1926 Southern Conference football season

The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1926 college football season. The season began on September 18.

1926 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 18, 1926
through January 1, 1927
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsAlabama
1926 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 0 09 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 08 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 08 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 06 4 0
Georgia 4 2 05 4 0
Virginia 4 2 16 2 2
VPI 3 2 15 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 14 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 04 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 04 5 0
Auburn 3 3 05 4 0
LSU 3 3 06 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 05 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 05 4 0
VMI 2 4 05 5 0
Tulane 2 4 03 5 1
Maryland 1 3 15 4 1
Clemson 1 3 02 7 0
Florida 1 4 12 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 12 6 1
NC State 0 4 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the Dickinson System, Stanford 77. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama guard Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.

Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt."

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