Why SMU thinks the ACC move is the first step to a return to glory
Sep 6, 2023 · Nearly 40 years since being left behind by a major conference, SMU is joining the ACC. The league gave the Mustangs a lifeline, but they'll need to pony up for their ambitions to match the reality ...
ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU as new members in 2024
Sep 1, 2023 · The ACC presidents and chancellors voted to add three schools -- Stanford, Cal and SMU -- beginning in the 2024-25 school year. It will bring the ACC to 18 members, with 17 playing football full ...
What Cal, Stanford, SMU ACC expansion means, what's next - ESPN
Sep 1, 2023 · After weeks of speculation, Cal, Stanford and SMU are joining the ACC. It's the latest move in the ongoing realignment saga that now has the ACC spanning from coast to coast.
'Oh, s---, here come all the billionaires': How SMU came back
Sep 6, 2024 · The money -- NIL means Now It's Legal -- is flowing again in Dallas, and SMU is in a major conference, the ACC, cutting an unprecedented deal to forgo television revenue for nearly a decade as a ...
Here's how Cal, Stanford and SMU changed everything to prepare …
Jul 23, 2024 · Bigger planes, revamped schedules and bloated budgets: Inside the changes Cal, Stanford and SMU made to prep for ACC. How a trip to Las Cruces rebuilt Vanderbilt and sparked a legendary win over ...
Sources: ACC ramps up talks for adding Cal, Stanford, SMU
Aug 23, 2023 · The ACC is again seriously considering the potential additions of Stanford, California and SMU, multiple sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
SMU embraces 'moving up in weight class' to ACC - ESPN
Jul 22, 2024 · SMU is coming off an 11-3 season and an American Athletic Conference championship, earning a trip to the Fenway Bowl and finishing ranked 22nd in the AP Top 25 poll.
Sources: 'Continued momentum' for ACC to add schools - ESPN
Aug 28, 2023 · A decision on ACC expansion is expected this week, and sources told ESPN that there's "continued momentum" toward the league adding Stanford, Cal and SMU to the league.
Is expansion good for ACC men's college basketball? - ESPN
Oct 12, 2023 · The 30,000-foot perspective says Stanford, Cal and SMU joining the ACC is good for both the schools and the league. Let's take a closer look though.
Sources: AAC targets Army to join conference for football
Sep 2, 2023 · SMU agreed Friday to leave the AAC for the ACC. The American has reached out to Army to discuss adding the service academy as a football-only member of the conference, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.