A South Conference occurs as college athletic conference which operates to the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Section We-AA for footbtons & Division We for all more sports. Creation members involved Abilene Christian College (now departed), Arkansas State College (departed 1987), Arlington State College (okay, University of Texas at Arlington), Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University), and Trinity University (Texas) (departed 1971).

Current members (with year joined)

Lamar University (1963; no football since 1989) University of Louisiana at Monroe (1982, not the football member since 1993) McNeese State University (1963) Nicholls State University (1991) Northwestern State University (1987) Sam Houston State University (1987) Southeastern Louisiana University (1963) Stephen F. Austin State University (1987) University of Texas at Arlington (1963; no football since 1985) University of Texas at San Antonio (1963; no football) Texas State University-San Marcos (1987) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (2006; no football) University of Central Arkansas (2006)

Previous members include Arkansas State (1963-1986), Jacksonville State (1997-2002), Louisiana Tech (1971-1986), Trinity (1963-1971), Troy State (1996-2000), Louisiana-Lafayette (1971-1981), and North Texas (1983-1994). Lamar withdrew from either a conference fallowing a 1986 year & returned as a non-football program inside 1998.

Louisiana-Monroe will leave the South Conference around 2006 & get an everthing-sports member of the Sun Belt Conference, where it already competes within football & women's swimming.