List of SEC National Champions

The list of SEC National Champions begins in the Southeastern Conference's first full academic year of competition in 1933 and totals 161 NCAA-sanctioned team national championships [ [http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=6216 SEC All-Time National Champions] ] (as of April 8, 2008). In the 2006-2007 academic year, SEC members won a total of eight national championships including football (Florida), men's basketball (Florida), women's basketball (Tennessee), men's swimming and diving (Auburn), women's swimming and diving (Auburn), gymnastics (Georgia), men's tennis (Georgia) and bowling (Vanderbilt). The SEC has averaged almost seven national championships per year since 1990.cite web |url=http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9993 |title=About the SEC |publisher=Southeastern Conference |accessdate=2007-07-11]

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 all but two of the sponsored events the SEC participates in, softball and women's volleyball. Up to 1982, teams representing member schools also claimed three AIAW Championships

Football (24 Officially Claimed)

"Notes"
*The following table lists national titles that are reported by the NCAA's web page [http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html "Past Division I-A Football National Champions"] . Schools don't necessarily claim each of these championships, and some schools may claim a championship awarded by one source while another school does not claim a championship given by the same source.

*Prior to 1932, Auburn University was named national champion in football in 1913 by Billingsley.

*Prior to 1932, the University of Georgia was named national champion in football in 1927 by the Boand and Poling polls.

*Prior to 1932, the University of Alabama claimed national titles in football in 1925, 1926, and 1930.

*Prior to 1932, former member Georgia Tech claimed football national titles in 1917 and 1928.

*Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, the University of Arkansas claimed the 1964 football championship.

*Prior to 1932, Vanderbilt University was named national champion in football in 1906 and 1911 by Billingsley.

*Bold type indicates title is officially claimed by the university.

Baseball (6)

Women's Indoor Track & Field (13)

Men's Cross Country (8)

*Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, the University of Arkansas won five titles in men's cross country.

Women's Swimming & Diving (10)

Men's Golf (10)

Men's Boxing (1)

Totals By School

The following table ranks the current SEC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won. This does not include Division I-A football championships. Please note that some championships may have been won before the school was a member of the SEC. For example, Arkansas won 17 national championship prior to joining the SEC in 1992. If those are removed from the table below then Arkansas sits in third place with 24 national championships while a member of the SEC.

For further info, please see the NCAA.org web page entitled [http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html "Schools with the most NCAA Championships"] . In total as of January 1, 2008 there have been 200 National Championships won by SEC schools.

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