The SEC has already secured its future in college athletics after scooping OU and Texas from the Big 12 to secure a 16-team super-league.
The Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC seem to be on their way toward countering the SEC’s power move, as all three are reportedly in talks about forming an alliance.
That leaves the Big 12 — the final league in the current Power Five hierarchy — on the outside looking in. And as things stand, it doesn’t seem as if that subtle shift will steer off course, potentially leaving the eight teams that are left in the league in its current form (OSU among them) in a vulnerable position.