How The Latest SEC Additions Will Affect College Sports

How The Latest SEC Additions Will Affect College Sports

By Newsy Staff

By Newsy Staff
August 4, 2021

August 4, 2021

Last week, the SEC president and chancellors unanimously voted to allow the University of Texas and Oklahoma University into the conference.

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