Members
The SEC was established on December 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. Three schools left the conference before 1966 and four have joined since 1991, bringing the current membership to fourteen.Current members
* Alabama (since 1932) * Arkansas (since 1991) *Future members
*Former members
* Sewanee: 1932–1940 * Georgia Tech: 1932–1964 * Tulane: 1932–1966Current champions
Men's sports
Women's sports
Baseball
All 14 SEC schools play baseball. Although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC awards its official baseball championship based solely on regular-season record, whether or not the tournament existed at a given time. The tournament, however, does determine the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. The method to determine the SEC Champion has varied greatly: *1933-1947: Determined by conference winning percentage. *1948-1950: Division leaders met in best of 5 championship series. *1951: Determined by conference winning percentage. *1952: Division leaders were to meet in best of 3 championship series; Eastern division leader ceded championship series to western division leader. *1953-1976: Division leaders met in best of 3 championship series. *1977-1985: First SEC Tournament. Determined by top 2 teams from each division playing in double elimination tournament. *1986: Determined by top 4 teams overall playing in double elimination tournament. *1987: Determined by top 6 teams overall playing in double elimination tournament. *1988-1991: Determined by conference winning percentage. Tournament played to award NCAA auto-bid. *1992: Determined by conference winning percentage. *1993-1995: Determined by conference and tournament winning percentage. NCAA auto-bid is awarded to winner of divisional tournament that *has highest overall conference winning percentage. *1996-1997: Determined by conference winning percentage. Tournament played with top 3 teams in each division plus 2 at-large teams based on conference winning percentage to award NCAA auto-bid. *1998: Determined as before but with division leaders earning top 2 seeds in tournament. *1999-2012: Determined as before but tournament consisted of top 2 teams in each division plus 4 at-large teams based on conference winning percentage.Champions
Official SEC champions in bold.Men's basketball
All 14 SEC schools play men's basketball. Although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC has awarded its official men's basketball championship based solely on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season, whether or not the tournament existed at a given time. The tournament, however, does determine the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.Champions
Official SEC champions in bold.Division champions (1992–2011)
When the SEC expanded to 12 schools with the addition of South Carolina and Arkansas for the 1992 season, the conference divided its basketball teams into separate divisions, East and West, just like for football. In June 2011, the SEC voted to eliminate divisions in basketball.Women's basketball
All 14 schools play women's basketball. Although the SEC began sponsoring women's basketball competition in the 1979–80 season, it was not fully integrated into the conference until the 1982–83 season, which was the first in which each team played the same number of conference games. Also, although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC has officially awarded its conference title based solely on the regular-season standings since the 1985–86 season. From 1980 to 1985, the official SEC champion was the tournament winner, but the tournament now only determines the recipient of the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.Champions
Cross country
All SEC schools participate in men's and women's cross country except South Carolina, which only fields a women's team.Champions
Equestrian
Four SEC schools compete in Women's Equestrian: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas A&M. The first conference championship was contested in 2013.Champions
Football
All 14 SEC schools play football.Champions
Pre-championship game era (1933–1991)
Championship Game era (1992–present)
Divisional champions
Since the SEC expanded in 1992, divisional champions have been crowned. Occasionally, a tie between two or more teams occurs, requiring a tie-breaker. All teams involved in the tie-breaker are considered co-divisional champions, and the winner of the tie-breaker is the division's representative to the Championship Game. Below is list of all divisional champions and co-champions:Southern Conference football champions
The Southern Conference was an immediate predecessor to the SEC, with all thirteen charter SEC schools having been members before leaving to form the SEC after the 1932 season.Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
TheGolf
All 14 SEC schools play both men's and women's golf.Champions
Women's gymnastics
Eight SEC schools participate in women's gymnastics: Alabama, Arkansas,Champions
Indoor track and field
All 14 SEC schools participate in both men's and women's indoor track & field except Vanderbilt, which once sponsored the sport for both sexes but now sponsors it only for women.Champions
Outdoor track and field
All 14 SEC schools participate in outdoor track & field for both sexes except for Vanderbilt, which sponsors the sport only for women.Champions
Soccer
All 14 schools play women's soccer, as do future members Oklahoma and Texas. While only women's soccer is sponsored by the SEC, Kentucky and South Carolina both have men's soccer teams in theChampions
Tournament runners-up
1993 - ArkansasOther division winners
1995 - Alabama (West)Softball
All current and future SEC schools except Vanderbilt play softball.Champions
Tournament runners-up
1997 - FloridaOther division winners
1997 - LSU (West)Swimming and diving
10 SEC schools participate in men's swimming and diving, and 12 in women's swimming and diving. The following schools have both men's and women's teams: Alabama,Champions
Men's tennis
All SEC schools play men's tennis except for Missouri. From 1953-1989, the SEC Champion was determined by the accumulation of points in an individual flighted tournament (there was not a separate team tournament champion). In 1990, a team dual match format was instituted for the conference tournament which provided the SEC tournament champion. From 1990-98, the SEC Champion was determined by a total aggregate points accumulated at the conclusion of the conference tournament: one full point was awarded for each regular-season conference win, one-half point for wins in the first two rounds of the conference tournament, one-half point for receiving a first-round bye in the conference tournament and one full point for a win in the conference tournament semifinals and finals. For the 1999 season, the same points system was in place with a couple of changes: one full point for first-round bye in the conference tournament and one full point for a win in any round of the conference tournament. In 2000, the SEC changed the determination of its tennis regular season champion to the team with the best winning percentage in conference regular-season dual matches.Champions
Tournament runners-up
1990 - GeorgiaOther division winners
2002 - Ole Miss (West)Women's tennis
All 14 SEC schools play women's tennis. In 2000, the SEC changed the determination of its tennis champions to the team with the best winning percentage in conference regular-season dual matches (11 matches). Before this, a points system was used in which full- or half-points were awarded for wins during the season as well as during the conference tournament.Champions
Tournament runners-up
1990 - GeorgiaOther division winners
2002 - Auburn (West)Volleyball
Thirteen SEC schools, as well as future members Oklahoma and Texas, play women's volleyball; Vanderbilt will field its first women's volleyball team in 2025. The SEC does not currently sponsor men's volleyball, and no current or future conference member has a varsity men's team. The SEC Volleyball Tournament was suspended for three seasons after the 2005 season. It was not renewed, but, with the NCAA on the verge of officially adding beach volleyball (then called "sand volleyball") to its Emerging Sports program, the conference's coaches instead sponsored a Commissioner's Cup tournament for that variation of the sport. The tournaments, which were held in mid-April between 2008–10, were won by Georgia, South Carolina, and LSU respectively.Champions
* The 2020 season was split into fall and spring phases due to COVID-19. * From 1979–1982 regular-season conference standings were not tabulated.Tournament runners-up
1979 - TennesseeOther division winners
1995 - Arkansas (West)References