25. The SEC wanted Texas and A&M but they wanted to go to the Pac-10
The Big-12 deal with the Texas schools was a political fix to get Texas Tech and Baylor into it. I hate to defend the SWC but it was the NCAA that killed it with the death penalty on SMU. And it's why they haven't issued and probably never will issue another death penalty.
It's not a matter of thinking if they can or can't play in the SEC, I mean Vandy has 7-4 seasons with bowl games from time to time as well. It's about where they do and don't fit. Just because Ohio State wouldn't go 0-8 in the SEC doesn't mean they belong in it.
Missouri, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State as rivals make the Big 12 a better fit. As would Memphis and Tulsa as rivals in C-USA.
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