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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 Template: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 10 members of the Southern Conference are:

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)	Nickname	Colors
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee	1886	1976	Public	11,728	$195	Mocs	Template:College color boxes
The Citadel	Charleston, South Carolina	1842	1936	Senior Military College	3,693	$423.6	Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	2014Template:Efn	Public	9,151	$87.8	Buccaneers	Template:College color boxes
Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1826	1936	Private	2,629	$812	Paladins	Template:College color boxes
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	2014		9,026	$502	Bears	Template:College color boxes
Samford University	Homewood, Alabama	1841	2008		5,729	$403.5	Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	1997	Public	19,764	$368.6	Spartans	Template:College color boxes
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)	Lexington, Virginia	1839	2014Template:Efn	Senior Military College	1,772	$703.1	Keydets	Template:College color boxes
Western Carolina University	Cullowhee, North Carolina	1889	1976	Public	12,243	$130	Catamounts	Template:College color boxes
Wofford College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1854	1997	Private	1,773	$417.4	Terriers	Template:College color boxes

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Future members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)	Nickname	Colors	Current conference
Tennessee Tech University	Cookeville, Tennessee	1915	2026	Public	9,902	$96.2	Golden Eagles^[15]	Template:College color boxes	Ohio Valley (OVC)

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.

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.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Sport	Primary conference
Template:Sort (UAB)	Birmingham, Alabama	1969	2016	Public	18,568	Blazers	Template:College color boxes	rifle^[27]	American
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	2014Template:Efn	Public	20,641	Mountaineers	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	Sun Belt
Bellarmine University	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	2020	Private	3,846	Knights	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	ASUN
Campbell University	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	2011		11,241	Fighting Camels	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	CAA
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	2014Template:Efn		1,850	Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	Atlantic 10
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	2011		5,000	Runnin' Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	Big South
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	2016	Public	20,517	Eagles	Template:College color boxes	rifle^[27]	Sun Belt
Template:Sort	Dahlonega, Georgia	1873Template:Efn	2016	Public	16,064	Nighthawks	Template:College color boxes	rifle^[27]	Peach Belt Template:Efn
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1880	2019	Private	1,403	Blue Hose	Template:College color boxes	wrestling	Big South

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Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joins	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Sport	Primary Conference
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	2026	Private	16,000Template:Efn	Flames	Template:College color boxes	men's soccer	CUSA

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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 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	Joined	Left	Nickname	Colors	Current conference
Template:Sort	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1831	1921	1932	Crimson Tide	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	1971	2014	Mountaineers	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt
Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	1856	1921	1932	Tigers	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Template:Sort	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	1998	2013	Cougars	Template:College color boxes	CAA
Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	1889	1921	1953	Tigers	Template:College color boxes	ACC
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	1936	1988	Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	1992	2014	Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10
Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	1838	1928	1953	Blue Devils	Template:College color boxes	ACC
East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	1907	1964	1976	Pirates	Template:College color boxes	American
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	2003	2014	Phoenix	Template:College color boxes	CAA
Template:Sort	Gainesville, Florida	1853	1922	1932	Gators	Template:College color boxes	SEC
George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	1821	1941	1970	Colonials Template:Efn	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10
Template:Sort	Athens, Georgia	1785	1921	1932	Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	1992	2014	Eagles	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt
Template:Sort	Atlanta, Georgia	1885	1921	1932	Yellow Jackets	Template:College color boxes	ACC
Template:Sort	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	1921		Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1860	1922		Tigers	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia	1837	1976	1997	Thundering Herd	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt
Template:Sort	College Park, Maryland	1856	1923	1953	Terrapins	Template:College color boxes	Big Ten
Template:Sort	Oxford, Mississippi	1848	1922	1932	Rebels	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Mississippi State University	Starkville, Mississippi	1878	1921	1932	Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Template:Sort	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	1789		1953	Tar Heels	Template:College color boxes	ACC
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina	1887		1953	Wolfpack	Template:College color boxes	ACC
Template:Sort	Richmond, Virginia	1830	1936	1976	Spiders	Template:College color boxes	Atlantic 10
Sewanee: The University of the South	Sewanee, Tennessee	1857	1923	1932	Tigers	Template:College color boxes	SAA Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Columbia, South Carolina	1801	1922	1953	Gamecocks	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Template:Sort	Knoxville, Tennessee	1794	1921	1932	Volunteers	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	1834	1922		Green Wave	Template:College color boxes	American
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	1873	1922		Commodores	Template:College color boxes	SEC
Template:Sort	Charlottesville, Virginia	1819	1921	1937	Cavaliers	Template:College color boxes	ACC
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, Virginia	1872	1921	1965	Hokies	Template:College color boxes
Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	1834	1936	1953	Demon Deacons	Template:College color boxes
Washington and Lee University	Lexington, Virginia	1749	1921	1958	Generals	Template:College color boxes	ODAC Template:Efn
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	1950	1968	Mountaineers	Template:College color boxes	Big 12
Template:Sort	Williamsburg, Virginia	1693	1936	1977	Tribe	Template:College color boxes	CAA

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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.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	SoCon sport	Primary conference during SoCon associate membership	Current conference in former SoCon sport
Template:Sort	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	2015	2021	Federal (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4,417	Falcons	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)	Mountain West	ASUN
Bellarmine University	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	2014	2021	Private	3,369	Knights	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)	GLVC Template:Efn, ASUN Template:Efn	ASUN
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	2018	2022	Private	8,080	Bruins	Template:College color boxes	soccer (m)	OVC	MVC
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	2017	2020	Public	21,705	Chippewas	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (w)	MAC
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	2020	2021	Public	10,484	Chanticleers	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (w)	Sun Belt	ASUN
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	2017	2021	Public (HBCU)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5,054	Hornets	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (w)	MEAC	Northeast
Template:Sort	Detroit, Michigan	1870	2017	2020	Private	5,700	Titans	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (w)	Horizon	MAC
Hampton University	Hampton, Virginia	1868	2021	2022	Private	4,321	Pirates	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)	Big South	CAA
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	2014	2022	Private	4,500	Panthers	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)^[16]	Big South	Atlantic 10
Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	2014	2022	Private	3,741	Dolphins	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)^[16]	ASUN
Template:Sort	Richmond, Virginia	1830	2014	2022	Private	4,361	Spiders	Template:College color boxes	lacrosse (m)^[16]	Atlantic 10

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SoCon membership timeline

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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 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,^[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]

**Teams in Southern Conference competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's	Co-ed
Baseball	8	–	–
Basketball	10	8	–
Cross Country	10	10	–
Football	9	–	–
Golf	8	9	–
Rifle	2	3	3
Soccer	6	10	–
Softball	–	8	–
Tennis	8	8	–
Track and Field (Indoor)	9	9	–
Track and Field (Outdoor)	9	10	–
Volleyball	–	9	–
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
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
Future Members
Tennessee Tech	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	6
Totals	8	10	10	9	8	3+2Template:Efn	6	8	8	9	3+6Template:Efn	82+8

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	America East

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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
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
Future Members
Tennessee Tech	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Totals	8	10	9	3+3Template:Efn	10	8	8	9	10	9	87+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	America East	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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	colspan=2 Template:N/A
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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	Pepsi Softball Stadium	300	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium	3,000
style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"\| Liberty	colspan=8 Template:N/A	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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	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	colspan=2 Template:N/A	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
2014	Chattanooga	7–0
2015	Chattanooga† The Citadel	6–1
2016	The Citadel†	8–0
2017	Wofford†	7–1
2018	East Tennessee State Furman Wofford†	6–2
2019	Wofford†	7–1
2020	VMI†	6–1
2021	East Tennessee State†	7–1
2022	Samford†	8–0
2023	Furman†	7–1
2024	Mercer†	10–2

† Automatic bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship

Men's basketball

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

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

Relevant literature

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

Notes

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Southern Conference: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 03:15, 6 October 2025

Contents

History

Member schools

Current full members

Future members

Associate members

Future 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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-The '''Southern Conference''' ('''SoCon''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. Southern Conference [[College football|football]] teams compete in the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]] (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the [[U.S. state|states]] of [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Virginia]]. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third or fourth oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions.<ref name="SoConH">{{Cite news |date=2008-06-30 |title=The History of the Southern Conference |publisher=Southern Conference |url=https://soconsports.com/sports/2008/6/30/177772.aspx |access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref><ref group="lower-roman">Among conferences currently in operation, the [[Big Ten]] (1896) and [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]] (1907) are indisputably older. The [[Pac-12 Conference]] did not operate under its current charter until 1959 but claims the history of the [[Pacific Coast Conference]], founded in 1915, as its own. The [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC) was founded in 1914 but ceased operation in 1996. The [[Big Eight Conference]] claimed the same history as the Missouri Valley from 1907 to 1928 during its existence; though it essentially merged with four SWC members to form the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 1996, the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's legacy. The [[Ivy League]] was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955, but claims the history of the [[Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League]], which competed from 1901 to 1955, as its own.</ref>
+The '''Southern Conference''' ('''SoCon''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. Southern Conference [[College football|football]] teams compete in the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]] (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the [[U.S. state|states]] of [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Virginia]]. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third or fourth oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions.<ref name="SoConH">{{Cite news |date=2008-06-30 |title=The History of the Southern Conference |publisher=Southern Conference |url=https://soconsports.com/sports/2008/6/30/177772.aspx |access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref>{{refn|group="lower-roman"|Among conferences currently in operation, the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1896) and [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]] (1907) are indisputably older. The [[Pac-12 Conference]] did not operate under its current charter until 1959 but claims the history of the [[Pacific Coast Conference]], founded in 1915, as its own. The [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC) was founded in 1914 but ceased operation in 1996. The [[Big Eight Conference]] claimed the same history as the Missouri Valley from 1907 to 1928 during its existence; though it essentially merged with four SWC members to form the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 1996, the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's legacy. The [[Ivy League]] was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955, but claims the history of the [[Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League]], which competed from 1901 to 1955, as its own.}}
 The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a [[mid-major]] conference in basketball. The three-time Division I NCAA Football [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|champion]] [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State Mountaineers]] were a member of the conference when they stunned the [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|fifth-ranked]] [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]] [[2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game|34–32]] on September 1, 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Mother of All Upsets|author=Stewart Mandel|publisher=CNNSI|date=2007-09-01|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2007/09/mother-of-all-upsets.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209050011/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2007/09/mother-of-all-upsets.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref> The [[Davidson Wildcats men's basketball|Davidson Wildcats]] reached the Elite Eight in the [[2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] by upsetting power programs [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Gonzaga]], [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]], and [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Curry's sweet touch continues as Davidson eludes Wisconsin|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=2008-03-28|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128102328/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000014|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA football [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|champion]] [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern Eagles]] stunned [[Southeastern Conference]] power-house [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]] 26–20 in [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|The Swamp]] on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower-division opponent in the Florida program's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/11/23/florida-falls-to-georgia-southern-to-lose-its-sixth-in-a-row/3686607/|title=Florida falls to FCS opponent, won't be bowl eligible|author=David Jones|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2014-03-20}}</ref> In 2015, [[Furman Paladins football|Furman]] defeated [[UCF Knights football|UCF]] 16–15 and [[The Citadel Bulldogs football|The Citadel]] topped [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]] 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. On September 4, 2021, [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football|East Tennessee State University]] stunned [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] 23–3 in their opening game. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the [[NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Division I baseball championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2011/2611286.html|title=Preseason Projected Field Of 64|publisher=BaseballAmerica.com|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref>
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-| [[Citadel Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
+| [[The Citadel Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
 | {{college color boxes|Citadel Bulldogs}}
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+=== Future members ===
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joining !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors !! Current<br/>conference
+|-
+! [[Tennessee Tech|Tennessee Tech University]]
+| [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
+| 1915
+| 2026
+| Public
+| 9,902
+| $96.2
+| [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://soconsports.com/article/blt5e859df3f32b686d/|title=The Southern Conference Approves Tennessee Tech Membership|publisher=Southern Conference|date=August 13, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
+| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}
+| [[Ohio Valley Conference|Ohio Valley (OVC)]]
+|}
 ===Associate members===
-On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference, now known as the [[ASUN Conference]], announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2015 spring season (2014–15 school year). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for men's lacrosse for the 2015 spring season, instead joined the SoCon.<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX">{{cite press release |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407052929/http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The alliance remains in effect in men's lacrosse, but the leagues amicably ended their full alliance in women's lacrosse once the SoCon began sponsoring that sport in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 school year).<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX">{{cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1161510&SPID=186908&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211445189&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon to Add Women's Lacrosse as 22nd Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] as an associate member effective with the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) in order to keep both conferences at five women's lacrosse members for 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://goccusports.com/news/2020/2/7/womens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse to Move to SoCon Beginning in 2021 |publisher=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |date=February 7, 2020 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref> Coastal was intended to play in SoCon women's lacrosse in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) as well, but the SoCon decided to drop the sport after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year). While no formal announcement was made, the SoCon–ASUN women's lacrosse partnership definitively ended at that time, as the three full SoCon members who sponsored women's lacrosse moved that sport to the [[Big South Conference]]. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20210706esyw90 |title=Coastal Carolina and Delaware State Set to Rejoin ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=July 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>
+On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] (ASUN){{refn|group="lower-roman"|The Atlantic Sun officially used the shortened form of "ASUN Conference" from 2016 to 2023.}} announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2015 spring season (2014–15 school year). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for men's lacrosse for the 2015 spring season, instead joined the SoCon.<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX">{{cite press release |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407052929/http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The alliance remains in effect in men's lacrosse, but the leagues amicably ended their full alliance in women's lacrosse once the SoCon began sponsoring that sport in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 school year).<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX">{{cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1161510&SPID=186908&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211445189&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon to Add Women's Lacrosse as 22nd Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] as an associate member effective with the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) in order to keep both conferences at five women's lacrosse members for 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://goccusports.com/news/2020/2/7/womens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse to Move to SoCon Beginning in 2021 |publisher=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |date=February 7, 2020 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref> Coastal was intended to play in SoCon women's lacrosse in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) as well, but the SoCon decided to drop the sport after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year). While no formal announcement was made, the SoCon–ASUN women's lacrosse partnership definitively ended at that time, as the three full SoCon members who sponsored women's lacrosse moved that sport to the [[Big South Conference]]. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20210706esyw90 |title=Coastal Carolina and Delaware State Set to Rejoin ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=July 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>
 The men's lacrosse partnership took a slightly different form from the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) forward, as the ASUN reinstated its men's lacrosse league. The two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs separated, with Jacksonville remaining in SoCon men's lacrosse while Bellarmine joined the ASUN men's lacrosse league. SoCon associate Air Force also left for ASUN men's lacrosse.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |title=ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181350/https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |url-status=dead }}</ref> The SoCon maintained its automatic NCAA tournament berth with the addition of [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Hampton]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Hampton joining SoCon as associate member for men's lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180343/https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 | {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
 | [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
-| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
+| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
 ! [[Appalachian State University]]
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 | wrestling
-| [[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
 |-
 ! [[Campbell University]]
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 ! Primary Conference
 |-
-| '''[[Liberty University]]'''
+! [[Liberty University]]
 | [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
 | 1971
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 |[[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
 |{{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
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+|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
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 |[[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
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-|[[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
+|[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
 |-
 ![[Vanderbilt University]]
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 | lacrosse (m)
 | [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
-| [[ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
 |-
 ! [[Bellarmine University]]
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 | lacrosse (m)
 | [[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}},<br/>[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]{{efn|group=fam|Bellarmine had been a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from that league's formation in 1978 until moving to Division I in 2020 as a new member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.}}
-| [[ASUN]]
+| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
 |-
 ! [[Belmont University]]
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 | lacrosse (w)
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
+| colspan=2 align=center | [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
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 ! [[Coastal Carolina University]]
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 ! {{sort|Detroit|[[University of Detroit Mercy]]}}
-| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
+| [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
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 | 2017
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 | lacrosse (m)
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+| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
-| [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
+| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 |-
 ! [[High Point University]]
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-| [[Big South]]
+| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
 | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
 |-
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 | lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
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 |-
 ! {{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
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-| colspan="2"|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
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     bar:44 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[Mercer University|Mercer]] (2014–present)
+   bar:45 shift:(-52) color:Full from:2026 till:end text:[[Tennessee Technological University|Tennessee Tech]] (2026–future)
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+|-
+! colspan="13" | Future Members
+|-
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 |-
 | <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>Wofford</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=w|Co-ed rifle team}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||10
+|-
+! colspan="13" | Future Members
+|-
+| <big>Tennessee Tech</big> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
 |-
 | <big>Totals</big> ||8 ||10 ||9 || 3+3{{efn|group=w|Associate members Georgia Southern (women-only team), North Georgia (co-ed team), and UAB (co-ed team)}}||10 ||8 ||8 ||9 ||10 ||9 ||87+4
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 | <big>Mercer</big> || [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] || [[Big South Conference|Big South]] || No || No
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+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Chattanooga Mocs}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Chattanooga Mocs|Chattanooga Mocs|'''Chattanooga'''}}
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 |20,668
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 |10,928
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 |[[Jim Frost Stadium]]
 |3,000
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 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Citadel Bulldogs |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[The Citadel Bulldogs|{{color|white|'''Citadel'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Citadel Bulldogs}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Citadel Bulldogs|The Citadel Bulldogs|'''Citadel'''}}
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-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Non-soccer school''
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 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|East Tennessee State Buccaneers |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers|{{color|white|'''East Tennessee State'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|East Tennessee State Buccaneers|East Tennessee State Buccaneers|'''East Tennessee State'''}}
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 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Furman Paladins |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Furman Paladins|{{color|white|'''Furman'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Furman Paladins}}"| [[Furman Paladins|{{white|'''Furman'''}}]]
 |[[Paladin Stadium]]
 |16,000
 |[[Timmons Arena]]
 |5,000
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 |[[Pepsi Softball Stadium]]
 |300
 |[[Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (Greenville, South Carolina)|Eugene E. Stone III Stadium]]
 |3,000
+|-bgcolor=lightgreen
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Liberty Flames}}"| [[Liberty Flames men's soccer|{{white|'''Liberty'''}}]]
+| colspan=8 {{N/A|''Men's soccer-only member''}}
+|Osborne Stadium
+|1,000
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mercer Bears |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Mercer Bears|{{color|white|'''Mercer'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mercer Bears}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Mercer Bears|Mercer Bears|'''Mercer'''}}
 |[[Five Star Stadium]]
 |10,200
@@ Line 1,257: / Line 1,299: @@
 |500
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Samford Bulldogs |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Samford Bulldogs|{{color|white|'''Samford'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Samford Bulldogs}}"| [[Samford Bulldogs|{{white|'''Samford'''}}]]
 |[[Pete Hanna Stadium]]
 |6,700
@@ Line 1,268: / Line 1,310: @@
 |[[Samford Track and Soccer Complex]]
 |1,200
+|-bgcolor=lightgreen
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|'''Tennessee Tech'''}}
+| [[Tucker Stadium]]
+| 16,500
+| [[Eblen Center]]
+| 9,280
+| [[Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex]]
+| 1,100
+| Tech Softball Field
+| {{nts|800}}
+| Tech Soccer Field
+| {{nts|800}}
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UNC Greensboro Spartans |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UNC Greensboro Spartans|{{color|white|'''UNC Greensboro'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|UNC Greensboro Spartans|UNC Greensboro Spartans|'''UNC Greensboro'''}}
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Non-football school''
+|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-football school''}}
 |[[Greensboro Complex #First Horizon Coliseum|First Horizon Coliseum]] (men's)<br/>[[Fleming Gymnasium]] (women's)
 |7,617<br/>2,320
@@ Line 1,280: / Line 1,334: @@
 |3,540
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|VMI Keydets |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[VMI Keydets|{{color|white|'''VMI'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|VMI Keydets}}"| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|VMI Keydets|VMI Keydets|'''VMI'''}}
 |[[Alumni Memorial Field]]
 |10,000
@@ Line 1,287: / Line 1,341: @@
 |[[Gray–Minor Stadium]]
 |1,400
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Non-softball school''
+|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
 |[[Patchin Field]]
 |1,000
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Carolina Catamounts |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Western Carolina Catamounts|{{color|white|'''Western Carolina'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Carolina Catamounts}}"| [[Western Carolina Catamounts|{{white|'''Western Carolina'''}}]]
 |[[Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium|E. J. Whitmire Stadium]]
 |13,742
@@ Line 1,303: / Line 1,357: @@
 |1,000
 |-
-| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wofford Terriers |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Wofford Terriers|{{color|white|'''Wofford'''}}]]
+| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wofford Terriers}}"| [[Wofford Terriers|{{white|'''Wofford'''}}]]
 |[[Gibbs Stadium]]
 |13,000
@@ Line 1,310: / Line 1,364: @@
 |[[Russell C. King Field]]
 |2,500
-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Non-softball school''
+|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
 |[[Snyder Field (Spartanburg, South Carolina)|Snyder Field]]
 |2,250
@@ Line 1,486: / Line 1,540: @@
 !Reg. season champion
 !Tournament champion
-|-
-| align=center | [[2014 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2014]]
-| {{cbsb link|year=2014|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
-| {{cbsb link|year=2014|team=Georgia Southern Eagles|title=Georgia Southern}}
 |-
 | align=center | [[2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament|2015]]
@@ Line 1,529: / Line 1,579: @@
 | {{cbsb link|year=2024|team=UNC Greensboro Spartans|title=UNC Greensboro}}
 | {{cbsb link|year=2024|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}
+|-
+| align="center" |[[2025 Southern Conference baseball season|2025]]
+|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers baseball|East Tennessee State]]
+|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers baseball|East Tennessee State]]
 |}

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