEC men's basketball tournament]], founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the [[ACC men's basketball tournament]], first held in 1954.
 ==Member schools==
 ===Current full members===
 The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State (ETSU), Mercer, and VMI. The current football membership stands at nine. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football|ETSU]] relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015 and rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|independent]].<ref name="2014 arrivals">{{Cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209526451&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon Welcomes ETSU, Mercer and VMI |publisher=Southern Conference |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>
 {{Clear right}}
-The 10 members of the Southern Conference are:
+The 11 members of the Southern Conference are:
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
+! Institution
+! Location
+! Founded
+! Type
+! Enrollment
+! Endowment<br />{{small|(millions)}}
+! Nickname
+! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
+! class="unsortable" | Colors
 |-
-! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors
+! [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]<br />{{small|(UTC, UT Chattanooga, Chattanooga)}}
-|-
-! [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]
 | [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
 | 1886
-| 1976
 | Public
 | 11,728
-|$195
+| $195
 | [[Chattanooga Mocs|Mocs]]
+| 1976
 | {{college color boxes|Chattanooga Mocs}}
 |-
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 | [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
 | 1842
-| 1936
+| [[United States senior military college|S.M.C.]]
-| [[Senior Military College]]
 | 3,693
-|$423.6
+| $423.6
 | [[The Citadel Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| 1936
 | {{college color boxes|Citadel Bulldogs}}
 |-
-! [[East Tennessee State University]]
+! rowspan="2" | [[East Tennessee State University]]<br />{{small|(ETSU)}}
-| [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]
+| rowspan="2" | [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]
-| 1911
+| rowspan="2" | 1911
-| 2014{{efn|group=cm|ETSU was previously a Southern Conference member from 1978 to 2005.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
+| rowspan="2" | Public
-| Public
+| rowspan="2" | 9,151
-| 9,151
+| rowspan="2" | $87.8
-|$87.8
+| rowspan="2" | [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]
-|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]
+| 1978
-|{{college color boxes|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}
+| rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}
+|-
+| 2014{{efn|group=full|East Tennessee State (ETSU) was previously a full member of the SoCon from 1978–79 to 2004–05.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
 |-
-![[Furman University]]
+! [[Furman University]]
-|[[Greenville, South Carolina]]
+| [[Greenville, South Carolina]]
 | 1826
+| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=full|Previously affiliated with the [[South Carolina Baptist Convention]] until 1992.}}
+| 2,629
+| $812
+| [[Furman Paladins|Paladins]]
 | 1936
-| rowspan="3"|[[Private university|Private]]
+| {{college color boxes|Furman Paladins}}
-| 2,629
+|-
-|$812
+! [[Mercer University]]
-|[[Furman Paladins|Paladins]]
+| [[Macon, Georgia]]
-|{{college color boxes|Furman Paladins}}
+| 1833
+| [[Baptists|Baptist]]<br />{{small|([[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship|C.B.F.]])}}
+| 9,026
+| $502
+| [[Mercer Bears|Bears]]
+| 2014
+| {{college color boxes|Mercer Bears}}
+|-
+! [[Samford University]]
+| [[Homewood, Alabama]]
+| 1841
+| [[Christians|Christian]]
+| 5,729
+| $403.5
+| [[Samford Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| 2008
+| {{college color boxes|Samford Bulldogs}}
 |-
-![[Mercer University]]
+! [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]<br />{{small|(UNC Greensboro)}}
-|[[Macon, Georgia]]
+| [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
-|1833
+| 1891
-|2014
+| Public
-|9,026
+| 19,764
-|$502
+| $368.6
-|[[Mercer Bears|Bears]]
+| [[UNC Greensboro Spartans|Spartans]]
-|{{college color boxes|Mercer Bears}}
+| 1997
+| {{college color boxes|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}
 |-
-![[Samford University]]
+! [[Tennessee Technological University|Tennessee Tech University]]<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://soconsports.com/article/blt5e859df3f32b686d/|title=The Southern Conference Approves Tennessee Tech Membership|publisher=Southern Conference|date=August 13, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref><br />{{small|(Tennessee Tech)}}
-|[[Homewood, Alabama]]
+| [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
-|1841
+| 1915
-|2008
+| Public
-|5,729
+| 9,902
-|$403.5
+| $96.2
-|[[Samford Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
-|{{college color boxes|Samford Bulldogs}}
+| 2026
+| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}
 |-
-![[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
+! rowspan="2" | [[Virginia Military Institute]]<br>{{small|(VMI)}}
-|[[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
+| rowspan="2" | [[Lexington, Virginia]]
-|1891
+| rowspan="2" | 1839
-|1997
+| rowspan="2" | [[United States senior military college|S.M.C.]]
-|Public
+| rowspan="2" | 1,772
-|19,764
+| rowspan="2" | $703.1
-|$368.6
+| rowspan="2" | [[VMI Keydets|Keydets]]
-|[[UNC Greensboro Spartans|Spartans]]
+| 1924
-|{{college color boxes|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}
+| rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}}
 |-
-! [[Virginia Military Institute]]<br>(VMI)
+| 2014{{efn|group=full|VMI was previously a full member of the SoCon from 1924–25 to 2002–03.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
-| [[Lexington, Virginia]]
-| 1839
-| 2014{{efn|group=cm|VMI was previously a Southern Conference member from 1924 to 2003.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
-| [[Senior Military College]]
-| 1,772
-|$703.1
-|[[VMI Keydets|Keydets]]
-|{{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}}
 |-
-![[Western Carolina University]]
+! [[Western Carolina University]]
-|[[Cullowhee, North Carolina]]
+| [[Cullowhee, North Carolina]]
 | 1889
-| 1976
 | Public
 | 12,243
-|$130
+| $130
-|[[Western Carolina Catamounts|Catamounts]]
+| [[Western Carolina Catamounts|Catamounts]]
-|{{college color boxes|Western Carolina Catamounts}}
+| 1976
+| {{college color boxes|Western Carolina Catamounts}}
 |-
-![[Wofford College]]
+! [[Wofford College]]
-|[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
+| [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
 | 1854
+| [[United Methodist Church|United<br />Methodist]]
+| 1,773
+| $417.4
+| [[Wofford Terriers|Terriers]]
 | 1997
-| Private
+| {{college color boxes|Wofford Terriers}}
-| 1,773
-|$417.4
-|[[Wofford Terriers|Terriers]]
-|{{college color boxes|Wofford Terriers}}
 |}
-;Notes
+;Notes:
-{{notelist|group=cm}}
+{{notelist|group=full}}
-=== Future members ===
+<!--=== Future full members ===
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
-|-
+! Institution
-! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joining !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors !! Current<br/>conference
+! Location
-|-
+! Founded
-! [[Tennessee Tech|Tennessee Tech University]]
+! Type
-| [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
+! Enrollment
-| 1915
+! Endowment<br />{{small|(millions)}}
-| 2026
+! Nickname
-| Public
+! Joining{{efn|group=future|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
-| 9,902
+! class="unsortable" | Colors
-| $96.2
+! Current<br />conference
-| [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://soconsports.com/article/blt5e859df3f32b686d/|title=The Southern Conference Approves Tennessee Tech Membership|publisher=Southern Conference|date=August 13, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
-| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}
-| [[Ohio Valley Conference|Ohio Valley (OVC)]]
 |}
+;Notes:
+{{notelist|group=future}}
+-->
 ===Associate members===
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 The addition of men's lacrosse by the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]], announced on May 23, 2022,<ref name=A10MLAX>{{cite press release|url=https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/atlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx |title=Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport |publisher=Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> led to the demise of the SoCon men's lacrosse league after the 2022 season. In addition to Hampton joining the CAA, SoCon associate members High Point and Richmond (the latter a full A-10 member) moved to the A-10, and Jacksonville returned to ASUN men's lacrosse.
-In the table below, the "Joined" column denotes the start of the school year in which the institution became an associate member, which for spring sports differs from the first season of competition.
 <!-- Departing associate members are highlighted in red. -->
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
+! Institution
+! Location
+! Founded
+! Type
+! Enrollment
+! Nickname
+! Joined{{efn|group=assoc|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
+! class="unsortable" | Colors
+! SoCon<br />sport(s)
+! Primary<br />conference
 |-
-!Institution
+! {{sort|Alabama–Birmingham|[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]}}<br />{{small|(UAB)}}
-!Location
-!Founded
-!Joined
-!Type
-!Enrollment
-!Nickname
-!class="unsortable"|Colors
-!Sport
-!Primary conference
-|-
-! {{sort|UAB|[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]}} (UAB)
 | [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
 | 1969
-| 2016
+| Public
-| rowspan="2|Public
 | 18,568
 | [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
+| 2016
 | {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
-| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
+| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|Rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
 | [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
@@ Line 301: / Line 324: @@
 | [[Boone, North Carolina]]
 | 1899
-| 2014{{efn|group=am|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Appalachian State from the SoCon to join the Sun Belt Conference. The Mountaineers have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
+| Public
 | 20,641
 | [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
+| 2014{{efn|group=assoc|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Appalachian State from the SoCon to join the [[Sun Belt Conference]]. The Mountaineers have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
 | {{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
 |-
-! [[Bellarmine University]]
+! [[Bellarmine University]]{{efn|group=assoc|Bellarmine competed as an associate member of the SoCon for men's lacrosse from the 2015 to 2021 spring seasons (2014–15 to 2020–21 school years).}}
 | [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
 | 1950
-| 2020
+| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Archdiocese of Louisville|Archdiocese<br />of Louisville]])}}
-| rowspan=4 | Private
 | 3,846
 | [[Bellarmine Knights|Knights]]
+| 2020
 | {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun (ASUN)]]
 |-
 ! [[Campbell University]]
 | [[Buies Creek, North Carolina]]
 | 1887
+| [[Baptist State Convention of North Carolina|Baptist]]
+| 11,241
+| [[Campbell Fighting Camels|Fighting<br />Camels]]
 | 2011
-| 11,241
-| [[Campbell Fighting Camels|Fighting Camels]]
 | {{college color boxes|Campbell Fighting Camels}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
+| [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal (CAA)]]
 |-
 ! [[Davidson College]]
 | [[Davidson, North Carolina]]
 | 1837
-| 2014{{efn|group=am|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Davidson from the SoCon to join the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Wildcats have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
+| [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]<br />{{small|([[Presbyterian Church (USA)|PCUSA]])}}
 | 1,850
 | [[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
+| 2014{{efn|group=assoc|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Davidson from the SoCon to join the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] (A-10). The Wildcats have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
 | {{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
 |-
 ! [[Gardner–Webb University]]
 | [[Boiling Springs, North Carolina]]
 | 1905
+| [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern<br />Baptist]]
+| 5,000
+| [[Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs|Runnin'<br />Bulldogs]]
 | 2011
-| 5,000
-| [[Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs|Runnin' Bulldogs]]
 | {{college color boxes|Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
+| [[Big South Conference|Big South (BSC)]]
 |-
 ! [[Georgia Southern University]]
 | [[Statesboro, Georgia]]
 | 1906
-| 2016
 | Public
 | 20,517
 | [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
+| 2016
 | {{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
-| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle">{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210573189&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=Southern Conference to Add Rifle as 21st Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>
+| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|Rifle]]<ref name="rifle">{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210573189&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=Southern Conference to Add Rifle as 21st Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>
-| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
+|-
+! [[Liberty University]]
+| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
+| 1971
+| Private
+| 16,000{{efn|group=futass|Approximate on-campus enrollment. Including online students, Liberty claims an enrollment of over 130,000.}}
+| [[Liberty Flames soccer|Flames]]
+| 2026
+| {{college color boxes|Liberty Flames}}
+| Men's soccer
+| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 |-
 ! {{sort|North Georgia|[[University of North Georgia]]}}
 | [[Dahlonega, Georgia]]
-| 1873{{efn|group=am|On January 10, 2012, the University System of Georgia approved the consolidation of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville State College to form a new institution, the University of North Georgia in January 2013.}}
+| 1873{{efn|group=assoc|On January 10, 2012, the University System of Georgia approved the consolidation of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville State College to form a new institution, the University of North Georgia in January 2013.}}
-| 2016
 | Public
 | 16,064
 | [[North Georgia Nighthawks|Nighthawks]]
+| 2016
 | {{college color boxes|North Georgia Nighthawks}}
-| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
+| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|Rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
-| [[Peach Belt Conference|Peach Belt]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
+| [[Peach Belt Conference|Peach Belt (PBC)]]{{efn|group=assoc|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
 |-
 ! [[Presbyterian College]]
 | [[Clinton, South Carolina]]
 | 1880
-| 2019
+| Presbyterian<br />{{small|([[Presbyterian Church (USA)|PCUSA]])}}
-| Private
 | 1,403
 | [[Presbyterian Blue Hose|Blue Hose]]
+| 2019
 | {{college color boxes|Presbyterian Blue Hose}}
-| wrestling
+| Men's wrestling
-| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
+| [[Big South Conference|Big South (BSC)]]
 |}
 ;Notes:
-{{notelist|group=am}}
+{{notelist|group=assoc}}
-===Future associate members===
+===Former full members===
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
+Most former members are currently members of either the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) or the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC). Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in [[Collegiate wrestling|men's wrestling]]. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in [[Shooting sports|rifle]] when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year.
-|-
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 ! Institution
 ! Location
 ! Founded
-! Joins
 ! Type
-! Enrollment
 ! Nickname
-! class="unsortable"|Colors
+! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
-! Sport
+! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
-! Primary Conference
+! class="unsortable" | Colors
+! Current<br />conference
+|-
+! {{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
+| [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
+| 1831
+| Public
+| [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG|Charter member school began athletic competition on January 1, 1922 (during the 1921–22 school year).}}
+| 1932
+| {{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-! [[Liberty University]]
+! [[Appalachian State University]]
-| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
+| [[Boone, North Carolina]]
+| 1899
+| Public
+| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
 | 1971
-| 2026
+| 2014
-| Private
+| {{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
-| 16,000{{efn|group=amf|Approximate on-campus enrollment. Including online students, Liberty claims an enrollment of over 130,000.}}
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
-| [[Liberty Flames soccer|Flames]]
-| {{college color boxes|Liberty Flames}}
-| men's soccer
-| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
-|}
-;Notes:
-{{notelist|group=amf}}
-===Former full members===
-Most former members are currently members of either the [[Southeastern Conference]] or the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in [[Shooting sports|rifle]] when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year.
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 |-
-!Institution
+! [[Auburn University]]
-!Location
+| [[Auburn, Alabama]]
-!Founded
+| 1856
-!Joined
+| Public
-!Left
+| [[Auburn Tigers|Tigers]]
-!Nickname
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-!class="Unsortable"|Colors
+| 1932
-!Current<br/>conference
+| {{college color boxes|Auburn Tigers}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
+! {{sort|Charleston|[[College of Charleston]]}}<br />{{small|(CofC)}}
-|[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
+| [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
-|1831
+| 1770
-|1921
+| Nonsectarian
-|1932
+| [[Charleston Cougars|Cougars]]
-|[[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
+| 1998
-|{{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}
+| 2013
-|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| {{college color boxes|College of Charleston Cougars}}
+| [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal (CAA)]]
 |-
-![[Appalachian State University]]
+! [[Clemson University]]
-|[[Boone, North Carolina]]
+| [[Clemson, South Carolina]]
-|1899
+| 1889
-|1971
+| Public
-|2014
+| [[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
-|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
+| 1953
-|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| {{college color boxes|Clemson Tigers}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-![[Auburn University]]
+! rowspan="2" | [[Davidson College]]
-|[[Auburn, Alabama]]
+| rowspan="2" | [[Davidson, North Carolina]]
-|1856
+| rowspan="2" | 1837
-|1921
+| rowspan="2" | [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]<br />{{small|([[Presbyterian Church (USA)|PCUSA]])}}
-|1932
+| rowspan="2" | [[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
-|[[Auburn Tigers|Tigers]]
+| 1936
-|{{college color boxes|Auburn Tigers}}
+| 1988
-|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
+| rowspan="2" | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Charleston|[[College of Charleston]]}}
+| 1992
-|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
+| 2014
-|1770
-|1998
-|2013
-|[[College of Charleston Cougars|Cougars]]
-|{{college color boxes|College of Charleston Cougars}}
-|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 |-
-![[Clemson University]]
+! [[Duke University]]
-|[[Clemson, South Carolina]]
+| [[Durham, North Carolina]]
-|1889
+| 1838
-|1921
+| [[United Methodist Church|United<br />Methodist]]
-|1953
+| [[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
-|[[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
+| 1928
-|{{college color boxes|Clemson Tigers}}
+| 1953
-|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Duke Blue Devils}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-!rowspan="2"|[[Davidson College]]
+! [[East Carolina University]]
-|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson, North Carolina]]
+| [[Greenville, North Carolina]]
-|rowspan="2"|1837
+| 1907
-|1936
+| Public
-|1988
+| [[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
-|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
+| 1964
-|rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
+| 1976
-|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| {{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
+| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
-|1992
+! [[Elon University]]
-|2014
+| [[Elon, North Carolina]]
+| 1889
+| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=former|Has historic ties with the [[United Church of Christ]].}}
+| [[Elon Phoenix|Phoenix]]
+| 2003
+| 2014
+| {{college color boxes|Elon Phoenix}}
+| [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal (CAA)]]
 |-
-![[Duke University]]
+! {{sort|Florida|[[University of Florida]]}}
-|[[Durham, North Carolina]]
+| [[Gainesville, Florida]]
-|1838
+| 1853
-|1928
+| Public
-|1953
+| [[Florida Gators|Gators]]
-|[[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
+| 1922
-|{{college color boxes|Duke Blue Devils}}
+| 1932
-|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Florida Gators}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-![[East Carolina University]]
+! [[George Washington University]]
-|[[Greenville, North Carolina]]
+| [[Washington, D.C.]]
-|1907
+| 1821
-|1964
+| [[University charter#Federal|Federal]]
-|1976
+| [[George Washington Revolutionaries|Colonials]]{{efn|group=former|George Washington's nickname throughout its SoCon tenure was Colonials. The current nickname of Revolutionaries was adopted in 2023.}}
-|[[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
+| 1941
-|{{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
+| 1970
-|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
+| {{college color boxes|George Washington Revolutionaries}}
+| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
 |-
-![[Elon University]]
+! {{sort|Georgia|[[University of Georgia]]}}
-|[[Elon, North Carolina]]
+| [[Athens, Georgia]]
-|1889
+| 1785
-|2003
+| Public
-|2014
+| [[Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
-|[[Elon Phoenix|Phoenix]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Elon Phoenix}}
+| 1932
-|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
+| {{college color boxes|Georgia Bulldogs}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Florida|[[University of Florida]]}}
+! [[Georgia Southern University]]
-|[[Gainesville, Florida]]
+| [[Statesboro, Georgia]]
-|1853
+| 1906
-|1922
+| Public
-|1932
+| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
-|[[Florida Gators|Gators]]
+| 1992
-|{{college color boxes|Florida Gators}}
+| 2014
-|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
 |-
-![[George Washington University]]
+! {{sort|Georgia Tech|[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]}}<br />{{small|(Georgia Tech)}}
-|[[Washington, D.C.]]
+| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
-|1821
+| 1885
-|1941
+| Public
-|1970
+| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
-|[[George Washington Revolutionaries|Colonials]]{{efn|group=ffm|George Washington's nickname throughout its SoCon tenure was Colonials. The current nickname of Revolutionaries was adopted in 2023.}}
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|George Washington Revolutionaries}}
+| 1932
-|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| {{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Georgia|[[University of Georgia]]}}
+! {{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}
-|[[Athens, Georgia]]
+| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
-|1785
+| 1865
-|1921
+| Public
-|1932
+| [[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]]
-|[[Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Georgia Bulldogs}}
+| 1932
-|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-![[Georgia Southern University]]
+! [[Louisiana State University]]<br />{{small|(LSU)}}
-|[[Statesboro, Georgia]]
+| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
-|1906
+| 1860
-|1992
+| Public
-|2014
+| [[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tigers]]
-|[[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
+| 1922
-|{{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
+| 1932
-|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| {{college color boxes|LSU Tigers}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Georgia Tech|[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]}}
+! [[Marshall University]]
-|[[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
+| [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
-|1885
+| 1837
-|rowspan="2"|1921
+| Public
-|rowspan="3"|1932
+| nowrap | [[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
-|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
+| 1976
-|{{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
+| 1997
-|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}
+! {{sort|Maryland|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]}}
-|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]
+| [[College Park, Maryland]]
-|1865
+| 1856
-|[[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]]
+| Public
-|{{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
+| [[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
-|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| 1923
+| 1953
+| {{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
+| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten (B1G)]]
 |-
-![[Louisiana State University]]
+! {{sort|Mississippi|[[University of Mississippi]]}}<br />{{small|(Ole Miss)}}
-|[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
+| [[Oxford, Mississippi]]
-|1860
+| 1848
-|1922
+| Public
-|[[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tigers]]
+| [[Ole Miss Rebels|Rebels]]
-|{{college color boxes|LSU Tigers}}
+| 1922
+| 1932
+| {{college color boxes|Ole Miss Rebels}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-![[Marshall University]]
+! [[Mississippi State University]]
-|[[Huntington, West Virginia]]
+| [[Starkville, Mississippi]]
-|1837
+| 1878
-|1976
+| Public
-|1997
+| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
-|nowrap|[[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
+| 1932
-|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| {{college color boxes|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Maryland|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]}}
+! {{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]}}<br />{{small|(UNC)}}
-|[[College Park, Maryland]]
+| [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
-|1856
+| 1789
-|1923
+| Public
-|1953
+| [[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
-|[[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
+| 1953
-|[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
+| {{college color boxes|North Carolina Tar Heels}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Mississippi|[[University of Mississippi]]}}
+! [[North Carolina State University]]<br />{{small|(NC State)}}
-|[[Oxford, Mississippi]]
+| [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
-|1848
+| 1887
-|1922
+| Public
-|rowspan="2"|1932
+| [[NC State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]]
-|[[Ole Miss Rebels|Rebels]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Ole Miss Rebels}}
+| 1953
-|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| {{college color boxes|NC State Wolfpack}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-![[Mississippi State University]]
+! {{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
-|[[Starkville, Mississippi]]
+| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
-|1878
+| 1830
-|rowspan="3"|1921
+| Nonsectarian
-|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| [[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
-|{{college color boxes|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}
+| 1936
+| 1976
+| {{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
+| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina<br/>at Chapel Hill]]}}
+! [[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee: The University of the South]]
-|[[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
+| [[Sewanee, Tennessee]]
-|1789
+| 1857
-|rowspan="2"|1953
+| [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]]
-|[[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
+| [[Sewanee Tigers|Tigers]]
-|{{college color boxes|North Carolina Tar Heels}}
+| 1923
-|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
+| 1932
+| {{college color boxes|Sewanee Tigers}}
+| nowrap | [[Southern Athletic Association|Southern (SAA)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
 |-
-![[North Carolina State University]]
+! {{sort|South Carolina|[[University of South Carolina]]}}
-|[[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
+| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
-|1887
+| 1801
-|[[NC State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]]
+| Public
-|{{college color boxes|NC State Wolfpack}}
+| [[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
+| 1922
+| 1953
+| {{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
+! {{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
-|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
+| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
-|1830
+| 1794
-|1936
+| Public
-|1976
+| [[Tennessee Volunteers|Volunteers]]
-|[[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
+| 1932
-|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-![[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee: The University<br/>of the South]]
+! [[Tulane University]]
-|[[Sewanee, Tennessee]]
+| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
-|1857
+| 1834
-|1923
+| Nonsectarian
-|1932
+| [[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
-|[[Sewanee Tigers|Tigers]]
+| 1922
-|{{college color boxes|Sewanee Tigers}}
+| 1932
-|nowrap|[[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
+| {{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
+| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
-!{{sort|South Carolina|[[University of South Carolina]]}}
+! [[Vanderbilt University]]
-|[[Columbia, South Carolina]]
+| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
-|1801
+| 1873
-|1922
+| Nonsectarian
-|1953
+| [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
-|[[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
+| 1922
-|{{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
+| 1932
-|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
+| [[Southeastern Conference|Southeastern (SEC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
+! {{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia]]}}
-|[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
+| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
-|1794
+| 1819
-|1921
+| Public
-|rowspan="3"|1932
+| [[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
-|[[Tennessee Volunteers|Volunteers]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
+| 1937
+| {{college color boxes|Virginia Cavaliers}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-![[Tulane University]]
+! [[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]<br />{{small|(Virginia Tech)}}
-|[[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
+| [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
-|1834
+| 1872
-|rowspan="2"|1922
+| Public
-|[[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
+| [[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
-|{{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
+| 1965
+| {{college color boxes|Virginia Tech Hokies}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-![[Vanderbilt University]]
+! [[Wake Forest University]]
-|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
+| [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
-|1873
+| 1834
-|[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
+| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=former|Historically affiliated with the [[Baptist State Convention of North Carolina]] until 1986.}}
-|{{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
+| [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]]
-|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
+| 1936
+| 1953
+| {{college color boxes|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}
+| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|Atlantic Coast (ACC)]]
 |-
-!{{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia]]}}
+! [[Washington and Lee University]]
-|[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
+| [[Lexington, Virginia]]
-|1819
+| 1749
-|rowspan="2"|1921
+| Nonsectarian
-|1937
+| [[Washington and Lee Generals|Generals]]
-|[[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
+| 1921{{efn|group=former|name=SoConOG}}
-|{{college color boxes|Virginia Cavaliers}}
+| 1958
-|rowspan="3"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
+| {{college color boxes|Washington and Lee Generals}}
+| [[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|Old Dominion (ODAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3}}
 |-
-![[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute<br/>and State University]]
+! [[West Virginia University]]
-|[[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
+| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
-|1872
+| 1867
-|1965
+| Public
-|[[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
+| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
-|{{college color boxes|Virginia Tech Hokies}}
+| 1950
+| 1968
+| {{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
+| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12 (B12)]]
 |-
-![[Wake Forest University]]
+! {{sort|William & Mary|[[College of William & Mary]]}}
-|[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
+| [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]
-|1834
+| 1693
-|1936
+| Public
-|1953
+| [[William & Mary Tribe|Tribe]]
-|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]]
+| 1936
-|{{college color boxes|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}
+| 1977
-|-
+| {{college color boxes|William & Mary Tribe}}
-![[Washington and Lee University]]
+| [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal (CAA)]]
-|[[Lexington, Virginia]]
-|1749
-|1921
-|1958
-|[[Washington and Lee Generals|Generals]]
-|{{college color boxes|Washington and Lee Generals}}
-|[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|ODAC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
-|-
-![[West Virginia University]]
-|[[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
-|1867
-|1950
-|1968
-|[[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
-|{{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
-|[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
-|-
-!{{sort|William & Mary|[[College of William & Mary]]}}
-|[[Williamsburg, Virginia]]
-|1693
-|1936
-|1977
-|[[William & Mary Tribe|Tribe]]
-|{{college color boxes|William & Mary Tribe}}
-|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 |}
-{{notelist|group=ffm}}
+;Notes:
+{{notelist|group=former}}
-==== Former associate members ====
-In the table below, the "Joined" and "Left" columns denotes the calendar year in which each school joined and left the SoCon. For fall sports, the year of departure differs from the final year of competition. For spring sports, the year of arrival differs from the first season of competition.
+=== Former associate members ===
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
+! Institution
+! Location
+! Founded
+! Type
+! Nickname
+! Joined{{efn|group=fass|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
+! Left{{efn|group=fass|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
+! class="unsortable" | Colors
+! SoCon<br />sport(s)
+! Primary<br />conference
+! Current<br />conference<br />in former<br />SoCon sport(s)
 |-
-!Institution
+! {{sort|Air Force|[[United States Air Force Academy]]}}<br />{{small|(Air Force)}}
-!Location
+| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs,<br />Colorado]]
-!Founded
-!Joined
-!Left
-!Type
-!Enrollment
-!Nickname
-!class="unsortable"|Colors
-!SoCon<br/>sport
-!Primary<br/>conference<br/>during SoCon<br/>associate membership
-!Current<br/>conference<br/>in former<br/>SoCon sport
-|-
-! {{sort|Air Force|[[United States Air Force Academy]]}}
-| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
 | 1954
+| Federal<br />{{small|([[United States service academies|Military]])}}
+| [[Air Force Falcons|Falcons]]
 | 2015
 | 2021
-| Federal<br/>{{Small|([[United States service academies|Military]])}}
-| 4,417
-| [[Air Force Falcons|Falcons]]
 | {{college color boxes|Air Force Falcons}}
-| lacrosse (m)
+| Men's lacrosse
-| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
+| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West (MW)]]
-| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun (ASUN)]]
 |-
-! [[Bellarmine University]]
+! [[Bellarmine University]]{{efn|group=fass|Bellarmine remains an associate member of the SoCon for men's wrestling.}}
-| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
+| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville,<br />Kentucky]]
 | 1950
+| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Archdiocese of Louisville|Archdiocese<br />of Louisville]])}}
+| [[Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse|Knights]]
 | 2014
 | 2021
-| Private
-| 3,369
-| [[Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse|Knights]]
 | {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
-| lacrosse (m)
+| Men's lacrosse
-| [[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}},<br/>[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]{{efn|group=fam|Bellarmine had been a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from that league's formation in 1978 until moving to Division I in 2020 as a new member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.}}
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun (ASUN)]]{{efn|group=fass|name=BellD2D1|During its tenure as an associate member of the SoCon, Bellarmine was otherwise a member of the [[Great Lakes Valley Conference]]{{efn|group=fass|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}} (GLVC) (a conference that had existed since 1978), which remained in that conference through 2019–20, before moving to Division I as a member of the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] (ASUN), where they still compete to this day.}}
-| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
 |-
 ! [[Belmont University]]
-| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
+| [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville,<br />Tennessee]]
 | 1890
+| {{small|[[Non-denominational Christianity|Nondenominational]]}}
+| [[Belmont Bruins|Bruins]]
 | 2018
 | 2022
-| Private
-| 8,080
-| [[Belmont Bruins|Bruins]]
 | {{college color boxes|Belmont Bruins}}
-| soccer (m)
+| Men's soccer
-| [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley (MVC)]]{{efn|group=fass|name=Belm|During its tenure as an associate member of the SoCon, Belmont was otherwise a member of the [[Ohio Valley Conference]] (OVC), which remained in that conference through 2021–22, before switching to the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] (MVC) where they still compete to this day.}}
-| [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
 |-
 ! [[Central Michigan University]]
-| [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]]
+| [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant,<br />Michigan]]
 | 1892
+| Public
+| [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Chippewas]]
 | 2017
 | 2020
-| Public
-| 21,705
-| [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Chippewas]]
 | {{college color boxes|Central Michigan Chippewas}}
-| lacrosse (w)
+| Women's lacrosse
-| colspan=2 align=center | [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American (MAC)]]
 |-
 ! [[Coastal Carolina University]]
-| [[Conway, South Carolina]]
+| [[Conway, South Carolina|Conway,<br />South Carolina]]
 | 1954
+| Public
+| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
 | 2020
 | 2021
-| Public
-| 10,484
-| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
 | {{college color boxes|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}
-| lacrosse (w)
+| Women's lacrosse
-| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
+| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt (SBC)]]
-| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun (ASUN)]]
 |-
 ! [[Delaware State University]]
-| [[Dover, Delaware]]
+| [[Dover, Delaware|Dover,<br />Delaware]]
 | 1891
+| Public{{efn|group=fass|name=HBCU|Also a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college and university]].}}
+| [[Delaware State Hornets|Hornets]]
 | 2017
 | 2021
-| Public<br/>{{small|([[HBCU]])}}
-| 5,054
-| [[Delaware State Hornets|Hornets]]
 | {{college color boxes|Delaware State Hornets}}
-| lacrosse (w)
+| Women's lacrosse
-| [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]]
+| [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|Mid-Eastern (MEAC)]]
-| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast]]
+| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast (NEC)]]
 |-
 ! {{sort|Detroit|[[University of Detroit Mercy]]}}
-| [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
+| [[Detroit|Detroit,<br />Michigan]]
 | 1870
+| Catholic<br />{{small|([[Jesuits|Jesuit]]/[[Sisters of Mercy|RSM]])}}
+| [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Titans]]
 | 2017
 | 2020
-| Private
-| 5,700
-| [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Titans]]
 | {{college color boxes|Detroit Mercy Titans}}
-| lacrosse (w)
+| Women's lacrosse
 | [[Horizon League|Horizon]]
-| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
+| [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American (MAC)]]
 |-
 ! [[Hampton University]]
-| [[Hampton, Virginia]]
+| [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton,<br />Virginia]]
 | 1868
+| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=fass|name=HBCU}}
+| [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Pirates]]
 | 2021
 | 2022
-| Private
-| 4,321
-| [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Pirates]]
 | {{college color boxes|Hampton Pirates}}
-| lacrosse (m)
+| Men's lacrosse
-| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal (CAA)]]{{efn|group=fass|name=Hamp|During its tenure as an associate member of the SoCon, Hampton was otherwise a member of the [[Big South Conference]], which remained in that conference only during the 2021–22 school year, after years in the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]] (MEAC), before switching to the [[Coastal Athletic Association]] (CAA) where they still compete to this day.}}
-| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 |-
 ! [[High Point University]]
-| [[High Point, North Carolina]]
+| [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point,<br />North Carolina]]
 | 1924
+| [[United Methodist Church|United<br />Methodist]]
+| [[High Point Panthers|Panthers]]
 | 2014
 | 2022
-| Private
-| 4,500
-| [[High Point Panthers|Panthers]]
 | {{college color boxes|High Point Panthers}}
-| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
+| Men's lacrosse<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
-| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
+| [[Big South Conference|Big South (BSC)]]
-| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
 |-
 ! [[Jacksonville University]]
-| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
+| [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville,<br />Florida]]
 | 1934
+| Nonsectarian
+| [[Jacksonville Dolphins|Dolphins]]
 | 2014
 | 2022
-| Private
-| 3,741
-| [[Jacksonville Dolphins|Dolphins]]
 | {{college color boxes|Jacksonville Dolphins}}
-| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
+| Men's lacrosse<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
-| colspan=2 align=center | [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun (ASUN)]]
 |-
 ! {{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
-| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
+| [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond,<br />Virginia]]
 | 1830
+| Nonsectarian
+| [[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
 | 2014
 | 2022
-| Private
-| 4,361
-| [[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
 | {{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
-| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
+| Men's lacrosse<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
-| colspan=2 align=center | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
+| colspan="2" align=center | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 (A-10)]]
+|-
+! [[Southern Illinois University Edwardsville]]<br />{{small|(SIU Edwardsville, SIUE)}}
+| [[Edwardsville, Illinois|Edwardsville,<br />Illinois]]
+| 1890
+| Public
+| [[SIU Edwardsville Cougars|Cougars]]
+| 2012
+| 2018
+| {{college color boxes|SIUE Cougars}}
+| Men's wrestling
+| [[Ohio Valley Conference|Ohio Valley (OVC)]]
+| [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American (MAC)]]
 |}
-{{notelist|group=fam}}
+;Notes:
+{{notelist|group=fass}}
 ===SoCon membership timeline===
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     bar:1 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Alabama|Alabama]] (1921–1933)
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-* <small>Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lee's affiliation history is not indicated in the table. In 1958, W&L stopped awarding athletic scholarships; from then until 1962, it was an independent in what was then the NCAA College Division (which was split in 1973 to form today's Divisions II and III).</small>
+* {{small|Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lee's affiliation history is not indicated in the table. In 1958, W&L stopped awarding athletic scholarships; from then until 1962, it was an independent in what was then the NCAA College Division (which was split in 1973 to form today's Divisions II and III).}}
 ==Sports==
-The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 9 women's, and one co-educational NCAA-sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soconsports.com/index.aspx|title=Southern Conference|website=Southern Conference}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2021}}<!-- claim is inferred by clicking on the site header--> Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the [[ASUN Conference]], the SoCon began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2014–15 school year (2015 season) with three full members (Furman, Mercer, VMI) and four associates (Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, Richmond). SoCon men's lacrosse has since added Air Force. Women's lacrosse was sponsored by the ASUN through the 2017 season,<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/> after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX"/> Beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, after a 30-year hiatus, the SoCon resumed rifle as its 21st sport. Members for conference competition are full members The Citadel, VMI, and Wofford as well as associate members UAB, Georgia Southern, and North Georgia. The SoCon is one of only two all-sports conferences to sponsor rifle, joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Rifle is technically a men's sport for NCAA purposes, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|publisher=University of North Georgia|title=Southern Conference to add rifle as 21st sport|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210232925/http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18, but was dropped after the 2020–21 school year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2021/6/7/big-south-adds-three-associate-members-in-womens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Big South Adds Three Associate Members in Women's Lacrosse |publisher=Big South Conference |date=June 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>
+The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's, 9 women's, and one co-educational NCAA-sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soconsports.com/index.aspx|title=Southern Conference|website=Southern Conference}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2021}}<!-- claim is inferred by clicking on the site header--> Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] (ASUN), the SoCon began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2014–15 school year (2015 season) with three full members (Furman, Mercer, VMI) and four associates (Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, Richmond). SoCon men's lacrosse has since added Air Force. Women's lacrosse was sponsored by the ASUN through the 2017 season,<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/> after which the SoCon launched its own women's lacrosse league.<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX"/> Beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, after a 30-year hiatus, the SoCon resumed rifle as its 21st sport. Members for conference competition are full members The Citadel, VMI, and Wofford as well as associate members UAB, Georgia Southern, and North Georgia. The SoCon is one of only two all-sports conferences to sponsor rifle, joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Rifle is technically a men's sport for NCAA purposes, but men's, women's, and co-ed teams all compete against each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|publisher=University of North Georgia|title=Southern Conference to add rifle as 21st sport|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210232925/http://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/11/southern-conference-to-add-rifle-as-21st-sport.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Women's lacrosse was added as the 22nd sport for 2017–18, but was dropped after the 2020–21 school year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2021/6/7/big-south-adds-three-associate-members-in-womens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Big South Adds Three Associate Members in Women's Lacrosse |publisher=Big South Conference |date=June 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>
 The SoCon dropped men's lacrosse after the 2022 season. Affiliate member Hampton joined the Colonial Athletic Association, which sponsors that sport, and the Atlantic 10 Conference, full-time home to men's lacrosse affiliate Richmond, launched a men's lacrosse league in the 2023 season, also taking in another SoCon affiliate in High Point.<ref name=A10MLAX/> With SoCon men's lacrosse being gutted by these changes, VMI moved that sport to its former men's lacrosse home of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and the two remaining men's lacrosse members, Jacksonville and Mercer, moved that sport to the ASUN.<ref name=A10MLAX/><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://maacsports.com/news/2022/4/4/virginia-military-institute-rejoins-maac-mens-lacrosse-league.aspx |title=Virginia Military Institute Rejoins MAAC Men's Lacrosse League |publisher=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/mlax/2021-22/releases/202203300adgdf |title=Jacksonville, Lindenwood & Mercer Joining #ASUNMLAX for 2023 Season |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=March 30, 2022 |access-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref>
+The conference is unique in that it contains the only two full Division I member schools not to field a women's basketball team. The Citadel and VMI do not sponsor the sport at the varsity level; both schools are historically all-male military colleges which only became co-educational in the 1990s.
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 !Sport||Men's||Women's||Co-ed
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College baseball|Baseball]]||8||–||–
+|align="left"|[[College baseball|Baseball]] || 9 || – || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College basketball|Basketball]]||10||8||–
+|align="left"|[[College basketball|Basketball]]|| 11 || 10 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Cross country running|Cross Country]]||10||10||–
+|align="left"|[[Cross country running|Cross country]]|| 11 || 10 ||–
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College football|Football]]||9||–||–
+|align="left"|[[College football|Football]]|| 10 || – || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Golf]]||8||9||–
+|align="left"|[[Golf]]|| 9 || 10 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[NCAA Rifle Championship|Rifle]]||2||3||3
+|align="left"|[[NCAA rifle championship|Rifle]]|| 2 || 3 || 3
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]||6||10||–
+|align="left"|[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]|| 7 || 11 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College softball|Softball]]||–||8||–
+|align="left"|[[College softball|Softball]]|| – || 9 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[College tennis|Tennis]]||8||8||–
+|align="left"|[[College tennis|Tennis]]|| 9 || 8 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Track and field (indoor)|Track and Field (Indoor)]]||9||9||–
+|align="left"|[[Track and field (indoor)|Track and Field (Indoor)]]|| 7 || 10 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Track and field (outdoor)|Track and Field (Outdoor)]]||9||10||–
+|align="left"|[[Track and field (outdoor)|Track and Field (Outdoor)]]|| 8 || 11 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Volleyball]]||–||9||–
+|align="left"|[[Volleyball]]|| – || 10 || –
 |-
-|align="left"|[[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]||9||–||–
+|align="left"|[[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]|| 9 || – || –
 |}
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 |-
 | <big>Samford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
+|-
+| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||  {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
 |-
 | <big>UNC Greensboro</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
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 |-
 | <big>Wofford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||  {{yes}}{{efn|group=m|Co-ed rifle team}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10
+<!-- |-
+! colspan="13" | Future Members-->
 |-
-! colspan="13" | Future Members
+| <big>Totals</big> || 9 || 11 || 11 || 10 || 9 || 3+2{{efn|group=m|Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with co-ed teams.}} || 6+1{{efn|group=m|Associate Liberty.}} || 9 || 7 || 8 || 3+6{{efn|group=m|Associates Appalachian State, Bellarmine, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian.}} || 83+9
-|-
-| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||  {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
-|-
-| <big>Totals</big> || 8 || 10 || 10 || 9 || 8 || 3+2{{efn|group=m|Associates North Georgia and UAB, both with co-ed teams}}|| 6 || 8 || 8 || 9 || 3+6{{efn|group=m|Associates Appalachian State, Bellarmine, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian}}|| 82+8
 |}
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 ! <big>School</big> !! Lacrosse !! Swimming &<br/>diving
 |-
-| <big>Mercer</big> || [[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]|| No
+| <big>Mercer</big> || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]|| No
 |-
-| <big>VMI</big> || [[Northeast Conference|NEC]] || [[America East]]
+| <big>VMI</big> || [[Northeast Conference|NEC]] || [[Northeast Conference|NEC]]
 |}
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 |-
 | <big>Samford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
+|-
+| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
 |-
 | <big>UNC Greensboro</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||9
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 |-
 | <big>Wofford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=w|Co-ed rifle team}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||10
+<!-- |-
+! colspan="13" | Future members-->
 |-
-! colspan="13" | Future Members
+| <big>Totals</big> || 9 || 11 || 10 || 3+3{{efn|group=w|Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (co-ed team), and UAB (co-ed team).}}|| 11 || 9 || 8 || 10 || 11 || 10 || 95+4
-|-
-| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
-|-
-| <big>Totals</big> ||8 ||10 ||9 || 3+3{{efn|group=w|Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (co-ed team), and UAB (co-ed team)}}||10 ||8 ||8 ||9 ||10 ||9 ||87+4
 |}
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 |-
 | <big>Mercer</big> || [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
-|-bgcolor=lightgreen
+|-
 | <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]{{efn|group=wn|Tennessee Tech has not announced a future affiliation for its beach volleyball program.}} || No || No || No
 |-
-| <big>VMI</big> || No || No || [[America East Conference|America East]] || [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
+| <big>VMI</big> || No || No || [[Northeast Conference|NEC]] || [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
 |-
 | <big>Wofford</big> || No || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
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 !Champion
 !Record
-|-
-|[[2014 Southern Conference football season|2014]]
-|[[2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team|Chattanooga]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|7–0
 |-
 |[[2015 Southern Conference football season|2015]]
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 | [[2024 Mercer Bears football team|Mercer]]†
 | align=center | 10–2
+|-
+| [[2025 Southern Conference football season|2025]]
+| [[2025 Mercer Bears football team|Mercer]]†
+| align=center | 9–3
 |}
 † Automatic bid to [[NCAA Division I Football Championship]]
@@ Line 1,799: / Line 1,864: @@
 |2023–24
 | Samford || Samford
+|-
+|2024–25
+| East Tennessee State || Samford
 |}

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