The Atlantic Coast Conference could add two more schools, neither of which is named Stanford or Cal.
Stanford and Cal, along with SMU as of late, have been pushing to join the ACC. The three schools have said they will take less money for the first several years to entice members to vote them into the conference.
However, that still hasn't come to fruition, and now, the ACC is reportedly looking at two other schools.
According to CFB reporter C.W. Lambert, the ACC and Big 12 are working on an agreement that would see the Big 12 add the remaining four Pac-12 schools, with the ACC adding West Virginia and Kansas.
"ACC is working on a agreement with the Big 12 where the Big 12 adds the four remaining Pac 12 schools and lets WVU and Kansas out of the GoR to move to the ACC."
If that does happen, it would change the landscape of college football. Adding WVU and Kansas makes much more sense geographically for the ACC than Stanford and Cal.
Also, absorbing the four Pac-12 schools would be a big boost to the Big 12 as it can have a late-night game on the West Coast, which would help its TV rating and overall reach of the conference.
Big 12 reportedly not interested in Pac-12 teams
One major holdup in this agreement is reportedly the Big 12, with the conference not interested in further expansion.
According to The Action Network's Brett McMurphy, multiple Big 12 sources have said the conference is done adding new teams.
McMurphy's reporting also backs Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark's statement that the conference was done with expansion.
“Right now, we’re done. We had a vision, we had a strategy and effectively we’ve been able to execute it. Initially, I wasn’t sure if we’d go to 14 or 16. I think 16 was kind of the dream scenario candidly. From our perspective, our focus right now is to integrate the four incoming schools as quick as we can."
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