1926 Southern Conference football season
The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1926 college football season. The season began on September 18.
In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the Dickinson System, Stanford 7-7. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama guard Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.
Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt."Season overview
Results and team statistics
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per gameRegular season
SoCon teams in bold.Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
Postseason
All-Americans
The following is the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press.
| Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
| QB | Bill Spears | AP | Vanderbilt |
| HB | George Morton | AP | Georgia |
| HB | Red Barnes | AP | Alabama |
| FB | Ty Rauber | AP | Washington & Lee |
| E | Hoyt Winslett | AP | Alabama |
| T | Curtis Luckey | AP | Georgia |
| G | Fred Pickhard | AP | Alabama |
| C | Gordon Holmes | AP | Alabama |
| G | Charles Mackall | AP | Virginia |
| T | John Barnhill | AP | Tennessee |
| E | Herschel Caldwell | AP | Alabama |
