A Southeastern Conference (SEC) occurs as college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I personally-The.

History

A SEC was established within December 1932, when a Baker's dozen members of the Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains left to form their own conference. Ten of a long dozen charter members own remained in the conference since its origin: the universities of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; and Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt universities. A more charter members were:

Sewanee: Left the SEC inside 1940. the school has since deemphasized varsity athletics, & is presently a member of the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Georgia Tech: Left the SEC inside 1964. Inside 1975, it became a introduction member of the Metro Conference, one of the predecessors of now's Conference USA, competing there in all sports except football, where it was independent. Around 1978, Georgia Tech joined the Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports, in which it has remained. Tulane: Left the SEC within 1966. Along by using Georgithe Tech, it was a charter member of the Underground Conference. Unlike Tech, but, Tulane remained in a Subway Conference throughout its history until it merged using the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA inside 1995. Tulane remained an independent around football until a formation of C-America.

A SEC expanded from either 10 to 12 members around 1991 with the addition of the University of Arkansas from the Southwest Conference and the University of South Carolina from a independent ranks inside football & the Subway Conference within more sports. Within 1992, a SEC adopted the divisional setup that is now. Likewise withwithin 1992, a SEC was a foremost conference to receive permission from either a NCAA to conduct an annual championship game in football, featuring a winners of the conference's eastern & american divisions.

Current members (and year joined)

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

West Division 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 Arkansas, MSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt) Women's Swim & Diving (except MSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt) Men's Tennis Women's Tennis Men's Golf Women's Golf Women's Gymanstic exercise (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU)

Under SEC conference system reflecting a heavy total of (male) scholarship participants inside football & attempting to location gender equity concerns (see as well Title IX), each member institution is called upon to provide 2 additional women's varsity sports than men's. A tantamount rule was recently adopted per NCAA for everthing of Section I personally.

College Football Rivalries in the SEC

Football has the rich tradition in the SEC, & its numbers of contention among its members develop yearn histories. A few of the competition involving SEC teams include (by having travelling trophies or even favorite list around parentheses):

Contention	Title	Trophy
Alabama-Tennessee	The Third Saturday In October
Arkansas-LSU	A Battle for the Golden Boot	A Golden Boot
Auburn-Alabama	A Iron Bowl	ODK-James E. Foy Five Sportsmanship Trophy
Auburn-Georgia	A Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
Florida-Tennessee	A Third Saturday around September
Florida-Florida State
Florida-Miami		The War Canoe
Florida-Georgia	The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party 1
Georgia-Georgia Tech	Clean, Old Fashioned Hate
Kentucky-Indiana		2
Kentucky-Louisville		The Governor's Cup
LSU-Tulane	The Battle for the Rag	The Rag
Mississippi State-Ole Miss	A Egg Bowl	The Golden Egg Trophy
Ole Miss-LSU
South Carolina-Clemson
Tennessee-Kentucky		3
Tennessee-Vanderbilt

^Single Played inside Jacksonville. Okay, officially known as a "Florida-Georgia Game" due to sensitivity just about consumption of alcohol by college students. ^Deuce For decades the trophy of this game was a red, white, & blue bourbon barrel, but this practice was discontinued inside 1999 following a DUI accident that flushed deuce Kentucky footballer. ^Trey For 74 years a trophy of this game was an orange, white, & blue beer keg, however this practice was discontinued inside 1999 following the aforesaid DUI accident.

For even both one school has the lasting challenger from either the more section which it plays each season within football (though this might or might not reflect a traditional competition). Every East Section school's lasting contender from either a West Section:

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

Rivalries in Other Sports in the SEC
A top athletic priority throughout a SEC is football, using of these glaring exception. Kentucky, which has one of the virtually all storied basketball traditions in the country, is besides one of simply deuce Section I personally-The schools to earn supplementary revenue from either its basketball program than its football program. (A more is Arizona.) Vanderbilt also places further emphasis in basketball vis-a-vis football than virtually all more SEC schools, though non at the level of UK.

Despite a conference-wide emphasis within football, many contention keep close at hand developed in more sports:

Kentucky-Louisville, men's basketball Kentucky-Indiana, men's basketball Kentucky-Florida, men's basketball Tennessee-UConn, women's basketball Alabama-Mississippi State, men's basketball Alabama-Georgia, women's gymnastics National Championships
Since its innovation within 1932, SEC members use won the aggregate of 150 team national championships (when of June 5th 2005). Enrolled within a image below come 100% championship teams of NCAA sponsored cases, too when the titles won in football. Conference members develop won at least of these title altogether however deuce of the sponsored cases, Softball & Women's Volleyball. Prior to 1932, a University of Alabama claimed national titles around football inside 1925, 1926, & 1930. Prior to joining a SEC withinside 1992, a University of Arkansas claimed a 1964 football championship, nine titles in Men's Indoor Track, trinity around Men's Outdoor Track, & 5 around Men's Cross Country Previous member Georgithe Tech has a claim to the 1951 title around football. A team defeated fellow SEC member Tennessee, world health organization got antecedently been voted national champions, in the Sugar Bowl and finished with the record of 12-0 Up to 1982, teams representing member schools likewise claimed ternary AIAW Championships

By teams

*A NCAA does not recognize the National Champion for Division I-A football. the list is championships awarded by a kind of more organizations.