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ACC eliminates divisions, announces new 3-5-5 football scheduling format
By Keith Farner
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As conferences continue to discuss future scheduling and alignment decisions, the ACC has made a significant announcement about its formats. It will eliminate divisions and the top 2 teams by winning percentage will advance to the conference title game.
The new football scheduling model will go into effect beginning with the 2023 season. The new model is based on a 3-5-5 structure whereby each team will play 3 primary opponents annually and face the other 10 league teams twice during the four-year cycle, once at home and once on the road. The schedule allows for each team to face all 13 conference opponents home and away at least once during the four-year cycle. The structure was adopted on Tuesday by the league’s athletic directors and faculty athletic representatives.
Here are the 3 primary scheduling partners for each school:
Boston College: Miami, Pitt, Syracuse
Clemson: Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State
Duke: North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest
Florida State: Clemson, Miami, Syracuse
Georgia Tech: Clemson, Louisville, Wake Forest
Louisville: Georgia Tech, Miami, Virginia
Miami: Boston College, Florida State, Louisville
North Carolina: Duke, NC State, Virginia
NC State: Clemson, Duke, North Carolina
Pitt: Boston College, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
Syracuse: Boston College, Florida State, Pitt
Virginia: Louisville, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Pitt, Virginia, Wake Forest
Wake Forest: Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
In 2023, the ACC will adopt a 3-5-5 football scheduling model and all 14 schools will compete in one division.
Teams will play 3 primary opponents annually + face the other 10 teams twice during the 4-year cycle, once at home and once on the road.
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Keith Farner has written about college football for newspapers and web sites since 2005.