Texas and Oklahoma formally applied for membership to the SEC in a letter sent Tuesday to conference commissioner Greg Sankey, citing the "mutual benefit" to a partnership that would add the historic powers to the strongest league in the NCAA.
Co-signed by Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz and Texas President Jay Hartzell, the letter requests "invitations to the Southeastern Conference starting on July 1, 2025," which would match with the expiration of the Big 12 grants of a media rights deal that marries all members into a revenue-sharing agreement.
It is widely expected that both schools would be able to leave for the SEC in advance of that 2025 date, though not without coming to a buyout agreement with the Big 12.