Editing Southern Conference (section)

===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>

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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}}
|}

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