Earlier this week, reporting came out that the ACC was looking into adding Cal, Stanford, and SMU as new member schools in the conference, specifically with Notre Dame making a hard push to add them.
Notre Dame pushing ACC to add Stanford & Cal, while SMU would join w/no revenue the 1st 5-7 years in ACC, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. "Notre Dame continues to push, yet won’t join as a full-time member,” a source said. "That makes no sense to us."https://t.co/PkUIPBB0kv
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 9, 2023
Cal and Stanford are newly orphaned athletic programs after the PAC-12 essentially dissolved this past Friday, leaving only 4 schools in its wake.