4. Who misses the big boys from the other division?
Do you play Clemson, or do you get Syracuse?
Do you get North Carolina, or do you play Duke?
Every ACC team plays eight conference games with six against teams from their own division and two from the other side. This is a very, very big deal considering the massive disparity in talent and teams in the two divisions depending on the season.
Basically, this year, you don’t want Clemson from the Atlantic or North Carolina or Miami from the Coastal. So …
ACC Atlantic
Boston College
Coastal games:
So that means no …
Clemson
Coastal games: at Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
So that means no … Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Florida State
Coastal games: Miami, at North Carolina
So that means no … Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Louisville
Coastal games: at Duke, Virginia
So that means no … Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia Tech
NC State
Coastal games: at Miami, North Carolina
So that means no … Duke, Georgia Tech, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Syracuse
Coastal games: Pitt, at Virginia Tech
So that means no … Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia
Wake Forest
Coastal games: Duke, at Virginia
So that means no … Georgia Tech, Miami, Pitt, Virginia Tech, (however, North Carolina is on the slate as a non-conference game)
ACC Coastal
Duke
Atlantic games: Louisville, at Wake Forest
So that means no … Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, NC State, Syracuse
Georgia Tech
Atlantic games: Boston College, at Clemson
So that means no … Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
Miami
Atlantic games: at Florida State, NC State
So that means no … Boston College, Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, Wake Forest
North Carolina
Atlantic games: Florida State, at NC State
So that means no … Boston College, Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, Wake Forest, (however, Wake Forest is on the slate as a non-conference game)
Pitt
Atlantic games: Clemson, at Syracuse
So that means no … Boston College, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Wake Forest
Virginia
Atlantic games: at Louisville, Wake Forest
So that means no … Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, NC State, Syracuse
Virginia Tech
Atlantic games: Boston College, Syracuse
So that means no … Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Wake Forest