US EditionAfter Strong First Impression in ACC, SMU Looks to Prove It’s Not a One-Hit Wonder
DALLAS, TEXAS, JUL 22 – SMU’s move to the ACC led to doubled football ticket sales, a 63% rise in transfer applications, and $65 million raised for athletics, boosting its national profile and finances.
- SMU, a Dallas-based school, completed its first ACC season in 2024 after moving from the American Conference where it won the 2023 championship.
- The move followed a strategic decision to accept about 30% lower media payouts over seven years to gain Power Four conference membership with California and Stanford.
- SMU ran the ACC regular season 8-0, reached the ACC championship, narrowly lost to perennial power Clemson, and secured a spot in the expanded College Football Playoff.
- Coach Lashlee and quarterback Kevin Jennings expressed high confidence, citing boosted recruiting in Texas’s Metroplex, doubled 2024 football season tickets, and a $4 million postseason payout.
- This momentum coincides with a 63% rise in transfer applications and over 24,000 first-year undergraduate applications, suggesting growing institutional prestige and program interest.
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