Southeastern Conference

History

• Sewanee: Left the SEC in 1940. The school has since deemphasized varsity athletics, and is currently a member of the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
• Georgia Tech: Left the SEC in 1964. Joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1978, where it continues to reside.
• Tulane: Left the SEC in 1966. Remained an independent in football until it became a charter member of Conference USA in 1995.

Current members (and year joined)

• University of Florida (1932)
• University of Georgia (1932)
• University of Kentucky (1932)
• University of South Carolina (1991)
• University of Tennessee (1932)
• Vanderbilt University (1932)

• University of Alabama (1932)
• University of Arkansas (1991)
• Auburn University (1932)
• Louisiana State University (1932)
• University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (1932)
• Mississippi State University (1932)

Sports sponsored

• Football
• Men's Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Baseball
• Softball (except Vanderbilt)
• Women's Soccer
• Women's Volleyball (except Vanderbilt)
• Men's Cross Country (except South Carolina)
• Women's Cross Country
• Men's Track & Field (except MSU and Vanderbilt)
• Women's Track & Field
• Men's Swimming and Diving (except MSU, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas)
• Women's Swimming and Diving (except MSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt)
• Men's Tennis
• Women's Tennis
• Men's Golf
• Women's Golf
• (Women's) Gymnastics (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU)

College Football Rivalries in the SEC

• ¹ Played in Jacksonville. Now officially referred to as the "Florida-Georgia Game" due to sensitivity about consumption of alcohol by college students.
• ² 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.
• ³ For 74 years the trophy of this game was an orange, white, and blue beer keg, but this practice was discontinued in 1999 following the aforementioned DUI accident.

• Florida--LSU
• Georgia--Auburn
• Kentucky--Mississippi State
• South Carolina--Arkansas
• Tennessee--Alabama
• Vanderbilt--Ole Miss

Rivalries in Other Sports in the SEC

• Kentucky-Louisville, men's basketball

This rivalry, unlike most that involve SEC schools, is relatively recent. For nearly 60 years, UK refused to schedule U of L in the regular season in either basketball or football. After a pulsating U of L victory over UK in the final of the 1983 Mideast Regional in the NCAA basketball tournament, pressure mounted on UK to schedule U of L; Cardinals supporters went so far as to propose a law mandating that the two schools schedule one another. The bill was never introduced, as a basketball series began in the 1983-84 season. The rivalry added a new edge in 2001 when the Cardinals hired former Wildcats coach Rick Pitino (although he was not hired directly from UK). An annual football game between the two schools was added in the 1990s; unlike most in-state rivalry games that end the regular season for both teams, the UK-U of L football game is the season opener for both.

• Kentucky-Indiana, men's basketball

A historic "border war" between two of the sport's giants.

• Kentucky-Florida, men's basketball

This has become a major rivalry in recent years with the rise of the Florida basketball program under Billy Donovan, a former UK assistant under Pitino.

• Tennessee-UConn, women's basketball

The Lady Vols have historically been one of the nation's dominant programs in that sport. Starting in the mid-1990s, UConn has emerged as Tennessee's main rival for national prominence. The Huskies won four national titles between 2000 and 2004; in three of those years, their victim in the NCAA final was Tennessee.

• Alabama-Mississippi State, men's basketball

Not only are these two schools are the closest to one another geographically within the SEC - a mere 95 miles separate them - but their respective head coaches, Mark Gottfried and Rick Stansbury, often battle each other for the same recruits.

• Alabama-Georgia, women's gymnastics

These two storied programs have often butted heads for not only SEC titles, but NCAA titles, as well. There is also allegedly a personal rivalry between the head coaches.

National Championships

External Links

• Official Site of the Southeastern Conference

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