The Southeastern Conference has voted to invite Texas and Oklahoma to join the league, effective July 1, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Southeastern Conference has voted to invite Texas and Oklahoma to join the league, effective July 1, 2025.

Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday to join the Southeastern Conference — in 2025 —- with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying the league would consider it in the “near future.”

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According to a tweet from the SEC Conference, the request was unanimously approved.

NEWS | The @SEC Presidents & Chancellors voted unanimously Thursday to extend membership invitations to the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas to join the SEC effective July 1, 2025, with competition to begin in all sports for the 2025-26 academic year.

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) July 29, 2021