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VT and Pitt are the key votes on ACC future schedules.

Apparently the new ESPN contract specifies that ACC schools have to play 10 P5 games per season. Andrea Adelson analyzed how the voting is shaping up.

I think this can be solved by doing the 8 conference games and 2 non-conference if the ACC will facilitate some extra Coastal vs Atlantic non-conference games like UNC and Wake have done. The members with in-state SEC rivals could make it work, and the 9-1 crowd could as well. There is nothing wrong with UVA or VT scheduling non-conference games with NC State or Syracuse to cover the requirement IMO.

One possibility is to have the ACC schedule a rotation for that last OOC game using the 10 members that don't have SEC in state games.
[Post edited by HOO86 at 08/16/2016 4:47PM]

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VT and Pitt are the key votes on ACC future schedules. -- HOO86 08/16/2016 4:47PM

It still doesn't solve the issue of playing FSU/Clemson once a decade... -- BROman Hokie 08/17/2016 2:20PM

Winning the coastal would solve that. ** -- Genegantslet 08/17/2016 2:54PM

I wouldn't mind going to their campus and having them to our place. -- Maroon Baboon 08/18/2016 7:43PM

So does swapping places with Syracuse ** -- VTHokie2000 08/17/2016 3:51PM

I like the 9-game ACC schedule BUT... -- MBHokie90 08/17/2016 12:57PM

Who says a school can't play more than 1 power conference each year? -- VTHokie2000 08/17/2016 1:08PM

I would prefer to play an ACC team than ECU every year. -- Lakeridgehokie 08/17/2016 08:45AM

Agree. -- Atlee Hokie 08/17/2016 08:53AM

Wouldn't a 9 game schedule be better for the network? -- Maroon Doom 08/17/2016 06:49AM

Should be even. 14 teams playing each other is 7 games. 14 playing OOC is -- daveinop 08/17/2016 08:36AM

Smarty pants.... ;>) ** -- Femoyer Hokie 08/17/2016 12:38PM

Good point, hadn't thought about it that way ** -- GusDaMan 08/17/2016 09:58AM

Agree. ESPN must prefer the 9 game conference option. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 08/17/2016 08:19AM

Name 2 bigger teams than FSU &/or Clemson -- mjfhokie 08/16/2016 10:34PM

9 games WILL NOT result in an FSU or Clemson game each year. -- chuckd4vt 08/17/2016 01:53AM

If the ACC ends up being the only conference to rotate divisions -- VTHokie2000 08/17/2016 12:39PM

CU, FSU, GT and UL just need to sack up -- Hokies4Life 08/16/2016 9:54PM

There's plenty of options to make 8 game conf. schedules better. -- chuckd4vt 08/17/2016 01:50AM

ND should count as a non conf game, because it is ** -- East Cobb Hokie 08/16/2016 6:18PM

Don't understand Duke wanting 8 conference games... -- DRR72 08/16/2016 5:42PM

Maybe Duke values qualifying for a bowl game more than playing -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2016 5:59PM

EXACTLY. They know who they are. Wanna cupcake their way to a bowl. -- chuckd4vt 08/16/2016 8:56PM

Re: EXACTLY. They know who they are. Wanna cupcake their way to a bowl. -- SoCloseHokie 08/17/2016 06:29AM

They should do a compromise. -- ahokie4u 08/16/2016 5:28PM

And get rid of the "rival cross-over" game! -- EDGEMAN 08/18/2016 10:19AM

An sec vs acc challenge would help. -- ahokie4u 08/16/2016 5:46PM

VT would still play WVU, Michigan, and Notre Dame -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2016 5:34PM

Playin other ACC schools as OOC games is stupid. What -- Lead Dog 08/16/2016 5:22PM

FAR less stupid than VT playing FSU and Clemson once a generation. ** -- chuckd4vt 08/16/2016 8:57PM

Until the Playoff Committee takes a public position on conference -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2016 5:03PM

I'll bet we vote with the football schools. But I hope I am wrong. ** -- Mr. Touchdown 08/16/2016 4:52PM

If VT does, then perhaps have the ACC schedule 9 for 10 members. -- HOO86 08/16/2016 4:56PM

VT and Pitt are the key votes on ACC future schedules.

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