Clemson Football doesn’t have highest odds to join SEC

Both Clemson and Florida State are currently embroiled in legal cases with the Atlantic Coast Conference to potentially exit the conference before the Grant of Rights expires in 2036.

The common belief is that the two schools have aspirations to join either the SEC or the Big Ten if they can negotiate a way out of the ACC.

On the surface, most people consider Clemson and FSU to be valuable programs because of past and current success, but they aren’t the only schools that hold value.

Per Vegas oddsmakers, the Tigers have the second-highest odds of joining the SEC if the conference decides to expand again. One might jump to the conclusion that the Seminoles would be first, but that would be incorrect.

North Carolina holds the best odds to join the SEC if they expand again at +300. Clemson comes in second at +350 and FSU is at +400.

They are followed by Virginia (+500), Virginia Tech (+600), and Miami (+1200). Oklahoma State from the Big 12 is given +1500 odds while the field is at +1300.

North Carolina and Virginia have been mentioned as potential targets for the SEC because they are schools in states where the conference currently has no members.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey commented at SEC Media Days that he is not recruiting anyone to join the conference and that they are happy with 16 members. He said that he would not involve the SEC in any legal entanglements with any other parties but left the door open if things changed in the future.

There has been chatter on X in the past 48 hours that Big Ten sources have been cited as saying they do not have interest in Florida State because they do not bring the needed value and they haven’t been a cooperative partner.

These sources did not mention how the Big Ten views Clemson.