William Dudley, a chemistry professor at Vanderbilt, answered the call for an affiliation of southern schools. Dudley, to provide faculty regulation and control of all college athletics.
The SIAA held together through the season. At the annual conference on December 10, , a disagreement among the schools took place. The smaller SIAA schools, through their collective vote, passed a rule allowing freshmen players to compete immediately with the varsity and voted down a proposition to abolish a rule that allowed athletes to play summer baseball for money.
Additionally, the SIAA had reached 30 members making it very difficult for the schools to play one another and crown a true champion. Led by University of Georgia English professor Dr. At that point, the SIAA became a conference for small colleges and eventually disbanded in The Southern Conference grew to 23 schools by Again, the league was too big.
All ten schools are still members, representing a level of stability that is highly unusual among athletic conferences. Located in the small town of Auburn, Alabama, Auburn University frequently ranks among the top 50 public universities in the country. Particular strengths include engineering, journalism, math and many of the sciences.
LSU , the main campus of the Louisiana university system, is well known for its Italian Renaissance architecture, red roofs, and abundant oak trees. Louisiana has lower tuition than most states, so education is a true value.
The main campus of Mississippi State University sits on over 4, acres in the northeastern part of the state.
High achieving students should check out the Shackouls Honors College. It is a huge, comprehensive university where business, humanities, engineering, social science, and the sciences are all extremely popular with undergraduates. The University of Alabama frequently ranks among the top 50 public universities in the country. Business is particularly popular among undergraduates, and strong students should definitely check out the Honors College.
The flagship campus of Arkansas' university system, the University of Arkansas can boast of high-level research and a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for its strengths in the liberal arts and sciences. With over 51, students graduate and undergraduate , the University of Florida is one of the largest schools in the country.
Preprofessional programs such as business, engineering, and the health sciences are particularly popular. The University of Georgia has the distinction of being the oldest state-chartered university in the United States. For the student who wants small, challenging classes, be sure to check out the Honors Program.
The University of Kentucky is the flagship campus of the state's university system. The largest university in Mississippi, Ole Miss can boast of 30 research centers, a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and an honors college for high-achieving students. The University of Missouri at Columbia, or Mizzou, is the flagship campus of Missouri's university system. It is also the largest university in the state.
The school features many excellent research centers and a strong Greek system. The university has strong academic programs and can boast of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a nationally respected honors college, and pioneering work in its programming for first-year students.
Interestingly, before the institution of divisional play, many of Auburn's yearly rivalries were with teams in the East Florida, Georgia and Tennessee , while Tennessee's yearly rivalries were with teams in the West Alabama, Auburn and Ole Miss. As of , eight of the twelve SEC members have played in the Championship. Since , the game has been played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The team designated as the "home" team alternates between division champions; the designation goes to the Eastern champion in even-numbered years and the Western champion in odd-numbered years.
As of , the Eastern division of the SEC leads the Western division in overall wins in the championship game 11 to The post-season bowl game tie-ins for the SEC for the season are: [28]. The Birmingham Bowl picks last. In the case that the SEC does not have nine bowl-eligible teams, a team from the Sun Belt will be selected instead.
At this point, the SEC is second in BCS Bowl appearances, with nineteen appearances, and first in all-time wins and winning percentage, with fourteen wins and a. The SEC was 2—0 in the games where the National Championship Game was played as part of the traditional New Year's Day bowls, and since when the game was moved to a separate contest one week later the SEC has participated in all four games and has won all four.
Interestingly, the SEC team was ranked 1 only twice going into the game the first contest featuring Tennessee in and the most recent featuring Alabama in ; the other four times the SEC team LSU twice and Florida twice was ranked 2.
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