Miami is stuck in the ACC for the foreseeable future. It could be worse. The ACC received two bids to the College Football Playoff, just one fewer than the (once) mighty SEC, and one more than the single-bid Big XII. But, there is a gap wider than Biscayne Bay between the revenue received by the SEC and the Big Ten, on the one hand, and the ACC on the other. The majority of the college football blue bloods have consolidated themselves in the Big Ten or SEC, and their broadcasting partners have rewarded them with the most lucrative media rights deals.