SEC presidents choose to take no action on Texas A&M

Texas A&M's defection to the Southeastern Conference -- if it's coming -- won't come immediately.

Presidents of the SEC's member schools discussed expansion during a meeting Sunday and "reaffirmed our satisfaction with the present 12 institutional alignment," Florida's Bernie Machen said in a statement.

He added: "We recognize, however, that future conditions may make it advantageous to expand the number of institutions in the league."

Machen, who chairs the league's presidents and chancellors, said the CEOs discussed "criteria and process associated with expansion" but, beyond that, took no action "with respect to any institution including Texas A&M."

Where that leaves Texas A&M's apparent efforts to jump from the Big 12 to the SEC is uncertain. Machen's statement at least slows things, but doesn't kill them.

A&M's board of regents is scheduled to meet Monday, and among its agenda items is conference alignment -- specifically "Authorization for the President to Take All Actions Relating to Texas A&M University's Athletic Conference Alignment, The Texas A&M University System."

The Big 12's remaining nine member schools say the door remains open for A&M to stay but, if the Aggies don't, the conference will otherwise remain intact and move ahead without them. Its board of directors met via teleconference Saturday.

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