The Southern Athletic Association (SAA) is a college athletic conference in NCAA Division III that began play in the 2012–13 school year. The member schools are located in the East South Central region of the United States. The colleges that make up the SAA range in size from 1,000 to just under 2,000 undergraduates.

The SAA was formed in 2011 by seven members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and independent Berry College. Member schools are Berry College, Centre College, Hendrix College, Millsaps College, Oglethorpe University, Rhodes College, Sewanee College. (ECS schools in bold)