List of Southeastern Conference national championships

The list of Southeastern Conference national championships begins in 1933, the first year of competition for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and includes 203 team national championships sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and four additional national championships sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), won by current conference members through the end of the 2016−17 academic year.[1] During 2016−17, SEC members won six national championships—women's basketball (South Carolina), men's indoor track & field (Texas A&M), women's equestrian (Texas A&M), men's outdoor track & field (Florida), women's tennis (Florida), and baseball (Florida). The conference has so far won seven national titles in 2017–18, namely Alabama claiming the consensus football championship, Auburn in women's equestrian, Florida in men's indoor track, Georgia in women's indoor track, Kentucky in rifle, Vanderbilt in bowling, and Georgia in men's outdoor track.

The SEC has averaged almost seven national championships per year since 1990.[2]

Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA-sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football and equestrian, which are not official NCAA-sanctioned championships. Conference members have won at least one title in every sponsored sport in which the SEC participates except for women's volleyball. Between 1979 and 1982, teams representing current member universities also claimed four AIAW Championships. Logan Durham claims a mascot national championship at the University of Tennessee.

Fall sports

Football (38 claimed)

Schools don't necessarily claim each of the championships listed.

Pre-SEC

  • Prior to 1932, Vanderbilt was named national champion in football in 1921 and 1922 by Berryman.
  • Prior to 1932, LSU was named national champion in football in 1908 by the National Championship Foundation.
  • Prior to 1932, Auburn was named national champion in football in 1913 by Billingsley and 1914 by Howell.
  • Prior to 1932, Alabama claimed national championships in football in 1925, 1926, and 1930.
  • Prior to 1932, Georgia was named national champion in football in 1920 by Berryman and 1927 by the Boand and Poling polls.
  • Prior to 1932, former member Georgia Tech claimed football national titles in 1917 and 1928.
  • Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, Arkansas claimed the 1964 football championship.
  • Prior to Adolph Hitler invading Poland, effectively starting WWII, and long prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M *claimed* national titles in 1919, 1927, and 1939, all allegedly awarded by multiple selectors that no longer exist.
  • Bold type indicates title is officially claimed by the university.
YearSchoolSourceOfficially Claimed
1934 Alabama Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, Williamson, Ronnie Bunch Yes
1935 LSU Williamson No
1936 LSU Williamson No
1938 Tennessee Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, Football Research, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin Yes
1940 Tennessee Dunkel, Williamson Yes
1941 Alabama Houlgate Yes
1942 Georgia Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Williamson Yes
1945 Alabama National Championship Foundation No
1946 Georgia Williamson No
1950 Kentucky Sagarin Yes
1950 Tennessee Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation Yes
1951 Tennessee AP, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson Yes
1951 Georgia Tech Berryman, Boand No
1952 Georgia Tech Berryman, INS, Poling Yes
1956 Tennessee Sagarin No
1956 Georgia Tech Berryman No
1957 Auburn AP, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Williamson Yes
1958 LSU AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson Yes
1959 Ole Miss Berryman, Dunkel Yes
1960 Ole Miss Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation, Williamson Yes
1961 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson Yes
1962 LSU Berryman No
1962 Ole Miss Billingsley, Litkenhous Yes
1964 Alabama AP, Berryman, Litkenhous, UPI Yes
1965 Alabama AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation Yes
1966 Alabama Berryman No
1967 Tennessee Litkenhous Yes
1968 Georgia Litkenhous No
1973 Alabama Berryman, UPI Yes
1975 Alabama Matthews No
1977 Alabama Football Research No
1978 Alabama AP, FACT, Football Research, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF Yes
1979 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sporting News, UPI Yes
1980 Georgia AP, Berryman, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Poling, Sporting News, UPI Yes
1983 Auburn FACT, Football Research, NY Times No
1984 Florida Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews, NY Times, Sagarin, Sporting News No
1992 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NY Times, Sporting News, UPI/NFF, USA/CNN Yes
1993 Auburn National Championship Foundation No
1996 Florida AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, NFF, Sagarin, Sporting News, USA/CNN, NY Times, National Championship Foundation, Dunkel, Matthews, DeVold Yes
1998 Tennessee Alderson, AP, BCS, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Seattle Times, Sporting News, USA/ESPN Yes
2003 LSU BCS, Billingsley, Colley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Massey, NFF, Sagarin, Seattle Times, USA/ESPN Yes
2006 Florida BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2007 LSU BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2008 Florida BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2009 Alabama BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2010 Auburn BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2011 Alabama BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2012 Alabama BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2015 Alabama CFP, USA Today, AP Yes
2017 Alabama CFP, USA Today, AP Yes
2019 LSU CFP, USA Today, AP Yes

Men's cross country (8)

  • Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, Arkansas won four titles in men's cross country.
Year School
1972 Tennessee
1991 Arkansas
1992 Arkansas
1993 Arkansas
1995 Arkansas
1998 Arkansas
1999 Arkansas
2000 Arkansas

Women's cross country (2)

Year School
1988 Kentucky
2019 Arkansas

Women's soccer (1)

Year School
1998 Florida

Winter sports

Men's basketball (11 official, 1 more claimed)

Prior to 1939 the NCAA did not sanction a post-season tournament to determine a national champion. Some schools claim basketball national championships based on polls from this era.

Year School Notes
1935 LSU MNC claim based on winning the American Legion Bowl game
1948 Kentucky
1949 Kentucky
1951 Kentucky
1958 Kentucky
1978 Kentucky
1994 Arkansas
1996 Kentucky
1998 Kentucky
2006 Florida
2007 Florida
2012 Kentucky
LSU is the only school that officially claims a basketball national championship on the basis of a win in the American Legion Bowl, an event that made no claim to determine a national champion.[3] The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively named the 19–1 NYU Violets its national champion for the 1934–35 season. The retroactive Premo-Porretta Power Poll also ranked the Violets as its 1935 national champion. The Premo-Porretta poll ranked LSU fifth.[4]

Women's basketball (9, 1 more claimed)

  • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won one women's basketball title (in 2011).
  • South Carolina claims a women's basketball championship during the 2019-20 season because of polls after the season ended abruptly because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Year School Notes
1987 Tennessee
1989 Tennessee
1991 Tennessee
1996 Tennessee
1997 Tennessee
1998 Tennessee
2007 Tennessee
2008 Tennessee
2017 South Carolina
2020 South Carolina MNC claim based on final polls.
South Carolina claims a national championship based on polls after the 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic ended all NCAA sporting activities on March 12, 2020. The Gamecocks had finished first in the final polls (a procedure similar to college football's national championship in the pre-BCS era, and Dawn Staley has pushed a claim tp the national championship.[5]


Women's gymnastics (20)

Year School
1982 Florida
1987 Georgia
1988 Alabama
1989 Georgia
1991 Alabama
1993 Georgia
1996 Alabama
1998 Georgia
1999 Georgia
2002 Alabama
2005 Georgia
2006 Georgia
2007 Georgia
2008 Georgia
2009 Georgia
2011 Alabama
2012 Alabama
2013 Florida
2014 Florida (co-champions)*
2015 Florida
* Florida shared the 2014 national title with Oklahoma.

Note before 1981, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was the sole governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics and sponsored national championships in women's sports. Starting in 1981, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) began to sponsor women's athletic championships as well as those for men's sports. During the 1981–82 school year, the AIAW and NCAA both sponsored championships in several women's sports. Starting in 1982–83, the NCAA became the sole sponsor of women's intercollegiate sports championships and national championships in those sports.

Men's indoor track and field (20)

  • Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, Arkansas won eight titles in men's indoor track.
  • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Missouri won one title in men's indoor track.
Year School
1992 Arkansas
1993 Arkansas
1994 Arkansas
1995 Arkansas
1997 Arkansas
1998 Arkansas
1999 Arkansas
2000 Arkansas
2001 LSU
2002 Tennessee
2003 Arkansas
2004 LSU
2005 Arkansas
2006 Arkansas
2010 Florida
2011 Florida
2012 Florida
2013 Arkansas
2017 Texas A&M
2018 Florida

Women's indoor track and field (16)

Year School
1987 LSU
1989 LSU
1991 LSU
1992 Florida
1993 LSU
1994 LSU
1995 LSU
1996 LSU
1997 LSU
2002 LSU
2003 LSU
2004 LSU
2005 Tennessee
2009 Tennessee
2015 Arkansas
2018 Georgia
2019 Arkansas

Men's swimming and diving (11)

Year School
1978 Tennessee
1983 Florida
1984 Florida
1997 Auburn
1999 Auburn
2003 Auburn
2004 Auburn
2005 Auburn
2006 Auburn
2007 Auburn
2009 Auburn

Women's swimming and diving (15)

Year School
1979 Florida
1982 Florida
1999 Georgia
2000 Georgia
2001 Georgia
2002 Auburn
2003 Auburn
2004 Auburn
2005 Georgia
2006 Auburn
2007 Auburn
2010 Florida
2013 Georgia
2014 Georgia
2016 Georgia

Note before 1981, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was the sole governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics and sponsored national championships in women's sports. Starting in 1981, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) began to sponsor women's athletic championships as well as those for men's sports. During the 1981–82 school year, the AIAW and NCAA both sponsored championships in several women's sports. Beginning in 1982–83, the NCAA became the sole sponsor of women's intercollegiate sports championships and national championships in those sports.

Women's bowling (2)

Year School
2007 Vanderbilt
2018 Vanderbilt

Note that the SEC does not sponsor bowling. Vanderbilt won its first title as an independent and its second as a member of the single-sport Southland Bowling League.

Rifle (2)

Year School
2011 Kentucky
2018 Kentucky

Note that the SEC does not sponsor rifle. Kentucky is a member of the single-sport Great America Rifle Conference.

Spring sports

Baseball (13)

Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Missouri won one national title (in 1954).

Year School
1954 Missouri
1990 Georgia
1991 LSU
1993 LSU
1996 LSU
1997 LSU
2000 LSU
2009 LSU
2010 South Carolina
2011 South Carolina
2014 Vanderbilt
2017 Florida
2019 Vanderbilt

    Softball (3)

    • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won one AIAW national title (1982) and two NCAA national titles (1983 and 1987).
    Year School
    2012 Alabama
    2014 Florida
    2015 Florida

    Men's outdoor track and field (21*)

    • Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, Arkansas won one title in men's outdoor track.
    • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won three titles in men's outdoor track.
    Year School
    1933 LSU
    1974 Tennessee
    1989 LSU
    1990 LSU
    1991 Tennessee
    1992 Arkansas
    1993 Arkansas
    1994 Arkansas
    1995 Arkansas
    1996 Arkansas
    1997 Arkansas
    1998 Arkansas
    1999 Arkansas
    2001 Tennessee
    2002 LSU
    2003 Arkansas
    2004* Arkansas (vacated)*
    2005* Arkansas (vacated)*
    2012 Florida
    2013 Texas A&M/Florida***
    2016 Florida
    2017 Florida
    2018 Georgia
    * Arkansas was forced to vacate the NCAA titles won in 2004 and 2005 because of recruiting violations with Tyson Gay. Florida finished second both years.[6][7]
    *** Texas A&M and Florida finished tied for the national title at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

    Women's outdoor track and field (18*)

    • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won three titles in women's outdoor track.
    Year School
    1987 LSU
    1988 LSU
    1989 LSU
    1990 LSU
    1991 LSU
    1992 LSU
    1993 LSU
    1994 LSU
    1995 LSU
    1996 LSU
    1997 LSU
    2000 LSU
    2002 South Carolina
    2003 LSU
    2006 Auburn
    2008 LSU
    *2012 *LSU (vacated)
    2014 Texas A&M
    2019 Arkansas
    • LSU was forced to vacate the 2012 Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship due to positive testing for banned substances in one athlete.[8]

    Men's tennis (7)

    Year School
    1959 Tulane
    1985 Georgia
    1987 Georgia
    1999 Georgia
    2001 Georgia
    2007 Georgia
    2008 Georgia

    Women's tennis (10)

    Year School
    1992 Florida
    1994 Georgia
    1996 Florida
    1998 Florida
    2000 Georgia
    2003 Florida
    2011 Florida
    2012 Florida
    2015 Vanderbilt
    2017 Florida

    Men's golf (13)

    • Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won one national title (in 2009).
    Year School
    1940 LSU
    1942 LSU
    1947 LSU
    1955 LSU
    1968 Florida
    1973 Florida
    1993 Florida
    1999 Georgia
    2001 Florida
    2005 Georgia
    2013 Alabama
    2014 Alabama
    2015 LSU

    Women's golf (4)

    Year School
    1985 Florida
    1986 Florida
    2001 Georgia
    2012 Alabama

    Defunct NCAA championships

    Men's boxing (1)

    Year School
    1949 LSU

    NCAA emerging sports

    Equestrian (15)

    • The NCAA does not yet sanction a championship for Equestrian.[9] The following is a list of non-NCAA championships won by SEC schools.[10] The SEC began sponsoring equestrian as a conference sport during the 2012–13 school year, with Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas A&M participating.
    • Before joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M won two national titles (in 2002 and 2012).
    Year School
    2003 Georgia
    2004 Georgia
    2005 South Carolina
    2006 Auburn
    2007 South Carolina
    2008 Georgia
    2009 Georgia
    2010 Georgia
    2011 Auburn
    2013 Auburn
    2014 Georgia
    2015 South Carolina
    2016 Auburn
    2017 Texas A&M
    2018 Auburn
    2019 Auburn

    NCAA team championships

    Through March 12, 2018[11]

    School Total NCAA Men's NCAA Women's NCAA Co-ed Nickname
    University of Arkansas 48 46 2 0 Razorbacks
    Louisiana State University 48 22 16 0 Tigers
    University of Florida 40 19 21 0 Gators
    University of Georgia 45 14 31 0 Bulldogs
    University of Tennessee 16 6 10 0 Volunteers
    Auburn University 14 8 6 0 Tigers
    Texas A&M University 13 6 7 0 Aggies
    University of Alabama 27 19 8 0 Crimson Tide
    University of Kentucky 11 8 1 2 Wildcats
    University of South Carolina 4 2 2 0 Gamecocks
    Vanderbilt University 5 2 3 0 Commodores
    University of Missouri 2 2 0 0 Tigers
    University of Mississippi 3 3 0 0 Rebels
    Mississippi State University 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs

    See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships, and NCAA Division I FBS Conferences

    The table above ranks the current SEC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won. This does not include Division I-A/FBS football championships, equestrian championships, or unofficial championships in other sports such as men's basketball. However, it does include AIAW titles, which the NCAA has retroactively recognized as equivalent to its own national championships. The totals below include any championships that may have been won before the school was a member of the SEC.

    In addition, some recognized national championships are in sports that are not (or were not) sponsored by the SEC:

    • Kentucky's total includes two championships in rifle, which the SEC has never sponsored.
    • Vanderbilt's total includes a national title in women's bowling, another sport yet to be sponsored by the SEC.

    References

    1. SEC All-Time National Champions Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
    2. "About the SEC". Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
    3. "Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame – Louis "Buddy" Brown". lasportshall.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
    4. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
    5. Negley, Cassandra. "Dawn Staley on No. 1-ranked Gamecocks: 'Crown us the national champion'". Yahoo.com. Verizon. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
    6. Arkansas vacates track titles over NCAA violations
    7. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3079118
    8. http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=205745374
    9. Official NCAA Varsity Equestrian Site Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
    10. List of NCAA Equestrian Champions Archived 2006-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
    11. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf
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