There’s still a month left in the college football regular season but it’s never too early to look at the future schedules. Especially if you’re a fan of North Carolina who has suffered two devastating losses in back-to-back weeks to Virginia and Georgia Tech.
On Monday, the Atlantic Coast Conference released its schedule model for the next seven years in the conference. The model will NOT feature divisions like this season and feature 17 schools and will increase the number of annual conference matchups from 56 to 68. The top two teams based on conference winning percentage will compete in the ACC Football Championship Game per the release.
It will also have 17 teams playing each other at least twice over the next seven seasons – once at home and once on the road. With the additions of Stanford, Cal, and SMU, the 14 teams that ar e in the ACC now will play in California three times each in the next seven years but never in back-to-back seasons.
For North Carolina, here is a look at who the Tar Heels will play over the next seven years:
2024
Home: Georgia Tech, Pitt, NC State, Wake Forest
Away: Boston College, Duke, Virginia
2025
Home: Clemson, Duke Stanford, Virginia
Away: Cal, NC State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
2026
Home: Louisville Miami, NC State, Syracuse
Away: Clemson, Duke, Pitt Virginia
2027
Home: Duke, Florida State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Away: Georgia Tech, Stanford, NC State, Wake Forest
2028
Home: Boston College, NC State, Stanford, Wake Forest
Away: Duke, Florida State, SMU, Virginia
2029
Home: Cal, Clemson, Duke, Virginia
Away: Louisville, Miami, NC State, Virginia Tech
2030
Home: Miami, NC State, SMU, Virginia Tech
Away: Cal, Clemson, Duke, Virginia
You can see the full model for each team the next seven years here.
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