SEC
16 current members, three former. Our membership records under this name start in 1933. 2025 champion: Georgia.
2015 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alabama | 7–1 | 14–1 | 1 | 1912 | WWWWW | |
 Florida | 7–1 | 10–4 | 25 | 1631 | WWLLL | |
 Ole Miss | 6–2 | 10–3 | 10 | 1739 | WLWWW | |
 Georgia | 5–3 | 10–3 | 1694 | WWWWW | ||
 LSU | 5–3 | 9–3 | 16 | 1673 | LLLWW | |
 Tennessee | 5–3 | 9–4 | 22 | 1683 | WWWWW | |
 Arkansas | 5–3 | 8–5 | 1669 | WWLWW | ||
 Mississippi State | 4–4 | 9–4 | 1669 | WLWLW | ||
 Texas A&M | 4–4 | 8–5 | 1591 | LWWLL | ||
 Auburn | 2–6 | 7–6 | 1610 | WLWLW | ||
 Kentucky | 2–6 | 5–7 | 1431 | LLLWL | ||
 Vanderbilt | 2–6 | 4–8 | 1420 | LLWLL | ||
 Missouri | 1–7 | 5–7 | 1529 | LLWLL | ||
 South Carolina | 1–7 | 3–9 | 1500 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2015
SEC teams are 54–12 outside the conference.
- FCS teams11–1
- ACC6–4
- Conference USA9–1
- Sun Belt Conference9–0
- American Athletic Conference4–2
- Big 123–2
- Big Ten4–1
- Mid-American Conference3–1
- Mountain West Conference3–0
- FBS Independents1–0
- Pac-121–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
All-SEC teams, 2015
First team 34
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Dak PrescottMississippi State | Mississippi State |
| Running back | Derrick HenryAlabama | Alabama |
| Leonard FournetteLSU | LSU | |
| Wide receiver | Laquon TreadwellOle Miss | Ole Miss |
| Pharoh CooperSouth Carolina | South Carolina | |
| Fred RossMississippi State | Mississippi State | |
| Center | Ryan KellyAlabama | Alabama |
| Guard | Sebastian TretolaArkansas | Arkansas |
| Vadal AlexanderLSU | LSU | |
| Tackle | Cam RobinsonAlabama | Alabama |
| John TheusGeorgia | Georgia | |
| Dan SkipperArkansas | Arkansas | |
| Kyler KerbysonTennessee | Tennessee | |
| Laremy TunsilOle Miss | Ole Miss | |
| Tight end | Hunter HenryArkansas | Arkansas |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | Myles GarrettTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Jonathan BullardFlorida | Florida | |
| Jonathan AllenAlabama | Alabama | |
| Defensive tackle | A’Shawn RobinsonAlabama | Alabama |
| Robert NkemdicheOle Miss | Ole Miss | |
| Jarran ReedAlabama | Alabama | |
| Linebacker | Reggie RaglandAlabama | Alabama |
| Kentrell BrothersMissouri | Missouri | |
| Zach CunninghamVanderbilt | Vanderbilt | |
| Cornerback | Vernon HargreavesFlorida | Florida |
| Teez TaborFlorida | Florida | |
| Safety | Eddie JacksonAlabama | Alabama |
| Dominick SandersGeorgia | Georgia | |
| Trae ElstonOle Miss | Ole Miss |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Daniel CarlsonAuburn | Auburn |
| Punter | Drew KaserTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Johnny TownsendFlorida | Florida | |
| All-purpose | Christian KirkTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Evan BerryTennessee | Tennessee |
Second team 28
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Chad KellyOle Miss | Ole Miss |
| Running back | Alex CollinsArkansas | Arkansas |
| Jalen HurdTennessee | Tennessee | |
| Wide receiver | Calvin RidleyAlabama | Alabama |
| Drew MorganArkansas | Arkansas | |
| De’Runnya WilsonMississippi State | Mississippi State | |
| Center | Brandon KublanowGeorgia | Georgia |
| Ethan PocicLSU | LSU | |
| Guard | Dylan WiesmanTennessee | Tennessee |
| Braden SmithAuburn | Auburn | |
| Tackle | Shon ColemanAuburn | Auburn |
| Germain IfediTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Dominick JacksonAlabama | Alabama | |
| Tight end | Jake McGeeFlorida | Florida |
| Evan EngramOle Miss | Ole Miss |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | Derek BarnettTennessee | Tennessee |
| Marquis HaynesOle Miss | Ole Miss | |
| Charles HarrisMissouri | Missouri | |
| Cory JohnsonKentucky | Kentucky | |
| Linebacker | Antonio MorrisonFlorida | Florida |
| Skai MooreSouth Carolina | South Carolina | |
| Jalen Reeves-MaybinTennessee | Tennessee | |
| Leonard FloydGeorgia | Georgia | |
| Cornerback | Tre’Davious WhiteLSU | LSU |
| Mike HiltonOle Miss | Ole Miss | |
| Safety | Jamal AdamsLSU | LSU |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Taylor BertoletTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Adam GriffithAlabama | Alabama |
From Wikipedia’s 2015 all-conference team article (CC BY-SA): each player on the best team any selector named him to (the coaches’, the media’s or the AP’s), in the article’s order. Players link to their pages where we could match them.
Champions
Most titles
| Alabama | 30 | last 2023 |
| Georgia | 16 | last 2025 |
| Tennessee | 13 | last 1998 |
| LSU | 12 | last 2019 |
| Auburn | 8 | last 2013 |
| Florida | 8 | last 2008 |
| Ole Miss | 6 | last 1963 |
| Georgia Tech | 5 | last 1952 |
| Tulane | 3 | last 1949 |
| Kentucky | 2 | last 1976 |
By year
| 2025 | Georgia |
| 2024 | Georgia |
| 2023 | Alabama |
| 2022 | Georgia |
| 2021 | Alabama |
| 2020 | Alabama |
| 2019 | LSU |
| 2018 | Alabama |
| 2017 | Georgia |
| 2016 | Alabama |
| 2015 | Alabama |
| 2014 | Alabama |
80 earlier seasons, back to 1933
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Members
Every school and its years (19)
Members now
- Alabama 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Auburn 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Florida 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Georgia 1933 on
- Kentucky 1933–1942, 1944 on
- LSU 1933 on
- Mississippi State 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Ole Miss 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Tennessee 1933–1942, 1944 on
- Vanderbilt 1933 on
- Arkansas 1992 on
- South Carolina 1992 on
- Missouri 2012 on
- Texas A&M 2012 on
- Oklahoma 2024 on
- Texas 2024 on
Former members
- Tulane 1933–1965
- Georgia Tech 1933–1963
- Sewanee 1933–1939
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1933; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oklahoma | Joined from Big 12 | February 9, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Texas | Joined from Big 12 | February 9, 2023 | |
| 2012 | Missouri | Joined from Big 12 | Source | |
| 2012 | Texas A&M | Joined from Big 12 | Source | |
| 1992 | Arkansas | Joined from Southwest Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 1992 | South Carolina | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 1966 | Tulane | Left to play as an independent | January 1, 1965 | |
| 1964 | Georgia Tech | Left to play as an independent | January 17, 1964 | |
| 1932 † | Alabama | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Auburn | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Florida | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Georgia | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Georgia Tech | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Kentucky | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | LSU | Joined from SoCon | Source |
6 earlier moves
| 1932 † | Mississippi State | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Ole Miss | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Sewanee | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Tennessee | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Tulane | Joined from SoCon | Source | |
| 1932 † | Vanderbilt | Joined from SoCon | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 1,110 team-seasons from 1933. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1933); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.
The money
The Southeastern Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to August 2025 reports $1.11 billion in revenue, $772.2 million of it from TV/radio right fees, and $1.12 billion in expenses; it ended the year with $351.0 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Greg Sankey, was paid $4.8 million.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $1.11B | $1.12B | $351M | $4.8M |
| 2023-24 | $840M | $899M | $482M | $4.3M |
| 2022-23 | $853M | $823M | $541M | $3.6M |
| 2021-22 | $802M | $782M | $512M | $3.8M |
| 2020-21 | $833M | $833M | $492M | $3.0M |
| 2019-20 | $729M | $697M | $141M | $2.9M |
| 2018-19 | $721M | $697M | $109M | $2.6M |
| 2017-18 | $660M | $671M | $84.7M | $2.0M |
| 2016-17 | $650M | $638M | $95.5M | |
| 2015-16 | $639M | $622M | $83.9M | |
| 2014-15 | $527M | $510M | $66.7M | |
| 2013-14 | $326M | $323M | $49.5M | |
| 2012-13 | $314M | $318M | $42.9M | |
| 2011-12 | $273M | $271M | $46.3M | |
| 2010-11 | $261M | $257M | $43.8M |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Greg Sankey, commissioner | $4.8 million |
| Charles Hussey, deputy commissioner | $867,000 |
| William King, associate commissioner | $864,000 |
| Tiffany Daniels, associate commissioner | $615,000 |
| Mark Womack, executive assoc. commissio | $610,000 |
Paid by bowls
| 2024-25 | Sugar Bowl | $5.8 million |
| 2024-25 | Liberty Bowl | $3.0 million |
| 2024-25 | Gator Bowl | $2.6 million |
| 2024-25 | ReliaQuest Bowl | $3.3 million |
| 2023-24 | Gator Bowl | $2.5 million |
| 2023-24 | ReliaQuest Bowl | $2.9 million |
| 2022-23 | Sugar Bowl | $5.5 million |
| 2022-23 | Liberty Bowl | $2.9 million |
| 2022-23 | Gator Bowl | $1.5 million |
| 2022-23 | ReliaQuest Bowl | $2.9 million |
Grants it lists, 2024-25
| Florida | NCAA assistance | $556,000 |
| Tennessee | NCAA assistance | $548,000 |
| Alabama | NCAA assistance | $547,000 |
| Ole Miss | NCAA assistance | $545,000 |
| South Carolina | NCAA assistance | $543,000 |
| Mississippi State | NCAA assistance | $543,000 |
| Missouri | NCAA assistance | $541,000 |
| Kentucky | NCAA assistance | $540,000 |
8 more
| Auburn | NCAA assistance | $540,000 |
| Georgia | NCAA assistance | $537,000 |
| Arkansas | NCAA assistance | $535,000 |
| Louisiana State University | NCAA assistance | $534,000 |
| Texas A&m University | NCAA assistance | $534,000 |
| Vanderbilt | NCAA assistance | $516,000 |
| Oklahoma | NCAA assistance | $135,000 |
| Texas | NCAA assistance | $135,000 |
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in August; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 63-0377461).