ACC football mailbag: Ranking brands, realignment misses, playing the what-if game
1 year, 4 months ago

ACC football mailbag: Ranking brands, realignment misses, playing the what-if game

New York Times  

ACC media day begins Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. That means we are getting close to the beginning of preseason camp, so it’s a great time to answer your questions about the league. Corrigan later told PennLive columnist David Jones he’d have persuaded ACC presidents to get Penn State into the league had he known it was looking to leave the ranks of the independents. We’ll never know if the ACC would’ve surpassed the SEC as a football conference had it been quicker on its feet and added those programs then, but it sure is fun to think about. NC State would be the second-most attractive brand, as the Wolfpack’s football has been nationally relevant and NC State has gone head-to-head over the years in the Atlantic Division with the league’s two biggest schools: Clemson and Florida State. As for Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Boston College, it’s hard to imagine any of those programs rising to the level where the Big Ten and SEC are fighting to get them to leave the ACC.

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Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment
1 week, 5 days ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press  

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : …

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?

New York Times  

Conference championship games, by design, should deliver some high-voltage matchups, especially with most leagues having moved away from the divisional format. There are no CFP stakes in this one, but Jax State is in the conference title game in just its second season of FBS play and first year of eligibility. The Bobcats claim five MAC crowns dating back to …

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?

New York Times  

There’s a fear among this year’s College Football Playoff contenders that losing a conference championship game could net them a worse result than not playing in one at all. Overall, the 47 teams that lost power-conference title games in the CFP’s first decade dropped an average of two spots in the final CFP Top 25. With all eyes on how …

College Football: A Cheat Sheet on Conference Realignments
1 month, 3 weeks ago

College Football: A Cheat Sheet on Conference Realignments

Associated Press  

A dozen schools have changed conference affiliations in the past year, impacting the landscape of college athletics. The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have seen significant changes, with the Pac-12 acquiring two teams and the Mountain West losing one. The Big Ten, ACC, and SEC conferences have also experienced changes, with several schools switching conferences.

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Big 12, ACC should relish multiple bids if they get them
2 months ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Big 12, ACC should relish multiple bids if they get them

New York Times  

Read The Athletic’s latest edition of College Football Playoff bubble watch. There’s a chance the Big 12 or ACC might be given two automatic bids in a Playoff that expands to 14 or 16 teams, but the two richest leagues hold all the power to make the rules after the nine conference commissioners and Notre Dame signed a new Playoff …

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting
2 months, 4 weeks ago

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting

Associated Press  

New Boston College coach Bill O’Brien wanted to build a pro-style approach to handle the growing demands of recruiting in the transfer-portal era. “We’re continuing to grow,” said California coach Justin Wilcox, whose Bears are in their first ACC season. If there’s more investment on the front end, I’ve got to believe the back end is going to look better, …

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college football realignment
3 months, 1 week ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college football realignment

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, …

ACC preview: No. 10 Florida St looking to back up last year’s breakthrough league title with CFP bid
4 months, 1 week ago

ACC preview: No. 10 Florida St looking to back up last year’s breakthrough league title with CFP bid

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It sets the stage and opportunity for us to continue to push and continue to elevate this program to ultimately where it deserves to be,” Norvell said after leading Florida State to its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in nine years last season. 24 North Carolina …

Making sense of college sports realignment. Which schools are changing conference affiliation?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Making sense of college sports realignment. Which schools are changing conference affiliation?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, …

SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s going to be a process,” Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said. “We have to recognize we don’t have all the answers right now.” One way to boost revenue schools are already considering is selling advertising that would be displayed on football fields or uniforms. In …

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is holding out hope for a ‘really good ending’ despite league turmoil
7 months, 1 week ago

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is holding out hope for a ‘really good ending’ despite league turmoil

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I always am optimistic about a really good ending on difficult situations, and I won’t ever change until somebody else tells me differently,” Phillips said. He added: “We’ve never come out and said, ‘We want to leave the conference.’” The ACC is implementing a bonus system …

The ACC keeps winning in March Madness. It wants to convert that into more future NCAA bids
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The ACC keeps winning in March Madness. It wants to convert that into more future NCAA bids

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — No one expected North Carolina State to be in the Final Four after needing a miracle run through the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament to even make the NCAA Tournament. “The national narrative could not be more inaccurate as it relates to the success our teams are having and have had in the NCAA Tournament, over whatever period …

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going

Associated Press  

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past year. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. …

Column: Florida State always seemed out of place in the ACC. Now the Seminoles want out
1 year ago

Column: Florida State always seemed out of place in the ACC. Now the Seminoles want out

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The ACC is vowing to hold Florida State to its end of the bargain over television rights, which would force the Seminoles to come up with a staggering pile of cash — the school’s legal counsel put the figure at $572 million — just to head …

Mandel’s Mailbag: Where’s the respect for Michigan, which teams overperformed?
1 year ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Where’s the respect for Michigan, which teams overperformed?

New York Times  

It was a bit of a quiet week in my inbox, perhaps not surprisingly given we’ve hit that holiday lull between the regular season and the major bowls. As for Kelly’s proposed 64-team football conference — that sounds neat and tidy, but what incentive do the SEC and Big Ten have to join forces with the less-valued ACC and Big …

AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era
1 year ago

AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The redrawing of the college sports map and demise of the Pac-12, a conference that claims the most NCAA championships and a legacy that includes the likes of Jackie Robinson, Bill Walton, Aaron Rodgers, Katie Ledecky, Tiger Woods and Cheryl Miller, made conference realignment The Associated …

What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A relegation approach is a complicated if inclusive way to reach what might be the best next move for the two schools and other top programs in the so-called Group of Five conferences: A best-of-the-rest, football-only conference that ignores geography and focuses on maximizing TV dollars …

Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit?
1 year, 3 months ago

Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Beyond dollars moving from one bank account to another it’s hard to see the overall benefit, but the most disruptive round of conference realignment at the highest level of college sports appears to be almost over — at least for the near future. We’ll probably have …

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU
1 year, 3 months ago

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Joining the ACC will ensure the Power Conference competitive infrastructure and long-term media revenues that are critical for our student-athletes to compete.” For the ACC, adding three schools will increase media rights revenue from its long-term deal with ESPN and allow the conference to spread much …

Stanford and Cal's ACC move shows college sports are broken
1 year, 3 months ago

Stanford and Cal's ACC move shows college sports are broken

LA Times  

It’s the fall of 2024. This scenario is just one of the ridiculous ideas I’ve seen floated on how to make Stanford, Cal and SMU’s move to the ACC — made official Friday morning — work out for the hundreds of affected athletes who don’t play football or men’s basketball. The leadership at those prestigious California institutions simply was unwilling …

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff
1 year, 3 months ago

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! IRVING, Texas — The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff met Wednesday for the first time since a wave of realignment tore apart the Pac-12, raising the possibility that the number of automatic bids in the 12-team postseason format to be implemented next year …

ACC football mailbag: Over/under on how long league can retain its current members
1 year, 4 months ago

ACC football mailbag: Over/under on how long league can retain its current members

New York Times  

Thanks so much for all of the questions. The only lesson to be learned here is if current ACC teams really want to go after championships, they’ll find a way to do it by either leaving the league for a better TV deal elsewhere or raising a lot of money on their own to build a ridiculous NIL program and …

Column: It’s not conference realignment. It’s consolidation and no one is safe in the dash for cash
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: It’s not conference realignment. It’s consolidation and no one is safe in the dash for cash

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! What was once a Big Six in major college football conferences became a Power Five and is now down to four after the Big 12 and Big Ten, motivated by a dwindling pool of television network dollars, carved up the Pac-12 over the course of about …

College football rivalries that thrived, survived or died because of conference realignment
1 year, 5 months ago

College football rivalries that thrived, survived or died because of conference realignment

New York Times  

The trickle-down with every shift in conference realignment affects the most visible part of college sports: the games. GO DEEPER Grudges, politics and gentlemen’s agreements: The chaotic history of SEC scheduling Ohio State-Penn State has become must-see TV since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993. Illinois-Ohio State compete for the Big Ten’s second-oldest traveling trophy — The …

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond
1 year, 5 months ago

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond

New York Times  

Four years ago, The Athletic admirably — and, as it turns out, foolishly — attempted to predict the future of college sports when my colleague Stewart Mandel took a stab at what the conference landscape would look like five or 10 years into the future. “But I also know that the SEC can’t sit still and allow the Big Ten …

An ACC, SEC breakaway conference? Believe it or not, the idea was discussed in 1962
1 year, 5 months ago

An ACC, SEC breakaway conference? Believe it or not, the idea was discussed in 1962

New York Times  

The Ivy League of the South? It was the brainchild, at least apparently, of then-Vanderbilt president Harvie Branscomb, who spoke to several fellow presidents in 1962 about a breakaway conference: Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Tulane and Georgia. “North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt would be the first to join,” Branscomb wrote in the March 20 letter. …

Why did Big Ten add Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland? Jim Delany reflects on realignment impact
1 year, 5 months ago

Why did Big Ten add Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland? Jim Delany reflects on realignment impact

New York Times  

Perhaps the most impactful moment in realignment history took place on an overcast, cold afternoon on Dec. 15, 2009, in Park Ridge, Ill. Nine days after the 11-member Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors met in person at league headquarters, the Big Ten office issued a 287-word news release that shook college athletics like an earthquake. Between Penn State’s …

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness
1 year, 5 months ago

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness

New York Times  

The Western Conference, known today as the Big Ten, was formed in 1896 by the universities of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin and Chicago. GO DEEPER Journey back to Sewanee, a founding SEC member that has no regrets Dec. 12, 1948: Nearly a decade after original member Chicago dropped football, the Western Conference becomes the Big Ten again by …

How conference realignment shaped college sports, in ex-Big Ten boss Jim Delany’s words
1 year, 5 months ago

How conference realignment shaped college sports, in ex-Big Ten boss Jim Delany’s words

New York Times  

It’s almost inarguable that the most influential figure in collegiate sports during the past three decades and perhaps ever was former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany. In an era he described as “bully ball” among the Big Ten’s presidents, athletic directors and coaches, Delany presided over a league that grew unified, added four members and soared beyond its peers in …

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC
1 year, 7 months ago

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC

Associated Press  

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format. Most everything else discussed behind closed doors remained secretive works in progress, most notably how the league plans to close the financial gap on college football’s …

‘Been Everywhere': TCU conference-hopping run to title game
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Been Everywhere': TCU conference-hopping run to title game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s like that old song by Hank Snow, ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ — our fans, they’ve traveled all over the place,” said John Denton, the Horned Frogs’ kicker for their 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl team who has been part of their radio broadcasts since 1988. whether it’s teams …

ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games
2 years, 3 months ago

ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Mike Elko has been around college football long enough to know how the season’s opening month can shape the perception of a league’s strength. “We have to win football games,” said Elko, who left Texas A&M’s staff to take over at …

College Football Playoff will expand from four to 12 teams by 2026
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff will expand from four to 12 teams by 2026

LA Times  

The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted Friday to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams no later than the 2026 season. If the new format can be implemented before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season, the conferences could make an additional $450 million over …

After Big Ten moves, will conference realignment trickle down to Group of 5 again?
2 years, 5 months ago

After Big Ten moves, will conference realignment trickle down to Group of 5 again?

New York Times  

Here we go again? It’s also not known if Boise State would actually increase the per-school TV payouts in a Power 5 league, though it’s possible any G5 school could take less than a full share as part of a move. The Central Valley makes up one of the biggest TV markets in the country #ForTheV pic.twitter.com/TMnPHnrcyA — Fresno State …

ACC changing scheduling model for football in ’23 and beyond
2 years, 5 months ago

ACC changing scheduling model for football in ’23 and beyond

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference is going forward with a plan to change its football scheduling model, with the biggest change being the elimination of divisions. All 14 of the ACC’s football members will have three permanent scheduling partners and play those schools each …

Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC near agreement to align in response to SEC expansion
3 years, 4 months ago

Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC near agreement to align in response to SEC expansion

LA Times  

The Pac-12 is set to join forces with the Big Ten and ACC to counter the recent expansion by the SEC. The impending alliance, first reported by The Athletic, comes in response to the Southeastern Conference’s move to add the Big 12 Conference’s two powerhouse programs, Texas and Oklahoma. As college sports faces large looming questions about professionalization, the NCAA’s …

SEC, ACC, Big 12 still hoping to play football this fall
4 years, 4 months ago

SEC, ACC, Big 12 still hoping to play football this fall

Associated Press  

And then there were three. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference were still moving forward Tuesday with plans for a fall college football season even as two other Power Five leagues, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, called things off. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said he wanted to learn more about the factors that led the Big …

SEC will play conference-only football schedule this season
4 years, 4 months ago

SEC will play conference-only football schedule this season

LA Times  

The SEC will play only conference games this season, joining the Pac-12 and Big Ten in making such a decision. The Southeastern Conference will play only league games in 2020, a decision that pushes major college football closer to a regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths. The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced their intentions to …

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