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Which Southern Conference schools use Opendorse?

2 of the 10 Southern Conference athletic departments covered by Whistle (20%) use Opendorse, the nIL marketplace and disclosure, as of 4 Nov 2026: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Wofford College. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 83 use Opendorse (8%), so the Southern Conference is above the national adoption rate.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Source: automated detection on each Southern Conference department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 10 covered Southern Conference schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total.

Opendorse in the Southern Conference at a glance

Vendor: Opendorse — NIL marketplace and disclosure
Category: NIL
Conference: Southern Conference
Southern Conference schools using it: 2 of 10 covered (20%)
All NCAA schools using it: 83 of 1,085 covered (8%)

Which Southern Conference schools use Opendorse?

School	Division	Location	Tracked staff positions	Directory last read
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Division I	Chattanooga, Tennessee	134	2026-11-01
Wofford College	Division I	Spartanburg, South Carolina	103	2026-11-03

Where else is Opendorse used?

Opendorse in the Big East — 5 schools
Opendorse in the Big Ten — 4 schools
Opendorse in the America East — 3 schools
Opendorse in the Ivy League — 3 schools
Opendorse in the MAAC — 3 schools
Opendorse in the Ohio Athletic — 3 schools
Opendorse in the Pac-12 — 3 schools
Opendorse in the Presidents' Athletic — 3 schools
Opendorse in the SEC — 3 schools
Opendorse in the Big 12 — 2 schools
Opendorse in the Big Sky — 2 schools
Opendorse in the California Collegiate Athletic Association — 2 schools

Method

A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Opendorse with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing.

This page is published when at least 2 covered Southern Conference schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is Southern Conference Athletics Staff Directory; every Opendorse school nationally is on Which colleges use Opendorse?.

Frequently asked questions

How many Southern Conference schools use Opendorse?

2 of the 10 covered Southern Conference athletic departments (20%) as of 4 Nov 2026: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Wofford College.

Is Opendorse more common in the Southern Conference than elsewhere?

20% of covered Southern Conference schools use Opendorse against 8% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments.

Who at these schools buys or runs nil?

The nil staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on paid plans, with alerts when the role changes hands.

Where does this technology data come from?

From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at gowhistle.io/remove-my-info.

Selling against Opendorse in the Southern Conference, or integrating with it? Whistle gives you the current nil contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over.