TheSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) was an intercollegiate athletic conference with its main focus of promotingtrack and arranging track meets. Its member schools were located in the states ofMaryland,Virginia,North Carolina, as well as theDistrict of Columbia.

The conference's membership was centered in theSouth Atlantic region of the United States, which remains in theSouthern United States and on the coast of the Atlantic, but is above and contrasted with theDeep South (which had theSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association). It is sometimes known as theTidewater region. Several of its members are today in theAtlantic Coast Conference.

The SAIAA was first formed in 1912^[1] and remained active until 1921. The conference disbanded in 1921, and six of its schools became founding members of theSouthern Conference along with eight other schools from the southeast United States. Those six SAIAA schools were: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland and Washington and Lee.^[2]

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The following universities were members of the SAIAA at some point during its existence. Where known, the school's name is followed by the period of its membership in the conference. Italicized years indicate a confirmed year of membership, but may not be exhaustive. Track meets were held in 1911, and 1912 was the first season of play for all sports.^[3][4][5][6]

• Catholic1916–1921^[7][8]
• Davidson1916–1921^[7][8]
• George Washington1916–1921^[7][9][8]
• Georgetown 1911–1921^[7][10]
• Johns Hopkins 1911–1921^[9][10]
• Maryland1916–1921^[7][11][8]
• North Carolina 1911–1921^[7][10]
• North Carolina State 1911–1921^[9][10]
• Richmond 1911–1921^[9][12]
• St. John's (MD)1921^[9]
• Trinity College1916–1921^[9][8]
• Virginia 1911–1921^[7][10]
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1911–1921^[7][10]
• Virginia Military Institute1916–1921^[7][8]
• Washington and Lee 1911–1921^[9][10][13]
• William & Mary1916–1921^[9][8]

There is no evidence in exhaustive searches of newspaper archives that the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association ever sanctioned college football. The list of champions has been derived from compiling football records of schools that belonged to the association that sponsored track and field events. The terminology "South Atlantic" was used generically by various publications to describe teams in the Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and North Carolina area.

• College Football All-Southern Team

• South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference ChampionshipsArchived 2011-12-11 at theWayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse.

• South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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