Southeastern Conference

Conference RPI: 0.5867 (2nd of 32)

Conference SOS: 0.5810 (2nd of 32)

Champion: South Carolina South Carolina

2016-17 Final Standings

Preseason Coaches poll

1. South Carolina South Carolina
2. Mississippi State Mississippi State
3. Missouri Missouri
4. Texas A&M Texas A&M
5. Tennessee Tennessee
6. Kentucky Kentucky
7. LSU LSU
8. Georgia Georgia
9. Alabama Alabama
10. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
11. Auburn Auburn
12. Ole Miss Ole Miss
13. Florida Florida
14. Arkansas Arkansas

Preseason All-SEC

LSU Raigyne Louis

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"It is past time for change to be made to the flag of the State of Mississippi. Our students deserve an opportunity to learn and compete in environments that are inclusive and welcoming to all.

In the event there is no change, there will be consideration of precluding Southeastern Conference championship events from being conducted in the State of Mississippi until the flag is changed."

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Southeastern Conference

Founding Members: University of Alabama, Auburn University, University of Florida, University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, University of the South (Sewanee), University of Tennessee, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University

When: December 8-9, 1932

Where: Knoxville, TN

Conference Members 1932-present

The Southeastern Conference began in 1932 with 13 members departing from the Southern Conference. 10 of the original 13 members still currently compete in the conference colloquially known as the SEC. The first to leave the conference was Sewanee in 1940, who now competes in the Division III Southern Athletic Association. The SEC competed with 12 teams until 1964, when Georgia Tech became the second school to leave the conference, becoming an Independent. The next conference shakeup occurred just two years later when Tulane became the final founding member to leave the SEC. Tulane also competed as an Independent in football until 1996 when it joined Conference USA. The 10 remaining members of the conference competed among themselves for the next 25 years, when the first new teams were added since the conference’s inception in 1932.

The University of South Carolina and University of Arkansas both joined the conference in time for the 1991 season. This season also saw the beginning of the Eastern and Western Divisions, with the SEC being the first conference to host a championship game between the two divisions. Eastern and Western divisions were largely dictated by time zones with the Western Divisions consisting of the teams in the Central Time Zone (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississipi State, and Ole Miss) with the exception of Vanderbilt which was placed in the Eastern Division (Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt).

The final addition to the conference to bring it to its present configuration came in 2012 when Texas A&M and Missouri moved from the Big XII to the SEC. Texas A&M joined the Western Division while Missouri joined the Eastern Division. Currently teams in the SEC play eight conference games with the winners of each division meeting in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. The eight conference games consist of playing the other six teams in the