Historic summer of realignment kicks off July 1 as Texas, Oklahoma officially join SEC; ACC adds SMU

One of the most transformative days in the history of college athletics is here. The first wave of conference realignment kicks off Monday with Oklahoma and Texas officially joining the SEC — Texas celebrated over the weekend with a Sunday party on campus, featuring a Pitbull concert — and SMU leaving the AAC for the ACC. July 1 also marks the end of the Pac-12 as we know it, as the league is officially dissolving. 

There’s another round of ribbon-cutting coming in August; Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington join the Big Ten on Aug. 2, the same date Arizona State, Colorado and Utah become members of the Big 12 and Cal and Stanford join SMU in the ACC. Oregon State and Washington State are what remains of the Pac-12, and they reached a scheduling agreement in football to play at least six Mountain West games during the 2024 season.

So, how did we get here? The first domino to fall was when Texas and Oklahoma announced their intention to join the SEC in July 2021. The following summer, UCLA and USC jointly announced they were leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten. The Pac-12 failed to secure a media rights deal, prompting eight of the 10 remaining league members to exit.

Here is where conference realignment stands, with the first set of movementing starting July 1.

ACC

Who’s joining? SMU (July 1), Cal and Stanford (Aug. 2)

SMU will be the first new conference member to join the ACC on July 1. According to previous reports, Stanford and Cal will will be taking reduced media rights revenue shares of around 30% when they enter the conference on Aug. 2. SMU will forgo ACC media rights revenue for its first nine years.

The ACC is still expected to receive around $72 million in additional media rights revenue as a result of Cal, Stanford and SMU…

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2024-07-01 12:50:56

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