No way would the Nittany Lions ever leave the Big Ten, the richest conference in today’s landscape. I can already hear the naysayers on this. How much more of a coup would it be to pull in another big football program? This is where Penn State comes in. It will be a hard sell to finally get Notre Dame to join a conference but what a coup it would be for new conference commissioner James Phillips. Last year during the pandemic Notre Dame was a member of the ACC for the odd season but it worked and the conference got two members into the College Football Playoff for the first time.Īlso, the ACC media rights contract does state that if Notre Dame does join a conference before 2036, it must be the ACC. The Irish would get to keep their independence but they do have five scheduled football games a year versus ACC football teams. In recent times Notre Dame is partially aligned with ACC football. The Big Ten flirted with the Irish in the past but the school ultimately decided to keep its football independence. The Fighting Irish have been the forbidden crown jewel that some conferences have been trying to add for years. The first school that is a no-brainer to add is Notre Dame. The expansion would allow the ACC to renegotiate their contracts and needs to be seriously considered by the conference. In the last couple of seasons, Big Ten schools on average earned about $20-25 million more than ACC schools. If a school left, their media rights would still remain with the ACC.ĭespite a nice contract with ESPN and the ACC Network, the ACC remains at the bottom of the Power 5 in media rights revenue. While possible, it seems unlikely with the ACC’s grant of media rights running through 2036.
Some have speculated the conference could be raided itself for teams. The ACC certainly is not immune to this latest potential seismic shift in college football. Questions abound from what a new 16 team SEC would look like to what the remaining eight members of the Big 12 would do to is this only the beginning of super conferences? This set off a chain of speculation across the college football world. This past week it was reported Texas and Oklahoma were going to make a move to the SEC. How will the ACC respond to the reported power moves made by the SEC? What will happen to ACC football in the midst of what looks like another round of realignment in college football? How about adding Notre Dame and Penn State?Ĭollege football seems on the cusp of another major realignment.
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