Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Established	1932
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FBS
Members	14
Sports fielded	20 (men's: 9; women's: 11)
Region	Southern United States
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama
Commissioner	Michael Slive (since 2002)
Website	secsports.com
Locations
Southeastern Conference locations

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in athletic competitions; for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A. The conference is one of the most successful financially, consistently leading most conferences in revenue distribution to its members, including an SEC record $220.0 million for the 2010–2011 fiscal year.

The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game (and award a subsequent title) for college football, and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The current SEC commissioner is Michael Slive.

History

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Locations of the SEC full-member institutions beginning on July 1, 2012

Founding and former members

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.

The other charter members were:

• The University of the South ("Sewanee") left the SEC in 1940, and later de-emphasized varsity athletics. It is currently a member of the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but will leave that conference in July 2012, along with six other SCAC members, to form a new Division III conference to be known as the 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. In 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained.

• 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 and became the new Conference USA in 1995. Tulane remained an independent in football until C-USA began football competition in 1996.

1991 expansion

Further information: Atlantic Coast Conference and Southwest Conference

In 1991, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of:

• University of Arkansas (see Arkansas Razorbacks for team history before SEC); and
• University of South Carolina (see South Carolina Gamecocks for team history before SEC).

The two new teams joined for the 1991–1992 basketball season. At the same time, the SEC split into two divisions—a Western Division comprising most of the schools in the Central Time Zone, and an Eastern Division comprising the schools in the Eastern Time Zone plus Vanderbilt (which is located in the Central Time Zone, but is in the Eastern Division to preserve its rivalry with Tennessee, while Alabama and Auburn are in the same division to preserve theirs despite Auburn being further east than Vanderbilt). This divisional format remains in place today for football and baseball; the divisions have been eliminated for basketball.

Also in 1992, 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. The 1992 and 1993 SEC Championships were held at Birmingham's Legion Field, and have since been held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

2012 expansion

See also: 2010–12 NCAA conference realignment

On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that Texas A&M University will 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. On November 6, 2011 the SEC commissioner announced that the University of Missouri will also be joining the SEC on July 1, 2012. For football, Texas A&M will compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division.

Membership timeline

Television and radio contracts

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 Net also has rights to air seven live football games over the course of the season.

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

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.

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 time. Some weekends, CBS will air a doubleheader of SEC games. CBS also has the rights for the SEC Championship Game.

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 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.

The currently scheduled Fox Sports Net games are set for 7:00 ET.

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

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.

2008 television contract

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.

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.

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 has, outside the Big Ten, the richest television deals in the country and will make the SEC the most nationally televised and visible conference in the country with the coverage that is provided by these contracts.

Commissioners

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This 75th anniversary logo was used during the 2007–2008 athletic season.

The office of Commissioner was created in 1940.

Years	Commissioners
1940–1946	Martin S. Conner
1947–1948	N.W. Dougherty (acting)
1948–1966	Bernie Moore
1966–1972	A. M. "Tonto" Coleman
1972–1986	H. Boyd McWhorter
1986–1989	Harvey W. Schiller
1988-89	Mark Womack (acting / two occasions)
1990–2002	Roy F. Kramer
2002–present	Michael Slive

Current members

The SEC currently has fourteen member institutions in eleven Southeastern states. The geographic domain of the conference stretches from Texas to South Carolina (west to east) and from Missouri to Florida (north to south).

The conference is divided into two geographic divisions: the Eastern Division and the Western Division. These groupings are most notably used in football and baseball. Starting with the 2011–12 season, the SEC scrapped its divisional alignment in men's basketball, following a vote by SEC head coaches on June 1, 2011 at the conference's annual meeting. This change makes the SEC more consistent with other conferences, since none of the other five "major conferences" use divisions in basketball even if they are used in football, baseball, etc. The conference also does not use divisions in women's basketball. The fourteen current members of the Southeastern Conference are:

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Year Joined	Nickname	Mascot
Eastern Division
University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida (124,491)	1853	Public	51,474	1932	Gators	Albert and Alberta
University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia (114,983)	1785	Public	35,520	1932	Bulldogs	Hairy Dawg, Uga (live bulldog)
University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky (296,545)	1865	Public	26,054	1932	Wildcats	The Wildcat, Scratch, Blue (live bobcat)
University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri (108,500)	1839	Public	33,805	2012	Tigers	Truman the Tiger	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina (129,333)	1801	Public	28,481	1991	Gamecocks	Cocky, Sir Big Spur (live rooster)
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee (184,802)	1794	Public	27,523	1932	Volunteers	Smokey (live Bluetick Coonhound), Smokey (costume)
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee (635,710)	1873	Private (Nonsectarian)	12,093	1932	Commodores	Mr. C
Western Division
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama (90,468)	1831	Public	31,747	1932	Crimson Tide	Big Al
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas (77,143)	1871	Public	23,153	1991	Razorbacks	Big Red, Boss Hog, Tusk III (live mascot)
Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama (53,380)	1856	Public	25,078	1932	Tigers	Aubie
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana (229,553)	1860	Public	28,985	1932	Tigers	Mike the Tiger (Mascot), Mike VI (live Bengali/Siberian mixed breed tiger)
Mississippi State University	Starkville, Mississippi (24,187)	1878	Public	21,424	1932	Bulldogs	Bully (Mascot), Bully (live bulldog)
Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas (94,347)	1876	Public	52,585	2012	Aggies	Reveille (live collie)
University of Mississippi	Oxford, Mississippi (19,000)	1848	Public	19,822	1932	Rebels	Rebel Black Bear

• ^* Enrollment figures include both undergraduate and graduate students.

Sports

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SEC Logo, 1992 to 2007

The Southeastern Conference sponsors championships in nine men's and ten women's sports.

• Baseball
• Basketball - Men's
• Basketball - Women's
• Cross-Country - Men's (except South Carolina)
• Cross-Country - Women's
• Football
• Golf - Men's
• Golf - Women's
• Gymnastics (Women's) (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU only; Missouri will join league competition in 2012-13)
• Indoor Track & Field - Men's
• Indoor Track & Field - Women's
• Outdoor Track & Field - Men's (except Vanderbilt)
• Outdoor Track & Field - Women's
• Soccer (Women's)
• Softball (Women's) (except Vanderbilt)
• Swimming and Diving - Men's (except Arkansas, MSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt)
• Swimming and Diving - Women's (except MSU and Ole Miss)
• Tennis - Men's
• Tennis - Women's
• Volleyball (Women's) (except Vanderbilt) - Note: The SEC voted to suspend the volleyball tournament for a period of three years beginning with the 2006 season.

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. The equivalent rule was recently adopted by the NCAA for all of Division I.

While South Carolina and Kentucky field men's soccer teams, the conference does not sponsor the sport; both schools in 2005 joined Conference USA for the sport. Conference USA also hosts the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee as single sports members for women's rowing, which the SEC does not sponsor. Florida and Vanderbilt both have women's lacrosse teams, and those teams compete in the single-sport American Lacrosse Conference.

When Missouri joins the SEC, it will be the only school to sponsor wrestling. No SEC school has sponsored the sport since LSU discontinued its program in 1985 in order to come into compliance with Title IX.

Sports facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Eastern Division
Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field	88,548	Stephen C. O'Connell Center	11,548	McKethan Stadium	5,500
Georgia	Sanford Stadium	92,746	Stegeman Coliseum	10,523	Foley Field	3,291
Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium	67,530	Rupp Arena (men) Memorial Coliseum (women)	23,000 8,500	Cliff Hagan Stadium	3,000
South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium	80,250	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	Carolina Stadium	8,200
Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	102,455	Thompson–Boling Arena	21,678	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	3,800
Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium	39,790	Memorial Gymnasium	14,316	Hawkins Field	3,700
Western Division
Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium	101,821	Coleman Coliseum (men) Foster Auditorium (women)	15,383 3,800	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6,571
Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (primary) War Memorial Stadium (secondary)	76,000 53,727	Bud Walton Arena	19,368	Baum Stadium	11,462
Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium	87,451	Auburn Arena	9,121	Plainsman Park	4,096
LSU	Tiger Stadium	92,542	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	13,215	Alex Box Stadium	10,326
Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	60,580	Tad Smith Coliseum	9,061	Swayze Field	8,500
Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field	55,082	Humphrey Coliseum	10,500	Dudy Noble Field	15,000
Future Members
Missouri	Faurot Field	71,004	Mizzou Arena	15,061	Taylor Stadium	3,031
Texas A&M	Kyle Field	83,002	Reed Arena	12,989	Olsen Field	5,400

• ^ Two or three games played each year at Little Rock, one or two non-conference game(s) and one SEC game (the LSU game if Arkansas is hosting that game).

Current SEC champions

Fall 2011

Sport	School
Cross Country (M)	Arkansas
Cross Country (W)	Vanderbilt
Football	LSU
Soccer (W)	Auburn
Volleyball	Tennessee

Winter 2012

Sport	School
Basketball (M)	Vanderbilt
Basketball (W)	Tennessee
Indoor Track & Field (M)	Arkansas
Indoor Track & Field (W)	Florida
Gymnastics	TBD
Swimming & Diving (M)	Auburn
Swimming & Diving (W)	Georgia

Spring 2011

Sport	School
Baseball	Florida South Carolina Vanderbilt
Golf (M)	Florida
Golf (W)	Auburn
Outdoor Track & Field (M)	Florida
Outdoor Track & Field (W)	LSU
Softball	Alabama
Tennis (M)	Florida
Tennis (W)	Florida

Source: 2011–12 Southeastern Conference Media Guide

Football

File:AmericanFootball current event.svg For the current season, see 2011 Southeastern Conference football season

Before expansion, each SEC school played six conference games. Five of these games were against permanent opponents, developing some traditional rivalries between schools, and the sixth game rotated around the other four members of the conference.

From 1992 through 2001, 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 permanent opponents to only one per team.

Under the current format, each school plays a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other five teams in its division, two schools from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year. All permanent inter-divisional games, with the exception of Arkansas vs. South Carolina, were played annually before SEC expansion in 1992.

The following table shows the permanent inter-divisional opponent for each school listed by total number of games played (records through the completion of the 2011 season with Western Division wins listed first):

Western Division	Eastern Division	Series Record
Auburn	Georgia	54–53–8
Alabama	Tennessee	48–38–8
Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	47–37–2
LSU	Florida	25–30–3
Mississippi State	Kentucky	19–20
Arkansas	South Carolina	13–7
Overall Inter-Divisional Record		206–185–21

The following table shows the future permanent inter-divisional opponent for each school listed by total number of games played (records through the completion of the 2011 season with Western Division wins listed first):

Western Division	Eastern Division	Series Record
Texas A&M	Missouri	7–5

Other league athletic directors have advocated discarding the current format and adopting the one used by the Big 12 Conference through 2010, where teams play three teams from the opposite division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then switch and play the other three teams from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home. However, the potential loss of such heated (and profitable, as the games are often shown on national TV) long-standing rivalries as Auburn-Georgia, Alabama-Tennessee, and LSU-Florida have scuttled such plans on the drawing board. The loss of the annual rivalry between Nebraska and Oklahoma had led some Big 12 athletic directors to make a push to adopt the SEC format for the Big 12 prior to the loss of Nebraska and Colorado following the 2010 season. The Atlantic Coast Conference followed the SEC's lead and went one step further, adopting the permanent rival format for both football and basketball (in the latter sport each school had two designated rivals until expansion to 14 schools rendered that arrangement impractical). The Big Ten Conference, which added Nebraska in 2011, is also following the SEC's lead in its scheduling format.

All-time school records

Through the 2011 regular season, not including the bowls that follow.

#	SEC	Records	Win %	SEC Championships	Claimed National Championships
1	Alabama	813–320–43	70.96	22	14
2	Tennessee	794–347–54	68.70	13	6
3	LSU	734–389–47	64.74	11	3
4	Georgia	748–399–54	64.53	12	2
5	Auburn	718–405–47	63.34	7	2
6	Florida	668–385–40	62.94	8	3
7	Arkansas	678–456–40	59.15	0	1
8	Mississippi	621–486–35	55.91	6	3
9	South Carolina	554–542–44	50.53	0	0
10	Kentucky	578–572–44	50.25	2	0
11	Vanderbilt	565–573–50	49.66	0	0
12	Mississippi State	506–542–39	48.26	1	0

Would be #	Future Members	Records	Win %	Claimed National Championships
7	Texas A&M	675–444–48	59.9	1
10	Missouri	624–517–53	54.5	0

Championship Game

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The logo for the 2009 SEC Championship Game. Alabama defeated Florida in the championship game.

Main article: SEC Championship Game

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. As of 2010, nine of the twelve SEC members have played in the Championship. Ole Miss is the only team from the SEC West to have not played in the SEC Championship Game, and Vanderbilt and Kentucky have failed to play in the game from the SEC East.

The first two SEC Championship football games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Since 1994, the game has been played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The team designated as the "home" team alternates between division champions; the designation goes to the Eastern champion in even-numbered years and the Western champion in odd-numbered years. As of 2010, the Eastern division of the SEC leads the Western division in overall wins in the championship game 11 to 8.

Bowl games

The post-season bowl game tie-ins for the SEC for the 2010 season are:

Pick	Name	Location	Opposing Conference	Opposing Pick
1	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, Louisiana	BCS	-
2	Capital One Bowl	Orlando, Florida	Big Ten	2
3/4	Outback Bowl	Tampa, Florida	Big Ten	3
3/4	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, Texas	Big 12	2
5	Chick-fil-A Bowl	Atlanta, Georgia	ACC	2
6	Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Florida	Big Ten	4/5
7/8	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tennessee	C-USA	1
7/8	Music City Bowl	Nashville, Tennessee	ACC	6
9	BBVA Compass Bowl	Birmingham, Alabama	Big East	5

Bowl selection procedures

If the SEC champion is selected to participate in the BCS National Championship Game, the Sugar Bowl is not required to pick the SEC runner-up but may select any eligible BCS team. However, since the BCS title game was moved to a standalone basis in 2007, the Sugar Bowl has selected an SEC team, and since 2008 has chosen the SEC runner-up (the 2007 Sugar Bowl featured LSU, who was not the SEC runner-up but was an eligible BCS team). However, since 2006, the Sugar Bowl has selected either a division runner-up (2006 LSU, 2007 Georgia, and 2010 Arkansas) or conference runner-up (2008 Alabama, 2009 Florida), which has been the second highest ranked SEC team in the BCS standings.

Under SEC guidelines, unless the Sugar Bowl selects the SEC runner-up, the Capital One Bowl must then pick the SEC runner-up if that team has at least two more total wins than the next team in the selection order. The SEC runner-up has not played in the Capital One Bowl since Arkansas following the 2006 season.

After those selections, the Outback Bowl has the first choice of the remaining teams in the SEC East, and the Cotton Bowl Classic has the first choice of those left in the SEC West.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl and Gator Bowl pick afterwards.

The Liberty Bowl and Music City Bowl work together, along with the SEC office, to determine the seventh and eighth picks.

The BBVA Compass Bowl picks last. In the case that the SEC does not have nine bowl-eligible teams, a team from the Sun Belt will be selected instead.

The SEC is presently second in BCS Bowl appearances, with twenty-one appearances, and first in all-time wins and winning percentage, with fifteen wins and a .714 winning percentage. The BCS Bowls include the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, and the BCS National Championship Game.

Since the advent of the BCS National Championship Game format, the SEC is 8–1 in those games. The one SEC loss, was however at the hands of another SEC team when the SEC sent an unprecedented two teams to the 2012 National Championship game. The SEC was 2–0 in the games where the BCS National Championship Game was played as one of the traditional New Year's Day bowls, and since 2007 (when the game was moved to a separate contest one week later) an SEC team has participated in all five games and has won all five. Interestingly, the SEC team was ranked No. 1 only three times going into the game (the first contest featuring Tennessee in 1998, Alabama in 2009 and the most recent featuring Auburn in 2010); the other four times the SEC team (LSU twice and Florida twice) was ranked No. 2.

Rivalries

The SEC members have long histories. Some of the football rivalries involving SEC teams include:

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current Streak
Alabama	Auburn	Iron Bowl	James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy	76	41–34–1	Alabama	Alabama Won 1
	LSU	Alabama-LSU rivalry/The Saban Bowl	—	76	46–25–5	Alabama	Alabama Won 1
	Tennessee	Third Saturday in October	—	93	48–38–7	Alabama	Alabama Won 5
	Mississippi State	Alabama-Mississippi State Rivalry	—	95	76–17–3	Alabama	Alabama Won 4
Arkansas	LSU	The Battle for the Golden Boot	The Golden Boot	56	20–34–2	LSU	LSU Won 1
	Texas	The Big Shootout	—	77	21–56	Texas	Texas Won 2
	Texas A&M	The Southwest Classic	—	67	41–24–3	Arkansas	Arkansas Won 3
Auburn	Florida	Auburn–Florida football rivalry	—	82	42–38–2	Auburn	Auburn Won 3
	Georgia	The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry	—	114	54–53–8	Auburn	Georgia Won 1
	LSU	The Tiger Bowl	—	43	19–23–1	LSU	LSU Won 1
Florida	Florida State	Florida–Florida State rivalry	The Governor's Cup	56	33–21–2	Florida	Florida State Won 2
	Miami	Florida–Miami football rivalry	Seminole War Canoe Trophy	54	26–28	Miami	Florida Won 1
	Georgia	Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic	Okefenokee Oar	89	40–47–2	Georgia	Georgia won 1
	Tennessee	Florida–Tennessee rivalry	—	40	22–19	Florida	Florida Won 7
Georgia	Auburn	The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry	—	114	54–53–8	Auburn	Georgia Won 1
	Florida	Georgia vs. Florida Football Classic	Okefenokee Oar	89	47–40–2	Georgia	Georgia won 1
	Georgia Tech	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	The Governor's Cup	104	60–39–5	Georgia	Georgia Won 2
Kentucky	Indiana	Kentucky–Indiana rivalry	—	36	17–18–1	Indiana	Indiana Won 1
	Louisville	Battle for the Governor's Cup	The Governor's Cup	22	14–10	Kentucky	Louisville Won 1
LSU	Tulane	The Battle for the Rag	The Tiger Rag	97	66–22–7	LSU	LSU Won 17
	Ole Miss	The Magnolia Bowl	The Magnolia Bowl Trophy	96	57–39–4	LSU	LSU Won 2
	Florida	Florida–LSU rivalry	—	57	25–30–3	Florida	LSU Won 2
Mississippi State	Ole Miss	The Battle for the Golden Egg (The Egg Bowl)	The Golden Egg Trophy	108	43–60–6	Ole Miss	Mississippi State Won 3
	Alabama	Alabama-Mississippi State Rivalry	—	95	45–25–5	Alabama	Alabama Won 4
Ole Miss	LSU	The Magnolia Bowl	The Magnolia Bowl Trophy	96	39–57–4	LSU	LSU Won 2
	Mississippi State	The Battle for the Golden Egg (The Egg Bowl)	The Golden Egg Trophy	108	60–42–6	Ole Miss	Mississippi State Won 3
South Carolina	Clemson	The Palmetto Bowl	The Hardee's Trophy	108	40–65–4	Clemson	South Carolina Won 3
	Georgia	The Border Bash	—	62	16–46–2	Georgia	South Carolina Won 2
	Tennessee	The Halloween Game	—	27	5–22–2	Tennessee	South Carolina Won 2
Tennessee	Kentucky	Battle for the Barrel	—	105	73–24–9	Tennessee	Kentucky won 1
Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Tennessee–Vanderbilt rivalry	—	103	27–73–5	Tennessee	Tennessee Won 5

Player awards

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.

50th anniversary All-Time SEC Team

In 1982, the SEC Skywriters, a group of media covering the Southeastern Conference, selected members of their All-Time SEC Team for the first 50 years (1933–82) of the SEC.

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

File:SEC 50th Anniversary logo.png 50th anniversary logo that was used in the 1982-83 athletic season.

Schools ranked by endowment

Conference Rank	National Rank	Institution	Location	Endowment Funds	Percentage Change YOY
1	10	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	$6,999,517,000	22%
2	22	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	$3,414,514,000	12.2%
3	56	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	$1,295,313,000	17.3%
4	68	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	$1,119,032,000	14.8%
5	77	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$995,147,000	16.5%
6	81	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	$915,924,000	17.6%
7	88	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	$848,329,000	16.4%
8	94	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	$788,688,000	17.2%
9	99	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	$745,765,000	19.2%
10	107	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$692,556,000	13.6%
11	149	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	$494,358,000	19.4%
12	153	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	$471,851,000	19.4%
13	154	University of Mississippi	Oxford, Mississippi	$469,006,000	13%
14	194	Mississippi State University	Starkville, Mississippi	$346,676,000	19%

As of March 19, 2012

National team championships

Main article: List of SEC national champions

Since the SEC's founding in December 1932, the varsity athletic teams of its current twelve members and two future members have won over 200 national team sports championships.

The following is the list of the national team championships claimed by current and future SEC member schools, including those tournament championships currently or formerly sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA has never sponsored a tournament championship for major college football, the championship game for which is currently sponsored and operated by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). 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 Varsity Equestrian, 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 Misssouri and Texas A&M before the 2012–13 school year predate their membership in the SEC.

Football (37): 1925 - Alabama* 1926 - Alabama* 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 Baseball (10): 1954 - Missouri* 1990 - Georgia 1991 - LSU 1993 - LSU 1996 - LSU 1997 - LSU 2000 - LSU 2009 - LSU 2010 - South Carolina 2011 - South Carolina 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 (9): 1987 - Tennessee 1989 - Tennessee 1991 - Tennessee 1996 - Tennessee 1997 - Tennessee 1998 - Tennessee 2007 - Tennessee 2008 - Tennessee 2011 - Texas A&M* 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 (10): 2002 - Texas A&M* 2003 - Georgia 2004 - Georgia 2005 - South Carolina 2006 - Auburn 2007 - South Carolina 2008 - Georgia 2009 - Georgia 2010 - Georgia 2011 - Auburn Men's Golf (11): 1940 - LSU 1942 - LSU 1947 - LSU 1955 - LSU 1968 - Florida 1973 - Florida 1993 - Florida 1999 - Georgia 2001 - Florida 2005 - Georgia 2009 - Texas A&M* Women's Golf (3): 1985 - Florida 1986 - Florida 2001 - Georgia Women's Gymnastics (16): 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 Rifle (1): 2011 - Kentucky Women's Soccer (1): 1998 - Florida Softball (3): 1982 - Texas A&M (AIAW)* 1983 - Texas A&M* 1987 - Texas A&M* 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 (12): 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 Men's Tennis (6): 1985 - Georgia 1987 - Georgia 1999 - Georgia 2001 - Georgia 2007 - Georgia 2008 - Georgia Women's Tennis (7): 1992 - Florida 1994 - Georgia

1996 - Florida 1998 - Florida 2000 - Georgia 2003 - Florida 2011 - Florida Men's Indoor Track (26): 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 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 Men's Outdoor Track (20): 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* Women's Outdoor Track (20): 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*

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

National team titles claimed by SEC institutions

The current twelve and two future 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 and Bowl Championship Series since 1992, as well as consensus national championships determined by the major football polls prior to 1992.

School - Number

• LSU - 46
• Arkansas - 42
• Georgia - 33
• Florida - 27
• Tennessee - 23
• Alabama - 19
• Auburn - 18
• Texas A&M - 13
• Kentucky - 11
• South Carolina - 5
• Ole Miss - 3
• Missouri - 2
• Vanderbilt - 1
• Mississippi State - 0

NCAA and AIAW national tournament team titles won by SEC institutions

The following totals include national team tournament championships sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1906 to the present and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982. The NCAA did not sponsor tournament championships in women's sports before the 1981–1982 academic year, and the NCAA has never sponsored a national championship playoff or tournament in major college football. To date, the twelve current members of the SEC have won 192 NCAA and four AIAW championships, including:

School - Number

• LSU - 42
• Arkansas - 41
• Georgia - 26
• Florida - 24
• Tennessee - 17
• Auburn - 15
• Texas A&M - 11
• Kentucky - 10
• Alabama - 5
• South Carolina - 3
• Missouri - 2
• Vanderbilt - 1
• Ole Miss - 0
• Mississippi State - 0

Conference champions

Main article: List of SEC conference champions

The Southeastern Conference sponsors eight men's sports and ten women's sports, and awards a conference championship in every one of them.

See also

• List of SEC men's basketball tournament locations
• SEC on CBS
• Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Notes

• ^ A. One men's home game per year played at Freedom Hall in Louisville.
• ^ B. In 2009, Carolina Stadium replaces historic Sarge Frye Field.
• ^ C. Two games played each year at Little Rock, one non-conference game and one SEC game.
• ^ D. New arena scheduled to open for 2010-11 season.
• ^ E. New Alex Box Stadium scheduled to open for 2009 season.
• ^ F. Though Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Field official seating capacity is 7,200, its total capacity is 15,500, which includes privately owned seating in Left Field Lounge. Mississippi State holds the all-time NCAA on-campus record for one day attendance at 14,991.
• ^ H. Trophy first awarded in 1996.
• ^ I. Series was annual rivalry when Arkansas and Texas were both in the Southwest Conference. Teams have played only three times in regular season since Arkansas joined the SEC. Will play again in 2014.
• ^ J. Series was annual rivalry when Arkansas and Texas A&M were both in the Southwest Conference. Teams will begin playing annually at Cowboys Stadium again in 2009.
• ^ K. The series doesn't have a nickname, but due to the close margin most years, some individual games do. Not an annual rivalry until Auburn and LSU were placed in SEC West division in 1992.
• ^ L. Series has only been played twice in regular season since 1987.
• ^ M. Played in Jacksonville. The rotates every year depending on which team is the designated home team. Also known as the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party".
• ^ N. For decades the trophy of this game was a red, white, and blue bourbon barrel, but this practice was discontinued in 1999 following a DUI accident that killed two Kentucky football players.
• ^ O. Whereabouts of the original rag are unknown; a new rag was presented to LSU after victories in 2001 and 2006. Series was only contested twice from 1995 through 2005, but a 10-year contract began in 2006.
• ^ P. Since joining the SEC this game has been played on or around Halloween every year, accordingly many students dress in costume for this game. The contrasting team colors are also typical Halloween colors.
• ^ Q. For 74 years the trophy of this game was the Beer Barrel: an orange, white, and blue beer keg. However, this practice was discontinued in 1999 following the aforementioned DUI accident.

External links

• Official website

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