Southern Athletic Association

Southern Athletic Association
AssociationNCAA
FoundedChartered: 2011
Began play: 2012
CommissionerStacey LaDew
Sports fielded
  • 23
    • men's: 11
    • women's: 12
DivisionDivision III
No. of teams7 + 2 football-only affiliates
(8 in 2025–26, 9 in 2026-27)
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Official websitewww.saa-sports.com
Locations
Location of teams in
Southern Athletic Association
Map
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Berry
Trinity
Southwestern
Maryville
Sewanee
Rhodes
Oglethorpe
Millsaps
Hendrix
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Centre
Location of SAA members:
Current members
Departing members
Future members

The Southern Athletic Association (SAA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III that began play in the 2012–13 school year. It was formed in 2011 by seven former members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and independent Berry College.[1]

  1. ^ "Eight Division III Southeastern Colleges Form Southern Athletic Association". Rhodes College. Retrieved September 22, 2011.