What the ACC's new division-less scheduling model gets right, wrong: Raynor

Goodbye, divisions. Hello, common sense. The ACC announced Tuesday it is officially moving to a 3-5-5 scheduling model starting with the 2023 footb...

July 6, 2022
2:10 AM

Goodbye, divisions. Hello, common sense. The ACC announced Tuesday it is officially moving to a 3-5-5 scheduling model starting with the 2023 football season. The new format slashes the league's Coastal and Atlantic divisions in favor of one 14-team free-for-all. That sets up an ACC title game that will feature the two best teams based on conference winning percentage. It also assigns each team three primary rivals to play annually while facing all 13 conference opponents home and away at least once during a preliminary four-year cycle that goes through 2026.

Grace Raynor