Texas Football: 3 SEC teams that would hate the Longhorns joining them

Florida

The second bucket that the bunch of SEC programs that would not like programs like Texas and Oklahoma joining the conference would be those that could see the east division get much tougher. That would include programs like the Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators, and Tennessee Volunteers.

But of those traditional powers of the SEC East, the one that the addition of Texas and Oklahoma might cost the most is Florida. The Gators are just starting to ascend back to national prominence after a rough stint throughout much of the 2010s under a multitude of different head coaches. Texas and Florida shared a similar narrative in that regard.

Yet, Florida could see their ascent back to national prominence stunted if the SEC were to bring in Oklahoma and Texas to the mix. That could hypothetically mean that Florida gets stuck in a division in the SEC that could also include the likes of Alabama and Auburn.

Florida also has a bad recent memory of getting catapulted out of the building in the Cotton Bowl against head coach Lincoln Riley and the Sooners to cap last season. That is a fresh memory of what something like the SEC taking Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 could do to the program.

At the moment, Florida has the task of trying to get past Georgia year in and year out. And that is difficult enough feat for head coach Dan Mullen and the Gators to take on without having to try to beat the likes of Alabama and Auburn potentially each fall.