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Which Universities have threatened to leave the SEC?
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:55 pm
"On the other hand, while Sankey is thinking of expansion, some schools have threatened to leave the SEC. He even noted recently that several member schools are looking to leave the SEC and operate as an independent entity not affiliated with the NCAA"
SEC Commissioner Warns of ‘Messy’ Transition in Store for College Sports
SEC Commissioner Warns of ‘Messy’ Transition in Store for College Sports
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:57 pm to tpatten
That sounds made-up.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:00 pm to tpatten
I believe it. I’m sure the big brands always make sure the sec knows their place.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:23 pm to Gunny Hartman
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That sounds made-up.
No idea if he made it up or not. He could have.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:26 pm to tpatten
This sounds to me like “the reason” that will be used for the entire SEC to leave the NCAA one day, maybe sooner than later..
Something like this..
“If Teams A, B, C, D & E leave, what will we do next? In order to stay competitive, we all need to leave together..”
Something like this..
“If Teams A, B, C, D & E leave, what will we do next? In order to stay competitive, we all need to leave together..”
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:28 pm to billjamin
Lol, try it and you'll learn the same lesson that GA Tech learned when they were king shite a few decades ago. You have one bad season and you'll fade into nothingness. A conference gives you staying power and marketability in years when you aren't marketable.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:29 pm to BigBro
Pretty sure Texas is one. Alabama another. Probably Georgia as well. LSU thinks enough of itself they probably threatened it as well.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:31 pm to tpatten
What it also could mean is 32 teams across CFB are all going to leave and form a new division and set it up like the NFL..
Or something like that.. I hope that doesn’t happen, but I could see it happening..
Or something like that.. I hope that doesn’t happen, but I could see it happening..
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:32 pm to tpatten
That's a really sloppy written article. For instance, he talks about the SEC going from 12 teams to 16. What he should have said was the SEC is advocating the CFP go from 12 to 16 teams. The schools threatening to leave aren't wanting to leave the SEC, they want the SEC to leave the NCAA. This is just a bad journalist.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:33 pm to BigBro
I think it is inevitable.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:42 pm to tpatten
Let them leave.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:49 pm to Landmass
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Lol, try it and you'll learn the same lesson that GA Tech learned when they were king shite a few decades ago. You have one bad season and you'll fade into nothingness. A conference gives you staying power and marketability in years when you aren't marketable.
I don’t believe anyone’s going to go through with it but I 100% believe they say it to frick with Sankey.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:51 pm to tpatten
I really hope it was some shite school like Mississippi State. 
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:03 pm to tpatten
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Which Universities have threatened to leave the SEC?
LSU fans every football season
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:22 pm to tpatten
This has been coming for a long time. Sankey is using the "some schools" rhetoric to test the waters.
Rodo
Rodo
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:13 pm to ColoradoAg
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Alabama another.
I doubt that.
Now could they be suggesting the entire SEC break off? Maybe.
But leave the SEC and go independent? Absolutely not.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 11:21 pm to tpatten
Alabama
LSU
Georgia
Florida
Auburn
Tenn
South Carolina
Kentucky
We decided frick it and we started our own conference
LSU
Georgia
Florida
Auburn
Tenn
South Carolina
Kentucky
We decided frick it and we started our own conference
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 3/17/26 at 7:48 am to Gatorbait2008
These schools
Top 3 are the only ones bringing anything to the table. Rest are cannon fodder.
quote:including these
Alabama LSU Georgia
quote:for automatic wins?
Florida Auburn Tenn South Carolina Kentucky
Top 3 are the only ones bringing anything to the table. Rest are cannon fodder.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:04 am to Landmass
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That's a really sloppy written article. For instance, he talks about the SEC going from 12 teams to 16. What he should have said was the SEC is advocating the CFP go from 12 to 16 teams. The schools threatening to leave aren't wanting to leave the SEC, they want the SEC to leave the NCAA. This is just a bad journalist.
Yes, very poorly written. I don't recall any team proposing seriously to leave the SEC. I do believe teams may be willing to leave the NCAA and begin a new super conference in DIV 1 football.
Author is Todd Hutson. He needs to proof, or have someone proof what he writes before publication.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:24 am to tpatten
Leaving the SEC is suicide. See GaTech, Tulane
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