In the wake of other conference moves, the ACC attempted to shore up its membership by voting to add Stanford, California and Southern Methodist.
, the ACC needed to find a way to increase the television revenue each school receives or faced the prospect of losing its biggest football programs to conferences such as the SEC or Big Ten, which pay their schools far more than the ACC.
The ACC needed 12 of 15 members to approve the expansion, which is exactly the number it received. According to reports, Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina voted no.after the rest of the conference deserted for the Big Ten or Big 12 beginning next year. Faced with the prospect of either trying to work something out with the less-prestigious Mountain West or becoming a geographic oddball in the ACC, the two chose the latter, hoping that eventually the move will pan out financially.
Oregon State and Washington State will now be the only schools committed to the Pac-12 beyond this academic year.
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