Based on current plans, regular-season SEC football will not begin for the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners until the 2025 season.
Will Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC in 2022?
While Texas and Oklahoma won’t be officially leaving the Big 12 for the SEC in 2022, there could be a more realistic timeline that does emerge throughout this calendar year. And it looks like there are already some moving pieces impacting when the Longhorns and Sooners could officially make the move to join the SEC.
Are the Longhorns going to the SEC?
Once Texas joins the SEC, that rivalry will renew on a more regular basis. Not only will Texas bring along Big 12 rival Oklahoma for their SEC entrance, it also will reunite with former Big 12 foes Texas A&M and Missouri.
When would Texas start playing in the SEC?
Oklahoma and Texas are set to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference after the 2024-25 athletic year, but that’s not stopping many from believing it could be sooner.
Will the Big 12 expand?
College football realignment: Big 12 to expand in time for 2023 season – College Football HQ.
Is Texas in the SEC now?
The Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners have officially been admitted as members of the Southeastern Conference on Thursday, following a unanimous 14-0 vote by the SEC Presidents.
What happens if Texas and Oklahoma join SEC?
Once Texas and Oklahoma officially join, the SEC will be comprised of 16 schools, becoming the largest and most powerful college athletic conference in the country.
Why are Oklahoma and Texas going to the SEC?
The SEC has more money than the Big 12 and its not really close. Add Texas and Oklahoma to that conference and you gain even more revenue. This is the main reason why I believe both schools will leave before 2025.
What teams are joining the SEC?
College football’s realignment wheel is spinning again. Texas and Oklahoma have formally accepted an invitation from the SEC and will become league members on July 1, 2025. The move creates a daunting 16-team superconference and shakes up the balance of power across the country.
What will the SEC look like in 2022?
The SEC likely will expand to a nine-game conference schedule after growing to 16 teams. The expanded schedule would allow each team to play every team from the opposite division once every four years, which is more frequent than the current interdivision setup.
Will Texas and Oklahoma be in the SEC West?
With Oklahoma and Texas set to join the SEC by June 30, 2025, the conference adds two of the most prominent athletic schools in the country and certainly the top two in what’s left of the Big 12 Conference.
Is Texas leaving the Big 12?
Oklahoma and Texas announced late last summer that they were leaving the Big 12 to become members of the Southeastern Conference. Since that announcement, the Big 12 has come to agreement with four new schools to join the conference as early as the 2023 season.
Why did Texas A&M leave Big 12?
According to Sports Illustrated writer Andy Staples, the LHN broadcasting high school games (to the potential benefit of Texas and the detriment of the conference’s other Texas-based schools) “was too much [for A&M] to bear.” Loftin recalled in 2021 that “When the LHN was announced, that just galvanized our former and
Will Big 12 add more teams?
Assuming BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF join ahead of the 2023-24 athletic year, the league would be at 14 teams for two seasons in 2023 and 2024.
Big 12 engaged in plans to split into two seven-team divisions beginning in 2023 amid realignment.
| Big 12 North | Big 12 South |
|---|---|
| Kansas | Texas |
| Kansas State | Texas Tech |
What teams are moving to the Big 12?
The Big 12 Conference today announces that Brigham Young University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Houston will become members no later than the 2024-25 athletic year.
Where will Texas Tech end up?
Under that proposed conference realignment, Texas Tech now would be playing games in Louisiana, Florida, Maryland, Tennessee, and Ohio and still have games in Texas and Oklahoma.
Is Alabama moving to SEC East?
Moving the two Alabama teams to the SEC East also makes sense geographically. The Missouri campus is farther west than the majority of SEC West teams, yet the Mizzou Tigers were placed in the East division. It makes absolutely no geographical sense.
Is Oklahoma going to the SEC?
Based on current plans, regular-season SEC football will not begin for the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners until the 2025 season.
When did Texas A&M join the SEC?
July 1, 2012
On July 1, 2012, A&M along with Missouri joined the SEC, giving the league its current 14 members. Adams recalled a handful of state politicians gathering on the A&M campus prior to the official move, with a couple still trying to talk the Aggies out of leaving the Big 12.
Is Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC?
On July 21, news broke via the Houston Chronicle that the Universities of Oklahoma and Texas would move their athletic departments from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference. The decision set off a nuclear reaction inside the Big 12 offices.
