The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has been fairly quiet with all of this conference realignment talk, until this weekend. In a quick and swift move the ACC added Pittsburgh and Syracuse from the Big East conference to increase their membership to 14 teams. Rumors are that the ACC eventually wants to get to 16 
teams, but are content with 14 for the time being.
If the Texas Longhorns become a viable option should the Big 12 go away then you can be sure this won’t be their last move. This is a brilliant move by the ACC, with few powerhouse football schools left to poach from other conferences they did the next best thing by making the unquestioned best college basketball conference. The football is serviceable and if Florida State and Miami ever return to previous glory and they can add Texas then the football will be at a level where they would be in the discussion as a top tier football conference. This leaves the Big East scratching it’s head and wondering what their next move is going to be.
The latest information has UCONN making a serious effort to try and become the 15th or 16th member of the ACC because of the defections of Pittsburgh and Syracuse. If UCONN does in fact join the ACC then you will definitely have the number one college basketball conference without even having to question it. The football will not get that much better unless they can get
the Longhorns, but that now seems unlikely with the PAC-12 deciding to stay at their current number because Texas refused to give any concessions on the Longhorn network.
The ACC may be the first conference to get to 16 teams, but at this point who knows what that is going to mean. Conference realignment seems like it’s going to be a constant issue every year in college athletics, and what is being lost in all of this is the smaller non-revenue generating sports. Think about the Lacrosse, Track, and Tennis teams who will have to travel from Syracuse, New York to Coral Gables, Florida in a van to compete against the Miami Hurricanes. Regional rivalries and venues that allowed students and parents to attend college sports events is one thing no one seems to care about.
