Editing Southern Conference (section)

===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>