Even the ACC has "requirements" for new members
albeit by incorporating requirements established by the NCAA and spelled out in the various bylaws. The 2 "requirements" I am referring to are the requirements to becoming a DI school and the requirements to compete in the FBS subdivision in football.
The reason I mention the DI requirements is because there could come a time when the ACC might consider adding a non-DI school (i.e. Univ. of Toronto, Carnegie Melon, Oxford, Cambridge, etc), so the ACC would have to make sure the new member satisfies DI requirements. The reason I mention the FBS requirement is because the ACC can't do what the MAC did for a couple seasons and have unbalanced divisions.
NCAA Bylaw 17.9.5.2 Annual Exemptions. [FBS/FCS]
(c) Twelve-Member Conference Championship Game. [FBS/FCS] A conference championship game
between division champions of a member conference of 12 or more institutions that is divided into two
divisions (of six or more institutions each), each of which conducts round-robin, regular-season competition
among the members of that division;
At one time the MAC had 13 football members; 1 division with 7 and 1 division with 6. The MAC plays an 8 game conference schedule, so good luck trying to figure out how every team plays 8 games and the 2 divisions still play a round robin schedule. FWIW it doesn't work with a 9 game conference schedule either. Since the MAC is small potatoes, the NCAA turned a blind eye to the violation. I highly doubt the ACC would be able to get away with it.
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Posted: 05/12/2017 at 3:28PM