The ACC enters a brand new generation starting in 2024 with the arriving of California, Stanford and SMU, bringing the convention’s overall quantity of groups to 17. As such, the league has up to date its scheduling style for the following seven years (through 2030). The new style may also offer protection to 16 annual matchups.
ACC groups will play 8 convention video games according to season within the new layout with all 17 groups dealing with one any other no less than two times over the following seven years — as soon as at house and as soon as at the street. The ACC’s present 14 groups will play the 2 California groups 3 times over the seven-year duration, and none will shuttle west in consecutive seasons.
“We are extremely excited to welcome Cal, SMU and Stanford to the ACC and look forward to having them compete beginning in the fall of 2024,” mentioned ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips in a remark. “Throughout the entire scheduling model process, the membership was incredibly thoughtful and purposeful in building a creative, flexible and aggressive conference scheduling model while keeping the student-athlete experience at the forefront. The excitement and anticipation for our teams, alumni and fans will undoubtedly build as we look ahead to the future of this incredible conference.”
The quantity of video games between groups over the seven-year duration varies wildly with contests being performed anyplace between two occasions and 7 occasions. Two notable rivalries going away annually underneath the brand new layout are Clemson’s video games towards NC State and Georgia Tech. The Tigers will face the Yellow Jackets 4 occasions between 2024 and 2030 and NC State 3 times all the way through the similar span. The NC State-Clemson annual sport goes away to be able to permit NC State to play Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest every year.
The convention may also proceed with out divisions, which it first applied this season, and the highest two groups according to convention profitable share will proceed to compete within the ACC Football Championship Game.
Protected matchups
The new scheduling style protects 16 annual matchups, together with two which were restored from the former divisional layout (Miami-Virginia Tech, NC State-Wake Forest). The list of safe matchups can also be considered under:
- Boston College: Syracuse, Pitt
- Cal: Stanford, SMU
- Clemson: Florida State
- Duke: North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest
- Florida State: Clemson, Miami
- Miami: Florida State, Virginia Tech
- North Carolina: Duke, NC State, Virginia
- NC State: Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest
- Pitt: Boston College, Syracuse
- SMU: Cal, Stanford
- Stanford: Cal, SMU
- Syracuse: Boston College, Pitt
- Virginia: Virginia Tech, North Carolina
- Virginia Tech: Virginia, Miami
- Wake Forest: Duke, NC State
ACC football schedules 2024-2030
Credit: The ACC
Credit: The ACC
Credit: The ACC
Credit: The ACC