They didn’t show the power of Arkansas, they lack the gorgeous new stadium of Florida, and hey, it might be a stretch to have Austin envying Starkville, but that 2021 CWS trophy that eluded the Longhorns is some pretty nice swag. Texas is a power … but it hasn’t had the recent success of Vandy. Perhaps the more intriguing angle is how UT aligns with the rest of the SEC. And now, the SEC not only can identify its best competition, it can pick off its power team. 1 among conferences in RPI in 2017 and No. With Texas at the forefront, the Big 12 finished the season No. While UT hasn’t won a College World Series since 2005, the Horns have returned to Omaha 5 times since, including 2021, when the loaded SEC field (Mississippi State, Vandy, UT) would now become a half-SEC College World Series with Texas included in the conference. This isn’t to say Texas is just ancient history. Overall, UT remains the second winningest program in the history of the sport (3,649 total wins, second only to Fordham), and boasts an astonishing 79 regular-season conference titles. Texas’ 37 College World Series appearances are the most in the sport - more than double SEC leader LSU’s 18 appearances. Texas won 4 College World Series titles before the entire SEC won any. Texas Longhorns baseball was an NCAA baseball powerhouse when the SEC was still trying to figure out the sport. Texas boosts the already strong SEC - maybe not in football, but in baseball. Will Alabama move to the East? Will football go to a 9-game conference schedule? But maybe all of this minutiae is missing a key component of the potential move. Look, we’ve all pondered and dissected the news of likely SEC expansion, particularly from Texas and Oklahoma.
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