Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a major collegiate sports conference. It is one of the "Power 5" conferences in Division I sports.^[1] The SEC is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

The SEC is composed of 14 sports teams located mainly in the Southern United States, of which 13 represent public universities, and one represents a private institution. Two additional public universities, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas, announced plans to join the SEC from the Big 12 Conference and were accepted for membership, but a date of actual entry has not been determined.

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 only private institution in the conference)

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. It is by far most notable for its success in college football, specifically after the NCAA adopted its version of a "football playoff system": on the only three occasions (2011-2012 under the old format where #1 and #2 played a single game to determine the national champion, and 2017-2018 and 2021-2022 under the current playoff system featuring the top four ranked teams) where the title game featured two teams from the same conference, the SEC was that conference.

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).

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• Southeastern Conference