Paul Finebaum Predicts Multiple Schools Will Be Leaving The ACC

Clemson and Florida State recently reached a settlement with the ACC about the ACC’s revenue distribution. 

Four lawsuits between the schools and the conference about the revenue distribution were settled last week. 

There has been a lot of movement between conferences over the past few years, but no big ACC team has left for the Big Ten or SEC. The ACC has added teams like SMU, Cal, and Stanford but hasn’t lost anyone like Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, Miami, or Virginia Tech. 

While it’s good for the longevity of the conference, Paul Finebaum thinks multiple schools will leave the ACC in the next five years.

“But by the time we turn the calendar toward 2030, all that will be different. I think it’s very likely that the ACC loses a couple of schools,” Finebaum said on “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning,” (first transcribed by On3). 

The Big Ten and SEC have been eyeing Clemson and Florida State for some time, and if they can get out of the conference for a price that makes sense down the line, they’ll do it. 

That could pave the way for other ACC schools to leave the league for the Big Ten or SEC. There could be a point in time where there are only two super conferences since there has been a lot of expansion these last few years. Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington joined the Big Ten for this past season, while Texas and Oklahoma left the Big 12 to join the SEC. 

The expansion made for some electric games between the new schools and the established schools within each conference. 

It’s only a matter of time before other schools leave their respective conferences. 

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