Back to the Oklahoma Sooners Newsfeed

Sooners and Longhorns reject SEC tradition and spark a scheduling shock

When Oklahoma and Texas left the SEC for the Big 12, many questioned if the programs were really up for the challenge, but by Year 3, it seems they're the only ones actually embracing the conference's motto of "It just means more."

The SEC on Thursday evening released full schedules for conference members, and as schedules were analyzed, an outlier about the Sooners and Longhorns' scheduling stood out.

Oklahoma and Texas skip FCS cupcake

Conference members can't control who they have for nine games of SEC play, and that's going to be a grueling road no matter what, but each program does decide on its own who to take on outside of conference play.