With Texas and Oklahoma set to join the SEC soon, the structure of the conference as we know it will be changing. A 16 team conference is going to kill the current division setup, and it remains to be seen how the conference will be structured going forward. We’ve heard about a four-team pod system, but that seems to be off the table.
As of now, the two most popular ideas are:
- An eight-game conference schedule with one permanent opponent.
- A nine-game slate with three permanent opponents.
This would obviously change things in a big way for Tennessee.