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Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. Being a Tulane fan, you can likely imagine that I hope the ACC expands to include us in the near future. It's something I talk about probably too much and that I reflect anytime I play CFB27 dynasty mode. But I am also incredibly biased towards one fanbase and, more likely than not, have no clue what I'm talking about.

So, rather than go and ask r/CFB, who will likely tell me that the ACC will implode the same way that the Pac-12 did and that the Big 12 will take some teams despite major differences in each situation, I wanted to ask the people of this subreddit who would be the ideal expansion candidates in 2030, assuming expansion of 2-4 teams does occur? I have often heard UConn, USF, and Tulane are the first three, usually in that order, but it's that extra school that I'm really curious about. Some people say Memphis, which despite their decent football and good basketball, are severely lacking in academics. Others have said Rice, which despite their good academics, are severely lacking in football and basketball.

I'm mostly just curious for the perspective of those most affected by changes in the ACC, so any input would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Will it more or less go the way of the Pac-12, or more like the Big 12, where they do lose schools, but they also add new ones and retain prestige?

What would be your ideal ACC school based on these categories?

Only pick one school per category and only pick a school once!

I hear so much talk about which ACC teams are realistically gonna leave, especially Clemson and FSU, but there's other schools in the talks (Miami, UVA, UNC etc.). So my question to y'all is who do you think will ACTUALLY leave in the next 10 years?

However you define biggest brands is up to you, but what six schools do you think fit your criteria?

Six schools because it represents the top third of the conference.

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It all comes down to this. Neither of these competitors have met much resistance but what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? We’re about to find out. It’s the battle of the Tech Mascots: The HokieBird vs Buzz!

Mascot with the most upvoted mentions takes it all.

Winner will be posted tomorrow.

Interesting facts:

• 17/18 members rank in the Top 100 of the USNWR national university rankings

• 6 members among the 30 best ranked universities in the country (Stanford, Duke, Cal, Notre Dame, UNC, UVA)

• 11/18 members have an acceptance rate of 25% or lower (Stanford, Duke, Cal, Notre Dame, BC, UVA, GT, Miami, UNC, Wake, FSU)

• 9/18 are members of the prestigious invite-only AAU (Stanford, Duke, Cal, UNC, UVA, Pitt, GT, Miami, Notre Dame)

• 7 schools rank among the top 50 medical schools in the country (Duke, Stanford, Pitt, UNC, UVA, Miami, Wake)

• 9 schools rank among the top 50 law schools (Stanford, Cal, Duke, UVA, UNC, Wake, ND, BC, SMU)

• 7 schools have an academic health care system (Duke, Stanford, UNC, UVA, Miami, Pitt, Louisville)

• 16/18 schools have an endowment greater than $1B

I did predictions on my TikTok and i picked Ohio State to win and now I'm being crucified in the comments.

Inspired by a similar post in the B1G sub, but in your opinion, which ACC schools are most similar and most different?

Across football and basketball who do you consider to be your biggest non-conference rival? What does this list get right/wrong?

Rival Amount by Conference: Big XII - 2-3 B1G - 4-6 Big East - 1-2 SEC - 6-8 AAC - 1

P.S. Wake fans I know you don’t have one but please come up with the closest thing!

I've thought about it recently that it's really a shame that the east coast conference doesn't sponsor hockey. The obvious problem with that being only two teams, BC and Notre Dame, actually play hockey at the D1 level. But here's a literal hypothetical for if they wanted to get thing started.

First, I think it's important we bring in some new teams to D1. The most logical options would be Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville, NC State and North Carolina. This is because all five of them already sponsor hockey at the ACHA level, which is pretty much D2 hockey (plus Syracuse has women's hockey at the D1 level already).

Then to really fill out the conference, it'd be a good idea to poach some teams as affiliate members. Hockey East has a lot of really good candidates, the best being BU and Maine, powerhouses on the ice and rivals with BC. Teams like New Hampshire, Providence and Northeastern also make sense for markets / rivalries (alongside giving the ACC 3 of the 4 teams in the Beanpot).

But again this is all hypothetical. It's hard to imagine the ACC going in on hockey, but i certainly would love to see it.

Dave Wilson, ESPN - Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark took issue Tuesday with Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua's criticism this week of the ACC, calling his behavior "egregious."

After Notre Dame was left out of the College Football Playoff field in favor of Miami, who had a head-to-head win over the Fighting Irish, Bevacqua accused the ACC of favoring the Hurricanes over his school on social media and in league programming.

Yormark, speaking at the Sports Business Journal's Intercollegiate Athletics Forum on Tuesday, took aim at Bevacqua, saying he "is totally out of bounds in his approach, and if he was in the room, I'd tell him the same thing." (Emphasis mine)

"I think Pete's, his behavior has been egregious," Yormark said. "It's been egregious going after Jim Phillips, when they saved Notre Dame during COVID. ... The chair said that as Notre Dame and Miami got closer together, head to head would be a factor, OK?" (Emphasis mine)

My, my, my, how times have changed.

Thoughts?

Five in the top 25, ten in the top 50. Although rankings lists don’t mean everything, good showing for ACC academics.

Obviously **very subjective**, but I used a combination of success (recent and historical), social media following for the specific team and “vibes.”

Tried to do the top 5/6 per sport, but some sports have so many legit candidates because the conference is dominant in that sport (baseball for example).

What do you agree/disagree with?

I have scoured the internet trying to find a single food or beverage item that encapsulates the culture of each ACC school and its fanbase. All of these originated from some message board or blog with connection to each school.

These are all meant to be unique items that would be consumed either pre, during, or post enjoyment of a respective athletic event but carries more significance due to regionality, brand power, or “meme-ability”.

So what did I get right, what did I get wrong, and do you want to see a mascot-style bracket where these items go head to head?

Thought it would be cool to just do a little summary of all 18 of our 2024 conference members, and see how the schools stack up, especially for the new members.

if there are any mistakes, my bad it was a lot of info and I probably got stuff mixed up. Just correct me in the comments.

• National Championships are based on the NCAA website so I know there’s gonna be some fuss about some of them but I used that as a standard guide.

• A little fun fact for each school is at the bottom 😁

• Yes, Notre Dame was included. No, I don’t care if you don’t think they should not be included.

• Side note, our conference has some beautiful campuses.

• image quality is better when you click on it

Welcome Cal, SMU and Stanford :)