List of Southeastern Conference champions

Members

The SEC was established in December 1932, when the 13 members of the Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains left to form their own conference. Ten of the 13 founding members have remained in the conference since its inception. Three schools left the conference before 1966 and six have joined since 1991, bringing the current membership to 16.

Current members

• Alabama (since 1932)
• Arkansas (since 1991)
• Auburn (since 1932)
• Florida (since 1932)
• Georgia (since 1932)
• Kentucky (since 1932)
• LSU (since 1932)
• Mississippi (since 1932) – athletically known as "Ole Miss"
• Mississippi State (since 1932)
• Missouri (since 2012)
• Oklahoma (since 2024)
• South Carolina (since 1991)
• Tennessee (since 1932)
• Texas (since 2024)
• Texas A&M (since 2012)
• Vanderbilt (since 1932)

Former members

• Sewanee: 1932–1940
• Georgia Tech: 1932–1964
• Tulane: 1932–1966

Current champions

Men's sports

Women's sports

Baseball

Main article: Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

All 16 SEC schools play baseball.

Although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC awards its official baseball championship based solely on regular-season record, whether or not the tournament existed at a given time. The tournament, however, does determine the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

The method to determine the SEC Champion has varied greatly:

• 1933-1947: Determined by conference winning percentage.
• 1948-1950: Division leaders met in best of 5 championship series.
• 1951: Determined by conference winning percentage.
• 1952: Division leaders were to meet in best of 3 championship series; Eastern division leader ceded championship series to western division leader.
• 1953-1976: Division leaders met in best of 3 championship series.
• 1977-1985: First SEC Tournament. Determined by top 2 teams from each division playing in double elimination tournament.
• 1986: Determined by top 4 teams overall playing in double elimination tournament.
• 1987: Determined by top 6 teams overall playing in double elimination tournament.
• 1988-1991: Determined by conference winning percentage. Tournament played to award NCAA auto-bid.
• 1992: Determined by conference winning percentage.
• 1993-1995: Determined by conference and tournament winning percentage. NCAA auto-bid is awarded to winner of divisional tournament that *has highest overall conference winning percentage.
• 1996-1997: Determined by conference winning percentage. Tournament played with top 3 teams in each division plus 2 at-large teams based on conference winning percentage to award NCAA auto-bid.
• 1998: Determined as before but with division leaders earning top 2 seeds in tournament.
• 1999-2012: Determined as before but tournament consisted of top 2 teams in each division plus 4 at-large teams based on conference winning percentage.

Champions

Official SEC champions in bold.

Men's basketball

Main article: SEC men's basketball tournament

All 16 SEC members play men's basketball.

Although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC has awarded its official men's basketball championship based solely on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season, whether or not the tournament existed at a given time. The tournament, however, does determine the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

Champions

Official SEC champions in bold.

Division champions (1992–2011)

When the SEC expanded to 12 schools with the addition of South Carolina and Arkansas for the 1992 season, the conference divided its basketball teams into separate divisions, East and West, just like for football. In June 2011, the SEC voted to eliminate divisions in basketball.

Women's basketball

Main article: SEC women's basketball tournament

All 16 SEC members play women's basketball.

Although the SEC began sponsoring women's basketball competition in the 1979–80 season, it was not fully integrated into the conference until the 1982–83 season, which was the first in which each team played the same number of conference games. Also, although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC has officially awarded its conference title based solely on the regular-season standings since the 1985–86 season. From 1980 to 1985, the official SEC champion was the tournament winner, but the tournament now only determines the recipient of the SEC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

Champions

Cross country

All current SEC members participate in men's and women's cross country except South Carolina, which only fields a women's team.

Champions

Equestrian

Four SEC schools compete in Women's Equestrian: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas A&M. The first conference championship was contested in 2013.

Champions

Football

All 16 SEC schools play football.

Champions

Pre-championship game era (1933–1991)

Championship game era (1992–present)

Divisional champions

From 1992 through 2023, divisional champions were crowned. Occasionally, a tie between two or more teams occurred, requiring a tiebreaker. All teams involved in the tiebreaker were considered co-divisional champions, and the winner of the tiebreaker was the division's representative to the championship game. The 2023 season was the last for the divisional format. All divisional champions and co-champions are listed below.

• denotes tie-break winner and subsequent division representative to the SEC championship game.

in 1993 Auburn finished first in the West standings but was ineligible due to NCAA probation and postseason ban.

in 2002 Alabama finished first in the West standings but was ineligible due to NCAA probation and postseason ban.

Southern Conference football champions

The Southern Conference was an immediate predecessor to the SEC, with all thirteen charter SEC schools having been members before leaving to form the SEC after the 1932 season.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was a predecessor to the Southern Conference, with every current and former member of the SEC having been members at some point except Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Golf

All 16 SEC schools play both men's and women's golf.

Champions

Women's gymnastics

Nine SEC schools participate in women's gymnastics: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Oklahoma has a men's gymnastics team in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

In 2017, the SEC began recognizing a regular season champion in addition to the winner of the SEC championship meet. LSU claimed the first regular season title.

Champions

Women's rowing

The SEC added women's rowing for the 2024–25 school year with four programs—Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

Champions

Indoor track and field

All current SEC schools participate in both men's and women's indoor track & field except Vanderbilt, which once sponsored the sport for both sexes but now sponsors it only for women.

Champions

Outdoor track and field

All current SEC schools participate in outdoor track & field for both sexes except for Vanderbilt, which sponsors the sport only for women.

Champions

Soccer

All 16 schools play women's soccer. While only women's soccer is sponsored by the SEC, Kentucky and South Carolina both have men's soccer teams in the Sun Belt Conference.

Champions

Other division winners

1995 - Alabama (West)

1996 - Arkansas (West)

1997 - Alabama (West)

1998 - Alabama (West)

1999 - Mississippi (West)

2000 - Mississippi (West)

2001 - Mississippi State, Auburn (West)

2002 - Tennessee (East)

2003 - Auburn (West)

2004 - Auburn (West)

2005 - Mississippi (West)

2006 - Auburn (West)

2007 - LSU (West)

2008 - Auburn, LSU (West)

2009 - LSU (West)

2010 - Auburn (West)

2011 - LSU (West)

2012 - Texas A&M (West)

2019 – Vanderbilt (East)

2020–21 – Tennessee (East)

• Divisional winners discontinued from 2013–2018, and after 2020–21.

Softball

Main article: SEC softball tournament

All current SEC schools except Vanderbilt play softball.

Champions

Other division winners

1997 - LSU (West)

1998 - LSU (West)

1999 - Tennessee, South Carolina (East)

2000 - Kentucky (East)

2001 - South Carolina (East)

2002 - South Carolina (East)

2003 - Alabama (West)

2004 - Tennessee (East)

2005 - Georgia (East)

2006 - Georgia (East)

2007 - LSU (West)

2007 - Alabama (West)

2008 - Alabama (West)

2009 - Alabama (West)

2010 - Florida (East)

2011 - Florida (East)

2012 - Tennessee (East)

2013 - LSU (West)

• Division winners discontinued in 2014

Swimming and diving

10 SEC schools participate in men's swimming and diving, and 12 in women's swimming and diving.

The following schools have both men's and women's teams: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee Texas, and Texas A&M.

Arkansas and Vanderbilt sponsor the sport for women only. The two Mississippi schools and Oklahoma do not sponsor the sport at all.

Champions

Men's tennis

All current SEC schools play men's tennis except for Missouri.

From 1953-1989, the SEC Champion was determined by the accumulation of points in an individual flighted tournament (there was not a separate team tournament champion).

In 1990, a team dual match format was instituted for the conference tournament which provided the SEC tournament champion.

From 1990-98, the SEC Champion was determined by a total aggregate points accumulated at the conclusion of the conference tournament: one full point was awarded for each regular-season conference win, one-half point for wins in the first two rounds of the conference tournament, one-half point for receiving a first-round bye in the conference tournament and one full point for a win in the conference tournament semifinals and finals.

For the 1999 season, the same points system was in place with a couple of changes: one full point for first-round bye in the conference tournament and one full point for a win in any round of the conference tournament.

In 2000, the SEC changed the determination of its tennis regular season champion to the team with the best winning percentage in conference regular-season dual matches.

Champions

Other division winners

2002 - Ole Miss (West)

2003 - Ole Miss (West)

2004 - Florida (East)

2005 - Florida (East), Ole Miss (West)

2006 - Ole Miss (West)

2007 - Ole Miss (West)

2008 - Ole Miss (West)

2009 - Georgia (East)

2010 - Ole Miss (West)

2011 - Mississippi State (West)

2012 - Mississippi State (West)

2013 - Texas A&M, Ole Miss (West)

• Divisional winners discontinued in 2014

Women's tennis

All current SEC schools play women's tennis.

In 2000, the SEC changed the determination of its tennis champions to the team with the best winning percentage in conference regular-season dual matches (11 matches). Before this, a points system was used in which full- or half-points were awarded for wins during the season as well as during the conference tournament.

Champions

Other division winners

2002 - Auburn (West)

2003 - Alabama (West)

2004 - LSU (West)

2005 - Mississippi State, Ole Miss (West)

2006 - Alabama (West)

2007 - LSU, Auburn (West)

2008 - Arkansas (West)

2009 - Arkansas (West)

2010 - Ole Miss (West)

2011 - Alabama (West)

2012 - Alabama (West)

2013 - Florida, Georgia (East), Texas A&M (West)

• Divisional winners discontinued in 2014

Volleyball

As of the current 2025 NCAA women's volleyball season, all SEC members play women's volleyball. Vanderbilt reinstated women's volleyball in 2025 after an absence of more than 45 years; it played in the first SEC tournament in 1979, but dropped the sport after that season. The SEC does not currently sponsor men's volleyball, and no conference member has a varsity men's team.

The SEC Volleyball Tournament was suspended for three seasons after the 2005 season. It was not renewed, but, with the NCAA on the verge of officially adding beach volleyball (then called "sand volleyball") to its Emerging Sports program, the conference's coaches instead sponsored a Commissioner's Cup tournament for that variation of the sport. The tournaments, which were held in mid-April between 2008–10, were won by Georgia, South Carolina, and LSU respectively.

On March 14, 2023, the SEC announced that the women's volleyball tournament would be reinstated in the near future. At the time, the conference had not decided whether the tournament would resume in 2024 (when Oklahoma and Texas joined) or 2025 (when Vanderbilt reinstated women's volleyball). In September 2024, the SEC announced that the tournament would resume in 2025.

Champions

• The 2020 season was split into fall and spring phases due to COVID-19.
• From 1979–1982 regular-season conference standings were not tabulated.

Other division winners

1995 - Arkansas (West)

1996 - Arkansas (West)

1997 - Arkansas (West)

1998 - Arkansas (West)

1999 - Arkansas (West)

2000 - Alabama (West)

2001 - Arkansas (West)

2002 - Arkansas (West)

2003 - Arkansas (West)

2004 - Arkansas, Alabama (West)

2005 - LSU, Arkansas (West)

2006 - LSU (West)

2007 - LSU (West)

2008 - LSU (West)

2009 - Kentucky (East)

2010 - LSU (West)

2011 - LSU (West)

2012 - Texas A&M (West)

• Divisional winners discontinued in 2013

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