Showing Southern Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Southern Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
B 88
Average overall score of 10 fully scanned Southern Conference member sites
4th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average overall score
10 of 11
Southern conference member sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Southern Conference overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned Southern Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Southern Conference average
- All education average
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| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 6 |
| 90 to 100 | 4 |
Southern Conference by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Southern Conference: 10 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Conference | 40% (4) | 60% (6) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Southern Conference average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 10 fully scanned Southern Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Southern Conference
- All education
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| Indicator | Southern Conference average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 95 | 91 |
| Botability | 93 | 89 |
| Security | 81 | 85 |
| Usability | 73 | 68 |
| Readability | 80 | 56 |
Top 3 Southern Conference member sites by overall score
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 5
Mercer University
A 96 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability A
#2 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 7
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
A 94 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#3 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 10
Furman University
A 91 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Southern Conference member sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 30% (3 of 10 sites) fail this accessibility check: Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names. A button or link's visible label matches what screen readers announce. More accessibility failures.
- 30% (3 of 10 sites) fail this botability check: Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. More botability failures.
- 80% (8 of 10 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures.
- 70% (7 of 10 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 20% (2 of 10 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures.
Southern Conference members by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
mercer.edu
Mercer University U.S. rank 5 |
|
A |
| 2 |
citadel.edu
Citadel Military College of South Carolina U.S. rank 7 |
|
A |
| 3 |
furman.edu
Furman University U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 3 |
vmi.edu
Virginia Military Institute U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 4 |
etsu.edu
East Tennessee State University U.S. rank 12 |
|
B |
| 5 |
wcu.edu
Western Carolina University U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 6 |
samford.edu
Samford University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 7 |
tntech.edu
Tennessee Technological University U.S. rank 17 |
|
B |
| 8 |
utc.edu
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 9 |
wofford.edu
Wofford College U.S. rank 21 |
|
B |
|
uncg.edu
University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because the page never finished loading in our browser. Status 994 | - |
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/28/2026 and 11/8/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 1 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.