document_title: Southeastern Conference

question_text: when did texas a&m join the sec conference

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text: Southeastern Conference

text: Member universities[edit]

text: Current members[edit]

text: The SEC consists of 14 member institutions located within the borders of 11 contiguous states. Listed in alphabetical order, these 11 states within the SEC's geographical footprint are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The geographic domain of the conference is predominantly within the Southeastern and Southern United States (with the notable exception of the border state of Missouri), and stretches from Texas in the west to South Carolina in the east and from Missouri in the north to Florida in the south.

text: The SEC is divided into East and West Divisions although the divisional labels are misnomers[4] given Missouri's East Division alignment while being located in the west geographically, and Auburn's West Division alignment despite being located considerably further east than Missouri and Vanderbilt. These divisional groupings are applied exclusively to football and baseball as well as their scheduling and standings.

text: Since July 1, 2012, the 14 members of the SEC are:

text:
Institution
Location
Founded
Joined
Type
Enrollment[cm 1]
Nickname
Colors

East Division

Florida !University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
1853
1932
Public
51,474
Gators

Georgia !University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
1785
1932
Public
35,197
Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs

Kentucky !University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
1865
1932
Public
29,385
Wildcats

Missouri !University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
1839
2012
Public
30,870
Tigers

South Carolina !University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
1801
1991
Public
31,980
Gamecocks

Tennessee !University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
1794
1932
Public
27,410
Volunteers[cm 2]

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
1873
1932
Private
12,686
Commodores

West Division

Alabama !University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1831
1932
Public
38,563
Crimson Tide

Arkansas !University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
1871
1991
Public
26,301
Razorbacks

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
1856
1932
Public
27,287
Tigers

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1860
1932
Public
30,863
Tigers/Lady Tigers[cm 3]

Mississippi !University of Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi
1848
1932
Public
20,890
Rebels

Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
1878
1932
Public
21,884
Bulldogs

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
1876
2012
Public
62,185
Aggies

text:
Jump up ^ Enrollment figures include both undergraduate and graduate students.
Jump up ^ During the 2017–18 school year, Tennessee once again allowed all of its women's sports teams to use the traditional women's nickname of "Lady Volunteers" if they wished, reversing a change made in 2015 that saw only the women's basketball team retain "Lady Volunteers".
Jump up ^ LSU uses the "Lady Tigers" nickname in women's sports that also have men's teams. Teams in sports that are only sponsored for women use "Tigers".[5]

text: Former members[edit]

text:
Institution
Location
Founded
Nickname
Joined
Left
Current

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
1885
Yellow Jackets
1932
1964
ACC

Sewanee: The University of the South
Sewanee, Tennessee
1857
Tigers
1932
1940
SAA

Tulane University
New Orleans
1834
Green Wave
1932
1966
AAC

text: History[edit]

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text: Founding and former members[edit]

text: The SEC was established on December 8 and 9, 1932, when the thirteen members of the Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains left to form their own conference. Ten of the thirteen founding members have remained in the conference since its inception: the University of Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University ("LSU"), the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), Mississippi State University, the University of Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University.

text: The other charter members were:

text:
The University of the South ("Sewanee") left the SEC on December 13, 1940, and later de-emphasized varsity sports.[6] It is currently a member of the Division III Southern Athletic Association.
Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") left the SEC in 1964. In 1975, it became a founding member of the Metro Conference, one of the predecessors to today's Conference USA. Georgia Tech competed in the Metro Conference in all sports except football, in which it was independent (the Metro did not sponsor football). In 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained ever since.
Tulane University left the SEC in 1966. Along with Georgia Tech, it was a charter member of the Metro Conference. Unlike Tech, however, Tulane remained in the Metro Conference until it merged with the Great Midwest Conference in 1995 to form Conference USA. Tulane remained an independent in football until C-USA began football competition in 1996. Tulane left C-USA in 2014 for the American Athletic Conference.

text: 1990 expansion[edit]

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

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

text: Following expansion, the SEC was the first conference to receive permission from the NCAA to sponsor an annual football championship game, featuring the winners of the conference's Eastern and Western divisions.[7] The 1992 and 1993 championship games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, and all championship games from 1994 onward have been held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta until 2016. Beginning in 2017, the SEC Championship Game is played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, also in Atlanta.[7]

text: 2012 expansion[edit]

text: On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that Texas A&M University would join the SEC effective July 1, 2012, with Texas A&M to begin competition in nineteen of the twenty sports sponsored by the SEC during the 2012–13 academic year.[8] On November 6, 2011 the SEC commissioner announced that the University of Missouri would also join the SEC on July 1, 2012.[9] For football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division.[10][11][12][13] Texas A&M and Missouri both left the Big 12 Conference.

text: Commissioners[edit]

text: The office of Commissioner was created in 1940.[14]

text:
Years
Commissioners

1940–1945
Martin S. Conner

1951–1965
Bernie Moore

1966–1971
A. M. "Tonto" Coleman

1972–1985
H. Boyd McWhorter

1986–1989
Harvey W. Schiller

1990–2001
Roy F. Kramer

2002–2015
Michael Slive

2015–present
Greg Sankey

text: Membership timeline[edit]

text: Academics and SECU[edit]

text: The formation of SECU and SEC academic network[edit]

text: Under the leadership of Michael F. Adams the then President of the University of Georgia and chair of SEC Presidents and Chancellors, the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference joined forces in 2005 to form the SEC Academic Consortium (SECAC), a collaborative endeavor designed to promote research, scholarship, and achievement amongst the universities.[15]

text: In 2011, the SEC Academic Consortium was relocated to the SEC headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, from its original home on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was renamed SECU. The SECU rebranded its mission to better serve as a means through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of Southeastern Conference universities would be promoted and advanced. The SECU's goals included highlighting the endeavors and achievements of SEC faculty, students and its universities; advancing the academic reputation of SEC universities; identifying and preparing future leaders for high-level service in academia; increasing the amount and type of study abroad opportunities available for students; and providing opportunities for collaboration among SEC university personnel.[16][17] The Big Ten Conference has a similar program called the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

text: The SEC Symposium component of SECU was crafted by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, who at the time was the Vice President of the SEC Executive Committee and liaison to SECU.[18] In an interview with Dr. Zeppos about the formation of the SECU he noted, "that the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference are committed to a shared mission of fostering research, scholarship, and achievement. The SEC Symposium represents a platform to connect, collaborate and promote a productive dialogue that will span disciplinary and institutional boundaries and allow us to work together for the betterment of society."[19]

text: The SEC Academic Network was created in 2009 in partnership with ESPN. The SEC Academic Network was an online library of institutionally produced videos featuring academic initiatives and stories from all Southeastern Conference institutions. The SEC Academic Network was officially merged into the SECU operation.[20]

text: SECU academic programs[edit]

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text: There are several programs that have been implemented under SECU.[21]

text: The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program seeks to identify, prepare, and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has two components, a university-level program and two three-day, SEC-wide workshops held on specified campuses for all participants.

text: The SEC Faculty Achievement and Professor of the Year Awards recognize faculty with outstanding records in research and scholarship. There is one winner per campus and one overall winner for the Conference.

text: The SEC Faculty Travel Grant Program is intended to enhance collaboration that stimulates scholarly initiatives between SEC universities. The program offers faculty from each SEC university the opportunity to travel to other SEC universities to develop grant proposals and conduct research.

text: The SEC College Tour occurs each spring, and administrators from all SEC universities participate in events intended to introduce SEC universities to students, parents, and high school counselors from outside of the Southeast region.

text: The SEC Symposium is an academic conference-type event intended to address a scholarly issue in an area of strength represented by all SEC universities. Held in Atlanta, this marquee event puts on display the research and innovation of SEC institutions for an audience of academicians, government officials, grant funding agents, and other stakeholders.

text: In 2013, the SEC Symposium was organized and led by the University of Georgia and the UGA Bioenergy Systems Research Institute. The topic of the Symposium was titled, the "Impact of the Southeast in the World's Renewable Energy Future".[22]

text: The SEC Cooperative Education Abroad Agreement provides opportunities for students from all SEC universities to access international programs offered at other SEC universities. As part of a renewable agreement, Italian engineering students from the Politecnico di Torino (PdT) have the opportunity to enroll at SEC universities each fall, and engineering SEC students may study there the following spring.

text: The SEC MBA Case Competition are graduate level competitions provide an opportunity for SEC business schools to showcase their students' skills at solving simulated, real-world problems that cover the spectrum of business disciplines (e.g., organizational dynamics, budgeting, capitalization, competitive environment, etc.). The competition is held on one SEC campus and teams of four MBA students compete against other SEC teams, the best receiving various awards and recognition. The event is generally in April.

text: The SEC University Collaboration Program gives university personnel groups (e.g., deans of colleges, chief financial officers, etc.) a mechanism to share best practices and ideas. Regular meetings and workshops are held university campuses, the Conference office or other similar locations.

text: The International/Education Abroad Activities program was established as a part of a renewable agreement. Italian engineering students enroll at SEC universities each fall, and engineering SEC students study in Italy each spring (i.e., February to July) at the Politecnico di Torino. In addition, by utilizing a cooperative programming agreement, students from all SEC universities have access to education abroad programs offered at other SEC universities.

text: Association of American Universities[edit]

text: Four SEC institutions are members of the prestigious Association of American Universities: Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Prior to the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M from the Big 12, the SEC had the fewest AAU members among Power Five conferences. The Big 12 Conference had seven AAU members through the 2010–11 school year, but four of these schools left the conference in 2011 and 2012—Nebraska for the Big Ten in 2011, Colorado for the Pac-12 in 2012, and Missouri and Texas A&M for the SEC in 2012, leaving that conference with three AAU members.

text: Spending and revenue[edit]

text: Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds, and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food, and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance costs.

text:
Conference Rank
(2014–15)
National Rank
(2014–15)
Institution
2014–15 Total Revenue from Athletics[23]
2014–15 Total Expenses on Athletics[23]

1
1
Texas A&M !Texas A&M University
$192,608,876
$109,313,651

2
5
Alabama !University of Alabama
$148,911,674
$132,354,913

3
6
Florida !University of Florida
$147,105,242
$125,384,443

4
7
Louisiana State !Louisiana State University
$138,642,237
$121,947,775

5
9
Tennessee !University of Tennessee
$126,584,033
$113,413,325

6
11
Auburn !Auburn University
$124,657,247
$115,498,047

7
14
Kentucky !University of Kentucky
$116,494,690
$115,159,039

8
15
Georgia !University of Georgia
$116,151,279
$96,559,307

9
16
Arkansas !University of Arkansas
$114,172,847
$97,106,539

10
17
South Carolina !University of South Carolina
$113,172,545
$107,430,044

11
30
Missouri !University of Missouri
$91,217,778
$86,859,158

12
34
Mississippi !University of Mississippi
$87,602,519
$82,399,898

13
45
Mississippi State !Mississippi State University
$75,400,407
$69,493,395

N/A
N/A
Vanderbilt University
Not reported
Not reported

text: Facilities[edit]

text:
School
Football stadium
Capacity
Basketball arena
Capacity
Baseball stadium
Capacity

Alabama
Bryant–Denny Stadium[24]
101,821
Coleman Coliseum[24]
15,383
Sewell–Thomas Stadium[24]
8,500

Arkansas
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium[25] (primary)
War Memorial Stadium[25] (secondary)[1]
72,000
53,727
Bud Walton Arena[25]
19,368
Baum Stadium/George Cole Field[25]
10,737

Auburn
Jordan–Hare Stadium[26]
87,451
Auburn Arena[27]
9,121
Plainsman Park[28]
4,096

Florida
Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium[29]
88,548
Stephen C. O'Connell Center[29]
10,133
McKethan Stadium[29]
5,500

Georgia
Sanford Stadium[30]
92,746
Stegeman Coliseum[31]
10,523
Foley Field[32]
3,291

Kentucky
Kroger Field[33]
61,000
Rupp Arena[34] (men)[2]
Memorial Coliseum[35] (women)
23,500
8,000
Cliff Hagan Stadium[36][f 1]
3,000

LSU
Tiger Stadium[38]
102,321
Pete Maravich Assembly Center[39]
13,215
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field[40]
10,326

Mississippi
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium[41]
64,038
The Pavilion at Ole Miss[41]
9,500
Oxford–University Stadium at Swayze Field[41]
8,500

Mississippi State
Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field[42]
61,337
Humphrey Coliseum[42]
10,575
Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium[43]
15,000[44]

Missouri
Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium[45]
71,168
Mizzou Arena[45]
15,061
Taylor Stadium[45]
3,031

South Carolina
Williams-Brice Stadium[46]
80,250
Colonial Life Arena[46]
18,000
Founders Park[46]
8,242

Tennessee
Neyland Stadium[47]
102,455
Thompson–Boling Arena[47]
21,678
Lindsey Nelson Stadium[47]
3,800

Texas A&M
Kyle Field[48]
102,733
Reed Arena[49]
12,989
Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park[50]
6,100[51]

Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Stadium[52]
40,350
Memorial Gymnasium[52]
14,316
Hawkins Field[52]
3,700

text: Jump up ^ The 2018 season will be Kentucky's last at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The school is building a new ballpark and plans to open it for the 2019 season.[37]

text: ^ One non-conference game per year at Little Rock through 2018.

text: Sports[edit]

text: The Southeastern Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[53] Under SEC conference rules reflecting the large number of male scholarship participants in football and attempting to address gender equity concerns (see also Title IX), each member institution is required to provide two more women's varsity sports than men's. A similar rule was recently adopted by the NCAA for all of Division I.[54][55]

text:
Teams in SEC Conference competition

Sport
Men's
Women's

Baseball

14

-

Basketball

14

14

Cross country

13

14

Equestrian

-

4

Football

14

-

Golf

14

14

Gymnastics

-

8

Soccer

-

14

Softball

-

13

Swimming & Diving

10

12

Tennis

13

14

Indoor Track & Field

13

14

Outdoor Track & Field

13

14

Volleyball

-

13

text: Men's sponsored sports by school[edit]

text:
School
Baseball
Basketball
Cross
Country
Football
Golf
Swimming &
Diving
Tennis
Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Total SEC Sports

Alabama

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Arkansas

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

8

Auburn

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Florida

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Georgia

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Kentucky

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

LSU

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Mississippi

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

8

Mississippi State

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

8

Missouri

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

8

South Carolina

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

8

Tennessee

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Texas A&M

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Vanderbilt

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

6

Totals

14

14

13

14

14

10

13

13

13

118

text: Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools:

text:
School
Rifle*
Soccer
Wrestling

Kentucky
Great America Rifle Conference
Conference USA
No

Missouri
No
No
Mid-American Conference

South Carolina
No
Conference USA
No

text: * = Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team.

text: Women's sponsored sports by school[edit]

text:
School
Basketball
Cross Country
Equestrian
Golf
Gymnastics
Soccer
Softball
Swimming &
Diving
Tennis
Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Volleyball
Total SEC Sports

Alabama

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Arkansas

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Auburn

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

12

Florida

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Georgia

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

12

Kentucky

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

LSU

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Mississippi

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Mississippi State

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

9

Missouri

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

South Carolina

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Tennessee

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

10

Texas A&M

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

11

Vanderbilt

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

8

Totals

14

14

4

14

8

14

13

12

14

14

14

13

148

text: Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools:

text:
School
Beach Volleyball
Bowling
Rowing
Rifle[a]
Lacrosse

Alabama
No
No
Big 12
No
No

Florida
No
No
No
No
Big East[b]

LSU
CCSA
No
No
No
No

Kentucky
No
No
No
Great America Rifle
No

Mississippi
No
No
No
Great America Rifle
No

Mississippi State
Independent
No
No
No
No

South Carolina
CCSA
No
No
No
No

Tennessee
No
No
Big 12
No
No

Vanderbilt
No
Southland Bowling
No
No
Big East[b]

text:
Jump up ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team, and Ole Miss has a women's team.
^ Jump up to: a b Florida and Vanderbilt will move their women's lacrosse teams to the American Athletic Conference when that league starts sponsoring women's lacrosse in 2018–19.[56]

text: Current champions[edit]

text:
(RS) indicates regular-season champion
(T) indicates tournament champion

text:
Season
Sport
Men's champion
Women's champion

Fall 2016
Cross Country
Arkansas
Arkansas

Football
Alabama

-

Soccer

-

South Carolina (RS)
Florida (T)

Volleyball

-

Missouri/Florida

Winter 2016−17
Basketball
Kentucky (RS)
Kentucky (T)
South Carolina (RS)
South Carolina (T)

Equestrian

-

Georgia

Gymnastics

-

LSU (RS)
LSU (T)

Swimming & Diving
Florida
Texas A&M

Track & Field (Indoor)
Arkansas
Arkansas

Spring 2017
Baseball
Florida/LSU (RS)
LSU (T)

-

Softball

-

Florida (RS)
Ole Miss (T)

Golf
Vanderbilt
Florida

Tennis
Georgia/Texas A&M (RS)
Georgia (T)
Vanderbilt (RS)
Vanderbilt (T)

Track & Field (Outdoor)
Texas A&M
Arkansas

text: Source: SECSports.com.[57]

text: Football[edit]

text: For the current season, see 2017 Southeastern Conference football season.

text: The conference has come under severe media scrutiny for its poor officiating over the past several years. They had so much scrutiny for biased officiating that the commissioner put an end to all contact and complaint forms. Thus, trying to silence the same people that made him a multi-millionaire. The conference has also been scrutinized for continuing to keep its home office just minutes away from the University of Alabama's campus with many graduates working for the conference, including as officials on football field.

text: Scheduling[edit]

text: SEC teams did not play a uniform number of conference games until 1982. Prior to that the number of conference games teams played ranged from 4 to 8, but most played a 6 or 7 game schedule. The league adopted a uniform 6 game schedule from 1982 to 1987, and added a 7th conference game from 1988 to 1991. Through this period and through the earlier years each SEC school had 5 permanent opponents, developing some traditional rivalries between schools, and the other games rotated around the other members of the conference.

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

text: From 1992 through 2002, each team had two permanent inter-divisional opponents, allowing many traditional rivalries from the pre-expansion era (such as Florida vs. Auburn, Kentucky vs. LSU, and Vanderbilt vs. Alabama) to continue. However, complaints from some league athletic directors about imbalance in the schedule (for instance, Auburn's two permanent opponents from the East were Florida and Georgia – two of the SEC's stronger football programs at the time – while Mississippi State played Kentucky and South Carolina every year) led to the SEC reducing the number of permanent inter-division opponents to one starting in the 2003 season. The TV networks televising SEC games were also pressuring for the change so attractive match-ups between non-traditional opponents would occur 2 of every 5 years instead of happening 2 of every 8 years. With the subsequent expansion to 14 members in 2012, non-permanent cross-division opponents face each other in the regular season twice in a span of 12 years. The conference has been under heavy criticism for continuing the unequal scheduling. Some schools are presented with more difficult schedules each year. Permanent cross divisional "rivalries" was put in place for primarily 4 schools to their benefit. The state of Alabama, where the conference is located, has primarily University of Alabama graduates and Alabama locals working at it. The conference has come under fire for the bias nature in which they conduct their business, as well as, the financial support the conference being in Alabama gives the closest university there. They even have the SEC baseball championship tournament there each year bringing in millions of dollars into that state and community.

text: Under the current format, each school plays a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other six teams in its division, one school from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year. The current scheduling arrangement was put in place to satisfy 4 schools only. Some schools do not want to change because they have an easier path each year by playing a weaker opponent. This arrangement also makes it impossible for member teams to play each other for several years. The current scheduling arrangement was originally set to expire after the 2015 season, but the SEC presidents voted 10–4[58] in April 2014 to keep the current format for an additional six to eight seasons beyond 2015.[59] Additionally, beginning in 2016, SEC teams will be required to schedule at least one opponent each season from the other so-called "Power Five" conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, or Pac-12); games against football independent schools also qualify, including Army, BYU, and Notre Dame.[59][60][61]

text: The following table shows the current permanent inter-divisional opponent for each school listed by total number of games played (records through week 11 of the 2015 season with West Division wins listed first):[62]

text:
West Division
East Division
Series Record

Auburn
Georgia
55–57–8[63]

Alabama
Tennessee
53–38–7[64]

Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
50–39–2[65]

LSU
Florida
28–32–3[66]

Mississippi State
Kentucky
22–21[67]

Arkansas
Missouri
3–5[68]

Texas A&M
South Carolina
3–0[69]

text: All-time school records (ranked according to winning percentage)[edit]

text: Through end of the 2015 season. Records reflect official NCAA results, including any forfeits or win vacating.

text:
#
SEC
Record
Win %
SEC championships
Claimed national championships

1
Alabama
864–326–43
.718
26
16

2
Tennessee
820–371–54
.680
13
6

3
LSU
771–404–47
.650
11
3

4
Georgia
794–418–54
.649
12
5

5
Auburn
749–427–47
.632
8
2

6
Florida
701–404–40
.630
8
3

7
Texas A&M
718–466–48
.602
0
3

8
Arkansas
700–484–40
.588
0
1

9
Ole Miss
655–504–35
.563
6
3

10
Missouri
668–541–53
.550
0
0

11
South Carolina
587–561–44
.511
0
0

12
Vanderbilt
589–599–50
.496
0
0

13
Kentucky
593–605–44
.495
2
1

14
Mississippi State
541–562–39
.491
1
0

text: Source: College Football Data Warehouse.[70]

text:
Alabama's record reflects 21 wins being vacated (2005–2007) and 8 wins and 1 tied forfeited (1993).
Mississippi State's record reflects 18 wins and 1 tie being forfeited (1975–1977).

text: Championship Game[edit]

text: The SEC Championship Game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The first two SEC Championship football games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 to 2016, the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Starting in 2017, the game will remain in Atlanta, but move to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where it will be held through at least 2027. The team designated as the "home" team alternates between division champions; the designation goes to the East champion in even-numbered years and the West champion in odd-numbered years. As of 2016, the West division leads in overall wins in the championship game against the East division, 14 to 11.

text: Bowl games[edit]

text: The post-season bowl game tie-ins for the SEC for the 2014–2019 seasons are:[71]

text:
Pick
Name
Location
Opposing Conference
Opposing Pick
Payout

1^
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Big 12
1
$18M

2†
Orange Bowl
Miami Gardens, Florida
ACC
1
$18M

3
Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
Big Ten – ACC°
3/4/5 – 2
$4.2M

4/5/6/7/8/9
Outback Bowl
Tampa, Florida
Big Ten
3/4/5
$3.5M

4/5/6/7/8/9
Belk Bowl
Charlotte, North Carolina
ACC
3/4/5/6/7
$1.7M

4/5/6/7/8/9
Texas Bowl
Houston, Texas
Big 12
4
$3.0M

4/5/6/7/8/9
Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
Big 12
5
$1.4M

4/5/6/7/8/9
TaxSlayer Bowl
Jacksonville, Florida
Big Ten – ACC‡
6/7/8 – 3/4/5/6/7
$2.8M

4/5/6/7/8/9
Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tennessee
Big Ten – ACC‡
6/7/8 – 3/4/5/6/7
$2.8M

10
Birmingham Bowl
Birmingham, Alabama
American
5
$1.1M

11
Independence Bowl
Shreveport, Louisiana
ACC
8/9/10
$1.2M

text: Payout is per team for the 2014 season; if different for opposing conference, payout for the SEC team is shown. Each conference member, irrespective of bowl participation, also receives an equal split of a payout to the SEC conference.[72][73][74]

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

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

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

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

text: Head coach compensation[edit]

text: The total pay of head coaches includes university and non-university compensation. This includes base salary, income from contracts, foundation supplements, bonuses and media and radio pay.[75]

text:
Conference Pay Rank
Institution
Head Coach
2015 Total Pay[76]

1
Alabama !University of Alabama
Saban, NickNick Saban
$7,087,481

2
Texas A&M University
Sumlin, KevinKevin Sumlin
$5,000,000

3
Mississippi !University of Mississippi
Freeze, HughHugh Freeze
$4,310,000

4
Auburn University
Malzahn, GusGus Malzahn
$4,104,500

5
South Carolina !University of South Carolina
Will Muschamp
$2,000,000

6
Mississippi State University
Mullen, DanDan Mullen
$4,000,000

7
Florida !University of Florida
McElwain, JimJim McElwain
$3,983,359

8
Arkansas !University of Arkansas
Bielema, BretBret Bielema
$3,960,666

9
Tennessee !University of Tennessee
Jones, ButchButch Jones
$3,633,000

10
Georgia !University of Georgia
Smart, KirbyKirby Smart
$3,500,000

11
Vanderbilt University
Mason, DerekDerek Mason
$2,399,576[77]

12
Missouri !University of Missouri
Odom, BarryBarry Odom
$2,350,000

13
Kentucky !University of Kentucky
Stoops, MarkMark Stoops
$3,263,600

14
LSU !Louisiana State University
Orgeron, EdEd Orgeron
$600,000 [h 1]

text: Jump up ^ The figure represents Orgeron's salary for his previous position as defensive line coach. Named interim head coach September 25, 2016. Les Miles, who was fired the same day, had total compensation of $4,388,721.

text: Rivalries[edit]

text: Conference[edit]

text:
Team
Team
Rivalry Name
Trophy

Alabama
Auburn
Iron Bowl
James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy

Alabama
LSU
Alabama–LSU football rivalry
—

Alabama
Mississippi State
Alabama–Mississippi State football rivalry
—

Alabama
Ole Miss
Alabama–Ole Miss football rivalry
—

Alabama
Tennessee
Third Saturday in October
—

Arkansas
LSU
Battle for the Golden Boot
The Golden Boot[3]

Arkansas
Ole Miss
Arkansas–Ole Miss football rivalry
—

Arkansas
Missouri
Battle Line Rivalry
Battle Line Trophy

Arkansas
Texas A&M
Southwest Classic
Southwest Classic Trophy

Auburn
Florida
Auburn–Florida football rivalry
—

Auburn
Georgia
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
—

Auburn
LSU
Tiger Bowl[4]
—

Florida
Georgia
Florida–Georgia football rivalry [5]
Okefenokee Oar

Florida
LSU
Florida–LSU football rivalry
—

Florida
Tennessee
Florida–Tennessee football rivalry
—

Georgia
South Carolina
Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry
—

Georgia
Tennessee
Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry
—

Georgia
Vanderbilt
Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry
—

Kentucky
Mississippi State
Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry
—

Kentucky
Tennessee
Battle for the Barrel[6]

Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Kentucky–Vanderbilt football rivalry
—

LSU
Mississippi State
LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry
—

LSU
Ole Miss
Magnolia Bowl
Magnolia Bowl Trophy

LSU
Texas A&M
LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry
—

Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Egg Bowl
Golden Egg

Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Ole Miss–Vanderbilt football rivalry
—

Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry
—

text: Non-conference[edit]

text:
SEC team
Opponent
Rivalry name
Trophy

Alabama
Penn State
Alabama–Penn State football rivalry
—

Arkansas
Texas
Arkansas–Texas football rivalry
—

Auburn
Clemson
Auburn–Clemson football rivalry
—

Auburn
Georgia Tech
Auburn–Georgia Tech football rivalry
—

Auburn
Tulane
Auburn–Tulane football rivalry
—

Florida
Florida State
Florida–Florida State football rivalry
The Governor's Cup

Florida
Miami (FL)
Florida–Miami football rivalry
Seminole War Canoe Trophy[7]

Georgia
Clemson
Clemson–Georgia football rivalry

Georgia
Georgia Tech
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
The Governor's Cup

Kentucky
Indiana
Indiana–Kentucky rivalry
Bourbon Barrel

Kentucky
Louisville
Battle for the Governor's Cup
The Governor's Cup

LSU
Tulane
Battle for the Rag
Tiger Rag/Victory Flag[8]

Missouri
Illinois
Arch Rivalry
—

Missouri
Iowa State
Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry
Telephone Trophy

Missouri
Kansas
Border War
Indian War Drum

Missouri
Nebraska
Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry
Victory Bell

Missouri
Oklahoma
Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry
Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe

Ole Miss
Tulane
Ole Miss–Tulane football rivalry

Ole Miss
Memphis
Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry

South Carolina
Clemson
The Palmetto Bowl
The Hardee's Trophy

South Carolina
North Carolina
Battle of the Carolinas
—

Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry
—

Texas A&M
Baylor
Battle of the Brazos
—

Texas A&M
TCU
TCU–Texas A&M football rivalry

Texas A&M
Texas
Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry
Lone Star Trophy

Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry
—

Vanderbilt
Sewanee
Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry
—

text: Player awards[edit]

text: Each year, the conference selects various individual awards. In 1994, the conference began honoring former players from each school annually with the SEC Football Legends program.

text: 50th anniversary All-Time SEC Team[edit]

text: In 1982, the SEC Skywriters, a group of media covering the Southeastern Conference, selected members of their All-Time SEC Team for the first fifty years (1933–82) of the SEC.[78]

text:
Coach: Paul "Bear" Bryant
Offense
QB Archie Manning, Ole Miss 1968–70
HB Charley Trippi, Georgia 1942,45–46
HB Billy Cannon, LSU 1957–59
HB Herschel Walker, Georgia 1980–82
WR Don Hutson, Alabama 1932–34
WR Terry Beasley, Auburn 1969–71
TE Ozzie Newsome, Alabama 1974–77
OL John Hannah, Alabama 1970–72
OL Bruiser Kinard, Ole Miss 1935–37
OC Dwight Stephenson, Alabama 1977–79
OL Bob Suffridge, Tennessee 1938–40
OL Billy Neighbors, Alabama 1959–61
PK Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee 1981–84

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

text: Men's basketball[edit]

text: For the current season, see 2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season.

text: Since the 2012–13 season, SEC teams have played an 18-game conference schedule. Before expansion to 14 teams, the conference schedule was 16 games. Although the divisions were eliminated beginning with the 2011–12 season, that season's schedule was still set according to the divisional alignments, with each team facing each team from its own division twice and each team from the opposite division once. As part of the proposal by SEC head coaches that led to the scrapping of the divisional structure, a task force of four coaches and four athletic directors was set to discuss future conference scheduling. At that time, options included a revamped 16-game schedule, an 18-game schedule, or a full double round-robin of 22 conference games.[79] However, these discussions came before Texas A&M and Missouri were announced in late 2011 as incoming members for the 2012–13 season.

text: At the 2012 SEC spring meetings, league athletic directors adopted an 18-game conference schedule. Each school had one permanent opponent that it played home and away every season, and faced four other opponents in a home-and-home series during a given season, and then the remaining teams one each (four home, four away). The permanent opponents were Alabama-Auburn, Arkansas-Missouri, Florida-Kentucky, Georgia-South Carolina, LSU-Texas A&M, Ole Miss-Mississippi State, and Tennessee-Vanderbilt. The home-and-home opponents, apart from the permanent opponent, rotated each season.[80]

text: The 2014 SEC spring meetings saw a change to the scheduling format. While the athletic directors voted to stay with an 18-game conference schedule, they increased the number of permanent opponents for each school from one to three. Each school will retain its permanent opponent from the 2012–2014 period. Further details of the new scheduling format, including the complete list of permanent opponents, have yet to be finalized.[81]

text: Before the 1990 expansion to 12 schools, teams played a double round-robin, leading to an exhausting 18-game conference schedule. Not surprisingly, no team ever ran the table when the conference schedule featured 18 games; three teams went 17–1 (Kentucky in 1970 and 1986, LSU in 1981). During the period from 1992 to 2012 when the league slate was 16 games, Kentucky went undefeated in SEC play in 1996, 2003, and 2012 (although only the 2003 team went on to win the conference tournament).

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

text: The new SEC coordinator of basketball officials for 2013–14 was announced as Dr. Robert "Jake" Bell. Bell is a former SEC and NCAA tournament official. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.[82]

text: Basketball tournament[edit]

text: The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament (also known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the competition that determines the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Notably, it does not determine the SEC conference champion in men's basketball—the conference has awarded its championship to the team(s) with the best regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.[83] It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

text: With the expansion to 14 members in 2012, the 2013 tournament was the first with a new format covering five days. The teams seeded 11 through 14 play on the first day, with the winners advancing to play the No. 5 and 6 seeds on Thursday. The top four teams receive a "double bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals on Friday.

text: As of the most recently completed 2016–17 season, the tournament has most often been held at two venues that have each hosted 12 times. Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky served as the regular host from 1941 until the tournament was discontinued after the 1952 edition. The Georgia Dome in Atlanta first hosted the tournament in 1995 and most recently hosted in 2014. Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee is now the regular host, with that venue hosting the tournament from 2015 through 2025, except in 2018 and 2022 (years in which it will instead host the SEC women's basketball tournament).[84] Sometimes, the tournament will take place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, or Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. During the two seasons in the 2015–2025 period in which Nashville will not host the men's tournament, it will be held at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri in 2018 and Amalie Arena in 2022.[85]

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

text: NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations[edit]

text: † denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.

text:
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Venue and city

1948
Kentucky
58
Baylor
42
Madison Square Garden
New York

1949
Kentucky (2)
46
Oklahoma A&M
36
Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seattle

1951
Kentucky (3)
68
Kansas State
58
Williams Arena
Minneapolis

1958
Kentucky (4)
84
Seattle
72
Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky

1966
Texas Western
72
Kentucky
65
Cole Field House
College Park, Maryland

1975
UCLA (10)
92
Kentucky
85
San Diego Sports Arena
San Diego

1978
Kentucky (5)
94
Duke
88
The Checkerdome
St. Louis

1994
Arkansas
76
Duke
72
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina

1995
UCLA (11)
92
Arkansas
85
Kingdome
Seattle

1996
Kentucky (6)
76
Syracuse
67
Continental Airlines Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey

1997†
Arizona
84
Kentucky
79
RCA Dome
Indianapolis

1998
Kentucky (7)
78
Utah
69
Alamodome
San Antonio

2000
Michigan State (2)
89
Florida
76
RCA Dome
Indianapolis

2006
Florida
73
UCLA
57
RCA Dome
Indianapolis

2007
Florida (2)
84
Ohio State
75
Georgia Dome
Atlanta

2012
Kentucky (8)
67
Kansas
59
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans

2014
Connecticut
60
Kentucky
54
AT&T Stadium
Arlington, Texas

text: Awards[edit]

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

text: Baseball[edit]

text: Schools play a 30-game league schedule (10 three-game series). From 1996 through 2012, schools played all five schools within their division and five of the six schools from the opposite division. With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, schools will now miss three opponents from the opposite division in a given season.

text: Since 1990, the SEC has become the most successful conference on the college baseball diamond. That year, Georgia captured the conference's first national championship at the College World Series. Following that, LSU won 6 of the next 19 titles, including 5 of 10 between 1991 and 2000 and its sixth title in 2009. This was followed by South Carolina winning back to back titles in 2010 and 2011, Vanderbilt winning its first title in 2014, and Florida winning its first title in 2017. During that same span, nine teams have also been runners-up at the CWS. The CWS final series has featured two SEC teams in 1997, 2011, and 2017. The only current SEC member that has never appeared in the CWS is Kentucky. Among other current SEC members, only Missouri has not appeared in the CWS while a member of the SEC (and has yet to make the NCAA tournament as an SEC member), although it made six CWS appearances in the 1950s and 1960s while in the Big Eight Conference. Both Georgia Tech and Tulane have made appearances in the CWS after leaving the SEC.

text: SEC teams have also become leaders in total and average attendance over the years. In 2010 five of the top six drawing programs hailed from the SEC. Six more teams placed in the top 35 nationally.

text: The NCAA automatic berth is given to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, which was first started in 1977. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Since 1998, the tournament has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama and contested under the format used at the College World Series from 1988 through 2002, with two four-team brackets leading to a single championship game. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

text: SEC presidents and athletic directors voted to expand the SEC Tournament to 10 teams starting in 2012. The division winners received a bye on the first day of competition, and the tournament became single-elimination after the field is pared to four teams.

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

text: In addition to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, the Southeastern Conference usually gets several at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament. Many teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament despite failing to wi a game in the SEC Tournament. One of those, Mississippi State, went 0-2 in the 2007 SEC Tournament, but reached the College World Series in 2007.

text: College World Series champions, runners-up and scores[edit]

text: Note: Teams in bold are current SEC members who advanced to the CWS while in the conference. Teams in bold italics are current SEC members who were in another conference at the time of their appearance.

text:
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score(s)
Venue

1951
Oklahoma
Tennessee
3–2
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1952
Holy Cross
Missouri
8–4
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1954
Missouri
Rollins
4–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1958
Southern California (2)
Missouri
8–7
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1964
Minnesota
Missouri
5–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1975
Texas (3)
South Carolina
2–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1977
Arizona State (4)
South Carolina
2–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1979
Cal State Fullerton
Arkansas
2–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1983
Texas (4)
Alabama
4–3
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1990
Georgia
Oklahoma State
2–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1991
LSU
Wichita State
6–3
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1993
LSU (2)
Wichita State
8–0
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1996
LSU (3)
Miami (FL)
9–8
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

1997
LSU (4)
Alabama
13–6
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2000
LSU (5)
Stanford
6–5
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2002
Texas (5)
South Carolina
12–6
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2005
Texas (6)
Florida
4–2, 6–2
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2008
Fresno State
Georgia
6–7, 19–10, 6–1
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2009
LSU (6)
Texas
7–6, 1–5, 11–4
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2010
South Carolina
UCLA
7–1, 2–1 (11)
Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, Nebraska

2011
South Carolina (2)
Florida
2–1 (11), 5–2
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

2012
Arizona (4)
South Carolina
5–1, 4–1
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

2013
UCLA
Mississippi State
3–1, 8–0
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

2014
Vanderbilt
Virginia
9–8, 2–7, 3–2
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

2015
Virginia
Vanderbilt
1–5, 3–0, 4–2
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

2017
Florida
LSU
4–3, 6–1
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

text: College World Series appearances[edit]

text:
School
Appearances
Most recent
Highest finish

LSU
18
2017
1st (6x)

Florida
11
2017
1st

South Carolina
11
2012
1st (2x)

Mississippi State
9
2013
2nd

Arkansas
8
2015
2nd

Georgia
6
2008
1st

Missouri
6
1964
1st

Texas A&M
6
2017
5th

Alabama
5
1999
2nd (2x)

Auburn
4
1997
4th

Tennessee
4
2005
2nd

Ole Miss
5
2014
4th

Vanderbilt
3
2015
1st

Kentucky
0
N/A
N/A

text: Rivalries[edit]

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text: Several baseball rivalries have developed in the SEC:

text: LSU–Tulane

text: LSU–Mississippi State

text: South Carolina–Clemson

text: South Carolina–North Carolina

text: Women's basketball[edit]

text: The SEC has historically been the most dominant conference in women's basketball.[86] Since the 2009–10 season, teams have played a 16-game conference schedule with a single league table; prior to that time the conference schedule was 14 games, again in a single table.[87] Like SEC men's basketball, women's basketball used the divisional alignment for scheduling purposes through the 2011–12 season; however, the women's scheduling format was significantly different from the men's. Each team played home-and-home games against five schools—one permanent opponent, two teams from the same division, and two teams from the opposite division; the non-permanent home-and-home opponents rotated every two years.[88] The remaining games were single games against the six other schools in the conference, with three at home and three away.

text: The league voted to keep a 16-game league schedule even after the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M. Arkansas and LSU are no longer permanent opponents, with the Razorbacks picking up Missouri and the Lady Tigers picking up Texas A&M. The other permanent opponents are the same as men's basketball, except for Florida-Georgia and Kentucky-South Carolina (both pairs had been permanent women's basketball opponents before the 2012 expansion). Each school plays two others home-and-home during a given season and the other 10 once each. The divisional alignments no longer play any role in scheduling.[89]

text: The recent history of SEC women's basketball is dominated by Tennessee, who have won regular season and/or conference tournament championships in 20 of the last 22 seasons, as well as 8 national championships since 1987. In the 28 seasons the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship has been held, SEC schools have reached the Final Four 32 times, more than twice as often as any other conference.[90]

text: Basketball tournament[edit]

text: The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament is currently held a week before the men's basketball tournament. Like the men's version, it is a single-elimination tournament involving all conference members, with seeding based on regular season records. With the expansion to 14 schools, the bottom four teams in the conference standings play opening-round games, and the top four receive "double byes" into the quarterfinals. The winner earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Also paralleling the men's tournament, the women's tournament does not determine the SEC champion; that honor has been awarded based on regular-season record since the 1985–86 season.[91]

text: The tournament, inaugurated in 1980, was originally held on campus sites; the first tournament to take place at a neutral site was in 1987. The two most frequent sites for the tournament have been McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee (seven times) and the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia (six times); however, the tournament was last played in Albany in 1992 and Chattanooga in 2000. Because demand for women's tournament tickets is generally lower than for the men's tournament, it is typically played in a smaller venue than the men's tournament in the same season. The most frequent venues since 2000 have been Bridgestone Arena in Nashville (five times), Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia (four), and Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas (four).

text:
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Venue and city

1984
Southern Cal (2)
72
Tennessee
61
Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles

1985
Old Dominion
70
Georgia
65
Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas

1987
Tennessee
67
Louisiana Tech
44
Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas

1988
Louisiana Tech (2)
56
Auburn
54
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, Washington

1988
Tennessee (2)
76
Auburn
70
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, Washington

1990
Stanford
88
Auburn
81
Thompson–Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tennessee

1991†
Tennessee (3)
70
Virginia
67
Lakefront Arena
New Orleans

1995
Connecticut
70
Tennessee
64
Target Center
Minneapolis

1996
Tennessee (4)
83
Georgia
65
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina

1997
Tennessee (5)
68
Old Dominion
59
Riverfront Coliseum
Cincinnati

1998
Tennessee (6)
93
Louisiana Tech
75
Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri

2000
Connecticut (2)
71
Tennessee
52
First Union Center
Philadelphia

2003
Connecticut (4)
73
Tennessee
68
Georgia Dome
Atlanta

2004
Connecticut (5)
70
Tennessee
61
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans

2007
Tennessee (7)
59
Rutgers
46
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland

2008
Tennessee (8)
64
Stanford
48
St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, Florida

2011
Texas A&M
76
Notre Dame
70
Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis

2017
South Carolina
67
Mississippi State
55
American Airlines Center
Dallas

text: Rivalries[edit]

text: Tennessee–UConn

text: Other sports[edit]

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

text: Rivalries[edit]

text: Alabama–Georgia, women's gymnastics[citation needed]

text: Alabama–Florida, women's softball[citation needed]

text: Auburn–Texas, men's swimming and diving[citation needed]

text: National team championships[edit]

text: Since the SEC's founding in December 1932, the varsity athletic teams of its current 14 members have won over 200 national team sports championships.

text: The following is the list of the national team championships claimed by current SEC member schools, including those tournament championships currently or formerly sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[93][94] The NCAA has never sponsored a tournament championship for major college football, the championship game for which is currently part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system. Prior to 1992, championships for major college football were determined by a "consensus" of major polling services, including the Associated Press and United Press International college football polls. Recognized women's championships from 1972 to 1982 were administered by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), not the NCAA. There was a one-year overlap period during the 1981–82 school year, when both the AIAW and the NCAA operated women's championship tournaments; since 1982, only the NCAA has sponsored women's championship tournaments. National equestrian tournament championships are currently sponsored by the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), not the NCAA. Those national championships dating from before 1933 predate the founding of the SEC in December 1932; championships won by Arkansas and South Carolina before the 1992–93 school year predate their membership in the SEC; championships won by Missouri and Texas A&M before the 2012–13 school year predate their membership in the SEC.

text:
Football (37):
1919 – Texas A&M*
1925 – Alabama*
1926 – Alabama*
1927 – Texas A&M*
1930 – Alabama*
1934 – Alabama
1938 – Tennessee
1939 – Texas A&M*
1940 – Tennessee
1941 – Alabama
1942 – Georgia
1950 – Tennessee/Kentucky
1951 – Tennessee
1957 – Auburn
1958 – LSU
1959 – Ole Miss
1960 – Ole Miss
1961 – Alabama
1962 – Ole Miss
1964 – Alabama/Arkansas*
1965 – Alabama
1967 – Tennessee
1973 – Alabama
1978 – Alabama
1979 – Alabama
1980 – Georgia
1992 – Alabama
1996 – Florida
1998 – Tennessee
2003 – LSU
2006 – Florida
2007 – LSU
2008 – Florida
2009 – Alabama
2010 – Auburn
2011 – Alabama
2012 – Alabama
2015 – Alabama
Baseball (12):
1954 – Missouri*
1990 – Georgia
1991 – LSU
1993 – LSU
1996 – LSU
1997 – LSU
2000 – LSU
2009 – LSU
2010 – South Carolina
2011 – South Carolina
2014 – Vanderbilt
2017 – Florida
Men's basketball (12):
1935 – LSU
1948 – Kentucky
1949 – Kentucky
1951 – Kentucky
1958 – Kentucky
1978 – Kentucky
1994 – Arkansas
1996 – Kentucky
1998 – Kentucky
2006 – Florida
2007 – Florida
2012 – Kentucky
Women's basketball (10):
1987 – Tennessee
1989 – Tennessee
1991 – Tennessee
1996 – Tennessee
1997 – Tennessee
1998 – Tennessee
2007 – Tennessee
2008 – Tennessee
2011 – Texas A&M*
2017 – South Carolina
Women's Bowling (1):
2007 – Vanderbilt
Boxing (1):
1949 – LSU
Men's Cross Country (12):
1972 – Tennessee
1984 – Arkansas*
1986 – Arkansas*
1987 – Arkansas*
1990 – Arkansas*
1991 – Arkansas*
1992 – Arkansas
1993 – Arkansas
1995 – Arkansas
1998 – Arkansas
1999 – Arkansas
2000 – Arkansas
Women's Cross Country (1):
1988 – Kentucky
Women's Equestrian (16):
2002 – Texas A&M*
2003 – Georgia
2004 – Georgia

2005 – South Carolina
2006 – Auburn
2007 – South Carolina
2008 – Georgia
2009 – Georgia
2010 – Georgia
2011 – Auburn
2012 – Texas A&M*
2013 – Auburn
2014 – Georgia
2015 – South Carolina
2016 – Auburn
2017 – Texas A&M
Men's golf (12):
1940 – LSU
1942 – LSU
1947 – LSU
1955 – LSU
1968 – Florida
1973 – Florida
1993 – Florida
1999 – Georgia
2001 – Florida
2005 – Georgia
2009 – Texas A&M*
2013 – Alabama
2014 – Alabama
2015 – LSU
Women's golf (4):
1985 – Florida
1986 – Florida
2001 – Georgia
2012 − Alabama
Women's gymnastics (20):
1982 – Florida (AIAW)
1987 – Georgia
1988 – Alabama
1989 – Georgia
1991 – Alabama
1993 – Georgia
1996 – Alabama
1998 – Georgia
1999 – Georgia
2002 – Alabama
2005 – Georgia
2006 – Georgia
2007 – Georgia
2008 – Georgia
2009 – Georgia
2011 – Alabama
2012 – Alabama
2013 – Florida
2014 – Florida
2015 – Florida
Rifle (1):
2011 – Kentucky
Women's soccer (1):
1998 – Florida
Softball (6):
1982 – Texas A&M (AIAW)*
1983 – Texas A&M*
1987 – Texas A&M*
2012 – Alabama
2014 – Florida
2015 – Florida
Men's Swimming (11):
1978 – Tennessee
1983 – Florida
1984 – Florida
1997 – Auburn
1999 – Auburn
2003 – Auburn
2004 – Auburn
2005 – Auburn
2006 – Auburn
2007 – Auburn
2009 – Auburn
Women's Swimming (15):
1979 – Florida (AIAW)
1982 – Florida
1999 – Georgia
2000 – Georgia
2001 – Georgia
2002 – Auburn
2003 – Auburn
2004 – Auburn
2005 – Georgia
2006 – Auburn
2007 – Auburn
2010 – Florida
2013 – Georgia
2014 – Georgia
2016 – Georgia
Men's tennis (6):
1985 – Georgia
1987 – Georgia
1999 – Georgia
2001 – Georgia
2007 – Georgia
2008 – Georgia

Women's tennis (10):
1992 – Florida
1994 – Georgia
1996 – Florida
1998 – Florida
2000 – Georgia
2003 – Florida
2011 – Florida
2012 − Florida
2015 – Vanderbilt
2017 – Florida
Men's Indoor Track (28):
1965 – Missouri*
1984 – Arkansas*
1985 – Arkansas*
1986 – Arkansas*
1987 – Arkansas*
1988 – Arkansas*
1989 – Arkansas*
1990 – Arkansas*
1991 – Arkansas*
1992 – Arkansas*
1993 – Arkansas
1994 – Arkansas
1995 – Arkansas
1997 – Arkansas
1998 – Arkansas
1999 – Arkansas
2000 – Arkansas
2001 – LSU
2002 – Tennessee
2003 – Arkansas
2004 – LSU
2005 – Arkansas
2006 – Arkansas
2010 – Florida
2011 – Florida
2012 − Florida
2013 – Arkansas
2017 – Texas A&M
Women's Indoor Track (14):
1987 – LSU
1989 – LSU
1991 – LSU
1992 – Florida
1993 – LSU
1994 – LSU
1995 – LSU
1996 – LSU
1997 – LSU
2002 – LSU
2003 – LSU
2004 – LSU
2005 – Tennessee
2009 – Tennessee
2015 – Arkansas
Men's Outdoor Track (23):
1933 – LSU
1974 – Tennessee
1985 – Arkansas*
1989 – LSU
1990 – LSU
1991 – Tennessee
1992 – Arkansas*
1993 – Arkansas
1994 – Arkansas
1995 – Arkansas
1996 – Arkansas
1997 – Arkansas
1998 – Arkansas
1999 – Arkansas
2001 – Tennessee
2002 – LSU
2003 – Arkansas
2009 – Texas A&M*
2010 – Texas A&M*
2011 – Texas A&M*
2012 − Florida
2013 − Florida / Texas A&M (tie)
2016 − Florida
2017 − Florida
Women's Outdoor Track (21):
1981 – Tennessee (AIAW)
1987 – LSU
1988 – LSU
1989 – LSU
1990 – LSU
1991 – LSU
1992 – LSU
1993 – LSU
1994 – LSU
1995 – LSU
1996 – LSU
1997 – LSU
2000 – LSU
2002 – South Carolina
2003 – LSU
2006 – Auburn
2008 – LSU
2009 – Texas A&M*
2010 – Texas A&M*
2011 – Texas A&M*
2014 – Texas A&M

text: * A championship marked by an asterisk (*) indicates that the institution was not a member of the SEC at the time of the championship.

text: National team titles claimed by current SEC institutions[edit]

text: The fourteen members of the Southeastern Conference claim over 200 national team championships in sports currently or formerly sponsored by conference members. The following totals include national team championships sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1906 to the present, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982, and, in football, the Bowl Alliance, Bowl Coalition, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and College Football Playoff (CFP) since 1992, as well as consensus national championships determined by the major football polls prior to 1992.

text:
LSU – 46
Arkansas – 43
Georgia – 36
Florida – 35
Alabama – 25
Tennessee – 23
Auburn – 19
Texas A&M – 17
Kentucky – 11
South Carolina – 9
Mississippi – 3
Vanderbilt – 3
Missouri – 2
Mississippi State – 0

text: NCAA and AIAW national tournament team titles won by current SEC institutions[edit]

text: The following totals include national team tournament championships sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1906 to the present and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982. The NCAA did not sponsor tournament championships in women's sports before the 1981–82 academic year, and the NCAA has never sponsored a national championship playoff or tournament in major college football. To date, the fourteen members of the SEC have won 212 NCAA and four AIAW championships,[95] including:

text:
LSU – 43
Arkansas – 42
Florida – 32
Georgia – 28
Tennessee – 17
Auburn – 14
Texas A&M – 12
Kentucky – 10
Alabama – 10
South Carolina – 3
Vanderbilt – 3
Missouri – 2
Mississippi – 0
Mississippi State – 0

text: Television and radio contracts[edit]

text: The SEC televises football games across various networks during the fall. SEC coverage is primarily provided by CBS and the ESPN family of networks, which includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ABC. Fox Sports Networks also has rights to air seven live football games over the course of the season.[96]

text: ESPN reported paying $2.25 billion for broadcast rights of SEC football games beginning in the 2009 season and running through fiscal year 2025.[97]

text: Games scheduled for airing are generally picked two weeks before they occur, with a few matches that are selected by CBS and ESPN prior to the season.[citation needed]

text: CBS has the first pick for a game and selects the highest-profile game to broadcast to a national, over-the-air audience. The CBS game is usually broadcast at 3:30 Eastern. Some weekends, CBS will air a doubleheader of SEC games.[98] CBS also has the rights for the SEC Championship Game.

text: ESPN will air several SEC games each week among its various channels, with Saturday time slots generally at 12:00 ET, 7:00 ET, and 7:45 ET, and some SEC games will be shown on Thursday nights. In previous years, Raycom Sports (and before it, Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial Sports) syndicated regional coverage for an SEC game of the week at 12:30 ET, but the new contract replaced it with a new ESPN-produced syndication package, the SEC Network—whose football games kickoff at 12:21 ET.[99]

text: The currently scheduled Fox Sports Net games are set for 7:00 ET.[100]

text: For games not selected by any broadcast provider, certain schools may offer regional pay-per-view.

text: As of 2008, all SEC schools are affiliated with XM Radio, offering their radio broadcasts to an audience on XM. According to SiriusXM, the SEC will not be included as part of the "Best of XM" package deal for Sirius customers.

text: 2008 television contract[edit]

text: During the 2007–2008 fiscal year review meeting, there was discussion among SEC leadership about the possibility of starting a TV network dedicated to its conference, much in the same way the Mountain West Conference and Big Ten Conference have done with the mtn. and Big Ten Networks, respectively. A decision was made to postpone the decision until at least the following year.[101]

text: In August 2008, the SEC announced an unprecedented 15-year television contract with CBS worth an estimated $55 million a year. This continues the relationship the SEC already has with CBS, which puts the SEC in the unique position as the only conference to have its own exclusive national television network of the four major over-the-air broadcast networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox) to display the SEC's events.[7]

text: In the same month, the league also announced another landmark television contract with ESPN worth $2.25 billion or $150 million a year for the life of the contract, which is for fifteen years. It is the longest and wealthiest contract among all television deals among the major conferences. With these contracts, the SEC had, at the time of the deal, the richest television deals in the country outside the Big Ten and helped make the SEC one of the most nationally televised and visible conferences in the country with the coverage that was provided by these contracts.[102][103]

text: 2014 SEC Network launch[edit]

text: The SEC Network is a television and multimedia network that features exclusively Southeastern Conference content through a partnership between ESPN and the SEC.[104] The network launched on August 14, 2014 with the first live football game scheduled for two weeks later between Texas A&M and South Carolina on Thursday, August 28 in Columbia, South Carolina[105]

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

text: Conference champions[edit]

text: The Southeastern Conference sponsors nine men's sports and twelve women's sports, and awards a conference championship in every one of them.