Tennessee-Oklahoma non-conference series called off by the SEC

The Tennessee-Oklahoma soccer collection gained’t happen — not less than within the non-conference portion of the schedule. With the Sooners set to affix the SEC for the 2025 season, the convention directed Tennessee and Oklahoma to cancel their non-conference recreation set for 2024.

Covid ended up canceling the primary a part of this collection, which was initially scheduled for 2020. The 2024 date was nonetheless on, set to occur in Knoxville.

With the Sooners becoming a member of the SEC in 2025, the SEC instructed each Tennessee and Georgia to seek out different video games. Georgia was set to play in Norman in 2023.

“Whereas we’re dissatisfied that we gained’t be internet hosting Oklahoma in 2024, we’re extraordinarily excited concerning the marquee video games that Oklahoma and Texas will carry to Neyland Stadium sooner or later as fellow members of the Southeastern Convention,” Tennessee athletic director Danny White mentioned in a press release. “Within the meantime, we’re actively exploring the absolute best alternative opponents for 2024.”

Although there was not a set date for the second recreation between Tennessee and Oklahoma, the SEC’s assertion on the cancellation did appear to imagine {that a} rescheduled date was within the works.

“As a result of the second non-conference recreation in every of the Georgia-Oklahoma and Tennessee-Oklahoma collection is scheduled to happen after Oklahoma joins the SEC in 2025, the Convention is directing the postponement of the Georgia at Oklahoma recreation in 2023 and the Oklahoma at Tennessee recreation in 2024 till such time that these matchups turn into a part of the Convention rotation of video games in future years.”

Tennessee has non convention video games scheduled in opposition to Virginia (in Nashville), Austin Peay, UTSA and UConn for 2023. UTEP is now the one confirmed opponent for 2024.

Danny White will now go to work discovering a alternative.