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How did Texas join the SEC? Texas and Oklahoma first got approval to join the SEC in July 2021. Then, on Feb. 9, 2023, the two universities agreed to leave the Big 12 Conference early in July 2024 ...
On February 9, 2023, the Big 12, Texas, and Oklahoma announced they had reached a buyout agreement that allowed the schools to join the SEC in 2024. The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners athletic teams thus began league play during the 2024–25 academic year.
The SEC had also considered adding Texas, Texas A&M, Florida State, and Miami. [ 4 ] Neither the 1996 nor the 2005 conference realignments affected the SEC, as the conference neither gained nor lost members during either event, although once again Texas and Texas A&M were considered as members in 1996 after the dissolution of the Southwest ...
Texas A&M was also considered as a PAC-10 candidate but was also reportedly considering a move to the SEC. ESPN reported on June 11 that Texas, Texas Tech, and the two Oklahoma schools were prepared to accept an invitation from the Pac-10. The report also indicated that Texas A&M was torn between the Pac-10 and SEC and was given a 72-hour ...
The original agreement for Texas and Oklahoma was to join the SEC on July 1, 2025. However, the two schools reached an early exit agreement with the Big 12 in 2023 to move that date up a year to ...
With the additions of Oklahoma and Texas ahead of the 2024-25 sports calendar, the SEC now has 16 teams in its conference. The conference previously had operated at 14 teams, beginning with the ...
The SEC leadership were angry and embarrassed about being misled. On September 25, the SEC announced that Texas A&M was being accepted unconditionally—regardless of legal threats. Texas A&M announced the school would officially join the SEC on July 1, 2012. [77]
The SEC welcomed Texas into the league at a lavish celebration on the South Mall of campus Sunday. Now it hopes Texas football keeps the party going. Why the SEC needs the Texas cachet to keep the ...