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One division of 14 schools, 9 game conference schedule with one permanent rival opponent. That leaves 8 games against 12 opponents, so every one plays each other 2 times every 3 years (wow, almost sounds like a real conference). The imperfect part is choosing the top 2 teams to play in a championship game. Either a) a litany of preordained parameters to cover every conceivable scenario (my preferred) or b) a neutral committee to choose .

The NCAA would approve a conference game in this scenario I do believe. Sure it kills hope for marginal teams earlier (see VT in Coastal last couple of years) but would provide a much more interesting and attractive championship game most years and increase prestige in the eyes of those who choose the Final Four.

In response to this post by gman86

Posted: 08/11/2016 at 10:17AM

Solving the 8:2 vs 9 conference games riddle -- gman86 08/09/2016 5:03PM

No decision was made on the 9 game, shelved it for awhile ** -- goldendomer 08/12/2016 11:02AM

My imperfect solution -- Vippie1 08/11/2016 10:17AM

Actually, something like this is what the NCAA rejected. No ACC love there. ** -- chuckd4vt 08/11/2016 10:45AM

Conferences voted it down, led by Delaney ** -- Red Hokie 08/11/2016 2:02PM

And at the same time, they hooked the Big12 up. ** -- chuckd4vt 08/11/2016 3:01PM

THIS. And any additional "rivalries" can be played OOC. ** -- chuckd4vt 08/11/2016 10:42AM

Teams that have an issue it could also opt out of playing ND... -- Mr. Touchdown 08/11/2016 10:15AM

I like 9-1 with ND counting as one of the 9 if you play them. ** -- Stech 08/10/2016 6:30PM

Me as well, but can it work with ND playing 5 teams? -- BUGGZY 08/10/2016 9:26PM

All conference games need to count -- LaneRat 08/10/2016 4:16PM

The great thing here is that the fans win either way -- Hokie Bird 08/10/2016 2:27PM

Hand it to the Beamer Era they did not attempt to pad like Dooley did ** -- BigCrumpy 08/10/2016 3:19PM

Dooley did not have the advantage of a conference schedule. As an -- Femoyer Hokie 08/10/2016 4:43PM

Yeah, we played a lot of good teams. Problem was -- reestuart 08/10/2016 8:05PM

I recommend the simple approach -- EDGEMAN 08/10/2016 12:52PM

What about if the Playoff Committee frowns upon conference foes -- VTHokie2000 08/10/2016 1:06PM

Then go with a 9+1 schedule, and elminate the cross-over game! -- EDGEMAN 08/10/2016 5:33PM

As long as the ACC uses the zipper model then I believe the -- VTHokie2000 08/10/2016 5:50PM

The ACC has already suggested the idea of scheduling other division games.. -- EDGEMAN 08/11/2016 10:01AM

Reduced from what? Teams are currently playing their rival 0 times as OOC -- VTHokie2000 08/11/2016 11:49AM

So if the committee "frowns" on scheduling ACC teams OOC, then... -- EDGEMAN 08/12/2016 09:41AM

I am not following your logic. How is the ACC playing a 9-game -- VTHokie2000 08/12/2016 10:50AM

++ for creativity ** -- daveinop 08/09/2016 5:49PM

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