Editing Southern Conference (section)

==Member schools==

===Current full members===
The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State (ETSU), Mercer, and VMI. The current football membership stands at nine. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football|ETSU]] relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015 and rejoined SoCon football in 2016 after one season as an [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|independent]].<ref name="2014 arrivals">{{Cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209526451&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon Welcomes ETSU, Mercer and VMI |publisher=Southern Conference |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>

{{Clear right}}
The 10 members of the Southern Conference are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br/>(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
! [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]
| [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
| 1886
| 1976
| Public
| 11,728
|$195
| [[Chattanooga Mocs|Mocs]]
| {{college color boxes|Chattanooga Mocs}}
|-
! [[The Citadel]]
| [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| 1842 
| 1936
| [[Senior Military College]]
| 3,693
|$423.6
| [[Citadel Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Citadel Bulldogs}}
|-
! [[East Tennessee State University]]
| [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]
| 1911 
| 2014{{efn|group=cm|ETSU was previously a Southern Conference member from 1978 to 2005.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
| Public
| 9,151
|$87.8
|[[East Tennessee State Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]
|{{college color boxes|East Tennessee State Buccaneers}}
|-
![[Furman University]]
|[[Greenville, South Carolina]]
| 1826 
| 1936
| rowspan="3"|[[Private university|Private]]
| 2,629
|$812
|[[Furman Paladins|Paladins]]
|{{college color boxes|Furman Paladins}}
|-
![[Mercer University]]
|[[Macon, Georgia]]
|1833
|2014
|9,026
|$502
|[[Mercer Bears|Bears]]
|{{college color boxes|Mercer Bears}}
|-
![[Samford University]]
|[[Homewood, Alabama]]
|1841
|2008
|5,729
|$403.5
|[[Samford Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Samford Bulldogs}}
|-
![[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
|[[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
|1891
|1997
|Public
|19,764
|$368.6
|[[UNC Greensboro Spartans|Spartans]]
|{{college color boxes|UNC Greensboro Spartans}}
|-
! [[Virginia Military Institute]]<br>(VMI)
| [[Lexington, Virginia]]
| 1839
| 2014{{efn|group=cm|VMI was previously a Southern Conference member from 1924 to 2003.<ref name="2014 arrivals"/>}}
| [[Senior Military College]]
| 1,772
|$703.1
|[[VMI Keydets|Keydets]]
|{{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}}
|-
![[Western Carolina University]]
|[[Cullowhee, North Carolina]]
| 1889
| 1976
| Public
| 12,243
|$130
|[[Western Carolina Catamounts|Catamounts]]
|{{college color boxes|Western Carolina Catamounts}}
|-
![[Wofford College]]
|[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]
| 1854
| 1997
| Private
| 1,773
|$417.4
|[[Wofford Terriers|Terriers]]
|{{college color boxes|Wofford Terriers}}
|}

;Notes
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===Associate members===
On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference, now known as the [[ASUN Conference]], announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2015 spring season (2014–15 school year). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for men's lacrosse for the 2015 spring season, instead joined the SoCon.<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX">{{cite press release |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407052929/http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209368200&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The alliance remains in effect in men's lacrosse, but the leagues amicably ended their full alliance in women's lacrosse once the SoCon began sponsoring that sport in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 school year).<ref name="SoCon adds WLAX">{{cite press release|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1161510&SPID=186908&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211445189&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |title=SoCon to Add Women's Lacrosse as 22nd Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> However, the conferences maintained their working relationship in women's lacrosse, with the SoCon adding [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] as an associate member effective with the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) in order to keep both conferences at five women's lacrosse members for 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://goccusports.com/news/2020/2/7/womens-lacrosse-to-move-to-socon-beginning-in-2021.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse to Move to SoCon Beginning in 2021 |publisher=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |date=February 7, 2020 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref> Coastal was intended to play in SoCon women's lacrosse in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) as well, but the SoCon decided to drop the sport after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year). While no formal announcement was made, the SoCon–ASUN women's lacrosse partnership definitively ended at that time, as the three full SoCon members who sponsored women's lacrosse moved that sport to the [[Big South Conference]]. Coastal and Delaware State both returned women's lacrosse to the ASUN Conference.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20210706esyw90 |title=Coastal Carolina and Delaware State Set to Rejoin ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=July 7, 2021 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

The men's lacrosse partnership took a slightly different form from the 2022 spring season (2021–22 school year) forward, as the ASUN reinstated its men's lacrosse league. The two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs separated, with Jacksonville remaining in SoCon men's lacrosse while Bellarmine joined the ASUN men's lacrosse league. SoCon associate Air Force also left for ASUN men's lacrosse.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |title=ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181350/https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210205djyk6a |url-status=dead }}</ref> The SoCon maintained its automatic NCAA tournament berth with the addition of [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Hampton]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Hampton joining SoCon as associate member for men's lacrosse |publisher=Southern Conference |date=February 5, 2021 |accessdate=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180343/https://soconsports.com/news/2021/2/5/hampton-joining-socon-as-associate-member-for-mens-lacrosse.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Before the addition of Hampton men's lacrosse, the most recent addition to the associate membership was [[Presbyterian Blue Hose|Presbyterian]] wrestling, which joined during summer 2019.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18100&ATCLID=211688877 |title=PC Adds Men's and Women's Wrestling; Men to Join Southern Conference |publisher=Presbyterian Blue Hose |date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> Two women's lacrosse members, [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Central Michigan]] and [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Detroit Mercy]], left after the 2020 season (2019–20 school year) to join the new women's lacrosse league of Central's full-time home of the [[Mid-American Conference]];<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/11/5/general-womens-lacrosse-coming-in-2020-21-detroit-mercy-youngstown-state-as-affiliates.aspx |title=Women's Lacrosse Coming in 2020-21; Detroit Mercy & Youngstown State As Affiliates |publisher=Mid-American Conference |date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref> this move contributed to the eventual demise of the SoCon women's lacrosse league.

Men's soccer member Belmont left the SoCon after the 2021–22 school year when it joined the [[Missouri Valley Conference]], which sponsors that sport.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/9/27/general-belmont-accepts-invitation-to-join-mvc.aspx |title=Belmont to Join MVC in 2022–23 |publisher=Missouri Valley Conference |date=September 28, 2021 |accessdate=October 2, 2021}}</ref> At the same time, Hampton moved men's lacrosse to its new full-time home of the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the [[Coastal Athletic Association]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://caasports.com/news/2022/1/24/football-caa-welcomes-hampton-university-monmouth-university-and-stony-brook-university-as-new-members.aspx |title=CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members |publisher=Colonial Athletic Association |date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

The addition of men's lacrosse by the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]], announced on May 23, 2022,<ref name=A10MLAX>{{cite press release|url=https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/atlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx |title=Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport |publisher=Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> led to the demise of the SoCon men's lacrosse league after the 2022 season. In addition to Hampton joining the CAA, SoCon associate members High Point and Richmond (the latter a full A-10 member) moved to the A-10, and Jacksonville returned to ASUN men's lacrosse.

In the table below, the "Joined" column denotes the start of the school year in which the institution became an associate member, which for spring sports differs from the first season of competition.
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Sport
!Primary conference
|-
! {{sort|UAB|[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]}} (UAB)
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| 1969
| 2016
| rowspan="2|Public
| 18,568
| [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
| {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
! [[Appalachian State University]]
| [[Boone, North Carolina]]
| 1899
| 2014{{efn|group=am|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Appalachian State from the SoCon to join the Sun Belt Conference. The Mountaineers have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
| 20,641
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| {{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
| wrestling
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
! [[Bellarmine University]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1950
| 2020
| rowspan=4 | Private
| 3,846
| [[Bellarmine Knights|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
| wrestling
| [[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Campbell University]]
| [[Buies Creek, North Carolina]]
| 1887
| 2011
| 11,241
| [[Campbell Fighting Camels|Fighting Camels]]
| {{college color boxes|Campbell Fighting Camels}}
| wrestling
| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
! [[Davidson College]]
| [[Davidson, North Carolina]]
| 1837
| 2014{{efn|group=am|The 2014 date reflects the departure of Davidson from the SoCon to join the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Wildcats have competed in SoCon wrestling continuously since the league first sponsored the sport in 1993–94.}}
| 1,850 
| [[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
| wrestling
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
! [[Gardner–Webb University]]
| [[Boiling Springs, North Carolina]]
| 1905
| 2011
| 5,000
| [[Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs|Runnin' Bulldogs]]
| {{college color boxes|Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs}}
| wrestling
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
|-
! [[Georgia Southern University]]
| [[Statesboro, Georgia]]
| 1906
| 2016
| Public
| 20,517
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle">{{cite web |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210573189&SPID=1790&SPSID=21983 |title=Southern Conference to Add Rifle as 21st Sport |publisher=Southern Conference |date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
! {{sort|North Georgia|[[University of North Georgia]]}}
| [[Dahlonega, Georgia]]
| 1873{{efn|group=am|On January 10, 2012, the University System of Georgia approved the consolidation of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville State College to form a new institution, the University of North Georgia in January 2013.}}
| 2016
| Public
| 16,064 
| [[North Georgia Nighthawks|Nighthawks]]
| {{college color boxes|North Georgia Nighthawks}}
| [[Shooting sports#Rifle|rifle]]<ref name="rifle"/>
| [[Peach Belt Conference|Peach Belt]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
|-
! [[Presbyterian College]] 
| [[Clinton, South Carolina]]
| 1880 
| 2019 
| Private
| 1,403
| [[Presbyterian Blue Hose|Blue Hose]]
| {{college color boxes|Presbyterian Blue Hose}} 
| wrestling
| [[Big South Conference|Big South]]
|}

;Notes:
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! Location
! Founded
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! Nickname
! class="unsortable"|Colors
! Sport
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===Former full members===
Most former members are currently members of either the [[Southeastern Conference]] or the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. Two of the former full members, Appalachian State and Davidson, maintain SoCon associate membership in [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. A third former full member, Georgia Southern, became an associate member in [[Shooting sports|rifle]] when the SoCon added the sport for the 2016–17 school year.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left 
!Nickname
!class="Unsortable"|Colors
!Current<br/>conference
|-
!{{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
|[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
|1831
|1921
|1932
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
|{{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Appalachian State University]]
|[[Boone, North Carolina]]
|1899
|1971
|2014
|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
|{{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
![[Auburn University]]
|[[Auburn, Alabama]]
|1856
|1921
|1932
|[[Auburn Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Auburn Tigers}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Charleston|[[College of Charleston]]}}
|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
|1770
|1998
|2013
|[[College of Charleston Cougars|Cougars]]
|{{college color boxes|College of Charleston Cougars}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
![[Clemson University]]
|[[Clemson, South Carolina]]
|1889
|1921
|1953
|[[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Clemson Tigers}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[Davidson College]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson, North Carolina]]
|rowspan="2"|1837
|1936
|1988
|rowspan="2"|[[Davidson Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Davidson Wildcats}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
|1992
|2014
|-
![[Duke University]]
|[[Durham, North Carolina]]
|1838
|1928
|1953
|[[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
|{{college color boxes|Duke Blue Devils}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[East Carolina University]]
|[[Greenville, North Carolina]]
|1907
|1964
|1976
|[[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
|{{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
|[[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
![[Elon University]]
|[[Elon, North Carolina]]
|1889
|2003
|2014
|[[Elon Phoenix|Phoenix]]
|{{college color boxes|Elon Phoenix}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
!{{sort|Florida|[[University of Florida]]}}
|[[Gainesville, Florida]]
|1853
|1922
|1932
|[[Florida Gators|Gators]]
|{{college color boxes|Florida Gators}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[George Washington University]]
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|1821
|1941
|1970
|[[George Washington Revolutionaries|Colonials]]{{efn|group=ffm|George Washington's nickname throughout its SoCon tenure was Colonials. The current nickname of Revolutionaries was adopted in 2023.}}
|{{college color boxes|George Washington Revolutionaries}}
|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
!{{sort|Georgia|[[University of Georgia]]}}
|[[Athens, Georgia]]
|1785
|1921
|1932
|[[Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Bulldogs}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Georgia Southern University]]
|[[Statesboro, Georgia]]
|1906
|1992
|2014
|[[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
!{{sort|Georgia Tech|[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]}}
|[[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
|1885
|rowspan="2"|1921
|rowspan="3"|1932
|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
|{{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
!{{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}
|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]
|1865
|[[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|{{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Louisiana State University]]
|[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
|1860
|1922
|[[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|LSU Tigers}}
|-
![[Marshall University]]
|[[Huntington, West Virginia]]
|1837
|1976
|1997
|nowrap|[[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
|{{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
!{{sort|Maryland|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]}}
|[[College Park, Maryland]]
|1856
|1923
|1953
|[[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
|{{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
|[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
!{{sort|Mississippi|[[University of Mississippi]]}}
|[[Oxford, Mississippi]]
|1848
|1922
|rowspan="2"|1932
|[[Ole Miss Rebels|Rebels]]
|{{college color boxes|Ole Miss Rebels}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
![[Mississippi State University]]
|[[Starkville, Mississippi]]
|1878
|rowspan="3"|1921
|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|{{college color boxes|Mississippi State Bulldogs}}
|-
!{{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina<br/>at Chapel Hill]]}}
|[[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
|1789
|rowspan="2"|1953
|[[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
|{{college color boxes|North Carolina Tar Heels}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[North Carolina State University]]
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
|1887
|[[NC State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]]
|{{college color boxes|NC State Wolfpack}}
|-
!{{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|1830
|1936
|1976
|[[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
|{{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
![[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee: The University<br/>of the South]]
|[[Sewanee, Tennessee]]
|1857
|1923
|1932
|[[Sewanee Tigers|Tigers]]
|{{college color boxes|Sewanee Tigers}}
|nowrap|[[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
!{{sort|South Carolina|[[University of South Carolina]]}}
|[[Columbia, South Carolina]]
|1801
|1922
|1953
|[[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
|{{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|1794
|1921
|rowspan="3"|1932
|[[Tennessee Volunteers|Volunteers]]
|{{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
|-
![[Tulane University]]
|[[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|1834
|rowspan="2"|1922
|[[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
|{{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
|[[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
![[Vanderbilt University]]
|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
|1873
|[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
|{{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
!{{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia]]}}
|[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
|1819
|rowspan="2"|1921
|1937
|[[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
|{{college color boxes|Virginia Cavaliers}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
![[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute<br/>and State University]]
|[[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
|1872
|1965
|[[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
|{{college color boxes|Virginia Tech Hokies}}
|-
![[Wake Forest University]]
|[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
|1834
|1936
|1953
|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]]
|{{college color boxes|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}
|-
![[Washington and Lee University]]
|[[Lexington, Virginia]]
|1749
|1921
|1958
|[[Washington and Lee Generals|Generals]]
|{{college color boxes|Washington and Lee Generals}}
|[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|ODAC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
![[West Virginia University]]
|[[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
|1867
|1950
|1968
|[[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
|{{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
|[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
!{{sort|William & Mary|[[College of William & Mary]]}}
|[[Williamsburg, Virginia]]
|1693
|1936
|1977
|[[William & Mary Tribe|Tribe]]
|{{college color boxes|William & Mary Tribe}}
|[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|}

{{notelist|group=ffm}}

==== Former associate members ====
In the table below, the "Joined" and "Left" columns denotes the calendar year in which each school joined and left the SoCon. For fall sports, the year of departure differs from the final year of competition. For spring sports, the year of arrival differs from the first season of competition.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!SoCon<br/>sport
!Primary<br/>conference<br/>during SoCon<br/>associate membership
!Current<br/>conference<br/>in former<br/>SoCon sport
|-
! {{sort|Air Force|[[United States Air Force Academy]]}}
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| 1954
| 2015
| 2021
| Federal<br/>{{Small|([[United States service academies|Military]])}}
| 4,417
| [[Air Force Falcons|Falcons]]
| {{college color boxes|Air Force Falcons}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| [[ASUN]]
|-
! [[Bellarmine University]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1950
| 2014
| 2021
| Private
| 3,369
| [[Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|Bellarmine Knights}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}},<br/>[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]{{efn|group=fam|Bellarmine had been a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from that league's formation in 1978 until moving to Division I in 2020 as a new member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.}}
| [[ASUN]]
|-
! [[Belmont University]]
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1890
| 2018
| 2022
| Private
| 8,080
| [[Belmont Bruins|Bruins]]
| {{college color boxes|Belmont Bruins}}
| soccer (m)
| [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
| [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
|-
! [[Central Michigan University]]
| [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]]
| 1892
| 2017
| 2020
| Public
| 21,705
| [[Central Michigan Chippewas|Chippewas]]
| {{college color boxes|Central Michigan Chippewas}}
| lacrosse (w)
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
! [[Coastal Carolina University]]
| [[Conway, South Carolina]]
| 1954
| 2020
| 2021
| Public
| 10,484
| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
| {{college color boxes|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! [[Delaware State University]]
| [[Dover, Delaware]]
| 1891
| 2017
| 2021
| Public<br/>{{small|([[HBCU]])}}
| 5,054
| [[Delaware State Hornets|Hornets]]
| {{college color boxes|Delaware State Hornets}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]]
| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast]]
|-
! {{sort|Detroit|[[University of Detroit Mercy]]}}
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
| 1870
| 2017
| 2020
| Private
| 5,700
| [[Detroit Mercy Titans|Titans]]
| {{college color boxes|Detroit Mercy Titans}}
| lacrosse (w)
| [[Horizon League|Horizon]]
| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
! [[Hampton University]]
| [[Hampton, Virginia]]
| 1868
| 2021
| 2022
| Private
| 4,321
| [[Hampton Pirates men's lacrosse|Pirates]]
| {{college color boxes|Hampton Pirates}}
| lacrosse (m)
| [[Big South]]
| [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
! [[High Point University]]
| [[High Point, North Carolina]]
| 1924
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 4,500
| [[High Point Panthers|Panthers]]
| {{college color boxes|High Point Panthers}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| [[Big South]]
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
! [[Jacksonville University]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| 1934
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 3,741
| [[Jacksonville Dolphins|Dolphins]]
| {{college color boxes|Jacksonville Dolphins}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| colspan="2"|[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
! {{sort|Richmond|[[University of Richmond]]}}
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| 1830
| 2014
| 2022
| Private
| 4,361
| [[Richmond Spiders|Spiders]]
| {{college color boxes|Richmond Spiders}}
| lacrosse (m)<ref name="A-Sun, SoCon LAX"/>
| colspan="2"|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|}

{{notelist|group=fam}}

===SoCon membership timeline===

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   bar:1 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Alabama|Alabama]] (1921–1933)
   bar:1 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:2 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Auburn University|Auburn]] (1921–1933)
   bar:2 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:3 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Georgia|Georgia]] (1921–1933)
   bar:3 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:4 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] (1921–1933)
   bar:4 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1964 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1964 till:1975 text:Independent
   bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1979 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:5 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]] (1921–1933)
   bar:5 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:6 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[Mississippi State University|Mississippi A&M/State]] (1921–1933)
   bar:6 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:7 color:Full from:1921 till:1933 text:[[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] (1921–1933)
   bar:7 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:8 color:Full from:1921 till:1937 text:[[University of Virginia|Virginia]] (1921–1937)
   bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1937 till:1953 text:Independent
   bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:9 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[Clemson University|Clemson]] (1921–1953)
   bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:10 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] (1921–1953)
   bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:11 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]] (1921–1953)
   bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:12 color:Full from:1921 till:1953 text:[[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] (1921–1953)
   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2014 till:end text:[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]

   bar:13 color:Full from:1921 till:1958 text:[[Washington and Lee University|Washington and Lee]] (1921–1958)
   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1958 till:1962
   bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1962 till:1976 text:[[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|CAC]]
   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:end text:[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|VCC/ODAC]]

   bar:14 color:Full from:1921 till:1965 text:[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] (1921–1965)
   bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1965 till:1978 text:Independent
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2000 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:2004 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2004)|Big East]]
   bar:14 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:2004 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:15 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[University of Florida|Florida]] (1922–1933)
   bar:15 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:16 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Louisiana State University|LSU]] (1922–1933)
   bar:16 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:17 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss]] (1922–1933)
   bar:17 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:18 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Tulane University|Tulane]] (1922–1933)
   bar:18 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1966 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1975 text:Independent
   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2014 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]

   bar:19 color:Full from:1922 till:1933 text:[[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]] (1922–1933)
   bar:19 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:20 color:Full from:1922 till:1953 text:[[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]] (1922–1953)
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:1971 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1971 till:1983 text:Independent
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1983 till:1991 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:21 color:Full from:1923 till:1933 text:[[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee]] (1923–1933)
   bar:21 shift:(30) color:OtherC1 from:1933 till:1940 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1940 till:1962 text:Independent
   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1962 till:2012 text:[[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|CAC/SCAC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:[[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]

   bar:22 color:Full from:1924 till:2003 text:[[Virginia Military Institute|VMI]] (1924–2003; 2014–present)
   bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:2003 till:2014 text:[[Big South]]
   bar:22 color:Full from:2014 till:end

   bar:23 color:Full from:1928 till:1953 text:[[Duke University|Duke]] (1928–1953)
   bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:24 color:Full from:1936 till:1953 text:[[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] (1936–1953)
   bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:25 color:Full from:1936 till:end text:[[Furman University|Furman]] (1936–present)

   bar:26 color:Full from:1936 till:1976 text:[[University of Richmond|Richmond]] (1936–1976)
   bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1979 text:Ind.
   bar:26 shift:(-2) color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1983 text:[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC S.]]
   bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:2001 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
   bar:26 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:27 color:Full from:1936 till:1977 text:[[College of William &amp; Mary|William & Mary]] (1936–1977)
   bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1977 till:1983 text:[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC S.]]
   bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:28 color:Full from:1936 till:end text:[[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]] (1936–present)

   bar:29 color:Full from:1936 till:2014 text:[[Davidson College|Davidson]] (1936–2014)
   bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1990 
   bar:29 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 
   bar:29 color:FullxF from:1992 till:2014:(1992–2014)
   bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Atlantic-10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:30 color:Full from:1941 till:1967 text:[[George Washington University|George Washington]] (1941–1970)
   bar:30 color:FullxF from:1967 till:1970
   bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1976 text:Ind.
   bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]

   bar:31 color:Full from:1950 till:1968 text:[[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] (1950–1968)
   bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1968 till:1976 text:Ind.
   bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1995 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
   bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2012 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]

   bar:32 color:Full from:1964 till:1977 text:[[East Carolina University|East Carolina]] (1964–1977)
   bar:32 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:1977 till:1981 text:Ind.
   bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2001 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
   bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2014 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]

   bar:33 color:Full from:1971 till:2014 text:[[Appalachian State University|Appalachian State]] (1971–2014)
   bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:34 color:Full from:1976 till:1997 text:[[Marshall University|Marshall]] (1976–1997)
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2005 text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:35 color:Full from:1976 till:end text:[[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga|Chattanooga]] (1976–present)

   bar:36 color:Full from:1976 till:end text:[[Western Carolina University|Western Carolina]] (1976–present)

   bar:37 color:Full from:1978 till:2004 text:[[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State]] (1978–2005; 2014–present)
   bar:37 color:FullxF from:2004 till:2005
   bar:37 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Sun Conference|A-Sun]]
   bar:37 color:FullxF from:2014 till:2015
   bar:37 color:Full from:2015 till:end

   bar:38 color:Full from:1992 till:2014 text:[[Georgia Southern University|Georgia Southern]] (1992–2014)
   bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:39 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text:[[University of North Carolina at Greensboro|UNC Greensboro]] (1997–present)

   bar:40 color:Full from:1997 till:end text:[[Wofford College|Wofford]] (1997–present)

   bar:41 color:FullxF from:1998 till:end text:[[College of Charleston|Charleston]] (1998–2013)
   bar:41 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:42 color:Full from:2003 till:end text:[[Elon University|Elon]] (2003–2014)
   bar:42 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]

   bar:43 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:[[Samford University|Samford]] (2008–present)

   bar:44 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[Mercer University|Mercer]] (2014–present)

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* <small>Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lee's affiliation history is not indicated in the table. In 1958, W&L stopped awarding athletic scholarships; from then until 1962, it was an independent in what was then the NCAA College Division (which was split in 1973 to form today's Divisions II and III).</small>