1932. The SEC was created in December, 1932 when members of the old Southern Conference left to form their own conference. Mississippi State is a charter member of the SEC.
In 1933 thirteen schools (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) departed the Southern Conference to form the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
What's the conference all about?
The SMU, or Southern Methodist University, Mustangs play in the West Division of Conference USA. This has been true since 2005. In the future, they will join the American Athletic Conference.
Web conference is basically hosting a conference solely online. It would be worked by having a host to start the conference and the others will be invited to join. The others must accept the invitation to then join the conference.
The Big Ten Conference was formed in 1896, was known as the Western Conference, and had seven members: University of Chicago University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Minnesota Northwestern University Purdue University University of Wisconsin The University of Iowa and Indiana University joined in 1899 and Ohio State University in 1912. The name was changed to Big Nine in 1899. The University of Michigan left the conference in 1907 and played 10 seasons as an independent. When they reentered the Conference in 1917, the name was changed to Big Ten. The University of Chicago left the conference after World War II and was replaced by Michigan State University. Penn State became a member in 1993.
Both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona played in the Western Athletic Conference from 1962, the WAC's first season, to 1978. Both schools left at the same time to join the PAC-8, which then became known as the PAC-10.
Kentucky was admitted into the Union on June 1, 1792 becoming the 15th state to join the Union.
TCU is in the Mountain West Conference until 2012. They will join the Big East Conference in 2012.
Southwest Conference. Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the SEC for the 1992 season.
Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union and did so in 1792.
No. The Commonwealth of Kentucky was the fifteenth state to join the union.