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 81
Average security score of 10 fully scanned Southern Conference member sites
13th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average security 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 security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Southern Conference security 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 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 1 |
| 70 to 79 | 5 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Southern Conference by security 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 | 20% (2) | 70% (7) | 10% (1) |
| All education sites | 19% (505) | 79% (2,113) | 3% (69) |
Top 3 Southern Conference member sites by security score
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Samford University
A 100 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability F
#1 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Virginia Military Institute
A 100 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#2 in Southern Conference · U.S. education rank 3
Western Carolina University
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability A
What each check means
- X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. Browsers might run dangerous files by mistake.
- Errors in the console. The page loads without JavaScript or network errors. Site may have hidden bugs that break features.
- Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD). The site uses a government-issued domain (.gov, .edu, or .mil). People cannot tell if your site is real government.
- Security.txt. The site has a security.txt file so researchers know how to report issues. Security researchers cannot report problems to you.
Southern Conference members by security score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
samford.edu
Samford University U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
vmi.edu
Virginia Military Institute U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
wcu.edu
Western Carolina University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
wofford.edu
Wofford College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
mercer.edu
Mercer University U.S. rank 5 |
7 of 9 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
citadel.edu
Citadel Military College of South Carolina U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
furman.edu
Furman University U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
tntech.edu
Tennessee Technological University U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
utc.edu
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 5 |
etsu.edu
East Tennessee State University U.S. rank 8 |
5 of 8 checks pass | D |
|
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 security
Secure your site and protect users with proper security practices.
Why it's important
Strong defenses prevent hackers from stealing personal information and other confidential data.
Risks
- Hackers can steal private information from your site.
Guidance
What we use to grade security:
- CISA Website Security
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- CISA Cybersecurity Performance Goals
- RFC 9116
- OWASP Top 10
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
Standards
- Content security policy (CSP)
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
- security.txt
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Errors in the console
- Clickjacking mitigation
- Paste preventing inputs
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
- Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD)
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.