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Texas and Oklahoma Officially Request Admission To SEC

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners officially requested entry to the SEC on Tuesday morning

Matt Galatzan

On Monday, Texas and Oklahoma both took the first step in the process of leaving the Big 12, revealing their plans to leave the now floundering conference after releasing a statement detailing their intentions to not renew their grant of rights media deal with the conference.

And on Tuesday, that plan to join the nation's most prestigious sports conference continued, when the two programs officially requested invitations for admission into the Southeastern Conference.

“The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Oklahoma (the “Universities”) request invitations for membership to the Southeastern Conference (the “SEC”) starting on July 1, 2025,” Texas and OU university presidents wrote in a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.

“We believe that there would be mutual benefit to the Universities on the one hand, and the SEC on the other hand, for the Universities to become members of the SEC,” the letter continued.

“We look forward to the prospect of discussions regarding this matter.”

Despite their initial application to join the conference, and the stated July 1, 2025 date, it remains unclear as to when exactly the two rival programs will actually be able to take the field as SEC members in any sport. 

READ MORE: How Long Before The Longhorns Actually Take The Field As An SEC Member?

However, per multiple reports, the wait probably won't be that long with the expectation being that the two schools will compete in the SEC no later than 2022. 

Following the request for admission, the SEC released a statement of their own on the matter: 

The two programs now face one final step before they are fully admitted as members of the league -- a conference vote -- which could take place as early as this week, and finalize the process. 

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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