List of Southern League champions

Through 1970, champions were the regular-season pennant winners—the team with the best win–loss record at the conclusion of the regular season.

The Birmingham Barons have won eight Southern League championships, more than any other team, followed by the Jacksonville Suns (6) and Montgomery Rebels (5).

Among active SL franchises, Birmingham has won seven championships, the most of all teams, followed by the Knoxville Smokies (4) and Chattanooga Lookouts (3).

Champions from 1964 to 1970 were simply the regular-season pennant winners—the team with the best win–loss record at the conclusion of the regular championship season.

[2] The first league champions were the Lynchburg White Sox, who won by one game over the Birmingham Barons in 1964.

[2] Charlotte then won the Dixie Association title over the Texas League champion Arkansas Travelers, in three-straight games.

[6] The 1976 playoffs featured a one-game semifinal divisional round and a best-of-five championship series.

[13] In 2021, the Double-A South held a best-of-five series between the two teams with the best records, regardless of division standings, to determine a league champion.

[15] In 2022, the Southern League returned to the split-season divisional format it has used for the majority of its existence.