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College football fans got flashbacks to 1990 Colorado over the weekend. No. 19-ranked Pitt was upset by unranked Virginia on Saturday by a final score of 24-19. With Virginia up 21-19 midway through the fourth quarter, they were facing a 4th-and-1 in …
Duke has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the conference’s founding in 1953. Despite their long ties to the conference, another conference apparently is trying to poach them. Former Salt Lake City-based radio host Tim …
Following a significant ACC expansion, the conference is now working on a plan that will help decrease travel.
The ACC is the latest conference to add new schools amid a major college sports shakeup. ACC officials met on Friday morning and approved the addition of three new schools — Stanford, Cal and SMU. The three new members will join the conference …
The ACC is said to be seriously considering adding three schools in an expansion effort, and now we know the real reason for the potential moves. Cal, Stanford and SMU have been pushing to join the ACC, and the member schools were even planning to …
Cal and Stanford sought to join the ACC earlier this month, but the move fell through after failing to gain enough support among member schools. Less than two weeks later, it may be back on. Multiple reports Wednesday indicated that the ACC is once …
Four teams opposed California and Stanford joining the ACC and at least two of them will not come as much of a surprise.
The recent Pac-12 exodus has launched another conference re-alignment free-for-all, and the ACC is looking to get in on the act. One of their targets, however, is a surprising one. The ACC is eyeing SMU as a potential addition to the conference, …
Florida State believes "something has to change" and have issued a warning to the ACC requesting action be taken.
There have been some questions over how the announced alliance between the Pac-12, Big Ten, and ACC will work in practice. One of the commissioners involved shed some light on that topic Friday. Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff revealed how the …
The news that Texas and Oklahoma are joining the SEC sent shockwaves across college sports, and three of the other Power Five conferences have officially come up with a response. The commissioners of the Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC announced on Tuesday …
Battle lines are being drawn among the NCAA’s Power 5 conferences in light of the SEC’s pending expansion. According to Max Olson of The Athletic, the Pac-12, Big Ten, and ACC are in high-level talks about forming an alliance. The …
The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will likely face its toughest task to date this year, and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey does not approve of what he views as rival conferences trying to manipulate the system. The ACC announced on …
With the Big Ten and Pac-12 both announcing Tuesday that they are canceling fall sports, including college football, all eyes turned to the other three power conferences to see what their response would be. Two of the three made clear that, for now, …
Notre Dame is officially part of the ACC in football — at least for the 2020 season. The ACC officially announced its modified 2020 schedule on Wednesday. Each school will play 10 conference games as well as one non-conference game against a …
The ACC is coming up with plans for a modified college football schedule this fall. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced that they will play conference-only schedules this year. Some other conferences will not be playing football this fall. We are …
