What exactly do Texas and Oklahoma bring to the SEC?

Oklahoma and Texas are now officially members of the Southeastern Conference, having bolted from the Big 12 to create a 16-team football powerhouse.

The Sooners have had seven Heisman Trophy winners, more than anyone in the SEC, and second behind only USC’s eight. Oklahoma has placed 23 players and six head coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame. The 2024 Oklahoma team is likely to be ranked somewhere in the Top 25, though it must replace quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who transferred to Oregon. Sophomore Jackson Arnold, a former five-star recruit, takes over under center this season after playing part-time in 2023.In baseball, the Sooners have won a pair of national championships and were College World Series runner-up to Ole Miss in 2022. Overall, Oklahoma has been to Omaha 11 times.

In women’s gymnastics, Oklahoma has six national championships, including back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023. Men’s golf won national titles in 1989 and 2017. What the Longhorns do offer is a strong history with a couple of other current SEC schools that once played in the SWC. Those are of course in-state rival Texas A&M, as well as Arkansas.

Texas’ baseball program is the winningest in NCAA history in terms of percentage, and has six national championships . The Longhorns made back-to-back trips to Omaha for the College World Series in 2021 and 2022.

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