Who Gets The Axe? Yukon or Toledo

[TexanMark]

If the ACC pushes all teams to get to 10 P4 games next year...one of them has to leave the schedule in '26.

Yukon could likely be pushed back. I assume we are negotiating a multiple team swap of schools.

Toledo already hates our guts...lol do we piss them off more?

I'd make a list of G6 schools that can satisfy a P4 game.

Keep it to 10-15 or under.
Boise, Army, Navy, Air Force, Memphis, USF, SDSU, Oregon St, Washington St, Yukon

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[Chip]

Lots of ifs, but if the logical actions are that this starts in 2026, the ACC adds a league game to our schedule, and everyone is still playing an FCS, then UConn has to go. Plain and simple.

 

[anomander]

No reason to keep Toledo. I’m guessing we’re paying them more since we have home and home with UConn.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Where does Brent want to move to?

Toledo or Storrs?

 

[HRE Otto IV]

I thought it started in 2027?

If it is next year wouldn’t it be most dependent on who we can get as our 2nd P4 OOC? Then we drop whomever is the same week currently (NH too).

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I thought it started in 2027?

If it is next year wouldn’t it be most dependent on who we can get as our 2nd P4 OOC? Then we drop whomever is the same week currently (NH too).

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[Chip]

I thought it started in 2027?

If it is next year wouldn’t it be most dependent on who we can get as our 2nd P4 OOC? Then we drop whomever is the same week currently (NH too).

Just read the other post that it's starting in 2026, which looks like we'll get the 9th ACC game next year.

Have to assume that's on the road with ND being on our home schedule.

@ UConn has to be the one to go if we have 5 road ACC games.

 

[texascpa]

Or UConn becomes a member of the ACC and that is our 9th game.../ducks and scurries out of room

 

[orangefog]

Or UConn becomes a member of the ACC and that is our 10th game.../ducks and scurries out of room

 

[Rufus_13th]

Or UConn becomes a member of the ACC and that is our 9th game.../ducks and scurries out of room

Booo!

 

[sufan59]

Or UConn becomes a member of the ACC and that is our 9th game.../ducks and scurries out of room

I really wouldn’t mind UConn to the ACC. The Pittsburgh and Boston College rivalries just don’t have the same juice as UConn. It doesn’t feel right not being in the same conference as them. Think Duke and UNC not being together. The fact that people here are expressing their dislike of that idea is all the more reason it should happen.

 

[690West]

UConn…..

 

[sutomcat]

Just read the other post that it's starting in 2026, which looks like we'll get the 9th ACC game next year.

Have to assume that's on the road with ND being on our home schedule.

@ UConn has to be the one to go if we have 5 road ACC games.

This is what I am thinking….

I believe JW has confirmed SU has asked the ACC to change things so we do not play Pitt and BC both at home on odd years and both away on even years.

We are supposed to play both away next year.

My guess that we play one at home again in 2026. That gives us 5 home and 3 away conference games for 2026. And get an away ACC game. We played BC in the dome 3 years in a row between 2019-2021 so I am thinking Pitt will probably be asked to play here two years in a row. Also kind of makes sense since Pitt did not come here in 2023 because the game was moved to Yankee Stadium.

Agree if we add an away ACC game, we will push out the UConn game. If we add a home ninth ACC conference game, we will cancel or push out the Toledo game.

As an aside, I suspect Syracuse is going to continue to play an FCS game. As all or almost all ACC schools probably will. I think UConn gets most of their P4 opponents willing to play a home ad home with them from the ACC.

Will the ACC still continue to schedule these games with UConn given they really only have 1 game a season left to fill? Would they prefer to schedule MAC games? The competition to schedule P4 opponents to going to get a lot more intense. Schools like UVA and VT are probably going to be forced to schedule in state schools like Richmond, JMU and Old Dominion.

The NC schools will get pressured to play App State, ECU and Charlotte.

Hell, the state might put pressure on us to play UB or Stonybrook. I expect UConn is going to have a lot harder time scheduling ACC games in the future. My guess is that the G5 schools will end up playing most of their OOC games against each other. So UConn could end up playing Temple, Marshall and schools like that in the future to help fill out their schedule. It is going to affect them more than anyone. This is not a good time to be a low level independent.

Now this solution kind of makes sense so it is unlikely the ACC would seriously consider it. But you never know….

 

[orange79]

Now this solution kind of makes sense so it is unlikely the ACC would seriously consider it.

 

[GoSU96]

The road game

 

[HRE Otto IV]

This is what I am thinking….

I believe JW has confirmed SU has asked the ACC to change things so we do not play Pitt and BC both at home on odd years and both away on even years.

We are supposed to play both away next year.

My guess that we play one at home again in 2026. That gives us 5 home and 3 away conference games for 2026. And get an away ACC game. We played BC in the dome 3 years in a row between 2019-2021 so I am thinking Pitt will probably be asked to play here two years in a row. Also kind of makes sense since Pitt did not come here in 2023 because the game was moved to Yankee Stadium.

Agree if we add an away ACC game, we will push out the UConn game. If we add a home ninth ACC conference game, we will cancel or push out the Toledo game.

As an aside, I suspect Syracuse is going to continue to play an FCS game. As all or almost all ACC schools probably will. I think UConn gets most of their P4 opponents willing to play a home ad home with them from the ACC.

Will the ACC still continue to schedule these games with UConn given they really only have 1 game a season left to fill? Would they prefer to schedule MAC games? The competition to schedule P4 opponents to going to get a lot more intense. Schools like UVA and VT are probably going to be forced to schedule in state schools like Richmond, JMU and Old Dominion.

The NC schools will get pressured to play App State, ECU and Charlotte.

Hell, the state might put pressure on us to play UB or Stonybrook. I expect UConn is going to have a lot harder time scheduling ACC games in the future. My guess is that the G5 schools will end up playing most of their OOC games against each other. So UConn could end up playing Temple, Marshall and schools like that in the future to help fill out their schedule. It is going to affect them more than anyone. This is not a good time to be a low level independent.

Now this solution kind of makes sense so it is unlikely the ACC would seriously consider it. But you never know….

Really hope BC and Pitt get split.

Interesting on UConn. With one less OOC for both the ACC and SEC, they will have a harder time getting P4 teams on their schedule.

I wonder if the ACC will start from scratch with the roation or try to plug in the one new game? If we have the same 8 but with one of BC/Pitt switched to a home and we do not get stuck with back to back road games in 25/26 or 26/27, then the road game will be one of...

Duke, FSU, NC State, Wake


It would be great to start over with a 2+7/7. But you have the UNC problem. They have protected yearly matchups with UVA, Duke, and NC State. I suppose the ACC can take away Duke. In the year UNC does not play Duke in conference, they can play Duke OOC. Not ideal but it is better for the entire conference.

 

[Orangefizz]

Really hope BC and Pitt get split.

Interesting on UConn. With one less OOC for both the ACC and SEC, they will have a harder time getting P4 teams on their schedule.

I wonder if the ACC will start from scratch with the roation or try to plug in the one new game? If we have the same 8 but with one of BC/Pitt switched to a home and we do not get stuck with back to back road games in 25/26 or 26/27, then the road game will be one of...

Duke, FSU, NC State, Wake


It would be great to start over with a 2+7/7. But you have the UNC problem. They have protected yearly matchups with UVA, Duke, and NC State. I suppose the ACC can take away Duke. In the year UNC does not play Duke in conference, they can play Duke OOC. Not ideal but it is better for the entire conference.

Is Carolina the only reason why the ACC isn’t going with a 2+7/7 for all teams?

 

[longtimefan]

Remember, one ACC team will get only 8 league games. Will that be rotated every season? If not, a logical candidate might be Clemson--8 league games plus So Carolina plus ND (twelve year home-and-home just scheduled).

 

[Rufus_13th]

Remember, one ACC team will get only 8 league games. Will that be rotated every season? If not, a logical candidate might be Clemson--8 league games plus So Carolina plus ND (twelve year home-and-home just scheduled).

No I believe Wes said in an interview its going to be one team. It'll absolutely be Clemson, I agree.

I think the ACC will copy the SEC and go 3 permanent rivals then 6 rotating(Clemson 2 permanent/6 rotating).

 

[HRE Otto IV]

No I believe Wes said in an interview its going to be one team. It'll absolutely be Clemson, I agree.

I think the ACC will copy the SEC and go 3 permanent rivals then 6 rotating(Clemson 2 permanent/6 rotating).

The SEC has one less team so that does really fit.

The cleanest thing would be for SMU to always be the team with 8. Then you pair up the other 16 teams. SMU plays one half of the pairs year 1 and the other year 2. For the schools with a pair, they play half of the other 7 pairs year 1 and the other half year 2. The also play their opposite pair every year and SMU every other year. Then they have one additional rival that they play yearly.

For example...

SU
Year 1: BC, Miami, GA Tech, UNC, Duke, UVA, Stanford, Pitt
Year 2: BC, FSU, Clemson, NC State, Wake, VA Tech, Cal, Louisville

Pitt will be the additional Rival so they get added to year 2 and SMU goes opposite in year 1.

This split allows schools to play everyone over a two year period, which is kinda like a real conference. It also evenly distributes regions and SOS. We would play in the Bay Area every other year. Same with Florida. We would play in NC only once a year.


You still have the Notre Dame issue. Schools with OOC rivals end up playing 11 P4 games.

 

[dan7800]

Lots of ifs, but if the logical actions are that this starts in 2026, the ACC adds a league game to our schedule, and everyone is still playing an FCS, then UConn has to go. Plain and simple.

My 2 cents is that P4 schools shouldn't play FCS. Everyone does it, but those games are meaningless 99% of the time.

 

[Chip]

My 2 cents is that P4 schools shouldn't play FCS. Everyone does it, but those games are meaningless 99% of the time.

I don't disagree. I think they should be preseason games.

But until that's changed I don't want to be the school that tries to set that trend. Not with our place in college football. We wait until it becomes a rule.

 

[djorange1989]

Having one team play one less conference game than everyone else is such a bad look. I know they don’t want to share any additional revenue but go ahead and add USF to get to 18 and call it a day. Between this and bending over for Notre Dame the ACC looks like chumps

 

[SU68]

Get rid of the UConn game. They are rivals for recruits in the northeast and we should do everything we can to keep them from getting to sit at the big boy table.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

I don't disagree. I think they should be preseason games.

But until that's changed I don't want to be the school that tries to set that trend. Not with our place in college football. We wait until it becomes a rule.

The B1G did try it for a few years. If they go back to no FCS, I am sure you will see the other conferences eventually follow.