Editing Gulf South Conference (section)

===Membership timeline===
<timeline>
DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20
Period = from:1970 till:2030
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5

Colors =
          id:line value:black
          id:bg value:white
          id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
          id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
          id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
          id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only
          id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference
          id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used

PlotData =
 width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

 bar:1 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[Delta State University|Delta State]] (1970–present)
 bar:1 color:Full from:1971 till:end

 bar:2 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[Jacksonville State University|Jacksonville State]] (1970–1993)
 bar:2 color:Full from:1971 till:1993

 bar:3 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[University of North Alabama|North Alabama]] (1970–2018)
 bar:3 color:Full from:1971 till:2018

 bar:4 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[University of Tennessee at Martin|Tennessee–Martin]] (1970–1991)
 bar:4 color:Full from:1971 till:1991

 bar:5 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[Troy University|Troy State]] (1970–1991)
 bar:5 color:Full from:1971 till:1991

 bar:6 color:AssocF from:1970 till:1971 text:[[University of West Alabama|West Alabama]] (1970–present)
 bar:6 color:Full from:1971 till:end

 bar:7 color:AssocOS from:1971 till:1972 text:[[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State]] (1971–1975)
 bar:7 color:Full from:1972 till:1975

 bar:8 color:FullxF from:1971 till:1972 text:[[Nicholls State University|Nicholls State]] (1971–1979)
 bar:8 color:Full from:1972 till:1979

 bar:9 color:Full from:1971 till:1979 text:[[Southeastern Louisiana University|Southeastern Louisiana]] (1971–1979)

 bar:10 color:AssocOS from:1972 till:1973 text:[[Mississippi College]] (1972–1996)
 bar:10 color:Full from:1973 till:1996 text:
 bar:10 color:Full from:2014 till:2025 text:(2014–present)
 bar:10 color:FullxF from:2025 till:end

 bar:11 color:AssocOS from:1981 till:1982 text:[[Valdosta State University|Valdosta State]] (1981–present)
 bar:11 color:Full from:1982 till:end

 bar:12 color:AssocOS from:1983 till:1984 text:[[University of West Georgia|West Georgia]] (1983–2024)
 bar:12 color:Full from:1984 till:2024

 bar:13 color:FullxF from:1992 till:2006 text:[[Lincoln Memorial University|Lincoln Memorial]] (1992–2006)

 bar:14 color:FullxF from:1993 till:end text:[[University of Alabama in Huntsville|Alabama–Huntsville]] (1993–present)

 bar:15 color:Full from:1993 till:2006 text:[[University of Central Arkansas|Central Arkansas]] (1993–2006)

 bar:16 color:Full from:1993 till:2011 text:[[Henderson State University|Henderson State]] (1993–2011)

 bar:17 color:FullxF from:1993 till:2003 text:[[Mississippi University for Women|MUW]] (1993–2003)

 bar:18 color:FullxF from:1994 till:2016 text:[[University of West Florida|West Florida]] (1994–present)
 bar:18 color:Full from:2016 till:end

 bar:19 color:Full from:1995 till:2011 text:[[Arkansas Tech University|Arkansas Tech]] (1995–2011)

 bar:20 color:Full from:1995 till:2011 text:[[University of Arkansas at Monticello|Arkansas–Monticello]] (1995–2011)

 bar:21 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2009 text:[[University of Montevallo|Montevallo]] (1995–2009)
 bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2017 text:(2015–present)
 bar:21 color:FullxF from:2017 till:end

 bar:22 color:Full from:1995 till:2011 text:[[Southern Arkansas University|Southern Arkansas]] (1995–2011)

 bar:23 color:FullxF from:1996 till:end text:[[Christian Brothers University|Christian Brothers]] (1996–present)

 bar:24 color:Full from:2000 till:2011 text:[[Harding University|Harding]] (2000–2011)
 bar:24 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2012 text:(2011–2012)

 bar:25 color:Full from:2000 till:2011 text:[[Ouachita Baptist University|Ouachita Baptist]] (2000–2011)
 bar:25 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2012 text:(2011–2012)

 bar:26 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2012 text:[[University of New Orleans|New Orleans]] (2011–2012)

 bar:27 color:Full from:2012 till:2024 text:[[Shorter University|Shorter]] (2012–2024)

 bar:28 color:FullxF from:2012 till:end text:[[Union University|Union]] (2012–present)

 bar:29 color:FullxF from:2013 till:end text:[[Lee University|Lee]] (2013–present)

 bar:30 color:AssocF from:2013 till:2020 text:[[Florida Institute of Technology|Florida Tech]] (2013–2020)

 bar:31 color:AssocOS from:2014 till:end text:[[Spring Hill College|Spring Hill]] (2014–present)

 bar:33 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2023 text:[[Young Harris College|Young Harris]] (2015–2023)

 bar:34 color:FullxF from:2017 till:end text:[[Auburn University at Montgomery|Auburn–Montgomery]] (2017–present)

 bar:35 color:AssocF from:2018 till:2025 text:[[North Greenville University|North Greenville]] (2018–2025)

 bar:36 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:[[Lander University|Lander]] (2019–present)

 bar:37 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text:[[Flagler College|Flagler]] (2021–present)

 bar:38 color:AssocF from:2023 till:2025 text:[[Chowan University|Chowan]] (2023–2025)

 bar:39 shift:(-80) color:FullxF from:2024 till:end text:[[Trevecca Nazarene University|Trevecca Nazarene]] (2024–present)

 bar:40 shift:(-15) color:AssocF from:2024 till:2025 text:[[Erskine College|Erskine]] (2024–2025)

 bar:N color:orange from:1970 till:1971 text:MSAC
 bar:N shift:(25) color:red from:1971 till:1993 text:Gulf South Conference
 bar:N color:orange from:1993 till:2011 text:
 bar:N color:red from:2011 till:end text:

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1970

TextData =
 fontsize:M
 textcolor:black
 pos:(0,20) tabs:(400-center)
 text:^"Gulf South Conference membership history"

#> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space.
{{Font color||{{RGB|178|229|204}}|&nbsp;Full member (all sports)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|229|204|178}}|&nbsp;Full member (non-football)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|229|178|204}}|&nbsp;Associate member (football-only)&nbsp;}}
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{{Font color||{{RGB|178|229|204}}|&nbsp;Full member (all sports)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|229|204|178}}|&nbsp;Full member (non-football)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|229|178|204}}|&nbsp;Associate member (football)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|204|229|178}}|&nbsp;Associate member (sport)&nbsp;}}