Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a major collegiate sports conference. It is one of the "Power 5" conferences in Division I sports.

The SEC is composed of 14 sports teams located mainly in the Southern United States. The SEC is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

There are 13 public universities, and one private institution (Vanderbilt University). The conference is divided up into two sections, East and West.

The Eastern Conference is made up of:

• The Florida Gators
• The Georgia Bulldogs
• The Kentucky Wildcats
• The Missouri Tigers
• The South Carolina Gamecocks
• The Tennessee Volunteers
• The Vanderbilt Commodores

The West is made up of:

• The Alabama Crimson Tide
• The Arkansas Razorbacks
• The Auburn Tigers
• The Louisiana State Tigers
• The Ole Miss Rebels
• The Mississippi State Bulldogs
• The Texas A and M Aggies

This conference has produced numerous titles in all divisions of athletics, most notably in football: on the only two occasions where the Football Bowl Series national championship game featured two teams from the same conference, in both cases both teams were SEC members.

The SEC leads in average attendance in most of the major sports: only one of its football stadiums seats less than 50,000 fans while two of its basketball arenas set over 20,000 and two of its baseball stadiums officially seat over 10,000.

Although the teams feature fierce rivalries during play, camaraderie between fans is exceptionally strong: it is frequent to hear fans chant "SEC" when an SEC team is defeating another conference team in a national title game (to the disdain of liberal elites who hate sports and the Southern United States equally).

External Links

• Southeastern Conference