Southern Conference · Men’s Basketball
2026–27 NCAA Division I programs and current conference affiliations.
2026–27 NCAA Division I programs, with separate men’s and women’s memberships. All Current Conferences →
11 Programs
Current membership is separate from historical poll coverage.
| School | Location | Sources & References |
|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State University Buccaneers/ Bucs | Johnson City, Tennessee | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA institutional postal locality, including any borough label; no venue/geocode/municipal-boundary or single-campus population claim. |
| Furman University Paladins | Greenville, South Carolina | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA principal-campus postal locality; no municipal-boundary or single-campus enrollment claim |
| Mercer University Bears | Macon, GA | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA principal-campus postal locality; no municipal-boundary or single-campus enrollment claim |
| Samford University Bulldogs | Homewood, AL | Sources & ReferencesCurrent official admissionsFAQ identifies physical campus Homewood, near Birmingham Alabama. Conference members object uses Birmingham region. Physical locality is qualified, not asserted as NCAA postalcity. |
| Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles | Cookeville, TN | Sources & ReferencesExact official university current principal-campus footer postal address Cookeville,TN38505; no municipal-boundary assertion. |
| The Citadel Bulldogs | Charleston, South Carolina | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA institutional postal locality, including any borough label; no venue/geocode/municipal-boundary or single-campus population claim. |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans | Greensboro, NC | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA principal-campus postal locality; no municipal-boundary or single-campus enrollment claim |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Sources & ReferencesExact NCAA institutional postal locality, including any borough label; no venue/geocode/municipal-boundary or single-campus population claim. |
| Virginia Military Institute Keydets | Lexington, Virginia | Sources & ReferencesExact institutional admissions footer postal city/state, also corroborated by owncurrent menarticleLEXINGTONVa dateline; no venue/geocode/population claim. |
| Western Carolina University Catamounts | Cullowhee, North Carolina | Sources & ReferencesOwninstitutionexplicitmaincampusCullowhee; sameprimaryopeningCullowheeNCdateline andownwomennewsdateline matchstate. OwnsourcealsomentionsAshevillecampus; nosinglecampus/postalstreet/venue/geocodeclaim.
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| Wofford College Terriers | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Sources & ReferencesOwncollegeFastFactsidentifiesinstitutionasresidentialcollegeSpartanburgSouthCarolina andcampuswithinwalkingdistanceofdowntownSpartanburg; no solecampus/geocode/venue/populationclaim. |
Current affiliations are based on reviewed NCAA, school and conference primary sources. School profiles provide the supporting sources. NCAA tournament eligibility has not been verified here.