In a football sense, Texas and Oklahoma are currently halfway through the four-year period between their acceptance and accession to the SEC.
That timeline, however, could still potentially be moved up. Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark told reporters Saturday afternoon that he is "open" to the Longhorns and Sooners leaving early.
Yormark made his remarks two days before the Big 12's TCU is slated to play the SEC’s Georgia in the national championship. Neither Texas nor Oklahoma has won a game in the College Football Playoff's nine-year existence.
Previous reporting from The Action Network and The Athletic indicated in mid-December that the two sides were negotiating the terms of an early exit.