Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation. Sources: History of Southern Football by Fuzzy Woodruff, 1890-1928, in three volumes; A.M. Weyand's books; 50 Years of Vanderbilt Football by Fred Russell and Maxwell E. Benson, 1938. 1899-Virginia; 1890-Virginia; 1891-Trinity; 1892-Virginia; 1893-Virginia; 1894-Virginia; 1895-Virginia; 1896-Virginia; 1897-Virginia & Vanderbilt; 1898-North Carolina; 1899-Sewanee; 1900-Virginia; 1901-Virginia; 1902-Virginia; 1903-Clemson, Cumberland & Sewanee; 1904-Vanderbilt; 1905-Vanderbilt; 1906-Vanderbilt; 1907-Vanderbilt; 1908-Auburn; 1909-Sewanee; 1910-Vanderbilt; 1911-Vanderbilt; 1912-Vanderbilt; 1913-Auburn; 1914-Tennessee; 1915-Vanderbilt; 1916-Georgia Tech; 1917-Georgia Tech; 1918-Georgia Tech; 1919-Auburn; 1920-Georgia Tech; 1921-Georgia Tech & Vanderbilt; 1922-Georgia Tech & Vanderbilt; 1923-Vanderbilt; 1924-Centre; 1925-Alabama; 1926-Alabama; 1927-Georgia Tech & Tennessee; 1928-Georgia Tech; 1929-Tulane; 1930-Alabama & Tulane; 1931-Tulane; 1932-Tennessee. 1933-First year of the Southeastern Conference. Bob Kirlin Champions of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1895-1921) The major colleges in the SIAA in 1895 were Alabama, Auburn, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Kentucky, LSU, Miss State, Tennessee, Tulane, North Carolina (1895-96, 1900-1902), Texas (1895-1904) and Central of Kentucky (1895-1903,1911-1921). Joining later were Mississippi (1899), Florida (1912), Texas A&M(1903-08,1912-14) and South Carolina (1915). Twenty-five smaller colleges were members at one time or another, the most competitive being Cumberland (1895-1907), Furman (1898-1902, 1906-10, 1914-21), Citadel (1909-21), and Nashville (1895-1908). The SIAA continued as a small college association into the 1950's. The SIAA had no official champion. Newspaper Consensus Other Claims 1895 North Carolina (3-0-1) LSU (2-0), Texas (1-0) 1896 Georgia (3-0), LSU (4-0) Tennessee (1-0) 1897 Vanderbilt (4-0) Georgia (2-0) 1898 Sewanee (3-0) Georgia (3-0), Central (Ky) (1-0) 1899 Sewanee (10-0) Vanderbilt (5-0) 1900 Auburn (4-0), Clemson (3-0) Tulane (3-0) 1901 Vanderbilt (6-0-1) Clemson (1-0-1), Texas (2-0-1), Ga. Tech (1-0-1) 1902 Clemson (5-0) Vanderbilt (6-1), LSU (4-1) Texas (4-1) 1903 Sewanee (5-1), Vanderbilt (5-1-1) Clemson (2-0-1), Texas (1-0-1) Cumberland (4-1-1) 1904 Vanderbilt (5-0) Auburn (5-0), Texas (2-0) 1905 Vanderbilt (6-0) LSU (2-0) 1906 Vanderbilt (4-0) Clemson (4-0-1), Texas A&M (2-0) 1907 Vanderbilt (3-0) Texas A&M (2-0) 1908 LSU (3-0) Auburn (5-1) 1909 Sewanee (4-0) 1910 Vanderbilt (5-0) Auburn (6-0) 1911 Vanderbilt 5-0) Auburn (4-0-1) 1912 Vanderbilt (4-0-1) Texas A&M (2-0), Kentucky (2-0) 1913 Auburn (8-0) 1914 Tennessee (6-0) Auburn (5-0-1), Texas A&M (2-0) 1915 Vanderbilt (5-0) Ga. Tech (5-0-1) 1916 Georgia Tech (5-0) Tennessee (6-0-1) 1917 Georgia Tech (4-0) 1918 Georgia Tech (3-0) 1919 Auburn (5-1) Centre (3-0), Alabama (6-1) 1920 Georgia Tech (5-0) Georgia (8-0), Tulane (5-0) 1921 Centre (5-0), Ga.Tech (4-0) The Southern Conference began January 1, 1922. The members in 1922 were Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Miss State, Tennessee, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. VMI joined in 1923, Sewanee in 1924 and Duke in 1929. The SC had official champions 1923-1926 chosen by a board of sportswriters- the Champ Pickens trophy. Other years are newspaper consensus. Newspapers Newman Baker NCAA Best Record 1922 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Ga. Tech Ga. Tech North Carolina (5-0) 1923 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Wash.& Lee (4-0-1) 1924 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama (5-0) 1925 Alabama Alabama,Tulane Alabama Alabama Alabama (7-0) 1926 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama (8-0) 1927 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech North Caro. St. (4-0) 1928 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech (7-0) 1929 Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane (8-0) 1930 Alabama Alabama,Tulane Alabama,Tulane Alabama,Tulane Alabama (8-0) 1931 Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane (8-0) 1932 Tennessee Tennessee,Auburn LSU Tennessee,Auburn LSU (4-0) Newman, Impact of Southern football (1969) Baker, Football Facts and Figures (1945) NCAA Football Records Book Thirteen colleges split off in 1933 to form the Southeastern Conference. Larry Hayes Alexander M. Weyand, author, researcher and sports historian, wrote three books on college football that are the most accurate I have found. Dr. L.H. Baker, real name Louis Henry Levy, born April 9, 1883 in New Haven; died May 26, 1960 in New York City, age 77, produced a far less accurate book. When I was corresponding with Steve Boda of the NCAA, now retired but who did stats on college football, he noted that they can't use Baker's book at the NCAA because it is too unreliable. Zipp Newman was much more of a sportswriter than a serious researcher/historian. Bob Kirlin Southern Conference Champions (1922-1932 use NCAA record from above) 1922 Georgia Tech 1923 Vanderbilt 1924 Alabama 1925 Alabama 1926 Alabama 1927 Georgia Tech 1928 Georgia Tech 1929 Tulane 1930 Alabama,Tulane 1931 Tulane 1932 Tennessee,Auburn 1933 Duke 1934 Washington & Lee 1935 Duke 1936 Duke 1937 Maryland 1938 Duke 1939 Clemson 1940 Clemson 1941 Duke 1942 William & Mary 1943 Duke 1944 Duke 1945 Duke 1946 North Carolina 1947 William & Mary 1948 Clemson 1949 North Carolina 1950 Washington & Lee 1951 Maryland, VMI 1952 Duke 1953 West Virginia 1954 West Virginia 1955 West Virginia 1956 West Virginia 1957 VMI 1958 West Virginia 1959 VMI 1960 VMI 1961 Citadel 1962 VMI 1963 Virginia Tech 1964 West Virginia 1965 West Virginia 1966 East Carolina, William & Mary 1967 West Virginia 1968 Richmond 1969 Richmond, Davidson 1970 William & Mary 1971 Richmond 1972 East Carolina 1973 East Carolina 1974 VMI 1975 Richmond 1976 East Carolina 1977 Chattanooga, VMI 1978 Chattanooga, Furman 1979 Chattanooga 1980 Furman 1981 Furman 1982 Furman 1983 Furman 1984 Chattanooga 1985 Furman 1986 Appalachian State 1987 Appalachian State 1988 Furman, Marshall 1989 Furman 1990 Furman 1991 Appalachian State 1992 Citadel 1993 Georgia Southern 1994 Marshall 1995 Appalachian State 1996 Marshall 1997 Georgia Southern 1998 Georgia Southern 1999 Apalachian State, Furman, Georgia Southern 2000 Georgia Southern 2001 Furman (8-1) 2002 Georgia Southern (7-1) 2003 Wofford (8-0) 2004 Furman, Georgia Southern (6-1) 2005 Appalachian State (7-1) 2006 Appalachian State (7-0) 2007 Appalachian State, Wofford (5-2) 2008 Appalachian State (8-0) 2009 Appalachian State (8-0) 2010 Appalachian State (7-1) Southern Conference Members: Appalachian State, Chattanooga, Citadel, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, Western Carolina, Wofford Former Members: Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, Florida, George Washington, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, James Madison, Louisiana State, Marshall, Maryland, Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Richmond, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Military Institute, Wake Forest, Washington & Lee, West Virginia, William & Mary, East Tennessee State David Krysakowski