ACC moving to 18 game conference schedule for 2025-26

[RyanCuse44]

 

[oldpinepoint]

Probably doesnt help us, ACC was easier than our non conference!

 

[sufan59]

Could this be reducing in conference games to introduce the ACC Big East scheduling alliance?

 

[IthacaMatt]

Could this be reducing in conference games to introduce the ACC Big East scheduling alliance?

I'm sure they hope that everyone uses to 2 extra games to schedule a couple punching bags, and then beat them by more than 20 points. That's playing the computer ratings game.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Could this be reducing in conference games to introduce the ACC Big East scheduling alliance?

18 games instead of 20 just so we can play Creighton and Xavier.

 

[Newhouser]

Waiving the white flag that the league will never be deep again.

 

[CardiacCuse]

acc needs to play better in the non conference...thats the key

 

[littlereg]

acc needs to play better

there I fixed it for you

 

[Fly Rodder]

I'm sure they hope that everyone uses to 2 extra games to schedule a couple punching bags, and then beat them by more than 20 points. That's playing the computer ratings game.

Easy peasy.

 

[tbonezone]

JB always fattened the resume during Little Debby December. rarely left the state.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Sounds like we'll be stuck with BC and Pitt as rivals.

Less inventory = less TV money?

 

[RedtheGOB]

I said on the reddit threads last year that there was no way Duke and UNC would ever take that road trip for a week out to Cali like the rest of the ACC started doing. All risk and no reward. Their fanbase came after me saying that's not how it works and all the teams will rotate fairly and Duke and UNC will definitely make the trip next year . Yea we'll see if the good ol ACC boys schedule more local games down the street in NC or in Cal and Texas.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I said on the reddit threads last year that there was no way Duke and UNC would ever take that road trip for a week out to Cali like the rest of the ACC started doing. All risk and no reward. Their fanbase came after me saying that's not how it works and all the teams will rotate fairly and Duke and UNC will definitely make the trip next year . Yea we'll see if the good ol ACC boys schedule more local games down the street in NC or in Cal and Texas.

18 games means that you still have to play everybody in the league once, and you play two rivals home & away each year.

Everyone will have to make the west coast swing.

 

[RedtheGOB]

18 games means that you still have to play everybody in the league once, and you play two rivals home & away each year.

Everyone will have to make the west coast swing.

Ok we'll see.

 

[Lukeyloo]

good. most conference games don't excite me.

 

[Cappy3]

18 games means that you still have to play everybody in the league once, and you play two rivals home & away each year.

Everyone will have to make the west coast swing.

Well, everyone will have to make the west coast swing once every two years, unless Stanford and Cal aren’t playing any road games.

 

[longtimefan]

18 games means that you still have to play everybody in the league once, and you play two rivals home & away each year.

Everyone will have to make the west coast swing.

18 teams in the league. So 17 teams to play. Only one opponent home-and-home.

 

[Scotch]

acc needs to play better in the non conference...thats the key

FIFY

 

[UnknownOrange]

the greed of universities killed everything

 

[OrangeXtreme]

18 teams in the league. So 17 teams to play. Only one opponent home-and-home.

You are correct.

I read it wrong. They went to 3 rivals after last year's expansion.

The 18-game ACC proposal would consist of one game against 16 teams and two games against a permanent rival (home and away) each season.

 

[Cusefan95]

JB always fattened the resume during Little Debby December. rarely left the state.

Pretty sure that was a university mandate to maximize revenues, not something JB particularly wanted.

Unfortunately we're watching attendance drop so quickly that leaving the Dome a lot in nonconference games is becoming the better strategy for revenue maximization.

 

[kingtidge]

Waiving the white flag that the league will never be deep again.

Just treading water water until Superleague Avengers Endgame ...and hoping Thanos doesn't snap his fingers and the whole league evaporates.

 

[cuseincincy]

18 games instead of 20 just so we can play Creighton and Xavier.

Call me selfish but if it brings SU to Cincy any time soon sign me up!

 

[FrancoPizza]

acc needs to pay better

Fixed

 

[CardiacCuse]

Fixed

well yeah

but my point was also that the non-con means more than it ever has...and the acc has struggled in that area lately (which is why i think this is being considered)

non-con locks in the conference pecking order...didnt used to be that important