5 SEC schools most likely to vote against Texas football, OU joining

South Carolina

It’s not just programs from the current SEC West that would want to oppose the Longhorns and Sooners from joining the mix. If Texas and Oklahoma do join the SEC, that could push powerful blue bloods such as the Auburn Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide to the SEC East in a realigned division.

That would make life extremely difficult for a middle-tier program like the South Carolina Gamecocks to tread water in the SEC East. South Carolina already has trouble year-in and year-out trying to fend off the likes of the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs.

But now South Carolina will have to continue to fend off some of the usual top programs in the SEC East, just add in the Alabama powers.

South Carolina is bound to have one of the most challenging football schedules year-over-year once Texas and Oklahoma are added to the SEC. If the Gamecocks keep the annual rivalry with the Clemson Tigers going (which it’s hard to see why the school wouldn’t), then South Carolina could get a brutal gauntlet each fall.

Seeing why South Carolina would not want to add two powerful blue blood programs to the SEC is pretty easy. The risks just easily outweigh the rewards, especially in football. Other athletic programs, like men’s basketball and baseball, could continue to remain competitive it seems for the Gamecocks, though.