How should a renovated SEC line up their divisions?

Assuming that the headlines are true, there will be 16 teams playing SEC football with Texas and Oklahoma. How should divisions be aligned?

Over the past few days, news has broke that both Oklahoma and Texas want out of the Big 12 once and for all. For a new destination, their eyes have fallen upon the SEC.

Regardless of whether or not the consensus favors the move (and of whether or not the move even happens), the Southeastern Conference needs to be prepared for how they will categorize their new and improved arsenal.

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Geographically speaking, OU and Texas should share a division, which would most likely be designated for more “Western” teams. And on the surface, there should be no problem with that, as the conference is already divided in terms of West and East.

However, it will not quite be that easy. Each division has seven teams; adding two to the same one will knock off the current balance. But, neither Oklahoma nor Texas should logically be placed in an Eastern grouping alongside Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

To avoid this issue, two teams should probably be relocated to the East (preferably a pair of schools that both make locational sense).

Doing so to the best of one’s abilities should look like the following and here’s a look at how SEC football divisions could look moving forward.