Another ACC Press Release sent to us by blog contributor @HokieGuru. A couple of things… Georgia Tech heading to Clemson for the second straight year sounds bad, but the reality this is something Georgia Tech has wanted for years.
Previously Georgia, Virginia Tech, Clemson all went to Atlanta in the same year. Doing this allows the Jackets to balance their home schedule.
I like that Pittsburgh and Syracuse get Florida State and Clemson at home. It’s a great introduction for the new schools to host the two ACC football powerhouses.
We did lose Florida State playing Georgia Tech and getting a return visit from Virginia Tech this year. That’s unfortunate, but choosing between that and the 9 game ACC schedule or the 8 game conference schedule, well 8 is better.
ACC Announces 2013 Conference Football Opponents
Pittsburgh, Syracuse Join Coastal, Atlantic Divisions
Balanced Eight-Game League Schedule Allows for
One Primary and One Rotating Crossover Opponent
Release: http://theacc.co/13FB-
Graphic: http://theacc.co/13FB-
Greensboro, N.C.—The Atlantic Coast Conference Friday announced the football conference opponents and sites for the 2013 season incorporating new members Pittsburgh and Syracuse into the 14-team league. As the conference did in its previous expansion schedule model in 2006, this year’s schedule of league football opponents is entirely a new scheduling model that is not based off the previous schedule.
The complete 2013 ACC Football Schedule, including specific dates, is expected to be announced in early February.
Each ACC team will play eight conference games in football (four home and four away), six games within their division (three home, three away) and two games (one home, one away) with crossover opponents from the opposite division. In 2013, all Atlantic Division members will host their primary crossover opponent while Coastal Division members will host a rotating crossover opponent.
Each school’s primary crossover opponent does not change, while its rotating crossover opponent will change each year. With the exception of Pittsburgh and Syracuse, all schools will be playing their rotating crossover opponent for the first time since 2009. Pittsburgh joins the Coastal Division while Syracuse will compete in the Atlantic Division and the two schools will play each other annually as primary crossovers. The other primary crossovers will stay consistent. The primary crossovers are:
Atlantic Division……….. Coastal Division
Boston College………………… Virginia Tech
Clemson…………………………. Georgia Tech
Florida State…………………… Miami
Maryland……………………….. Virginia
NC State………………………… North Carolina
Syracuse……………………….. Pittsburgh
Wake Forest…………………… Duke
Also, as in 2006, the new model of conference opponents will result in repeat site games in order to balance home and away schedules. This year, taking into account the existing schedule, there will be a total of just six repeat site games, all limited to the 2013 football season.
The games with opponents traveling to the same site as in 2012 are: Duke at Wake Forest; Duke at Virginia Tech; Miami at Duke; Georgia Tech at Clemson; Virginia Tech at Boston College; and Virginia Tech at Miami.
Though the conference is releasing just the 2013 ACC opponents at this time, this schedule model may be used as the basis for a full, multi-year schedule in the future.
Below are the 2013 conference football opponents for each ACC school. The games are listed with divisional games first in alphabetical order, followed by primary crossover (pc) and then rotating crossover (rc) games:
Atlantic Division
Boston College Clemson Florida State Maryland
at Clemson Boston College at Boston College Boston College
Florida State Florida State at Clemson Clemson
at Maryland at Maryland Maryland at Florida State
NC State at NC State NC State at NC State
at Syracuse at Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse
Wake Forest Wake Forest at Wake Forest at Wake Forest
Virginia Tech (pc) Georgia Tech (pc) Miami (pc) Virginia (pc)
at North Carolina (rc) at Virginia (rc) at Pittsburgh (rc) at Virginia Tech (rc)
NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
at Boston College Boston College at Boston College
Clemson Clemson at Clemson
at Florida State at Florida State Florida State
Maryland at Maryland Maryland
Syracuse at NC State NC State
at Wake Forest Wake Forest at Syracuse
North Carolina (pc) Pittsburgh (pc) Duke (pc)
at Duke (rc) at Georgia Tech (rc) at Miami (rc)
Coastal Division
Duke Georgia Tech Miami North Carolina
Georgia Tech at Duke at Duke Duke
Miami at Miami Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech
at North Carolina North Carolina at North Carolina Miami
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
at Virginia at Virginia Virginia Virginia
at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Virginia Tech at Virginia Tech
at Wake Forest (pc) at Clemson (pc) at Florida State (pc) at NC State (pc)
NC State (rc) Syracuse (rc) Wake Forest (rc) Boston College (rc)
Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
at Duke Duke Duke
at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech
Miami at Miami at Miami
North Carolina at North Carolina North Carolina
Virginia at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech at Virginia
at Syracuse (pc) at Maryland (pc) at Boston College (pc)
Florida State (rc) Clemson (rc) Maryland (rc)
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