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If by "West Coast" you mean other P12, that might not work. by Piertravlr

As per the current Pac 12 rules, no non-conference football games can occur after the conference schedule begins. Our series with Stanford and USC over Thanksgiving were explicitly grandfathered in since they were pre-existing and longstanding.

For us to exchange Stanford for Cal, USC or Washington (for example) under the current P12 rules, our West Coast game would have to occur in September, and not Thanksgiving weekend. Since the Thanksgiving travel date was the rationale for the Stanford series when it was established, that might not work for us.

Of course if ACC membership requires us to play an ACC member on Thanksgiving week, all our P12 games will be in September so dropping Stanford for a different opponent is much easier.