Potential move of Texas, Oklahoma to SEC prompts intrigue at Big Ten Media Days Conference coaches and officials are interested to see what happens with college football going forward. July 23, 2021 — 6:01pm Text size Copy shortlink: INDIANAPOLIS – The news from Hoover, Ala., trickled out Wednesday evening and gained full steam with multiple media reports Thursday and Friday. Texas and Oklahoma, a pair of historical blue bloods in college football, are preparing to leave the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. Media speculation quickly had Kansas and Iowa State as possibilities to join the Big Ten, with other Big 12 schools scattering to join other conferences. The jolt from SEC country reverberated 500 miles north, where Big Ten coaches, officials and players gathered for the conference's media days on Thursday and Friday in Indianapolis.