# Which SEC schools use Playfly Sports?

2 of the 16 SEC athletic departments covered by Whistle (13%) use Playfly Sports, the multimedia rights holder, as of 4 Nov 2026: Auburn University, Texas A&M University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 25 use Playfly Sports (2%), so the SEC is above the national adoption rate. Among multimedia rights vendors detected in the SEC, Playfly Sports ranks No. 2 of 3.

_Data as of 4 Nov 2026._
Source: automated detection on each SEC department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 16 covered SEC schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/sec_

## Playfly Sports in the SEC at a glance

- **Vendor:** [Playfly Sports](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports) — Multimedia rights holder
- **Category:** Multimedia rights
- **Conference:** [SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec)
- **SEC schools using it:** 2 of 16 covered (13%)
- **All NCAA schools using it:** 25 of 1,085 covered (2%)
- **Rank among multimedia rights vendors in the SEC:** No. 2 of 3

## Which SEC schools use Playfly Sports?

| School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| [Auburn University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/auburn) | Division I | Auburn, Alabama | 414 | 2026-11-01 |
| [Texas A&M University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/texasam) | Division I | College Station, Texas | 369 | 2026-11-02 |

## Which other multimedia rights vendors do SEC schools use?

Vendors in the same category detected at covered SEC departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales.

| Vendor | SEC schools | Share of covered schools |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Learfield](https://gowhistle.io/technology/learfield/sec) | 11 | 69% |
| **Playfly Sports** | 2 | 13% |
| JMI Sports | 1 | 6% |

## Where else is Playfly Sports used?

- [Playfly Sports in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/aac) — 3 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/big-east) — 3 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/big-ten) — 3 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/sun-belt) — 3 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/asun) — 2 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/atlantic-10) — 2 schools
- [Playfly Sports in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports/mountain-west) — 2 schools

## Method

A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Playfly Sports 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 SEC schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [SEC Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec); every Playfly Sports school nationally is on [Which colleges use Playfly Sports?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/playfly-sports).

## Frequently asked questions

**How many SEC schools use Playfly Sports?**

2 of the 16 covered SEC athletic departments (13%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Auburn University, Texas A&M University.

**Is Playfly Sports more common in the SEC than elsewhere?**

13% of covered SEC schools use Playfly Sports against 2% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments.

**Who at these schools buys or runs multimedia rights?**

The multimedia rights staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on [paid plans](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), 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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

Selling against Playfly Sports in the SEC, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current multimedia rights contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over.

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