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 80
Average readability score of 10 fully scanned Southern Conference member sites
4th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
10 of 11
Southern conference member sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Southern Conference readability 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
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 2 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 8 |
Southern Conference by readability 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)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Conference | 80% (8) | 0% (0) | 20% (2) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Southern Conference member sites by readability score
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 1
East Tennessee State University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- Usability A
- Readability A
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Mercer University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability A
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Southern Conference members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
citadel.edu
Citadel Military College of South Carolina U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
etsu.edu
East Tennessee State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
mercer.edu
Mercer University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
tntech.edu
Tennessee Technological University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
utc.edu
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
vmi.edu
Virginia Military Institute U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wcu.edu
Western Carolina University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wofford.edu
Wofford College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
furman.edu
Furman University U.S. rank 32 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
samford.edu
Samford University U.S. rank 76 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
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 readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
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.