Champ Pickens Cup


The Champ Pickens Cup was a trophy awarded to the champion of the Southern Conference as selected by a board of sportswriters from 1923 [Southern Conference football season|1923] to 1926 [Southern Conference football season|1926]. The cup was donated and awarded by Alabama's Champ Pickens.

List of trophy winners

YearTrophy recipientConference recordNotes
19231923 [Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]3–0–11923 [Florida Gators football team|Florida] upset 1923 [Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama], previously undefeated in conference play.
19241924 [Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]5–0Wallace Wade's first conference title.
1925Alabama [Crimson Tide">1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama [Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]7–0The first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl.
19261926 [Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]8–0Alabama wins national championship.