Southern Conference

The Southern Conference, SoCon, is a NCAA Div. I. It was founded February 25, 1921 from 14 former members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It has a long rich history and has had quite a few teams come and go including when the Southeastern Conference was formed by splitting of 13 schools from this conference in 1932. Also in 1953 a group of withdrew from this conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. The member institutions compete in a wide array of sports including I-AA football, men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and more.

The SoCon:

• Appalachian State University
• College of Charleston
• The Citadel
• Davidson College
• East Tennessee State University
• Furman University
• Georgia Southern University
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Virginia Military Institute
• Western Carolina University
• Wofford College

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