Southeastern conference - wikipedia Southeastern conference Southeastern Conference Established 1932 Association NCAA Division Division I Subdivision FBS Members 14 Sports fielded 21 men 's : 9 women 's : 12 Region South East South Central South Atlantic West South Central Midwest West North Central Headquarters Birmingham, Alabama Commissioner Greg Sankey ( since 2015 ) Website secsports.go.com Locations The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states, three additional public land grant universities, and one private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), formerly known as Division I-A. The SEC is regarded as one of the most accomplished sports conferences in terms of its winning reputation, with 37 national football championships, 21 basketball championships, 41 indoor track championships, 42 outdoor track championships, 24 swimming championships, and 20 gymnastics championships. The conference is also highly successful financially, as it consistently leads most others in revenue distribution to its members, including an SEC record $455.8 million for the 2014 -- 15 fiscal year, which was a sizable increase over the $292.8 million for the 2013 -- 14 fiscal year, largely due to the revenue from the introduction of the SEC Network. 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 Greg Sankey. The conference sponsors team championships in nine men 's sports and twelve women 's sports. Contents 1 Member universities 1.1 Current members 1.2 Former members 2 History 2.1 Founding and former members 2.2 1990 expansion 2.3 2012 expansion 3 Commissioners 3.1 Membership timeline 4 Academics and SECU 4.1 The formation of SECU and SEC academic network 4.2 SECU academic programs 4.3 Association of American Universities 5 Spending and revenue 6 Facilities 7 Sports 7.1 Men 's sponsored sports by school 7.2 Women 's sponsored sports by school 7.3 Current champions 8 Football 8.1 Scheduling 8.2 All - time school records ( ranked according to winning percentage ) 8.3 Championship Game 8.4 Bowl games 8.5 Head coach compensation 8.6 Rivalries 8.6. 1 Conference 8.6. 2 Non-conference 8.7 Player awards 8.8 50th anniversary All - Time SEC Team 9 Men 's basketball 9.1 Basketball tournament 9.2 NCAA tournament champions, runners - up and locations 9.3 Awards 10 Baseball 10.1 College World Series champions, runners - up and scores 10.2 College World Series appearances 10.3 Rivalries 11 Women 's basketball 11.1 Basketball tournament 11.2 NCAA tournament champions, runners - up and locations 11.3 Rivalries 12 Other sports 12.1 Rivalries 13 National team championships 13.1 National team titles claimed by current SEC institutions 13.2 NCAA and AIAW national tournament team titles won by current SEC institutions 14 Television and radio contracts 14.1 2008 television contract 14.2 2014 SEC Network launch 15 Conference champions 16 See also 17 Notes 18 References 19 External links Member universities Current members The SEC consists of 14 member institutions located within the borders of 11 contiguous states. Listed in alphabetical order, these 11 states within the SEC 's geographical footprint are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The geographic domain of the conference is predominantly within the Southeastern and Southern United States ( with the notable exception of the border state of Missouri ), and stretches from Texas in the west to South Carolina in the east and from Missouri in the north to Florida in the south. The SEC is divided into East and West Divisions although the divisional labels are misnomers given Missouri 's East Division alignment while being located in the west geographically, and Auburn 's West Division alignment despite being located considerably further east than Missouri and Vanderbilt. These divisional groupings are applied exclusively to football and baseball as well as their scheduling and standings. Since July 1, 2012, the 14 members of the SEC are : Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors East Division Florida ! University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1853 1932 Public 51,474 Gators Georgia ! University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 1785 1932 Public 35,197 Bulldogs / Lady Bulldogs Kentucky ! University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1865 1932 Public 29,385 Wildcats Missouri ! University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1839 2012 Public 30,870 Tigers South Carolina ! University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 1801 1991 Public 31,980 Gamecocks Tennessee ! University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 1794 1932 Public 27,410 Volunteers Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 1873 1932 Private 12,686 Commodores West Division Alabama ! University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1831 1932 Public 38,563 Crimson Tide Arkansas ! University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 1871 1991 Public 26,301 Razorbacks Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 1856 1932 Public 27,287 Tigers Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1860 1932 Public 30,863 Tigers / Lady Tigers Mississippi ! University of Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi 1848 1932 Public 20,890 Rebels Mississippi State University Starkville, Mississippi 1878 1932 Public 21,884 Bulldogs Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1876 2012 Public 62,185 Aggies Notes Jump up ^ Enrollment figures include both undergraduate and graduate students. Jump up ^ During the 2017 -- 18 school year, Tennessee once again allowed all of its women 's sports teams to use the traditional women 's nickname of `` Lady Volunteers '' if they wished, reversing a change made in 2015 that saw only the women 's basketball team retain `` Lady Volunteers ''. Jump up ^ LSU uses the `` Lady Tigers '' nickname in women 's sports that also have men 's teams. Teams in sports that are only sponsored for women use `` Tigers ''. Former members Institution Location Founded Nickname Joined Left Current Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta 1885 Yellow Jackets 1932 1964 ACC Sewanee : The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee 1857 Tigers 1932 1940 SAA Tulane University New Orleans 1834 Green Wave 1932 1966 AAC History This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2014 ) Locations of the SEC full - member institutions. 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 on December 13, 1940, and later de-emphasized varsity sports. It is currently a member of the Division III 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 ( the Metro did not sponsor football ). In 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained ever since. 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 in 1995 to form Conference USA. Tulane remained an independent in football until C - USA began football competition in 1996. Tulane left C - USA in 2014 for the American Athletic Conference. 1990 expansion Further information : Southwest Conference In 1990, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks. The two new members began SEC competition with the 1991 -- 1992 basketball season. At the same time, the SEC organized competition for some sports into two divisions. The Western Division comprised six of the seven member schools in the Central Time Zone, while the Eastern Division comprised the five member schools in the Eastern Time Zone plus Vanderbilt, which is in the Central Time Zone but was placed in the Eastern Division to preserve its rivalry with Tennessee. Initially, the divisional format was used in football, baseball, and men 's basketball. The divisional format was dropped for men 's basketball following the 2011 -- 2012 season. Following expansion, 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 championship games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, and all championship games from 1994 onward have been held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta until 2016. Beginning in 2017, the SEC Championship Game is played at Mercedes - Benz Stadium, also in Atlanta. 2012 expansion See also : 2010 -- 12 Southeastern Conference realignment On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that Texas A&M University would 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 would also join the SEC on July 1, 2012. For football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division. Texas A&M and Missouri both left the Big 12 Conference. Commissioners The office of Commissioner was created in 1940. Years Commissioners 1940 -- 1945 Martin S. Conner 1951 -- 1965 Bernie Moore 1966 -- 1971 A.M. `` Tonto '' Coleman 1972 -- 1985 H. Boyd McWhorter 1986 -- 1989 Harvey W. Schiller 1990 -- 2001 Roy F. Kramer 2002 -- 2015 Michael Slive 2015 -- present Greg Sankey Membership timeline Academics and SECU The formation of SECU and SEC Academic Network Under the leadership of Michael F. Adams the then President of the University of Georgia and chair of SEC Presidents and Chancellors, the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference joined forces in 2005 to form the SEC Academic Consortium ( SECAC ), a collaborative endeavor designed to promote research, scholarship, and achievement amongst the universities. In 2011, the SEC Academic Consortium was relocated to the SEC headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, from its original home on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was renamed SECU. The SECU rebranded its mission to better serve as a means through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of Southeastern Conference universities would be promoted and advanced. The SECU 's goals included highlighting the endeavors and achievements of SEC faculty, students and its universities ; advancing the academic reputation of SEC universities ; identifying and preparing future leaders for high - level service in academia ; increasing the amount and type of study abroad opportunities available for students ; and providing opportunities for collaboration among SEC university personnel. The Big Ten Conference has a similar program called the Big Ten Academic Alliance. The SEC Symposium component of SECU was crafted by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, who at the time was the Vice President of the SEC Executive Committee and liaison to SECU. In an interview with Dr. Zeppos about the formation of the SECU he noted, `` that the member institutions of the Southeastern Conference are committed to a shared mission of fostering research, scholarship, and achievement. The SEC Symposium represents a platform to connect, collaborate and promote a productive dialogue that will span disciplinary and institutional boundaries and allow us to work together for the betterment of society. '' The SEC Academic Network was created in 2009 in partnership with ESPN. The SEC Academic Network was an online library of institutionally produced videos featuring academic initiatives and stories from all Southeastern Conference institutions. The SEC Academic Network was officially merged into the SECU operation. SECU Academic programs This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2014 ) There are several programs that have been implemented under SECU. The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program seeks to identify, prepare, and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has two components, a university - level program and two three - day, SEC - wide workshops held on specified campuses for all participants. The SEC Faculty Achievement and Professor of the Year Awards recognize faculty with outstanding records in research and scholarship. There is one winner per campus and one overall winner for the Conference. The SEC Faculty Travel Grant Program is intended to enhance collaboration that stimulates scholarly initiatives between SEC universities. The program offers faculty from each SEC university the opportunity to travel to other SEC universities to develop grant proposals and conduct research. The SEC College Tour occurs each spring, and administrators from all SEC universities participate in events intended to introduce SEC universities to students, parents, and high school counselors from outside of the Southeast region. The SEC Symposium is an academic conference - type event intended to address a scholarly issue in an area of strength represented by all SEC universities. Held in Atlanta, this marquee event puts on display the research and innovation of SEC institutions for an audience of academicians, government officials, grant funding agents, and other stakeholders. In 2013, the SEC Symposium was organized and led by the University of Georgia and the UGA Bioenergy Systems Research Institute. The topic of the Symposium was titled, the `` Impact of the Southeast in the World 's Renewable Energy Future ''. The SEC Cooperative Education Abroad Agreement provides opportunities for students from all SEC universities to access international programs offered at other SEC universities. As part of a renewable agreement, Italian engineering students from the Politecnico di Torino ( PdT ) have the opportunity to enroll at SEC universities each fall, and engineering SEC students may study there the following spring. The SEC MBA Case Competition are graduate level competitions provide an opportunity for SEC business schools to showcase their students ' skills at solving simulated, real - world problems that cover the spectrum of business disciplines ( e.g., organizational dynamics, budgeting, capitalization, competitive environment, etc. ). The competition is held on one SEC campus and teams of four MBA students compete against other SEC teams, the best receiving various awards and recognition. The event is generally in April. The SEC University Collaboration Program gives university personnel groups ( e.g., deans of colleges, chief financial officers, etc. ) a mechanism to share best practices and ideas. Regular meetings and workshops are held university campuses, the Conference office or other similar locations. The International / Education Abroad Activities program was established as a part of a renewable agreement. Italian engineering students enroll at SEC universities each fall, and engineering SEC students study in Italy each spring ( i.e., February to July ) at the Politecnico di Torino. In addition, by utilizing a cooperative programming agreement, students from all SEC universities have access to education abroad programs offered at other SEC universities. Association of American universities Four SEC institutions are members of the prestigious Association of American Universities : Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Prior to the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M from the Big 12, the SEC had the fewest AAU members among Power Five conferences. The Big 12 Conference had seven AAU members through the 2010 -- 11 school year, but four of these schools left the conference in 2011 and 2012 -- Nebraska for the Big Ten in 2011, Colorado for the Pac - 12 in 2012, and Missouri and Texas A&M for the SEC in 2012, leaving that conference with three AAU members. Spending and revenue Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights / licensing, student fees, school funds, and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food, and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching / staff, scholarships, buildings / grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance costs. Conference Rank ( 2014 -- 15 ) National Rank ( 2014 -- 15 ) Institution 2014 -- 15 Total Revenue from Athletics 2014 -- 15 Total Expenses on Athletics Texas A&M ! Texas A&M University $192,608,876 $109,313,651 5 Alabama ! University of Alabama $148,911,674 $132,354,913 6 Florida ! University of Florida $147,105,242 $125,384,443 7 Louisiana State ! Louisiana State University $138,642,237 $121,947,775 5 9 Tennessee ! University of Tennessee $126,584,033 $113,413,325 6 11 Auburn ! Auburn University $124,657,247 $115,498,047 7 14 Kentucky ! University of Kentucky $116,494,690 $115,159,039 8 15 Georgia ! University of Georgia $116,151,279 $96,559,307 9 16 Arkansas ! University of Arkansas $114,172,847 $97,106,539 10 17 South Carolina ! University of South Carolina $113,172,545 $107,430,044 11 30 Missouri ! University of Missouri $91,217,778 $86,859,158 12 34 Mississippi ! University of Mississippi $87,602,519 $82,399,898 13 45 Mississippi State ! Mississippi State University $75,400,407 $69,493,395 N / A N / A Vanderbilt University Not reported Not reported Facilities School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity Alabama Bryant -- Denny Stadium 101,821 Coleman Coliseum 15,383 Sewell -- Thomas Stadium 8,500 Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium ( primary ) War Memorial Stadium ( secondary ) 72,000 53,727 Bud Walton Arena 19,368 Baum Stadium / George Cole Field 10,737 Auburn Jordan -- Hare Stadium 87,451 Auburn Arena 9,121 Plainsman Park 4,096 Florida Steve Spurrier - Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 88,548 Stephen C. O'Connell Center 10,133 McKethan Stadium 5,500 Georgia Sanford Stadium 92,746 Stegeman Coliseum 10,523 Foley Field 3,291 Kentucky Kroger Field 61,000 Rupp Arena ( men ) Memorial Coliseum ( women ) 23,500 8,000 Cliff Hagan Stadium 3,000 LSU Tiger Stadium 102,321 Pete Maravich Assembly Center 13,215 Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field 10,326 Mississippi Vaught -- Hemingway Stadium 64,038 The Pavilion at Ole Miss 9,500 Oxford -- University Stadium at Swayze Field 8,500 Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field 61,337 Humphrey Coliseum 10,575 Dudy Noble Field, Polk -- DeMent Stadium 15,000 Missouri Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium 71,168 Mizzou Arena 15,061 Taylor Stadium 3,031 South Carolina Williams - Brice Stadium 80,250 Colonial Life Arena 18,000 Founders Park 8,242 Tennessee Neyland Stadium 102,455 Thompson -- Boling Arena 21,678 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3,800 Texas A&M Kyle Field 102,733 Reed Arena 12,989 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 6,100 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium 40,350 Memorial Gymnasium 14,316 Hawkins Field 3,700 Notes Jump up ^ The 2018 season will be Kentucky 's last at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The school is building a new ballpark and plans to open it for the 2019 season. ^ One non-conference game per year at Little Rock through 2018. Sports The Southeastern Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men 's and twelve women 's NCAA sanctioned sports. 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. A similar rule was recently adopted by the NCAA for all of Division I. Teams in SEC Conference competition Sport Men 's Women 's Baseball 14 - Basketball 14 14 Cross country 13 14 Equestrian - Football 14 - Golf 14 14 Gymnastics - 8 Soccer - 14 Softball - 13 Swimming & Diving 10 12 Tennis 13 14 Indoor Track & Field 13 14 Outdoor Track & Field 13 14 Volleyball - 13 Men 's sponsored sports by school School Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field ( Indoor ) Track & Field ( Outdoor ) Total SEC Sports Alabama Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Arkansas Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 Auburn Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Florida Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Georgia Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Kentucky Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 LSU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Mississippi Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 Mississippi State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 Missouri Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 South Carolina Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 Tennessee Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Texas A&M Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Vanderbilt Y Y Y Y Y Y 6 Totals 14 14 13 14 14 10 13 13 13 118 Men 's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools : School Rifle * Soccer Wrestling Kentucky Great America Rifle Conference Conference USA No Missouri No No Mid-American Conference South Carolina No Conference USA No * = Rifle is technically a men 's sport, but men 's, women 's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team. Women 's sponsored sports by school School Basketball Cross Country Equestrian Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field ( Indoor ) Track & Field ( Outdoor ) Volleyball Total SEC Sports Alabama Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Arkansas Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Auburn Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12 Florida Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Georgia Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12 Kentucky Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 LSU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Mississippi Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Mississippi State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 Missouri Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 South Carolina Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Tennessee Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 10 Texas A&M Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 Vanderbilt Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 Totals 14 14 14 8 14 13 12 14 14 14 13 148 Women 's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southeastern Conference which are played by SEC schools : School Beach Volleyball Bowling Rowing Rifle Lacrosse Alabama No No Big 12 No No Florida No No No No Big East LSU CCSA No No No No Kentucky No No No Great America Rifle No Mississippi No No No Great America Rifle No Mississippi State Independent No No No No South Carolina CCSA No No No No Tennessee No No Big 12 No No Vanderbilt No Southland Bowling No No Big East Jump up ^ Rifle is technically a men 's sport, but men 's, women 's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Kentucky has a coed team, and Ole Miss has a women 's team. ^ Jump up to : Florida and Vanderbilt will move their women 's lacrosse teams to the American Athletic Conference when that league starts sponsoring women 's lacrosse in 2018 -- 19. Current champions ( RS ) indicates regular - season champion ( T ) indicates tournament champion Season Sport Men 's champion Women 's champion Fall 2016 Cross Country Arkansas Arkansas Football Alabama - Soccer - South Carolina ( RS ) Florida ( T ) Volleyball - Missouri / Florida Winter 2016 − 17 Basketball Kentucky ( RS ) Kentucky ( T ) South Carolina ( RS ) South Carolina ( T ) Equestrian - Georgia Gymnastics - LSU ( RS ) LSU ( T ) Swimming & Diving Florida Texas A&M Track & Field ( Indoor ) Arkansas Arkansas Spring 2017 Baseball Florida / LSU ( RS ) LSU ( T ) - Softball - Florida ( RS ) Ole Miss ( T ) Golf Vanderbilt Florida Tennis Georgia / Texas A&M ( RS ) Georgia ( T ) Vanderbilt ( RS ) Vanderbilt ( T ) Track & Field ( Outdoor ) Texas A&M Arkansas Source : SECSports.com. Football For the current season, see 2017 Southeastern Conference football season. The conference has come under severe media scrutiny for its poor officiating over the past several years. They had so much scrutiny for biased officiating that the commissioner put an end to all contact and complaint forms. Thus, trying to silence the same people that made him a multi-millionaire. The conference has also been scrutinized for continuing to keep its home office just minutes away from the University of Alabama 's campus with many graduates working for the conference, including as officials on football field. Scheduling SEC teams did not play a uniform number of conference games until 1982. Prior to that the number of conference games teams played ranged from 4 to 8, but most played a 6 or 7 game schedule. The league adopted a uniform 6 game schedule from 1982 to 1987, and added a 7th conference game from 1988 to 1991. Through this period and through the earlier years each SEC school had 5 permanent opponents, developing some traditional rivalries between schools, and the other games rotated around the other members of the conference. After expansion to twelve programs in 1992, the SEC went to an 8 - game conference schedule, with each team playing the five other teams in their division and three opponents from the other division. The winners of the two divisions would then meet in the SEC Championship Game. From 1992 through 2002, 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 number of permanent inter-division opponents to one starting in the 2003 season. The TV networks televising SEC games were also pressuring for the change so attractive match - ups between non-traditional opponents would occur 2 of every 5 years instead of happening 2 of every 8 years. With the subsequent expansion to 14 members in 2012, non-permanent cross-division opponents face each other in the regular season twice in a span of 12 years. The conference has been under heavy criticism for continuing the unequal scheduling. Some schools are presented with more difficult schedules each year. Permanent cross divisional `` rivalries '' was put in place for primarily 4 schools to their benefit. The state of Alabama, where the conference is located, has primarily University of Alabama graduates and Alabama locals working at it. The conference has come under fire for the bias nature in which they conduct their business, as well as, the financial support the conference being in Alabama gives the closest university there. They even have the SEC baseball championship tournament there each year bringing in millions of dollars into that state and community. Under the current format, each school plays a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other six teams in its division, one school from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year. The current scheduling arrangement was put in place to satisfy 4 schools only. Some schools do not want to change because they have an easier path each year by playing a weaker opponent. This arrangement also makes it impossible for member teams to play each other for several years. The current scheduling arrangement was originally set to expire after the 2015 season, but the SEC presidents voted 10 -- 4 in April 2014 to keep the current format for an additional six to eight seasons beyond 2015. Additionally, beginning in 2016, SEC teams will be required to schedule at least one opponent each season from the other so - called `` Power Five '' conferences ( ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, or Pac - 12 ) ; games against football independent schools also qualify, including Army, BYU, and Notre Dame. The following table shows the current permanent inter-divisional opponent for each school listed by total number of games played ( records through week 11 of the 2015 season with West Division wins listed first ) : West Division East Division Series Record Auburn Georgia 55 -- 57 -- 8 Alabama Tennessee 53 -- 38 -- 7 Ole Miss Vanderbilt 50 -- 39 -- 2 LSU Florida 28 -- 32 -- 3 Mississippi State Kentucky 22 -- 21 Arkansas Missouri 3 -- 5 Texas A&M South Carolina 3 -- 0 All - time school records ( ranked according to winning percentage ) Through end of the 2015 season. Records reflect official NCAA results, including any forfeits or win vacating. # SEC Record Win % SEC championships Claimed national championships Alabama 864 -- 326 -- 43. 718 26 16 Tennessee 820 -- 371 -- 54. 680 13 6 LSU 771 -- 404 -- 47. 650 11 Georgia 794 -- 418 -- 54. 649 12 5 5 Auburn 749 -- 427 -- 47. 632 8 6 Florida 701 -- 404 -- 40. 630 8 7 Texas A&M 718 -- 466 -- 48. 602 0 8 Arkansas 700 -- 484 -- 40. 588 0 9 Ole Miss 655 -- 504 -- 35. 563 6 10 Missouri 668 -- 541 -- 53. 550 0 0 11 South Carolina 587 -- 561 -- 44. 511 0 0 12 Vanderbilt 589 -- 599 -- 50. 496 0 0 13 Kentucky 593 -- 605 -- 44. 495 14 Mississippi State 541 -- 562 -- 39. 491 0 Source : College Football Data Warehouse. Alabama 's record reflects 21 wins being vacated ( 2005 -- 2007 ) and 8 wins and 1 tied forfeited ( 1993 ). Mississippi State 's record reflects 18 wins and 1 tie being forfeited ( 1975 -- 1977 ). 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. The first two SEC Championship football games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 to 2016, the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Starting in 2017, the game will remain in Atlanta, but move to the new Mercedes - Benz Stadium, where it will be held through at least 2027. The team designated as the `` home '' team alternates between division champions ; the designation goes to the East champion in even - numbered years and the West champion in odd - numbered years. As of 2016, the West division leads in overall wins in the championship game against the East division, 14 to 11. Bowl games The post-season bowl game tie - ins for the SEC for the 2014 -- 2019 seasons are : Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick Payout 1 ^ Sugar Bowl New Orleans Big 12 $18 M 2 † Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Florida ACC $18 M Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida Big Ten -- ACC ° 3 / 4 / 5 -- 2 $4.2 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Outback Bowl Tampa, Florida Big Ten 3 / 4 / 5 $3.5 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Belk Bowl Charlotte, North Carolina ACC 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 $1.7 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Texas Bowl Houston, Texas Big 12 $3.0 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee Big 12 5 $1.4 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Florida Big Ten -- ACC ‡ 6 / 7 / 8 -- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 $2.8 M 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Music City Bowl Nashville, Tennessee Big Ten -- ACC ‡ 6 / 7 / 8 -- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 $2.8 M 10 Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Alabama American 5 $1.1 M 11 Independence Bowl Shreveport, Louisiana ACC 8 / 9 / 10 $1.2 M Payout is per team for the 2014 season ; if different for opposing conference, payout for the SEC team is shown. Each conference member, irrespective of bowl participation, also receives an equal split of a payout to the SEC conference. ^ The Sugar Bowl is contractually obligated to select the SEC champion if that team is not participating in the College Football Playoff. In years where the champion is unavailable the Playoff Committee will assign another SEC team to participate in the Sugar. Alternatively, in years where the Sugar hosts a playoff game the SEC Champion will be sent to the Fiesta, Cotton, or Peach Bowl if not selected for the playoff. † The Big Ten and SEC will be eligible to face the ACC representative in the Orange Bowl at least three out of the eight seasons that it does not host a semifinal for the Playoff over a 12 - year span. Notre Dame may be chosen the other two years if eligible. ° In years when the Big Ten places a team in the Orange Bowl, the Citrus Bowl will select from ACC teams remaining after the Playoff Committee and Orange Bowl make their selections. ‡ The Big Ten and ACC will switch between the Music City and TaxSlayer bowls on alternating years. Head coach compensation The total pay of head coaches includes university and non-university compensation. This includes base salary, income from contracts, foundation supplements, bonuses and media and radio pay. Conference Pay Rank Institution Head Coach 2015 Total Pay Alabama ! University of Alabama Saban, Nick Nick Saban $7,087,481 Texas A&M University Sumlin, Kevin Kevin Sumlin $5,000,000 Mississippi ! University of Mississippi Freeze, Hugh Hugh Freeze $4,310,000 Auburn University Malzahn, Gus Gus Malzahn $4,104,500 5 South Carolina ! University of South Carolina Will Muschamp $2,000,000 6 Mississippi State University Mullen, Dan Dan Mullen $4,000,000 7 Florida ! University of Florida McElwain, Jim Jim McElwain $3,983,359 8 Arkansas ! University of Arkansas Bielema, Bret Bret Bielema $3,960,666 9 Tennessee ! University of Tennessee Jones, Butch Butch Jones $3,633,000 10 Georgia ! University of Georgia Smart, Kirby Kirby Smart $3,500,000 11 Vanderbilt University Mason, Derek Derek Mason $2,399,576 12 Missouri ! University of Missouri Odom, Barry Barry Odom $2,350,000 13 Kentucky ! University of Kentucky Stoops, Mark Mark Stoops $3,263,600 14 LSU ! Louisiana State University Orgeron, Ed Ed Orgeron $600,000 Notes Jump up ^ The figure represents Orgeron 's salary for his previous position as defensive line coach. Named interim head coach September 25, 2016. Les Miles, who was fired the same day, had total compensation of $4,388,721. Rivalries Conference Team Team Rivalry Name Trophy Alabama Auburn Iron Bowl James E. Foy, V - ODK Sportsmanship Trophy Alabama LSU Alabama -- LSU football rivalry -- Alabama Mississippi State Alabama -- Mississippi State football rivalry -- Alabama Ole Miss Alabama -- Ole Miss football rivalry -- Alabama Tennessee Third Saturday in October -- Arkansas LSU Battle for the Golden Boot The Golden Boot Arkansas Ole Miss Arkansas -- Ole Miss football rivalry -- Arkansas Missouri Battle Line Rivalry Battle Line Trophy Arkansas Texas A&M Southwest Classic Southwest Classic Trophy Auburn Florida Auburn -- Florida football rivalry -- Auburn Georgia Deep South 's Oldest Rivalry -- Auburn LSU Tiger Bowl -- Florida Georgia Florida -- Georgia football rivalry Okefenokee Oar Florida LSU Florida -- LSU football rivalry -- Florida Tennessee Florida -- Tennessee football rivalry -- Georgia South Carolina Georgia -- South Carolina football rivalry -- Georgia Tennessee Georgia -- Tennessee football rivalry -- Georgia Vanderbilt Georgia -- Vanderbilt football rivalry -- Kentucky Mississippi State Kentucky -- Mississippi State football rivalry -- Kentucky Tennessee Battle for the Barrel Kentucky Vanderbilt Kentucky -- Vanderbilt football rivalry -- LSU Mississippi State LSU -- Mississippi State football rivalry -- LSU Ole Miss Magnolia Bowl Magnolia Bowl Trophy LSU Texas A&M LSU -- Texas A&M football rivalry -- Mississippi State Ole Miss Egg Bowl Golden Egg Ole Miss Vanderbilt Ole Miss -- Vanderbilt football rivalry -- Tennessee Vanderbilt Tennessee -- Vanderbilt football rivalry -- Non-conference SEC team Opponent Rivalry name Trophy Alabama Penn State Alabama -- Penn State football rivalry -- Arkansas Texas Arkansas -- Texas football rivalry -- Auburn Clemson Auburn -- Clemson football rivalry -- Auburn Georgia Tech Auburn -- Georgia Tech football rivalry -- Auburn Tulane Auburn -- Tulane football rivalry -- Florida Florida State Florida -- Florida State football rivalry The Governor 's Cup Florida Miami ( FL ) Florida -- Miami football rivalry Seminole War Canoe Trophy Georgia Clemson Clemson -- Georgia football rivalry Georgia Georgia Tech Clean, Old - Fashioned Hate The Governor 's Cup Kentucky Indiana Indiana -- Kentucky rivalry Bourbon Barrel Kentucky Louisville Battle for the Governor 's Cup The Governor 's Cup LSU Tulane Battle for the Rag Tiger Rag / Victory Flag Missouri Illinois Arch Rivalry -- Missouri Iowa State Iowa State -- Missouri football rivalry Telephone Trophy Missouri Kansas Border War Indian War Drum Missouri Nebraska Missouri -- Nebraska football rivalry Victory Bell Missouri Oklahoma Missouri -- Oklahoma football rivalry Tiger -- Sooner Peace Pipe Ole Miss Tulane Ole Miss -- Tulane football rivalry Ole Miss Memphis Memphis -- Ole Miss football rivalry South Carolina Clemson The Palmetto Bowl The Hardee 's Trophy South Carolina North Carolina Battle of the Carolinas -- Tennessee Georgia Tech Georgia Tech -- Tennessee football rivalry -- Texas A&M Baylor Battle of the Brazos -- Texas A&M TCU TCU -- Texas A&M football rivalry Texas A&M Texas Texas -- Texas A&M football rivalry Lone Star Trophy Texas A&M Texas Tech Texas A&M -- Texas Tech football rivalry -- Vanderbilt Sewanee Sewanee -- Vanderbilt football rivalry -- 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 fifty 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 Men 's basketball For the current season, see 2017 -- 18 Southeastern Conference men 's basketball season. Since the 2012 -- 13 season, SEC teams have played an 18 - game conference schedule. Before expansion to 14 teams, the conference schedule was 16 games. Although the divisions were eliminated beginning with the 2011 -- 12 season, that season 's schedule was still set according to the divisional alignments, with each team facing each team from its own division twice and each team from the opposite division once. As part of the proposal by SEC head coaches that led to the scrapping of the divisional structure, a task force of four coaches and four athletic directors was set to discuss future conference scheduling. At that time, options included a revamped 16 - game schedule, an 18 - game schedule, or a full double round - robin of 22 conference games. However, these discussions came before Texas A&M and Missouri were announced in late 2011 as incoming members for the 2012 -- 13 season. At the 2012 SEC spring meetings, league athletic directors adopted an 18 - game conference schedule. Each school had one permanent opponent that it played home and away every season, and faced four other opponents in a home - and - home series during a given season, and then the remaining teams one each ( four home, four away ). The permanent opponents were Alabama - Auburn, Arkansas - Missouri, Florida - Kentucky, Georgia - South Carolina, LSU - Texas A&M, Ole Miss - Mississippi State, and Tennessee - Vanderbilt. The home - and - home opponents, apart from the permanent opponent, rotated each season. The 2014 SEC spring meetings saw a change to the scheduling format. While the athletic directors voted to stay with an 18 - game conference schedule, they increased the number of permanent opponents for each school from one to three. Each school will retain its permanent opponent from the 2012 -- 2014 period. Further details of the new scheduling format, including the complete list of permanent opponents, have yet to be finalized. Before the 1990 expansion to 12 schools, teams played a double round - robin, leading to an exhausting 18 - game conference schedule. Not surprisingly, no team ever ran the table when the conference schedule featured 18 games ; three teams went 17 -- 1 ( Kentucky in 1970 and 1986, LSU in 1981 ). During the period from 1992 to 2012 when the league slate was 16 games, Kentucky went undefeated in SEC play in 1996, 2003, and 2012 ( although only the 2003 team went on to win the conference tournament ). Since the return to an 18 - game conference schedule following the 2012 conference expansion, two teams have gone undefeated in SEC play : Florida in 2013 -- 14 and Kentucky in 2014 -- 15. The new SEC coordinator of basketball officials for 2013 -- 14 was announced as Dr. Robert `` Jake '' Bell. Bell is a former SEC and NCAA tournament official. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky. Basketball tournament Main article : SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament The SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament ( also known simply as the SEC Tournament ) is the competition that determines the SEC 's automatic bid to the NCAA men 's basketball tournament. Notably, it does not determine the SEC conference champion in men 's basketball -- the conference has awarded its championship to the team ( s ) with the best regular - season record since the 1950 -- 51 season. It is a single - elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. With the expansion to 14 members in 2012, the 2013 tournament was the first with a new format covering five days. The teams seeded 11 through 14 play on the first day, with the winners advancing to play the No. 5 and 6 seeds on Thursday. The top four teams receive a `` double bye '' and do not play until the quarterfinals on Friday. As of the most recently completed 2016 -- 17 season, the tournament has most often been held at two venues that have each hosted 12 times. Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky served as the regular host from 1941 until the tournament was discontinued after the 1952 edition. The Georgia Dome in Atlanta first hosted the tournament in 1995 and most recently hosted in 2014. Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee is now the regular host, with that venue hosting the tournament from 2015 through 2025, except in 2018 and 2022 ( years in which it will instead host the SEC women 's basketball tournament ). Sometimes, the tournament will take place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, or Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. During the two seasons in the 2015 -- 2025 period in which Nashville will not host the men 's tournament, it will be held at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri in 2018 and Amalie Arena in 2022. Prior to moving to the Georgia Dome, the tournament ( during its modern, post-1979 era ) was most often contested at the Birmingham - Jefferson Civic Center, home of the SEC 's headquarters and centrally located prior to the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. Other sites to host include on - campus arenas at LSU, Tennessee and Vanderbilt ; Rupp Arena in Lexington ; and the Orlando Arena. NCAA tournament Champions, runners - up and locations † denotes overtime games. Multiple † 's indicate more than one overtime. Year Champion Runner - up Venue and city 1948 Kentucky 58 Baylor 42 Madison Square Garden New York 1949 Kentucky ( 2 ) 46 Oklahoma A&M 36 Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle 1951 Kentucky ( 3 ) 68 Kansas State 58 Williams Arena Minneapolis 1958 Kentucky ( 4 ) 84 Seattle 72 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 1966 Texas Western 72 Kentucky 65 Cole Field House College Park, Maryland UCLA ( 10 ) 92 Kentucky 85 San Diego Sports Arena San Diego 1978 Kentucky ( 5 ) 94 Duke 88 The Checkerdome St. Louis 1994 Arkansas 76 Duke 72 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 1995 UCLA ( 11 ) 92 Arkansas 85 Kingdome Seattle Kentucky ( 6 ) 76 Syracuse 67 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 1997 † Arizona 84 Kentucky 79 RCA Dome Indianapolis 1998 Kentucky ( 7 ) 78 Utah 69 Alamodome San Antonio 2000 Michigan State ( 2 ) 89 Florida 76 RCA Dome Indianapolis 2006 Florida 73 UCLA 57 RCA Dome Indianapolis 2007 Florida ( 2 ) 84 Ohio State 75 Georgia Dome Atlanta 2012 Kentucky ( 8 ) 67 Kansas 59 Mercedes - Benz Superdome New Orleans 2014 Connecticut 60 Kentucky 54 AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas Awards The SEC Men 's Basketball Player of the Year is awarded to the player who has proven himself, throughout the season, to be the most exceptional talent in the Southeastern Conference. Various other awards, such as the best tournament player in the SEC Tournament and all conference honors are given out throughout the year. Baseball See also : SEC Baseball Tournament Schools play a 30 - game league schedule ( 10 three - game series ). From 1996 through 2012, schools played all five schools within their division and five of the six schools from the opposite division. With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, schools will now miss three opponents from the opposite division in a given season. Since 1990, the SEC has become the most successful conference on the college baseball diamond. That year, Georgia captured the conference 's first national championship at the College World Series. Following that, LSU won 6 of the next 19 titles, including 5 of 10 between 1991 and 2000 and its sixth title in 2009. This was followed by South Carolina winning back to back titles in 2010 and 2011, Vanderbilt winning its first title in 2014, and Florida winning its first title in 2017. During that same span, nine teams have also been runners - up at the CWS. The CWS final series has featured two SEC teams in 1997, 2011, and 2017. The only current SEC member that has never appeared in the CWS is Kentucky. Among other current SEC members, only Missouri has not appeared in the CWS while a member of the SEC ( and has yet to make the NCAA tournament as an SEC member ), although it made six CWS appearances in the 1950s and 1960s while in the Big Eight Conference. Both Georgia Tech and Tulane have made appearances in the CWS after leaving the SEC. SEC teams have also become leaders in total and average attendance over the years. In 2010 five of the top six drawing programs hailed from the SEC. Six more teams placed in the top 35 nationally. The NCAA automatic berth is given to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, which was first started in 1977. It is a double - elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Since 1998, the tournament has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama and contested under the format used at the College World Series from 1988 through 2002, with two four - team brackets leading to a single championship game. The winner receives the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. SEC presidents and athletic directors voted to expand the SEC Tournament to 10 teams starting in 2012. The division winners received a bye on the first day of competition, and the tournament became single - elimination after the field is pared to four teams. With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M for the 2013 baseball season, the tournament was expanded to 12 teams. The top four seeds receive a bye on the first day, with seeds 5 - 12 playing single elimination. The tournament is double - elimination for the next three days, then reverts to single elimination when four teams are remaining. In addition to the winner of the SEC Baseball Tournament, the Southeastern Conference usually gets several at - large bids to the NCAA Tournament. Many teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament despite failing to wi a game in the SEC Tournament. One of those, Mississippi State, went 0 - 2 in the 2007 SEC Tournament, but reached the College World Series in 2007. College World series Champions, runners - up and scores Note : Teams in bold are current SEC members who advanced to the CWS while in the conference. Teams in bold italics are current SEC members who were in another conference at the time of their appearance. Year Champion Runner - up Score ( s ) Venue 1951 Oklahoma Tennessee 3 -- 2 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1952 Holy Cross Missouri 8 -- 4 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1954 Missouri Rollins 4 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1958 Southern California ( 2 ) Missouri 8 -- 7 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1964 Minnesota Missouri 5 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska Texas ( 3 ) South Carolina 2 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1977 Arizona State ( 4 ) South Carolina 2 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1979 Cal State Fullerton Arkansas 2 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska Texas ( 4 ) Alabama 4 -- 3 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1990 Georgia Oklahoma State 2 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1991 LSU Wichita State 6 -- 3 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1993 LSU ( 2 ) Wichita State 8 -- 0 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska LSU ( 3 ) Miami ( FL ) 9 -- 8 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 1997 LSU ( 4 ) Alabama 13 -- 6 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2000 LSU ( 5 ) Stanford 6 -- 5 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2002 Texas ( 5 ) South Carolina 12 -- 6 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2005 Texas ( 6 ) Florida 4 -- 2, 6 -- 2 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2008 Fresno State Georgia 6 -- 7, 19 -- 10, 6 -- 1 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2009 LSU ( 6 ) Texas 7 -- 6, 1 -- 5, 11 -- 4 Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska South Carolina UCLA 7 -- 1, 2 -- 1 ( 11 ) Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska 2011 South Carolina ( 2 ) Florida 2 -- 1 ( 11 ), 5 -- 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2012 Arizona ( 4 ) South Carolina 5 -- 1, 4 -- 1 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2013 UCLA Mississippi State 3 -- 1, 8 -- 0 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2014 Vanderbilt Virginia 9 -- 8, 2 -- 7, 3 -- 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2015 Virginia Vanderbilt 1 -- 5, 3 -- 0, 4 -- 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2017 Florida LSU 4 -- 3, 6 -- 1 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska College World Series appearances School Appearances Most recent Highest finish LSU 18 2017 1st ( 6x ) Florida 11 2017 1st South Carolina 11 2012 1st ( 2x ) Mississippi State 9 2013 2nd Arkansas 8 2015 2nd Georgia 6 2008 1st Missouri 6 1964 1st Texas A&M 6 2017 5th Alabama 5 1999 2nd ( 2x ) Auburn 1997 4th Tennessee 2005 2nd Ole Miss 5 2014 4th Vanderbilt 2015 1st Kentucky 0 N / A N / A Rivalries This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2017 ) Several baseball rivalries have developed in the SEC : LSU -- Tulane Historically these schools were arch - rivals in all sports, but following Tulane 's decades - long de-emphasis of sports, including its exit from the SEC in 1966, baseball is the only sport in which the two schools are relatively evenly matched. On several occasions match - ups between the two have drawn national record - setting attendances. Tulane reached its first College World Series in 2001 by defeating LSU in three games in the NCAA Super Regional. In 2002, the Tigers and Green Wave drew an NCAA regular season record crowd of 27,673 to the Louisiana Superdome. LSU -- Mississippi State Before the arrival of Skip Bertman as LSU 's baseball coach in 1984, Mississippi State had long dominated the conference in baseball, with most of that success coming under coach Ron Polk, who returned to coach the Bulldogs in 2002 after retiring in 1997. When Bertman arrived in Baton Rouge, LSU 's long - dormant program took off, winning 11 SEC championships and five College World Series championships between 1984 and 2001. South Carolina -- Clemson This instate rivalry is an intense local affair, with the Gamecocks and Tigers meeting each regular season, and has gained national prominence as both teams are often ranked in the top 10 nationally. The highlights of the rivalry include the 2002 and 2010 meetings in the final four of the College World Series. Each time, South Carolina emerged from the losers bracket to beat Clemson twice and advance to the national championship series. South Carolina -- North Carolina The Gamecocks and Tar Heels met five times in the NCAA tournament between 2002 and 2013, including the 2002 NCAA Regional, 2003 NCAA Super Regional, 2004 NCAA Regional and 2013 NCAA Regional, with the Gamecocks holding a 3 -- 2 edge. Women 's basketball The SEC has historically been the most dominant conference in women 's basketball. Since the 2009 -- 10 season, teams have played a 16 - game conference schedule with a single league table ; prior to that time the conference schedule was 14 games, again in a single table. Like SEC men 's basketball, women 's basketball used the divisional alignment for scheduling purposes through the 2011 -- 12 season ; however, the women 's scheduling format was significantly different from the men 's. Each team played home - and - home games against five schools -- one permanent opponent, two teams from the same division, and two teams from the opposite division ; the non-permanent home - and - home opponents rotated every two years. The remaining games were single games against the six other schools in the conference, with three at home and three away. The league voted to keep a 16 - game league schedule even after the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M. Arkansas and LSU are no longer permanent opponents, with the Razorbacks picking up Missouri and the Lady Tigers picking up Texas A&M. The other permanent opponents are the same as men 's basketball, except for Florida - Georgia and Kentucky - South Carolina ( both pairs had been permanent women 's basketball opponents before the 2012 expansion ). Each school plays two others home - and - home during a given season and the other 10 once each. The divisional alignments no longer play any role in scheduling. The recent history of SEC women 's basketball is dominated by Tennessee, who have won regular season and / or conference tournament championships in 20 of the last 22 seasons, as well as 8 national championships since 1987. In the 28 seasons the NCAA Division I Women 's Basketball Championship has been held, SEC schools have reached the Final Four 32 times, more than twice as often as any other conference. Basketball tournament Main article : SEC Women 's Basketball Tournament The SEC Women 's Basketball Tournament is currently held a week before the men 's basketball tournament. Like the men 's version, it is a single - elimination tournament involving all conference members, with seeding based on regular season records. With the expansion to 14 schools, the bottom four teams in the conference standings play opening - round games, and the top four receive `` double byes '' into the quarterfinals. The winner earns the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA women 's basketball tournament. Also paralleling the men 's tournament, the women 's tournament does not determine the SEC champion ; that honor has been awarded based on regular - season record since the 1985 -- 86 season. The tournament, inaugurated in 1980, was originally held on campus sites ; the first tournament to take place at a neutral site was in 1987. The two most frequent sites for the tournament have been McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee ( seven times ) and the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia ( six times ) ; however, the tournament was last played in Albany in 1992 and Chattanooga in 2000. Because demand for women 's tournament tickets is generally lower than for the men 's tournament, it is typically played in a smaller venue than the men 's tournament in the same season. The most frequent venues since 2000 have been Bridgestone Arena in Nashville ( five times ), Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia ( four ), and Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas ( four ). NCAA tournament Champions, runners - up and locations † denotes overtime games. Multiple † 's indicate more than one overtime. Year Champion Runner - up Venue and city 1984 Southern Cal ( 2 ) 72 Tennessee 61 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles 1985 Old Dominion 70 Georgia 65 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas Tennessee 67 Louisiana Tech 44 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas 1988 Louisiana Tech ( 2 ) 56 Auburn 54 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington 1988 Tennessee ( 2 ) 76 Auburn 70 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington 1990 Stanford 88 Auburn 81 Thompson -- Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee 1991 † Tennessee ( 3 ) 70 Virginia 67 Lakefront Arena New Orleans 1995 Connecticut 70 Tennessee 64 Target Center Minneapolis Tennessee ( 4 ) 83 Georgia 65 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 1997 Tennessee ( 5 ) 68 Old Dominion 59 Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati 1998 Tennessee ( 6 ) 93 Louisiana Tech 75 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri 2000 Connecticut ( 2 ) 71 Tennessee 52 First Union Center Philadelphia 2003 Connecticut ( 4 ) 73 Tennessee 68 Georgia Dome Atlanta Connecticut ( 5 ) 70 Tennessee 61 New Orleans Arena New Orleans 2007 Tennessee ( 7 ) 59 Rutgers 46 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland 2008 Tennessee ( 8 ) 64 Stanford 48 St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida 2011 Texas A&M 76 Notre Dame 70 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis 2017 South Carolina 67 Mississippi State 55 American Airlines Center Dallas Rivalries Tennessee -- UConn See also : Tennessee - UConn rivalry 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 opponent in the NCAA final was Tennessee. Connecticut also defeated Tennessee in the 1995 Championship game, the Huskies ' first - ever title. Other sports Besides football, basketball, and baseball, there are a number of other sports in which the Southeastern Conference actively competes. Rivalries Alabama -- Georgia, women 's gymnastics These two storied programs have often butted heads for not only SEC titles, but NCAA titles, as well. Georgia has won ten national championships to Alabama 's six. For decades the rivalry was dominated by the two long standing coaches of the two schools, Suzanne Yoculan of Georgia and Sarah Patterson of Alabama. Yoculan and Patterson have since retired, bringing their personal rivalry to an end. Alabama -- Florida, women 's softball These two nationally acclaimed softball programs have proven to be the elite of the SEC and the nation. While consistently being ranked in the nation 's Top Ten, both teams find their way to the SEC Tournament Finals and often clash once more in the Women 's College Softball World Series. Auburn -- Texas, men 's swimming and diving One of the youngest rivalries featuring an SEC team, the Tigers and Texas Longhorns are the two most successful swimming and diving programs in the country. The two have combined for 17 NCAA National Titles since 1981 ( 9 for Texas, 8 for Auburn ) and between 1999 and 2007 won every national title awarded. The two regularly face off in a meet during the regular season, Auburn 's men own a 12 -- 9 record over the Longhorns. The women just recently began an annual series, with the Tigers winning the series so far 3 -- 1. Texas was the only team to beat the Auburn men between 2001 and 2007. National team championships Main article : List of Southeastern Conference national championships Since the SEC 's founding in December 1932, the varsity athletic teams of its current 14 members have won over 200 national team sports championships. The following is the list of the national team championships claimed by current 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 part of the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) system. 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 the National Collegiate Equestrian Association ( NCEA ), 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 Missouri and Texas A&M before the 2012 -- 13 school year predate their membership in the SEC. Football ( 37 ) : 1919 -- Texas A&M * 1925 -- Alabama * 1926 -- Alabama * 1927 -- Texas A&M * 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 2012 -- Alabama 2015 -- Alabama Baseball ( 12 ) : 1954 -- Missouri * 1990 -- Georgia 1991 -- LSU 1993 -- LSU 1996 -- LSU 1997 -- LSU 2000 -- LSU 2009 -- LSU 2010 -- South Carolina 2011 -- South Carolina 2014 -- Vanderbilt 2017 -- Florida 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 ( 10 ) : 1987 -- Tennessee 1989 -- Tennessee 1991 -- Tennessee 1996 -- Tennessee 1997 -- Tennessee 1998 -- Tennessee 2007 -- Tennessee 2008 -- Tennessee 2011 -- Texas A&M * 2017 -- South Carolina 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 ( 16 ) : 2002 -- Texas A&M * 2003 -- Georgia 2004 -- Georgia 2005 -- South Carolina 2006 -- Auburn 2007 -- South Carolina 2008 -- Georgia 2009 -- Georgia 2010 -- Georgia 2011 -- Auburn 2012 -- Texas A&M * 2013 -- Auburn 2014 -- Georgia 2015 -- South Carolina 2016 -- Auburn 2017 -- Texas A&M Men 's golf ( 12 ) : 1940 -- LSU 1942 -- LSU 1947 -- LSU 1955 -- LSU 1968 -- Florida 1973 -- Florida 1993 -- Florida 1999 -- Georgia 2001 -- Florida 2005 -- Georgia 2009 -- Texas A&M * 2013 -- Alabama 2014 -- Alabama 2015 -- LSU Women 's golf ( 4 ) : 1985 -- Florida 1986 -- Florida 2001 -- Georgia 2012 − Alabama Women 's gymnastics ( 20 ) : 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 2012 -- Alabama 2013 -- Florida 2014 -- Florida 2015 -- Florida Rifle ( 1 ) : 2011 -- Kentucky Women 's soccer ( 1 ) : 1998 -- Florida Softball ( 6 ) : 1982 -- Texas A&M ( AIAW ) * 1983 -- Texas A&M * 1987 -- Texas A&M * 2012 -- Alabama 2014 -- Florida 2015 -- Florida 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 ( 15 ) : 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 2013 -- Georgia 2014 -- Georgia 2016 -- Georgia Men 's tennis ( 6 ) : 1985 -- Georgia 1987 -- Georgia 1999 -- Georgia 2001 -- Georgia 2007 -- Georgia 2008 -- Georgia Women 's tennis ( 10 ) : 1992 -- Florida 1994 -- Georgia 1996 -- Florida 1998 -- Florida 2000 -- Georgia 2003 -- Florida 2011 -- Florida 2012 − Florida 2015 -- Vanderbilt 2017 -- Florida Men 's Indoor Track ( 28 ) : 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 2013 -- Arkansas 2017 -- Texas A&M 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 2015 -- Arkansas Men 's Outdoor Track ( 23 ) : 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 * 2012 − Florida 2013 − Florida / Texas A&M ( tie ) 2016 − Florida 2017 − Florida Women 's Outdoor Track ( 21 ) : 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 * 2014 -- 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 current SEC institutions The fourteen 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, Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) and College Football Playoff ( CFP ) since 1992, as well as consensus national championships determined by the major football polls prior to 1992. LSU -- 46 Arkansas -- 43 Georgia -- 36 Florida -- 35 Alabama -- 25 Tennessee -- 23 Auburn -- 19 Texas A&M -- 17 Kentucky -- 11 South Carolina -- 9 Mississippi -- 3 Vanderbilt -- 3 Missouri -- 2 Mississippi State -- 0 NCAA and AIAW national tournament team titles won by current 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 -- 82 academic year, and the NCAA has never sponsored a national championship playoff or tournament in major college football. To date, the fourteen members of the SEC have won 212 NCAA and four AIAW championships, including : LSU -- 43 Arkansas -- 42 Florida -- 32 Georgia -- 28 Tennessee -- 17 Auburn -- 14 Texas A&M -- 12 Kentucky -- 10 Alabama -- 10 South Carolina -- 3 Vanderbilt -- 3 Missouri -- 2 Mississippi -- 0 Mississippi State -- 0 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 Networks 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 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. 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 ( and before it, Jefferson - Pilot / Lincoln Financial 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 had, at the time of the deal, the richest television deals in the country outside the Big Ten and helped make the SEC one of the most nationally televised and visible conferences in the country with the coverage that was provided by these contracts. 2014 SEC Network launch Main article : SEC Network The SEC Network is a television and multimedia network that features exclusively Southeastern Conference content through a partnership between ESPN and the SEC. The network launched on August 14, 2014 with the first live football game scheduled for two weeks later between Texas A&M and South Carolina on Thursday, August 28 in Columbia, South Carolina The network is part of a deal between the Southeastern Conference and ESPN which is a 20 - year agreement, beginning in August 2014 and running through 2034. The agreement served to create and operate a new multiplatform television network and accompanying digital platform in the hope of increasing revenue for member institutions and expanding the reach of the Southeastern Conference. Conference Champions Main article : List of Southeastern Conference champions The Southeastern Conference sponsors nine men 's sports and twelve women 's sports, and awards a conference championship in every one of them. See also List of NCAA conferences List of SEC men 's basketball tournament locations SEC on CBS Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference Notes ^ A. One men 's home game per year played at Freedom Hall in Louisville. ^ B. In 2009, Carolina Stadium replaced historic Sarge Frye Field. ^ C. Two games played each year at Little Rock, one non-conference game and one SEC game. ^ D. New arena opened for 2010 -- 11 season. ^ E. New Alex Box Stadium opened 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. The teams have played only three times in the regular season since Arkansas joined the SEC, but resumed playing again in 2014. ^ J. Series was annual rivalry when Arkansas and Texas A&M were both in the Southwest Conference. The teams began playing annually at Cowboys Stadium starting in 2009 ; beginning in 2012 the series became a conference matchup and reverted to a home - and - home for 2012 and 2013, then returned to Cowboys Stadium in 2014 and beyond. ^ K. The series does not have an official nickname ( the unofficial nickname is due to both teams sharing the same mascot name ), but due to the close margin most years, some individual games do. Not an annual rivalry until Auburn and LSU were placed in the SEC West in 1992. ^ L. Series has only been played twice in regular season since 1987. ^ M. Played in Jacksonville, Florida. The rotates every year depending on which team is the designated home team. Also known as the `` World 's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party '' though use of the term is discouraged due to the issue of underage alcohol use. ^ 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. References Jump up ^ `` Official Site of the Southeastern Conference ''. Secsports.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Jump up ^ `` SEC generates $455 million in revenue, $31.2 M per school ; Slive 's run ends ''. Jump up ^ `` 2013 -- 2014 SEC Revenue Distribution ''. Southeastern Conference. June 5, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Alabama and Auburn to the East ? Missouri and Vanderbilt to the West ? ''. 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Question: when did texas a&m join the sec conference
Answer: 2012