If you’re a Tennessee fan waking up on the morning of July 1, 2024, you’re officially living in a world where the SEC East is no more and Texas and Oklahoma are now members of the Southeastern Conference.
Buckle up.
After months and years of waiting for this to happen, the first day of July officially marks the start of a brand new era of college athletics and the Southeastern Conference.
The move in 2024 marks the third major expansion in SEC history following the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina in 1991 and the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M in 2012. Texas and Oklahoma now make 16 total teams behind the SEC originals: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.
Texas and Oklahoma bring some serious firepower into the SEC from an athletics standpoint. The Longhorns are one of the top contenders in college football while the Sooners have a softball dynasty on campus in Norman.
Texas was also one of only two nationwide programs to beat Tennessee in the collective 2023-2024 athletics department standings from the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup. Tennessee finished with a program-high No. 3 ranking while Texas topped the list at No. 1.
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Here’s a look at how Texas and Oklahoma’s teams compared to Tennessee’s teams during the 2023-2024 year:
Football (AP)
- Texas: No. 3
- Oklahoma: No. 15
- Tennessee: No. 17
Men’s Basketball (AP)
- Texas: N/R (Second Round Loss to Tenn.)
- Oklahoma: N/R
- Tennessee: No. 5 (Elite Eight)
Women’s Basketball (AP)
- Texas: No. 7
- Oklahoma: No. 21
- Tennessee: N/R
Baseball (D1)
- Texas: N/R
- Oklahoma: No. 18
- Tennessee: No. 1
Softball (USA Today/ESPN)
- Texas: No. 2
- Oklahoma: No. 1
- Tennessee: No. 9
Women’s Soccer (United Soccer Coaches)
- Texas: No. 18
- Oklahoma: N/R
- Tennessee: N/R
Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA)
- Texas: No. 8
- Oklahoma: N/R
- Tennessee: No. 12
Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA)
- Texas: No. 3
- Oklahoma: N/R
- Tennessee: No. 6
Men’s Golf
- Texas: No. 9
- Oklahoma: No. 12
- Tennessee: No. 7
Women’s Golf
- Texas: No. 8
- Oklahoma: No. 47
- Tennessee: No. 38
Men’s Tennis (Team)
- Texas: No. 2
- Oklahoma: No. 11
- Tennessee: No. 7
Women’s Tennis (Team)
- Texas: No. 11
- Oklahoma: No. 19
- Tennessee: No. 12
Here’s a look at Tennessee’s all-time history against both programs in four major sports:
Football
Oklahoma (3) vs Tennessee (1)
- 1/2/1939 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 17-0 (Orange Bowl)
- 1/1/1968 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 26-24 (Orange Bowl)
- 9/13/2014 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 34-10
- 9/12/2015 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 31-24
Texas (2) vs Tennessee (1)
- 1/1/1951 – Tennessee def. Texas 20-14 (Cotton Bowl)
- 1/1/1953 – Texas def. Tennessee 16-0 (Cotton Bowl)
- 1/1/1969 – Texas def. Tennessee 36-13 (Cotton Bowl)
Men’s Basketball
Tennessee (1) vs Oklahoma (0)
- 12/13/1968 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 55-49
Tennessee (5) vs Texas (4)
- 12/18/1952 – Tennessee def. Texas 66-59
- 12/21/1960 – Texas def. Tennessee 77-73
- 11/24/2004 – Texas def. Tennessee 95-70
- 12/17/2005 – Tennessee def. Texas 95-78
- 12/23/2006 – Tennessee def. Texas 111-105 (OT)
- 11/24/2007 – Texas def. Tennessee 97-78
- 1/29/2022 – Texas def. Tennessee 52-51
- 1/28/2023 – Tennessee def. Texas 82-71
- 3/23/2024 – Tennessee def. Texas 62-58
Women’s Basketball
Tennessee (6) vs Oklahoma (1)
- 11/10/2002 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 94-68
- 12/21/2003 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 71-55
- 11/15/2007 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 70-67
- 2/2/2009 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 80-70
- 1/3/2010 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 96-75
- 3/31/2013 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 74-59
- 11/25/2023 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 76-73
Tennessee (26) vs Texas (16)
- 12/22/2000 – Tennessee def. Texas 67-59
- 2/12/2002 – Texas def. Tennessee 69-66
- 12/21/2002 – Texas def. Tennessee 63-62
- 12/28/2003 – Texas def. Tennessee 70-60
- 11/25/2004 – Texas def. Tennessee 74-59
- 12/1/2005 – Tennessee def. Texas 102-61
- 12/17/2006 – Tennessee def. Texas 67-46
- 11/18/2007 – Tennessee def. Texas 92-67
- 12/14/2008 – Texas def. Tennessee 73-59
- 12/6/2009 – Tennessee def. Texas 78-58
- 12/12/2010 – Tennessee def. Texas 92-77
- 12/4/2011 – Tennessee def. Texas 73-57
- 12/16/2012 – Tennessee def. Texas 95-75
- 12/8/2013 – Tennessee def. Texas 75-61
- 11/30/2014 – Texas def. Tennessee 72-59
- 11/29/2015 – Texas def. Tennessee 64-53
- 12/11/2016 – Texas def. Tennessee 72-67
- 12/10/2017 – Tennessee def. Texas 82-75
- 12/9/2018 – Tennessee def. Texas 88-82
- 12/8/2019 – Texas def. Tennessee 66-60
- 11/21/2021 – Tennessee def. Texas 74-70 (OT)
Baseball
Oklahoma (3) vs Tennessee (1)
- 6/17/1951 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 3-2
- 3/2/2008 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 2-0
- 3/6/2022 – Tennessee def. Oklahoma 8-0
- 2/17/2024 – Oklahoma def. Tennessee 5-1 (10 innings)
Tennessee (2) vs Texas (2)
- 2/29/2008 – Tennessee def. Texas 5-4
- 3/3/2012 – Tennessee def. Texas 5-4
- 6/22/2021 – Texas def. Tennessee 8-4
- 3/4/2022 – Texas def. Tennessee 7-2
