SEC Expansion: How Many Teams Will Join the SEC When It's All Said and Done?

Texas A&M will be part of the SEC.

That’s going to happen sooner rather than later. Is it a good move for the Aggies? Is it good for the Big 12? How about the SEC? Is this the right move for the country’s most popular conference?

All these are valid questions, but the most important question that has to be asked is how far the SEC will expand.

The SEC knows that Texas A&M wants to be part of the family, and they have not invited the Aggies, yet. However, they have not said they aren’t open to having the Aggies be part of the SEC.

This is a matter of finding another team (or two, or three) to be part of the conference, because they don’t want to have an uneven number of teams for the sake of having each division at an even number.

With the Aggies on the verge of joining, what other teams could make the move to the SEC? Florida State is a team that could jump ship from the ACC. There have been rumors that the Seminoles have been interested in joining the conference along with Clemson and Missouri.

Clemson and Florida State are viable options from a geographical standpoint. Missouri is interesting because the location is not close, so traveling would be an issue. But, like Texas A&M, they don’t like the direction the Big 12 is heading, and they are looking to find a conference that would increase their credibility as a football team.

Another team that could make the move is Virginia Tech. Will that happen? That seems unlikely because they don’t need to prove themselves as a football team when it comes to credibility. If anything, they would join to gain more television exposure and better recruits, which also means more money. But Va. Tech seems to be content in the ACC, especially where they stand now as the defending conference champions and the favorite to win this season.

What it comes down to is the SEC is going to expand. Anyone who says they are going to stay with 12 teams has to realize that other conferences are expanding, the SEC realizes this and they know they can capitalize on this in a major way. It’s just a matter of how many teams will join when it’s all said and done. Of course, if the SEC does invite teams, the teams they invite have to accept the invitation.

And based on teams such as TCU and Nebraska moving to different conferences and more changes on the horizon, the teams that the SEC does invite will more than likely accept the invitation.