ACC Football Schedule 2021: Winners, Losers, 5 Things You Need To Know – Page 5

1. 2021 ACC schedule winners and losers

Before the fun gets started, the winners and losers in your 2021 ACC football schedule are …

Winner: Clemson

Now, to be fair, Clemson is a winner in the ACC scheduling world mostly because it doesn’t have to play itself, but there’s not even a No. 2 team in the ACC to deal with. Or a No. 3.

Of course, the Georgia game to kick things off is as good as there is in 2021, and getting back South Carolina on the road isn’t going to be a breeze, but there’s no Notre Dame, there’s no North Carolina, and there’s no Miami or Virginia Tech. The (most likely) second-best ACC team the Tigers will face before winning another conference title is Pitt on the road. Yippee.

Loser: Georgia Tech

Northern Illinois and Kennesaw State get the season going with a delightful pair of warm-up games, and then … ohhhhhhh, noooooooo.

Not only do the Yellow Jackets get Clemson from the Atlantic, but they get the game on the road to start the ACC season. Then, because that’s not fun enough, the North Carolina is a week later. The Miami game … on the road. Virginia … on the road. Oh yeah, and they get Notre Dame, and that’s … on the road. After all of that, at least they get a home game to finish everything up … against Georgia.

Winner (in September and October): Wake Forest

At Army on October 23rd. That’s it. That’s the only team in the first eight games for Wake Forest that went to a bowl game in 2020.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so most of the ACC teams tapped out and didn’t want to play another game, but the Demon Deacons start with two teams that didn’t even play last year (Old Dominion and Norfolk State) and then get five of last year’s bottom six teams – not counting themselves – in the final ACC standings. However …

Loser (in November): Wake Forest

And then payment is due.

At North Carolina, NC State, at Clemson, and at Boston College (Boston in late November is certain to be a delightful 73 and sunny).

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