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e knew it would only be a matter of time before expansion talks heated up in the SEC again. Even after the league officially welcomed Texas A&M as the 13th member, all anyone wanted to talk about was who was going to be the 14th school to join.

Well, one school in particular looks like it is trying to put its name atop the list of candidates for that next spot in the SEC.

According to a report, Missouri is hoping to join the SEC after the school's seven voting curators agreed unanimously Tuesday night to give chancellor Brady Deaton authority to look elsewhere rather than immediately commit to the Big 12.

However, the SEC wasn't Missouri's first choice. A school official told The Associated Press that the Big Ten, the conference Missouri tried to join last year, was the preferred destination again, but because the conference has "no interest" in Missouri, the school has now turned its attention to the SEC.

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