Texas and Oklahoma Set To Leave Big 12 for SEC in 2024

According to a report, Texas and Oklahoma are attempting to leave the Big 12 for the SEC in 2024.

Matt Galatzan | Dec 12, 2022

AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners are SEC bound.

The only question has been, when?

Now, according to a report from the Action Network's Brett McMurphy, there is a 'growing sentiment' that the two Big 12 powers will make an early exit from the conference, and head to the SEC in 2024.

The two schools were originally set to join the SEC no earlier than July 1, 2025, when the Big 12's Grant of Rights expires.

Per McMurphy's report, there are still obstacles standing in the way of the move, but the two schools still seem to be on track to leave the Big 12 after the 2023 season.

“There’s a lot of moving parts, but there is the desire on many fronts for this to get done,” McMurphy's source said.

Should the two schools indeed elect to move earlier, they would be forced to pay exit fees of over $80 million each.

However, according to McMurphy, those fees could be negotiated down.

The move, which will increase the size of the SEC from 14 to 16 teams, also reunites the Longhorns and the Sooners with former Big 12 foes Texas A&M and Missouri, who left to join the SEC after the 2011 season.

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Published Dec 12, 2022

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns In 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 with the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com for 247Sports. He then moved over 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. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, NBA legend Dirk Nowitzki, ex Longhorns Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, FOX News and former ESPN host Will Cain, as well as countless other recruits and former players for each of the teams he has covered. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.