The symbol of conference supremacy is the 300-pound railroad bell which was donated to the SCAC by the Norfolk and Western Railroad. This bell, the "President's Trophy", is a rotating award and goes to the school with the best overall sports record for the year. Current standings are listed below:

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WINS PRESIDENT'S TROPHY;
TRINITY'S STREAK BROKEN AT SEVEN 

Just as it had every year since 1994, Trinity University shipped the 300-pound railroad bell, which represents the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Sports Trophy, to the site of the SCAC Spring Sports Festival. Then, after taking another all-sports championship, the Tigers would bring the "Bell" back home to San Antonio.

However, when Trinity shipped the bell to Greencastle, Ind., for the 2001 Spring Sports Festival, this time it was just a one-way trip. 

The host school, DePauw University, held a 55-point lead heading into the spring season and maintained that margin over the four-day festival to earn its first SCAC all-sports championship since joining the league three years ago, while snapping the TU Tigers' seven-year stranglehold on the Bell.

DePauw finished with the single-highest all-sports trophy point total in league history, finishing with 800 total points. The DU Tigers won championships in baseball and men's and women's track and field over the weekend, adding to its titles in men's and women's cross country, +football and *women's basketball. DePauw was consistent all season, as no single team finished worse than fourth in any sport.

Trinity, which finished with 745 total points, added titles in men's and women's tennis and softball at the Spring Sports Festival to go along with championships in men's and women's soccer, volleyball, +football and men's and women's swimming.

Completing the festival title wrap-up, Oglethorpe University and Rhodes College both defended their men's and women's golf titles respectively.

Rounding out the 2000-01 season, University of the South-Sewanee won two championships (+football and *women's basketball) while Centre College (*women's basketball), Millsaps College (#men's basketball) and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (#men's basketball) claimed one conference title each.
 
Completing the run through the final 2000-01 President's Trophy standings, Rhodes College finished third with 602.5 points, the University of the South-Sewanee was fourth at 587.5 points, Centre College as fifth with 525, Southwestern University finished sixth at 245, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was seventh with 365, Hendrix College finished eighth at 300, Oglethorpe University was ninth with 270 and Millsaps College finished 10th with 250 points.

The upcoming 2001-02 season will represent the 40th year for the league. Even though the SCAC, in its current standing, is just 10 years old, the conference dates to 1962-63 when it was known as the College Athletic Conference (CAC) and held its first Spring Sports Festival the same year at Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Millsaps College plays host to the 2002 Festival.


+DePauw, Sewanee and Trinity all tied for the 2000 SCAC Football title
*Centre, DePauw and Sewanee all tied for the 2000-01 SCAC Women's Basketball title
#Millsaps and Rose-Hulman both tied for the 2000-01 SCAC Men's Basketball title

2000-01 SCAC PRESIDENT'S TROPHY FINAL STANDINGS