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The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Member institutions are located in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Formed in 1921 as a result of a split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Southern Conference ranks as the fourth oldest major college athletic conference in the United States.

Charter members included Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee.

The SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) departed the SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference. In 1953, seven schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Other former members (in addition to those listed above) include ETSU (1979-2005), Marshall (1977-1996), Richmond (1936-1976), Virginia (1921-1937), Virginia Military Institute (1925-2003), Virginia Tech (1921-1964), Washington & Lee (1921-19??), William & Mary (1936-1976), and West Virginia (1950-1967).

Current members (and year joined)

• Appalachian State University (1972)
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1977)
• The Citadel (1936)
• College of Charleston (1998) [no football program]
• Davidson College (1936) [football program competes in the Pioneer Football League]
• Elon University (2003)
• Furman University (1936)
• Georgia Southern University (1992)
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1997) [no football program]
• Virginia Military Institute [wrestling-only member]
• Western Carolina University (1977)
• Wofford College (1997)

Appalachian State Mountaineers	Chattanooga Mocs	The Citadel Bulldogs	College of Charleston Cougars
Davidson Wildcats	Elon Phoenix	Furman Paladins	Georgia Southern Eagles
UNC-Greensboro Spartans	Western Carolina Catamounts	Wofford Terriers

Conference Stadia

School	Football stadium	Stadium capacity	Basketball arena	Arena capacity
Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium	16,650	Holmes Center	8,325
Chattanooga	Finley Stadium	20,668	McKenzie Arena	11,218
The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium	21,000	McAlister Field House	6,000
College of Charleston	Non-football School	N/A	John Kresse Arena	3,500
Davidson	Smith Field at Richardson Stadium	5,000	Belk Arena	5,700
Elon	Rhodes Stadium	11,250	Alumni Gym	1,585
Furman	Paladin Stadium	16,000	Timmons Arena	5,000
Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium	18,000	Hanner Fieldhouse	4,358
UNC-Greensboro	Non-football School	N/A	Fleming Gymnasium	2,320
Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium	13,742	Ramsey Center	7,826
Wofford	Gibbs Stadium	13,000	Benjamin Johnson Arena	3,500

External link

• Official Internet home of the Southern Conference

Southern Conference:   Appalachian State | Chattanooga | The Citadel | College of Charleston | Davidson | Elon | Furman   Georgia Southern | UNC-Greensboro | VMI | Western Carolina | Wofford

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