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The ACC has officially gotten bigger.
The ACC member schools voted last year to add Cal, Stanford and SMU to its ranks, and as of July 1, the ACC has grown from 15 schools to 18 schools. The ACC is no longer exclusive to the Atlantic coast.
There are now two California schools and a Texas school in the ACC, which is just the latest consequence of the rapidly expanding nature of college athletics.
𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟.
— The ACC (@theACC) July 1, 2024
Welcome to the ACC!
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The ACC needed 12 ‘yes’ votes to expand, and with North Carolina State flipping in favor of expansion after initially voting against expansion, it received the 12 votes it needed.
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