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A Southern Conference (or even SoCon) occurs as college athletic conference affiliated with a NCAA's Section We personally-AA for footbcompletely & Division I for all more sports. Member institutions come in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Formed within 1921 following of a split from either the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a Southern Conference ranks when the for oldest major college athletic conference in the United States.
Charter members involved Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryl&, Mississippi State, Northerly Carolina, Northerly Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Inland northwest & Lee.
A SoCon is particularly notable for getting spawned 2 more major conferences. Around 1932, Thirteen schools placed south & west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) departed a SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference. Around 1953, 7 schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from a SoCon to form a Atlantic Coast Conference.
More previous members (additionally to people enrolled above) include ETSU (1979-2005), Marshall (1977-1996), Richmond (1936-1976), Virginia (1921-1937), Virginia Military Institute (1925-2003), Virginia Tech (1921-1964), Washington & Lee (1921-19??), William & Mary (1936-1976), and West Virginia (1950-1967).
Current members (and year joined)
Appalachian State University (1972)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1977)
The Citadel (1936)
College of Charleston (1998) [no football program]
Davidson College (1936) [basketball-only member]
Elon University (2003)
Furman University (1936)
Georgia Southern University (1992)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1997) [no football program]
Virginia Military Institute [wrestling-only member]
Western Carolina University (1977)
Wofford College (1997)
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