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Oklahoma, Texas A&M will be permanent rivals for UT once it starts playing baseball in SEC

Texas' Trey Faltine is chased by A&M third baseman Ryan Targac at Disch-Falk Field in March 2022. The Aggies and Longhorns have played each other nine times in the past eight years.
Texas' Trey Faltine is chased by A&M third baseman Ryan Targac at Disch-Falk Field in March 2022. The Aggies and Longhorns have played each other nine times in the past eight years.

Oklahoma and Texas A&M will remain on UT's baseball schedule for the foreseeable future.

On Thursday, the Southeastern Conference named the two permanent opponents for the Longhorns in baseball starting in 2025. That spring Texas and Oklahoma will start playing baseball in the conference.

Missouri and Texas will be Oklahoma's permanent foes in baseball, and LSU and Texas will always appear on Texas A&M's schedule.

The SEC previously announced that each of its 16 schools will schedule a three-game series against its two permanent opponents every season. Each school will also play three-game sets against eight rotating opponents. That means Texas will play 30 conference games every season but won't meet up with five SEC teams.

Since the Longhorns will continue to play Oklahoma and Texas A&M, that means it will be business as usual. With the exception of the pandemic-shortened season in 2020, Texas and Oklahoma have battled at least twice in every season since 1985. Even though Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC after the 2012 season, the Aggies and Longhorns have reignited their rivalry in recent years and have played nine regular-season and postseason games over the past eight years.

During its last season as a Big 12 member, Texas will travel to Oklahoma for a three-game series starting April 26. Texas A&M will visit Austin for a midweek meeting March 5.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas A&M, Oklahoma become permanent SEC baseball foes for Longhorns