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The Southern Conference was founded in 1921.
Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee were founding members of the Southern Conference.
Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the Southern Conference in 1922.
Other current Power Five schools to join the Southern Conference were Duke (1928), Wake Forest (1936) and West Virginia (1950).
In 1932, 13 Southern Conference schools, located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains, left to form the Southeastern Conference.
Southern Conference schools Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt left to become the founding institutions of the newly formed SEC.
The split to form the new SEC conference was in part a greater focus on better athletic administration with fewer teams than the 23 Southern Conference schools. The Southern Conference also planned to increase eligibility requirements.
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After UCLA and USC left the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten, the Vols Wire looks at the current Power Five schools that could join the SEC to resemble the Southern Conference of yesteryear.
Below are schools that could form a 30-team SEC in a super conference. The 30-team SEC would be a mix of former Southern Conference members, current SEC schools, future SEC teams in Oklahoma and Texas, and teams that are ideal additions.
Alabama
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Arkansas
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Auburn
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Clemson
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Duke
William Howard-USA TODAY Sports
Florida
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State of Florida
Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports
Agriculture
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Georgia Tech
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Kentucky
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Louisville
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LSU
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Miami
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Mississippi State
Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports
Missouri
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North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma State
Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports
All miss
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South Carolina
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Tennessee
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Texas
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Texas A&M
Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Vanderbilt
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Virginia
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Virginia Tech
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Wake Forest
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
West Virginia
Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Notre Dame, Pittsburgh or Maryland
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