The list of Southeastern Conference national championships begins in 1933, the first year of competition for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and includes 214 team national championships sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and four additional national championships sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), won by current conference members through the end of the 2023–24 school year. [1] SEC members won eight national championships in 2023–24—Arkansas in women's indoor and outdoor track, Auburn in men's golf, Florida in men's outdoor track, LSU in women's gymnastics, South Carolina in women's basketball, Tennessee in baseball, and Texas A&M in women's tennis. Also in 2023–24, both new members won at least one national title as members of the Big 12 Conference—Oklahoma in softball and Texas in women's rowing and women's volleyball.
The SEC has averaged almost seven national championships per year since 1990. [2]
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 every sponsored sport in which the SEC participates. Kentucky completed this feat by winning the 2020 National Championship in women's volleyball on April 24, 2021. Between 1979 and 1982, teams representing current member universities also claimed four AIAW Championships.
Schools don't necessarily claim each of the championships listed.
Pre-SEC
Year | School | Source | Officially Claimed |
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1934 | Alabama | Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, Williamson, Ronnie Bunch | Yes |
1935 | LSU | Williamson | No |
1936 | LSU | Williamson | No |
1938 | Tennessee | Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, Football Research, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin | Yes |
1940 | Tennessee | Dunkel, Williamson | Yes |
1941 | Alabama | Houlgate | Yes |
1942 | Georgia | Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Williamson | Yes |
1945 | Alabama | National Championship Foundation | No |
1946 | Georgia | Williamson | No |
1950 | Kentucky | Sagarin | Yes |
1950 | Tennessee | Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation | Yes |
1951 | Tennessee | AP, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson | Yes |
1951 | Georgia Tech | Berryman, Boand | No |
1952 | Georgia Tech | Berryman, INS, Poling | Yes |
1956 | Tennessee | Sagarin | No |
1956 | Georgia Tech | Berryman | No |
1957 | Auburn | AP, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Williamson | Yes |
1958 | LSU | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson | Yes |
1959 | Ole Miss | Berryman, Dunkel, Sagarin | Yes |
1960 | Ole Miss | Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation, Williamson | Yes |
1961 | Alabama | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson | Yes |
1962 | LSU | Berryman | No |
1962 | Ole Miss | Billingsley, Litkenhous, Sagarin | Yes |
1964 | Alabama | AP, Berryman, Litkenhous, UPI | Yes |
1965 | Alabama | AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation | Yes |
1966 | Alabama | Berryman | No |
1967 | Tennessee | Litkenhous | Yes |
1968 | Georgia | Litkenhous | No |
1973 | Alabama | Berryman, UPI | Yes |
1975 | Alabama | Matthews | No |
1977 | Alabama | Football Research | No |
1978 | Alabama | AP, FACT, Football Research, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF | Yes |
1979 | Alabama | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sporting News, UPI | Yes |
1980 | Georgia | AP, Berryman, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Poling, Sporting News, UPI | Yes |
1983 | Auburn | FACT, Football Research, NY Times | No |
1984 | Florida | Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews, NY Times, Sagarin, Sporting News | No |
1992 | Alabama | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NY Times, Sporting News, UPI/NFF, USA/CNN | Yes |
1993 | Auburn | National Championship Foundation | No |
1996 | Florida | AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, NFF, Sagarin, Sporting News, USA/CNN, NY Times, National Championship Foundation, Dunkel, Matthews, DeVold | Yes |
1998 | Tennessee | Alderson, AP, BCS, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Seattle Times, Sporting News, USA/ESPN | Yes |
2003 | LSU | BCS, Billingsley, Colley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Massey, NFF, Sagarin, Seattle Times, USA/ESPN | Yes |
2006 | Florida | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2007 | LSU | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2008 | Florida | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2009 | Alabama | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2010 | Auburn | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2011 | Alabama | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2012 | Alabama | BCS, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2015 | Alabama | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2017 | Alabama | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2019 | LSU | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2020 | Alabama | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2021 | Georgia | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
2022 | Georgia | CFP, USA Today, AP | Yes |
Year | School |
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1972 | Tennessee |
1991 | Arkansas |
1992 | Arkansas |
1993 | Arkansas |
1995 | Arkansas |
1998 | Arkansas |
1999 | Arkansas |
2000 | Arkansas |
Year | School |
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1988 | Kentucky |
2019 | Arkansas |
Year | School |
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1998 | Florida |
Year | School |
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2020 [a] | Kentucky |
The SEC has never sponsored men's soccer; only two current members, Kentucky and South Carolina, sponsor the sport. After more than a decade as Conference USA rivals, both teams moved to the Sun Belt Conference for 2022 and beyond. Their annual derby is nicknamed the "Southeastern Conference Championship Game".
The NCAA did not sanction a postseason tournament to determine a national champion until 1939. Some schools claim basketball national championships based on polls for seasons prior to 1939, but those are not listed here.
Year | School | Notes |
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1948 | Kentucky | |
1949 | Kentucky | |
1951 | Kentucky | |
1958 | Kentucky | |
1978 | Kentucky | |
1994 | Arkansas | |
1996 | Kentucky | |
1998 | Kentucky | |
2006 | Florida | |
2007 | Florida | |
2012 | Kentucky |
Note: LSU claims a basketball national championship on the basis of a win in the 1935 American Legion Bowl, though the event made no claim to determine a national champion. Kentucky also claims the 1933 title, based on the Helms poll. Neither of these claimed titles are officially recognized by the NCAA and thus are not listed here.
Year | School |
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1987 | Tennessee |
1989 | Tennessee |
1991 | Tennessee |
1996 | Tennessee |
1997 | Tennessee |
1998 | Tennessee |
2007 | Tennessee |
2008 | Tennessee |
2017 | South Carolina |
2022 | South Carolina |
2023 | LSU |
2024 | South Carolina |
The SEC has never sponsored men's gymnastics. Oklahoma has won 12 team titles in that sport, all before joining the SEC.
Year | School |
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1982 | Florida |
1987 | Georgia |
1988 | Alabama |
1989 | Georgia |
1991 | Alabama |
1993 | Georgia |
1996 | Alabama |
1998 | Georgia |
1999 | Georgia |
2002 | Alabama |
2005 | Georgia |
2006 | Georgia |
2007 | Georgia |
2008 | Georgia |
2009 | Georgia |
2011 | Alabama |
2012 | Alabama |
2013 | Florida |
2014 | Florida *** |
2015 | Florida |
2024 | LSU |
Note before 1981, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was the sole governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics and sponsored national championships in women's sports. Starting in 1981, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) began to sponsor women's athletic championships as well as those for men's sports. During the 1981–82 school year, the AIAW and NCAA both sponsored championships in several women's sports. Starting in 1982–83, the NCAA became the sole sponsor of women's intercollegiate sports championships and national championships in those sports.
Year | School |
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1992 | Arkansas |
1993 | Arkansas |
1994 | Arkansas |
1995 | Arkansas |
1997 | Arkansas |
1998 | Arkansas |
1999 | Arkansas |
2000 | Arkansas |
2001 | LSU |
2002 | Tennessee |
2003 | Arkansas |
2004 | LSU |
2005 | Arkansas |
2006 | Arkansas |
2010 | Florida |
2011 | Florida |
2012 | Florida |
2013 | Arkansas |
2017 | Texas A&M |
2018 | Florida |
Year | School |
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1987 | LSU |
1989 | LSU |
1991 | LSU |
1992 | Florida |
1993 | LSU |
1994 | LSU |
1995 | LSU |
1996 | LSU |
1997 | LSU |
2002 | LSU |
2003 | LSU |
2004 | LSU |
2005 | Tennessee |
2009 | Tennessee |
2015 | Arkansas |
2018 | Georgia |
2019 | Arkansas |
2021 | Arkansas |
2022 | Florida |
2023 | Arkansas |
2024 | Arkansas |
Year | School |
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1978 | Tennessee |
1983 | Florida |
1984 | Florida |
1997 | Auburn |
1999 | Auburn |
2003 | Auburn |
2004 | Auburn |
2005 | Auburn |
2006 | Auburn |
2007 | Auburn |
2009 | Auburn |
Year | School |
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1979 | Florida |
1982 | Florida |
1999 | Georgia |
2000 | Georgia |
2001 | Georgia |
2002 | Auburn |
2003 | Auburn |
2004 | Auburn |
2005 | Georgia |
2006 | Auburn |
2007 | Auburn |
2010 | Florida |
2013 | Georgia |
2014 | Georgia |
2016 | Georgia |
Note before 1981, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was the sole governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics and sponsored national championships in women's sports. Starting in 1981, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) began to sponsor women's athletic championships as well as those for men's sports. During the 1981–82 school year, the AIAW and NCAA both sponsored championships in several women's sports. Beginning in 1982–83, the NCAA became the sole sponsor of women's intercollegiate sports championships and national championships in those sports.
Year | School |
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2007 | Vanderbilt |
2018 | Vanderbilt |
2023 | Vanderbilt |
Note that the SEC does not sponsor bowling. Vanderbilt won its first title as an independent and its second and third as a member of the single-sport Southland Bowling League. Since the 2023–24 school year, Vanderbilt bowling has competed in Conference USA, which absorbed the SBL after the 2022–23 season.
Year | School |
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2011 | Kentucky |
2018 | Kentucky |
2021 | Kentucky |
2022 | Kentucky |
Note that the SEC does not sponsor rifle. Kentucky is a member of the single-sport Great America Rifle Conference.
The SEC sponsored wrestling from 1969 to 1981, but no member won an NCAA team title during the existence of SEC wrestling. Oklahoma has won seven national team championships in that sport. Missouri and Oklahoma are currently wrestling-only members of the Big 12 Conference, in which they had been full members before joining the SEC in 2012 and 2024, respectively.
Three SEC members have won national titles before joining the conference:
Two SEC members have won national titles in softball before becoming SEC members:
Year | School |
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2012 | Alabama |
2014 | Florida |
2015 | Florida |
Year | School |
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1933 | LSU |
1974 | Tennessee |
1989 | LSU |
1990 | LSU |
1991 | Tennessee |
1992 | Arkansas |
1993 | Arkansas |
1994 | Arkansas |
1995 | Arkansas |
1996 | Arkansas |
1997 | Arkansas |
1998 | Arkansas |
1999 | Arkansas |
2001 | Tennessee |
2002 | LSU |
2003 | Arkansas |
2004 | Arkansas (vacated) |
2005 | Arkansas (vacated) |
2012 | Florida |
2013 | Texas A&M/Florida*** |
2016 | Florida |
2017 | Florida |
2018 | Georgia |
2022 | Florida |
2023 | Florida |
2024 | Florida |
Year | School |
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1981 | Tennessee |
1987 | LSU |
1988 | LSU |
1989 | LSU |
1990 | LSU |
1991 | LSU |
1992 | LSU |
1993 | LSU |
1994 | LSU |
1995 | LSU |
1996 | LSU |
1997 | LSU |
2000 | LSU |
2002 | South Carolina |
2003 | LSU |
2006 | Auburn |
2008 | LSU |
2012 | LSU (vacated) |
2014 | Texas A&M |
2019 | Arkansas |
2022 | Florida |
2024 | Arkansas |
Note before 1981, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was the sole governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics and sponsored national championships in women's sports. Starting in 1981, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) began to sponsor women's athletic championships as well as those for men's sports. During the 1981–82 school year, the AIAW and NCAA both sponsored championships in several women's sports. Beginning in 1982–83, the NCAA became the sole sponsor of women's intercollegiate sports championships and national championships in those sports.
Year | School |
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1959 | Tulane |
1985 | Georgia |
1987 | Georgia |
1999 | Georgia |
2001 | Georgia |
2007 | Georgia |
2008 | Georgia |
2021 | Florida |
Year | School |
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1992 | Florida |
1994 | Georgia |
1996 | Florida |
1998 | Florida |
2000 | Georgia |
2003 | Florida |
2011 | Florida |
2012 | Florida |
2015 | Vanderbilt |
2017 | Florida |
2024 | Texas A&M |
Year | School |
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1940 | LSU |
1942 | LSU |
1947 | LSU |
1955 | LSU |
1968 | Florida |
1973 | Florida |
1993 | Florida |
1999 | Georgia |
2001 | Florida |
2005 | Georgia |
2013 | Alabama |
2014 | Alabama |
2015 | LSU |
2023 | Florida |
2024 | Auburn |
Year | School |
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1985 | Florida |
1986 | Florida |
2001 | Georgia |
2012 | Alabama |
2021 | Ole Miss |
The SEC did not sponsor women's rowing until 2024–25, announcing the addition of the sport shortly after Oklahoma and Texas joined. The two new members were joined in the inaugural SEC rowing lineup by charter members Alabama and Tennessee. [6] Texas has won three NCAA titles (2021, 2022, 2024).
Year | School |
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1949 | LSU |
Year | School |
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2003 | Georgia |
2004 | Georgia |
2005 | South Carolina |
2006 | Auburn |
2007 | South Carolina |
2008 | Georgia |
2009 | Georgia |
2010 | Georgia |
2011 | Auburn |
2013 | Auburn |
2014 | Georgia |
2015 | South Carolina |
2016 | Auburn |
2017 | Texas A&M |
2018 | Auburn |
2019 | Auburn |
2021 | Georgia |
Through June 30, 2024 [10]
School | Total | NCAA Men's | NCAA Women's | NCAA Co-ed | Nickname |
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University of Texas | 57 | 27 | 30 | 0 | Longhorns |
University of Arkansas | 51 | 43 | 8 | 0 | Razorbacks |
Louisiana State University | 47 | 20 | 27 | 0 | Tigers |
University of Florida | 42 | 22 | 20 | 0 | Gators |
University of Oklahoma | 37 | 23 | 14 | 0 | Sooners |
University of Georgia | 31 | 10 | 21 | 0 | Bulldogs |
University of Alabama | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Crimson Tide |
University of Tennessee | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | Volunteers |
Auburn University | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Tigers |
University of Kentucky | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | Wildcats |
Texas A&M University | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | Aggies |
University of South Carolina | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Gamecocks |
Vanderbilt University | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Commodores |
University of Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Rebels |
University of Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Tigers |
Mississippi State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bulldogs |
The table above ranks the current SEC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won. This does not include Division I-A/FBS football championships, equestrian championships, or unofficial championships in other sports such as men's basketball. However, it does include AIAW titles, which the NCAA has retroactively recognized as equivalent to its own national championships. The totals below include any championships that may have been won before the school was a member of the SEC.
In addition, some recognized national championships are in sports that are not (or were not) sponsored by the SEC:
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