NCAA Conference Updates

Home

Conference Updates

ACC Announces Schedule of Football Rotating Crossover Opponents

Tuesday, 04 June 2013 12:07 | Written by The ACC.com |

ACC Football The Atlantic Coast Conference Tuesday released an equitable 12-year schedule for the rotating crossover conference opponents for its schools in football which begins this fall.

The rotating crossover opponent is the one ACC team that changes every year on each ACC teams’ football schedules. With the addition of Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC this fall, each ACC team will play all six divisional opponents annually, one primary crossover team from the opposite division which does not change, and one rotating team from the opposite division which does change.

The league previously announced a future home and away schedule for divisional opponents and for each school’s primary crossover team as well as each school’s rotating crossover for 2013. Today’s announcement completes the conference schedule for ACC teams from 2014 through the 2024 season.

The ACC Extends Invitation to Louisville

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:09 | Written by The ACC.com |

The Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents has unanimously voted to accept the University of Louisville as its newest member. The vote followed the submission of Louisville's letter of application.

"With the addition of the University of Louisville, the ACC continues to be well positioned for the future competing at the highest level in all facets of the collegiate experience," said the ACC Council of Presidents in a joint statement. "The ACC continues to be a vibrant conference that remains steadfast in its commitment to balancing academics and athletics."

"The University of Louisville will be a terrific member of the Atlantic Coast Conference," said University of North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp, chair of the ACC Council of Presidents. "We welcome them as full partners into the ACC."

FSU/GaTech to Meet in 8th Annual ACC Football Championship

Monday, 19 November 2012 06:52 | Written by The ACC.com |

The Atlantic Coast Conference The pairings are set for the 8^th Annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game which will be played on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The game will be nationally televised with an 8 pm kickoff on either ABC or ESPN.

Florida State and Georgia Tech will face each other for the first time in the Championship Game and the two teams will meet for the first time since 2009, a 49-44 Tech victory in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Seminoles, coached by Jimbo Fisher and ranked 5^th nationally in this week’s USA Today poll, captured the Atlantic Division berth, posting a 10-1 overall record and a 7-1 conference mark tying Clemson for the Atlantic Division title. FSU earned the berth in the game by virtue of its 49-37 win over Clemson on Sept. 22. Florida State hosts its arch-rival this Saturday in 6^th-ranked Florida at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee in a nationally televised game on ABC (3:30 p.m.)

Big East Approves 2-Division Format

Wednesday, 14 November 2012 08:11 | Written by ESPN.com News Service |

Big East Conference The presidents of Big East schools approved a two-division format Tuesday for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

For the purposes of football, the conference will be divided into a western division of Boise State, Houston, Memphis, San Diego State, SMU and Temple, and an eastern division of Central Florida, Cincinnati, UConn, Louisville, Rutgers and South Florida.

All of the schools were pretty clear-cut as to which belonged in the western or eastern division, except Temple, which was placed in the western division.

"This aligment gives the conference and its fans the best of both worlds -- national exposure that is a result of the Big East being in six of the top 10 media markets -- with a schedule that focuses on spirited regional rivalries," Big East commissioner Mike Aresco said.