Analysis: What will happen to Big 12 cities when Texas, Oklahoma leave for SEC? Some could lose millions

AUSTIN, Texas — It is anyone's guess how the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma will fare on the field when they make the jump to the Southeastern Conference, but — financially at least — the losers are already clear: communities that are home to the Big 12 conference schools left behind.

According to an analysis published this week, the three remaining Texas cities with universities that compete in the Big 12 — Waco, Lubbock and Fort Worth — stand to lose an estimated $400 million to $570 million combined in annual economic benefits and about 5,300 to 7,600 jobs when UT and OU exit the conference.