As the 2023 college football season is here, the talks of expansion for the Atlantic Coast Conference is still a hot topic and momentum appears to be picking up.
Earlier in the week, a report stated that the conference was as close as ever to adding Stanford, Cal, and SMU. That comes after the conference fell one vote short with four teams voting against it. Now, the next step is more talks which are scheduled to take place on Friday per ESPN.
Andrea Adelson reported the news Thursday stating that there will be a meeting but it’s unclear if there are enough votes to add the targeted teams:
ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to have a phone call Friday morning to discuss expansion again, multiple sources told ESPN.
While it remains unclear whether there are enough votes to add Cal, Stanford and SMU, there is hope for a resolution to the monthlong conversations. The presidents call was initially supposed to happen Monday, but was postponed after a North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed on campus.
Among the four teams to vote no were the North Carolina Tar Heels and all it will take is just one vote to flip. Adding the teams to the conference likely won’t do enough to keep Florida State and eventually Clemson from leaving but it is a start.
And this is something to monitor moving forward.
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