Today, the presidents of the 14 SEC member schools are expected to vote on SEC expansion, allowing Texas and Oklahoma in as the conference’s 15th and 16th members.
Eleven of the 14 presidents must agree on their admission for the expansion to officially pass. Few people expect any surprises, although last week there were reports that Texas A&M would try to block the move. Last week, some insiders believed a few other schools like Missouri, Arkansas and possibly LSU could join the Aggies.
That seems unlikely now, however.
All public indications are that the 14 schools are in lockstep and the “unspoken gentlemen’s agreement” that the late SEC commissioner Mike Slive made with Texas A&M to bar Texas to the SEC is void.