3 ACC schools could leave if FSU breaks free for $100 million, per CFB insider

Florida State might pave the way for a few more ACC schools to leave the conference if its exit is successful. The Seminoles have resumed their push to exit the league and are taking significant strides.

According to the college football insider known as MHver3 on X, three more universities could follow Florida State out of the conference before the end of 2025. This will come as a big hit for the congregation, which has done everything possible to avoid the Pac-12 fate.

"On this Christmas Eve I present to you a scenario that very well may occur: FSU works their way out of the ACC for less than $100m opening the door for 3 more to follow before the end of 2025."

It is believed that Clemson and North Carolina are among the three programs. The last school is expected to be either North Carolina State, which initially opposed ACC expansion, or Virginia, which is generating some interest in the Southeastern Conference.

FSU and other ACC schools to leave for less than $100 million

While the college football world expects the exit from ACC to be an expensive one, MHver3 believes Florida State and other ACC schools could finalize their exit for less than $100 million. It remains unknown how the Seminoles will execute their exit plan for this figure.

This goes against the figure that came out of the FSU Board of Trustees meeting on Friday. It was revealed in the emergency Zoom meeting that it would cost the Seminoles a total of $572 million to leave the ACC. This is a figure that was more expensive than ever anticipated.

It remains to be seen what the exact figure will be for Florida State and other ACC schools leaving the conference. Whichever way, it is expected that the teams anticipating leaving will pay a record fee to exit an athletic conference in the world of college sports.

Will ACC embark on an immediate expansion?

With the potential of losing Florida State and a couple of other schools in the near future, ACC might embark on an expansion sooner than anticipated. The conference is expected to take necessary actions that will ensure it doesn't suffer an implosion like the Pac-12.

It's worth noting that the conference's media deal with ESPN has a clause that gives the television network the right to renegotiate the terms of the contract if the membership falls below 15.