Southeastern Athletic Conference

The Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that existed from 1929 to 1965. It was known as the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association between 1929 and 1942. The conference's members were located in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.^[1]

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Claflin University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	1869	United Methodist	1,978	Panthers	1929	1965	CIAA[a]
Edward Waters University	Jacksonville, Florida	1866	AME Church	1,181	Tigers	1936	1965	Southern (SIAC)[a]
Morris College	Sumter, South Carolina	1908	Baptist	384	Hornets	1929	1965	Continental[b]
Paine College	Augusta, Georgia	1882	United Methodist	241	Lions	1929	1965	NCCAA South

Notes

1. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
2. Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

Other members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Albany State University	Albany, Georgia	1903	Public	6,371	Golden Rams	1947	1961	Southern (SIAC)[a]
Allen University	Columbia, South Carolina	1870	AME Church	657	Yellow Jackets	1929	1947	Southern (SIAC)[a]
Benedict College	Columbia, South Carolina	1870	Baptist	2,500	Tigers	1938	1938	Southern (SIAC)[a]
Bethune–Cookman University	Daytona Beach, Florida	1904	United Methodist	2,901	Wildcats	1946	1949	Southwestern (SWAC)[b]
Florida Memorial University	Miami Gardens, Florida	1879	American Baptist	1,784	Lions	1946	1958	The Sun[c]
Savannah State University	Savannah, Georgia	1890	Public	2,945	Tigers	1929	1961	Southern (SIAC)[a]
South Carolina State University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	1896	Public	2,649	Bulldogs	1929	1934	Mid-Eastern (MEAC)[b]

Notes

1. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
2. Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
3. Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

Membership timeline

 Full member (all sports)   Full member (non-football)   Associate member (sport) 

Football champions

1929 – Claflin 1930 – South Carolina A&M 1931 – South Carolina A&M 1932 – Benedict and Paine 1933 – Claflin 1934 – Claflin 1935 – Claflin 1936 – Allen 1937 – Allen 1938 – Georgia State College 1939 – Allen 1940 – Allen

1941 – Allen 1942 – Bethune–Cookman 1943 – No champion 1944 – No champion 1945 – No champion 1946 – Allen 1947 – Bethune–Cookman 1948 – Georgia State College 1949 – Claflin 1950 – Savannah State 1951 – Morris

1952 – Morris 1953 – Claflin 1954 – Florida N&I 1955 – Albany State 1956 – Florida N&I and Savannah State 1957 – Florida N&I 1958 – Claflin[2] 1959 – Albany State and Claflin 1960 – Albany State and Claflin 1961 – Edward Waters 1962 – Edward Waters 1963 – Edward Waters 1964 – Edward Waters[3]

See also

• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• List of defunct college football conferences