Yes, but what I am saying is we can rant and rave that this shouldn't be the way it is, but I am saying it is too late for all of that. The ACC was passed by the SEC ages ago. It's not even a conversation any longer. It's a second tier conference and is so far behind it wouldn't catch up under most plausible scenarios.
If teams decided to triple their spending on the sport they could make a dent for sure, but the mystique and scouting of the SEC has moved it into god tier for the sport. For that reason, I push back that the ACC us a second tier baseball conference because the SEC has its own tier.
11 different SEC teams have made the College World Series since 2024. That's incredible. 11 teams of a 14 team conference have each made the College World Series over just three seasons.
5 difference ACC teams have made the CWS, which is strong, honestly, but just not the same world.