South Atlantic
11 current members, six former. Our membership records under this name start in 1991. 2005 champion: Presbyterian.
2025 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry | 8–1 | 12–2 | 1333 | WWWWL | ||
| Wingate | 7–2 | 9–3 | 1379 | WWWWL | ||
| Emory & Henry | 6–3 | 8–3 | 1334 | WLLWW | ||
| Carson Newman | 6–3 | 7–3 | 1306 | WWWLW | ||
| Catawba | 5–4 | 7–4 | 1211 | LWLWL | ||
| Lenoir Rhyne | 5–4 | 6–5 | 1288 | LWWLW | ||
| Mars Hill | 4–5 | 5–6 | 1172 | LLWWL | ||
| Anderson (SC) | 3–6 | 5–6 | 1113 | WLLLL | ||
| UVA Wise | 1–8 | 1–9 | 971 | LLLLL | ||
| Tusculum | 0–9 | 1–9 | 948 | 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, 2025
South Atlantic teams are 16–5 outside the conference.
- Carolinas Conference4–0
- CIAA3–1
- Gulf South Conference2–1
- Mountain East Conference2–1
- SIAC2–1
- American Southwest Conference1–0
- GLIAC0–1
- Northeast 101–0
- Others1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Presbyterian | 1 | last 2005 |
By year
| 2005 | Presbyterian |
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 (17)
Members now
- Carson Newman 2014 on
- Catawba 2014 on
- Lenoir Rhyne 2014 on
- Mars Hill 2014 on
- Newberry 2014 on
- Tusculum 2014 on
- Wingate 2014 on
- Limestone 2017 on
- UVA Wise 2019 on
- Emory & Henry 2022 on
- Anderson (SC) 2024 on
Former members
- Barton 2022–2024
- Erskine 2022–2023
- Brevard 2014–2016
- Presbyterian 1993–2006
- Gardner-Webb 1993–1999
- Elon 1991–1996
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1991; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Presbyterian | Left to play as an independent | 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. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 152 team-seasons from 1991. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.