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 websitesaa-sports.com
Locations
Southern Athletic Association
240km
149miles
Berry
Trinity
Southwestern
Maryville
Sewanee
Rhodes
Oglethorpe
Millsaps
Hendrix
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.