This came up last May....
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On Monday, the ACC announced it would remain
at an eight-game conference schedule. Beginning in 2017, league teams also will be required to play at least one nonconference opponent from a power five league.
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After much discussion, the ACC decided the status quo was best and voted to remain at eight league games, Andrea Adelson writes.
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Because of the eight-game league schedule, non-primary crossover rivals in the Atlantic and Coastal divisions may wind up playing each other only once in an 11-year span. This prompted discussion at the spring meetings about scheduling fellow ACC teams as nonconference opponents in future seasons. Some possible future ACC "nonconference" games could pit
Miami against
Syracuse,
Duke against
NC State, and
Clemson against
Virginia.
"Everything's on the table," Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross said. "I think all the coaches felt like playing each other more, [that] if there was a model for that, we'd be open to it," NC State coach Dave Doeren said. "They are going to allow us to use that plus-one game in the conference as a nonconference game, so that will be interesting to see where it goes. When we don't have to play
Notre Dame, playing Duke or Virginia or somebody from the Coastal that we don't play will be a discussion we want to have."