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Southern States Athletic Conference
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The Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The 13 member universities that compete in 19 sports are located in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Basketball teams compete as a single division in the NAIA.

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History

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The Southern States Athletic Conference was established as the Georgia–Alabama–Carolina Conference (GACC) on March 16, 1999. On June 27, 2004, the conference changed its name to the Southern States Athletic Conference.[1]

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Brewton–Parker
UT Southern
Thomas
Point
Life
Abraham Baldwin
Xavier (La.)
Dalton State
Blue Mountain
William Carey
Mobile
Loyola New Orleans
Faulkner
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Member schools

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Current members

The SSAC currently has 12 full members, all but three being private schools.

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Part of the University of Tennessee System.
  3. UT Southern initially joined the SSAC in the 2013–14 school year under its old name Martin Methodist College, before leaving after the 2019–20 school year, and then rejoining under its current name before the 2023–24 school year.

Future member

The SSAC will have one future member, a private school.

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Xavier was previously a SSAC affiliate member for cheer and men's & women's tennis for the 2020–21 athletic season.

Affiliate members

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.

Former members

The SSAC had 21 former full members, all but six were private schools. School names and nicknames reflect those used in the final school year of SSAC membership:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  4. Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
  5. Bethel was already a Mid-South Conference affiliate in archery and football. Bethel returned to the MSC in track and field, and transferred all other sports to that conference as a full member.
  6. This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.
  7. This institution was a women's college, but has since then been a co-educational institution, therefore it does compete in some men's sports [Columbia (S.C.) since 2020–21].
  8. Currently known as Emmanuel University since 2023.
  9. Florida College had sponsored women's basketball until after the 2020–21 school year.
  10. Middle Georgia State's main campus is in Macon, where the women's cross-country and volleyball teams and men's and women's tennis teams are housed; the other intercollegiate athletics teams compete on the Cochran campus.
  11. North Georgia State consolidated with Gainesville State College in 2013 to form the current University of North Georgia.
  12. Since the 2013 merger, North Georgia has competed as the North Georgia Nighthawks.
  13. Currently known as Reinhardt University since 2010.
  14. Southern Poly had consolidated with Kennesaw State University in 2014.

Former affiliate members

The SSAC had 20 former full members, all but five were private schools. School names and nicknames reflect those used in the final school year of SSAC membership:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.

Membership timeline

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeKeiser UniversityThomas UniversityFlorida Memorial UniversityLife UniversityTougaloo CollegeRust CollegeFlorida National UniversityFisk UniversityDillard UniversityHBCU Athletic ConferenceTalladega CollegeXavier University of LouisianaWarner UniversityHBCU Athletic ConferenceStillman CollegeNAIA independent schoolsFlorida CollegePoint UniversityPeach Belt ConferenceMiddle Georgia State UniversityDalton State CollegeUniversity of Tennessee SouthernMid-South ConferenceMartin Methodist CollegeBlue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain Christian UniversityMid-South ConferenceBethel University (Tennessee)Sun ConferenceCollege of Coastal GeorgiaWilliam Carey UniversityAppalachian Athletic ConferenceTruett McConnell UniversitySouthern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSpring Hill CollegeUniversity of MobileLoyola University New OrleansCollegiate Conference of the SouthAmerican Southwest ConferenceBelhaven UniversityAppalachian Athletic ConferenceColumbia College (South Carolina)Gulf South ConferenceLee UniversitySouthern Athletic AssociationNCAA Division III independent schoolsBerry CollegeAppalachian Athletic ConferenceReinhardt UniversityConference CarolinasSouthern Wesleyan UniversitySouthern Polytechnic State UniversityConference CarolinasGulf South ConferenceShorter UniversityPeach Belt ConferenceUniversity of North GeorgiaPeach Belt ConferenceGeorgia Southwestern State UniversityFaulkner UniversityConference CarolinasEmmanuel College (Georgia)Brewton–Parker CollegeAppalachian Athletic ConferenceBrenau UniversityGulf South ConferenceNCAA Division II independent schoolsAuburn University at Montgomery

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Sports

The SSAC holds championships in the following 19 sports:

A divisional format is used for men's and women's basketball.
East
  • Abraham Baldwin
  • Brewton-Parker
  • Dalton State <men's only>
  • Life
  • Middle Georgia State
  • Point
  • Thomas
West
  • Blue Mountain Christian
  • Faulkner
  • Loyola [La.]
  • Mobile
  • Tennessee-Southern
  • William Carey
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