The Atlantic Coast Conference has committed to extending to the Pacific coast.

Presidents and chancellors from the 15 ACC member schools voted Friday morning to invite Stanford, Cal and SMU to join the conference in all sports, beginning with the 2024-25 academic year.

“This is a significant day for the ACC as we welcome Cal, SMU and Stanford to this incredible conference,” said James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia and chair of the ACC board of directors. “This expansion will enhance and strengthen the league now and in the future.”

The move will bring more than 2,200 student-athletes from Cal, SMU and Stanford to the conference, which currently numbers about 10,000.

With Cal and Stanford joining the ACC, it likely will be the death blow for the venerable Pac-12, which was decimated over the past month with the departures of all but those two California teams, Washington State and Oregon State to the Big Ten or Big 12. Those two remaining schools are expected to join the Mountain West Conference, stepping down from Power Five status.

For the ACC to issue the invitations, at least 12 schools needed to agree. ESPN reported that more than three weeks ago, Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina and North Carolina State stood opposed, but ESPN reported that NC State chancellor Randy Woodson voted to invite the three schools.

SMU gets its long-awaited chance to move to a power conference from the American Athletic Conference and has agreed to take no broadcast media revenues from the league for nine years, ESPN reported. Cal and Stanford will receive a 30 percent share for seven years, with a gradual increase until they receive their full allotment in the 10th year, per the report.

“This is a transformational day for SMU,” university President R. Gerald Turner said. “Becoming a member of the ACC will positively impact all aspects of the collegiate experience on the Hilltop and will raise SMU’s profile on a national level.”

Still to be determined are how often the current ACC teams will make the coast-to-coast travel to California. Yahoo Sports reported that a proposal is being floated in which the teams in Olympic sports from the eastern and western schools would play in Dallas — the home of SMU.

–Field Level Media

The Atlantic Coast Conference is nearing a decision about adding Stanford, Cal and SMU, ESPN reported Monday.

ACC officials were said to be organizing a conference call of the league’s presidents and chancellors on Monday morning to potentially vote on the issue.

A source told ESPN that expansion efforts are “trending in the direction of happening” but cautioned that nothing is finalized, and the additions are “only in pencil.”

Expansion requires the approval of 12 of the 15 existing ACC members, however four schools — Clemson, Florida State, NC State and North Carolina — have expressed their dissent. One of those programs would need to change its vote, “and there’s an expectation that will happen this week,” per the report.

If approved, all three newcomers would be expected to join the ACC in all sports for the 2024-25 season.

Stanford and Cal reportedly agreed to accept a smaller share (approximately 30 percent) of league revenues if they join the ACC, while SMU reportedly would be amenable to getting zero broadcast money for its first seven years in the league.

Cal and Stanford are looking for new homes after the disintegration of the Pac-12 Conference over the past year. UCLA and Southern Cal kicked off the exodus last summer by announcing their move to the Big Ten. Last month, Colorado moved to the Big 12, and Arizona, Arizona State and Utah soon followed.

Oregon and Washington then relocated to the Big Ten, leaving just Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Washington State still in the Pac-12.

The ACC last changed its membership in 2014, when Louisville arrived as Maryland exited. Notre Dame is one of the 15, though it maintains independence in football despite playing multiple ACC opponents annually.

–Field Level Media