Brown wrote (would link here, but it’s to a competitor’s site, so can’t) that he’s hearing from his contacts inside the Texas athletic department the SEC will go to the 9 game conference schedule and that if that is the case, Texas’ 3 permanent foes will be Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Arkansas. He goes on to say that Oklahoma’s three permanent annual opponents would be Texas, Florida and Missouri, and Texas A&M’s three annual opponents would be Texas, LSU and Mississippi State.
He said Texas-OU will remain in the Cotton Bowl, but it’s unclear if Texas/Aggies will play on Thanksgiving weekend (as they used to do back in the SWC era), or if LSU/Aggies will remain on that weekend.
Take it for what it’s worth, but Brown usually is a pretty good source for UT information in matters like this.
No word in his article about Arkansas’ remaining permanent opponents.
If that is accurate, my long-standing prediction of Texas, Mizzou and OU would be wrong. Mizzou might (and I still think would) be one of the other teams, but OU’s dance card is filled and we’re not on it (according to Brown). That being the case, I’d guess the 3rd team would either be Ole Miss or LSU.