Sources: ACC to begin discussing Cal, Stanford as additions

ACC leaders are set to begin exploratory discussions on the potential addition of Cal and Stanford to the conference, sources told ESPN on Monday.

Sources cautioned that the two scheduled calls for the discussions are in the embryotic stages -- one call slated with the ACC athletic directors and a separate call with the league's presidents that will play out on Monday and Tuesday.

With the Pac-12 down to just four schools after the defection of five universities on Friday, the leftover four schools -- including Cal and Stanford -- are scrambling to find places to land. Both have elite academic reputations and Stanford consistently has the country's top-to-bottom athletic department, but the…