It's Official: Texas A&M will join the SEC

The search is now on for the 14th member. If reports of the remaining 9 Big 12 members handcuffing themselves together are true, Missouri is off the table and armageddon might be averted. It's looking increasingly like Florida State would be the only ACC team to consider an invitation to the SEC. That takes Virginia Tech, NC State, and even Maryland off the table. Add Clemson and WVU to FSU and you have a list of 3 solid candidates that could be plugged into the SEC-E to create two seven team divisions.

Keep in mind that the Big 10 played with 11 teams for several years, so it is not too much of a stretch to suggest that the SEC would go with 13 teams for a year or more rather than take a sub-optimal expansion candidate.