The 2025 college football season is getting closer and one of the signs that it is getting closer is media days. The Big 12 and the SEC have already wrapped up

Jim Phillips stood in the same spot Tuesday morning that he did exactly one year earlier as he officially opened the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason football media days. Only now, the message and tone is far different.

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips believes the league is on solid ground following settlements with Clemson and Florida State —and insists both programs are satisfied with how things turned out.