NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – It appears to be like just like the College of Oklahoma is on its strategy to be a part of the Southeastern Convention following a vote by the OU Board of Regents.
After rumors have been swirling a couple of potential shakeup within the Huge 12 Convention final week, the College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas at Austin began making their intentions to depart the convention identified.
On Monday, the College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas at Austin launched a joint assertion, saying they’d not be renewing their media rights with the Huge 12 Convention following the expiration in 2025.
In the future later, OU and Texas formally requested an invite to affix the SEC.
On Thursday, presidents and chancellors of the 14 groups within the SEC met to debate the request by OU and Texas.
Throughout that assembly, they voted unanimously to increase membership invites to the College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas to affix the SEC efficient July 1, 2025, with competitors to start in all sports activities for the 2025-26 tutorial yr.
On Friday, the College of Oklahoma Board of Regents unanimously licensed proceedings that will permit the college to affix the SEC in 2025.
“The board’s motion in the present day is undoubtedly probably the most vital selections in our greater than a century of athletics and is of true significance to the broader college,” mentioned OU President Joseph Harroz Jr. “We consider that becoming a member of the Southeastern Convention will maintain our custom of national-caliber athletics excellence, strengthen our flagship college as a complete and serve the broader pursuits of the state of Oklahoma. Your entire Sooner Nation and Oklahomans all through the state stand to profit from this transfer, and we’re thrilled for a brand new platform to inform the OU story all throughout the nation.”
“This determination in the present day permits us to make sure we’re doing all we are able to to additional OU’s long-standing report of athletics excellence; attracting prime student-athletes from throughout the nation and giving this establishment the publicity it deserves. The particular historical past, power and character OU will carry to the SEC will solely make us, and our new convention, stronger,” College of Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione mentioned in an announcement.
“Your entire college thrives when our athletics program thrives,” mentioned OU Board Chair Michael A. Cawley. “The OU Board of Regents proudly stands behind this important transfer to greatest place the College of Oklahoma and Sooner Athletics for stability and excellence. We’re assured that by taking management of our personal future and becoming a member of the SEC, OU can be in the absolute best place to proceed advancing our establishment’s general mission.”
