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Gridiron Heroics: ‘Oklahoma State is not headed to the SEC’

By Andrew Hughes

Gridiron Heroic's James Taglienti proclaimed with confidence that the Oklahoma State Cowboys would not be headed to the SEC Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Gridiron Heroic's James Taglienti proclaimed with confidence that the Oklahoma State Cowboys would not be headed to the SEC Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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With all of the realignment taking place across the college football world right now, everyone wants a ticket to one of the big dances in either the SEC or the Big Ten. Gridiron Heroic’s James Taglienti believes Oklahoma State won’t be receiving one, at least from the Southeastern Conference.

Of course, OSU’s main rival, Oklahoma, has already punched their ticket to the big leagues with the Sooners hitting the SEC for the fall of 2025. Two years before that happens, the Big 12 will be welcoming UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, and BYU.

The Cowboys, as Taglienti believes, will be left out in the cold whenever the SEC does decide to move further towards a complete super conference in the coming years before Texas and Oklahoma arrive.

The Gridiron Heroics writer feels that the rumors of the Pokes and the SEC coming together are simply a product of hope and hyperbole mixing together and that there won’t be a second team from Oklahoma finding out what ‘it just means more’ really means:

"“Earlier today, a report came out that Oklahoma State is engaged in talks with the SEC. While I don’t question Reagan Harris’ source, this sounds like an example of enthusiasm overtaking logic. Hope and hyperbole are a potent mix in conference realignment, and both run in abundance at certain schools. Oklahoma State is one of those schools. Oklahoma State is not headed to the SEC.”"

Several schools from the ACC appear more likely to join the SEC than Oklahoma State

There are five schools with better odds to be the next school to accept SEC Invitation than Oklahoma State. Those include: Clemson, Florida State, Miami, Louisville, and Baylor — with the latter meaning OSU isn’t even the most likely Big 12 team to make the jump next. It’s far more likely Florida State and Miami join the conference to capitalize on their rivalries with Florida and leave a potentially sinking ACC than it is that the ‘Bedlam’ rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State stays an in-conference affair.

The Big 12 appears likeliest to become the third conference in a ‘Power Three’ setup, with the Pac-12 on its last legs and the ACC looking like the next conference to be raided by the SEC and Big Ten when ESPN and Fox come looking for their money-making brand.

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