Though every conference is working independently of each other, it's amazing how often the Power 5 leagues end up arriving at roughly the same decisions at roughly the same time. The Big Ten announced its conference-only season on July 9, the Pac-12 did so a day later.
The Big Ten dropped its schedule on Aug. 5, and now the ACC followed suit on Aug. 6.
The ACC and the Big 12 are the only Power 5s still committed to playing non-conference games (one apiece), and that commitment follows even after the annual ACC-SEC rivalry games (Florida-Florida State, etc.) fell through when the SEC went conference-only.
Unlike the Big Ten, the ACC's schedule is not quite as spaced out. There are no league-wide off weeks -- though every ACC team (other than Pitt) is off either the week of Sept. 26 or Oct. 3. The ACC is also committed to playing its regular season finale on Dec. 5, pushing the conference championship to Dec. 12 or 19.
As previously announced, the season will begin Sept. 12, one week after the Big Ten.
Here are the non-conference games for each ACC team.
Boston College: vs. Ohio (Sept. 12)
Clemson: TBA (Sept. 19)
Duke: vs. Charlotte (Oct. 31)
Florida State: vs. Samford (Sept. 19)
Georgia Tech: vs. UCF (Sept. 19)
Louisville: vs. Western Kentucky (Sept. 12)
Miami: vs. UAB (Sept. 10)
North Carolina: TBA (Sept. 19)
NC State: vs. Liberty (Nov. 21)
Notre Dame: vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 19)
Pitt: vs. Miami Ohio (Sept. 12)
Syracuse: vs. Liberty (Oct. 17)
Virginia: vs. VMI (Sept. 11)
Virginia Tech: vs. Liberty (Nov. 7)
Wake Forest: vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 9)
(And, yes, independent Notre Dame, whose 1,277 all-time games are all technically non-conference games, will play its first and only true non-conference game this year against Western Michigan.)
With the Big Ten and Pac-12's schedules out, we are now just waiting on the SEC and Big 12 and the Power 5 season will be set. Now we've just got to mask up and pray we get these games in.
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