re: The upcoming loss of the OU-Ok State rivalry reminds me of a once-classic SEC rivalry....

Had Georgia Tech not left the SEC, it would be interesting to have seen how future expansion would have played out. I assume South Carolina would have not been invited to the SEC.

Additionally, I think Auburn would likely have been placed in the East. Auburn should have been in the East anyway from a geographic and rivalry standpoint… but the SEC office wanted to spread the Big 6 out, 3-3 so Auburn had to take the fall.

The only reason Auburn agreed to go to the West was the 5-2-1 schedule format that allowed Auburn to play both Georgia and Florida annually. Of course the SEC broke its promise and the Florida rivalry ceased in 2003.

Had Georgia Texh remained in the SEC, this is how many meetings Auburn would have had against various rivals through 1991:

95- Georgia
94- Georgia Tech
68- Florida
65- Miss St
56- Alabama
43- Tennessee
33- Vanderbilt
26- Kentucky
26- LSU
16- Ole Miss

Like I said, it was already ridiculous that the SEC separated us from Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee to put us with LSU and Ole Miss… who at the time we had almost zero history with… but had Tech still been in the league, I think it would have been nearly impossible for them to have done so.