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The chaos of the conference realignment carousel has led conferences across the country to adjust their scheduling philosophies ahead of the 2024 college football season.
There are no longer any divisions in the four power conferences as the top two teams in the standings at the end of the season will play each other for the conference title. Given that each power conference now has at least 16 teams, there’s a decent chance at least one conference will have its title game participants decided via tiebreaker.
Here’s a quick overview of the schedules in each power four conference.
ACC
With 17 teams now in the conference, each team plays four home games and four away games and just one of the holdovers (NC State) has to play both Cal and Stanford. Cal’s longest road trip is a visit to Florida State, while Stanford visits Syracuse. Both of those games are in September.
Though it’s not officially a part of the conference, Notre Dame still has its scheduling alliance with the ACC. Louisville, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Virginia all play the Irish in 2024.
NC State could have the easiest schedule of anyone in the conference as it avoids games against Florida State, Louisville and Miami. Syracuse is a big benefactor of the move away from divisions too. After years of annual matchups against Clemson, Florida State and NC State, none of those three teams are on the Orange’s schedule in 2024.
Big Ten
9 games
New members: Oregon, UCLA, USC, Washington
The Big Ten is now at 18 teams with the arrival of the four Pac-12 teams and the conference is stacked at the top. Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan and Penn State all have legitimate CFP hopes.
The Buckeyes have road games at both Oregon and Penn State and are at home for their annual season-ending matchup against Michigan. The Ducks play at the Wolverines on Nov. 2…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-08-07 14:12:43
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