re: [Updated]Campuses in the SEC by size...

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When the University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 27, 1785, Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university.

The university was actually established in 1801 when a committee of the board of trustees selected a land site. John Milledge, later a governor of the state, purchased and gave to the board of trustees the chosen tract of 633 acres on the banks of the Oconee River in northeast Georgia.

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A brief history of the University of Georgia

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The University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805 on what would become the heart of the campus, the Horseshoe.

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USC History

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...at nearly the same scale, UF fits inside LSU's campus.

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FIFY

Edit: WTF: LSU's campus goes all the way down to Brightside Dr. That map is leaving off almost half the campus lol.

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LSU is like a city within a city, and the corps is mapping the 2,000-acre campus using GIS so that when a disaster occurs, the university will have maps electronically available to help guide personnel through the emergency situation and save lives.

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Credit: Roger W. Porzig, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Let it go dude. There's got to be something else you can do.

Oh right. Gainesville. Never mind then.

You are correct Georgia looks to be the older of the two, but just by a couple of years.

Georgia was founded in 1785, but didn't hold classes till 1801.

USC was founded in 1801 and held classes in 1805.

Both of them are at their original campus location.

University of Arkansas was founded in 1871 and started classes in 1872 at its current location. The main building (aka Old Main) was completed in 1875 and remains as the oldest building on campus.

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Arkansas Industrial University was founded in 1871

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It wasn't called the University of Arkansas til 1899.

Bama was founded as the University of the State of Alabama. I have never found where the name was officially changed to the University of Alabama.

LSU basically had two foundings one in Pineville as LSU (1860) and one in New Orleans as LSU A&M (1874). These two eventually merged in Baton Rouge.

I think Auburn takes the record for most names.

Unless it's changed recently, the official name of LSU was listed in both English and French.

In French: l'Universite' de l'Etat de la Louisiane

That's what I'm saying. When land was set aside in 1813, it was designated as "The University of the State of Alabama". When the doors opened in 1831, it was first referred to as "The University of Alabama".

I live in Arkansas now, so I have the argument on a daily basis.

The U of A thing isn't a big deal. To me the U of A will always be the University of Arkansas. For you it will be Bama. For others Arizona, Anchorage, etc. Just like the Tigers or Bulldogs for all of the schools that share a common mascot.