“Either you get busy or you get left behind.”įor the Bay Area schools, it was a marriage of desperation after the Pac-12 was picked apart by the Big Ten and Big 12. “We’ve gone from regional-based conferences to national, coast-to-coast conferences,” Phillips said. The move seems to signal an end to this wave of realignment among the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful conferences after three years of turbulent movement that has whittled the so-called Power Five down to four. “The ACC is really interested in using Dallas as a place where teams might come together to have games to minimize the impact of travel on both eastern members and Cal and Stanford,” Cal Chancellor Carol Christ told reporters. Stanford said it expects 22 of its 36 sports to have either no or minimal scheduling changes as the 2024 schedules are set. The formation of the sprawling leagues has raised concerns about everything from the impact on athletes’ travel to the changing recruiting landscape and the lost rivalries treasured by fans now facing different destinations if they want to cheer on their teams. The ACC becomes the fourth league, along with the Southeastern Conference, Big Ten and Big 12, to have at least 16 football-playing members, starting in 2024. Notre Dame is currently the westernmost ACC school in South Bend, Indiana, with Louisville the farthest west among football members. It will span from Boston in the Northeast to Miami in South Florida, out to Dallas in the heart of the Southwest and up to Northern California, where Stanford and Cal reside.

Like the Big Ten and Big 12, the ACC now will have members in at least three time zones. We’re grateful to the league for continuing to listen to our concerns.” “We look forward to earning new revenue through the ACC’s success incentives initiative, based on our continued excellence.

“All three schools are outstanding academic and athletic institutions, and our vote against expansion does not reflect on their quality,” Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu

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