South Atlantic Conference
Current Division-II Conference[edit]
The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a NCAA Division-II conference which operates in the Carolinas and Tennessee.
The distant forerunner of the South Atlantic Conference was the North State Atlantic Conference (NSIAC). The NSIAC was formed when the "Little Six", as it was called, broke from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1930. These charter members included Lenoir-Rhyne College, Atlantic Christian, Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College, and High Point University. The league took on the name Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) in 1961 when Newberry College was accepted from South Carolina. The South Atlantic Conference was founded in 1975 solely as a football conference. The SAC-8 consisted of Carson-Newman College, Catawba College, Elon College, Gardner-Webb University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Mars Hill College, Newberry College, and Presbyterian College. The conference schools competed in the NAIA through 1991, then moved up to NCAA Division II.
2024 Schools[edit]
- Anderson University
- Carson-Newman University
- Catawba College
- Coker University
- Emory & Henry College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Limestone University
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Mars Hill University
- Newberry College
- Tusculum University
- University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Wingate University
Conference Baseball Champions[edit]
Source: South Atlantic Conference
Defunct Division-II Conference[edit]
The first South Atlantic Conference existed from 1973-1974 school year to the 1981-1982 school year. Valdosta State won the 1979 Division II College World Series.
Schools[edit]
- Armstrong State College (1974-1982)
- Augusta College (1974-1981?)
- Columbus College (1974-1982)
- Southern Technical Institute (1974-197?)
- Valdosta State College (1974-1982)
- West Georgia College (1974-1982)
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