This is a list of yearly claims to an Independent Southern football championship from 1889 to 1932 (those not in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1895âÂÂ1921, those not in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1912âÂÂ1921, and those not in the Southern Conference from 1922âÂÂ1932), prior to the creation of the Southeastern Conference in 1933.