NEWS: ACC to Reveal New 17-Team Schedule Model For Next Seven Years on Monday

The ACC is welcoming in Stanford, Cal, and SMU to the conference next year

Author:
Jackson Caudell
Publish date:
Oct 27, 2023 11:31 AM EDT

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Some big news was dropped by the ACC this morning.

This upcoming Monday, the ACC is going to be revealing the ACC's 17-team football schedule model for the next seven years on the ACC Network.

The new scheduling model is coming because of the new additions to the ACC. Cal, Stanford, and SMU are going to be joining the conference next year, throwing a wrench into the ACC scheduling model.

Last offseason, the ACC moved to a 3-5-5 scheduling model, with three permanent opponents and five rotating opponents for each season. Georgia Tech's permanent rivals were Clemson, Wake Forest, and Louisville.

It is going to be interesting to see the kind of scheduling model that the ACC is going to use for the new members that are joining.

When asked about possible scheduling models this week at the ACC Basketball Tip-Off, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips had this to say:

"We'll unveil the football schedule first because that's most pressing, fall sports, not only football but soccer and field hockey, et cetera. We want to get those across the finish line. We're nearing that.

We've worked closely with ESPN, our partner, and closely with our three new schools and our campuses. We've had too many iterations to name the number of, but I feel really good about that, while also protecting some very important rivalry games and some rivalry games that we have with other conferences.

It's been the ultimate jigsaw puzzle, but feel very, very good about that.

As it relates to our other championships and where will they be in the future, I think that remains to be determined. And as it relates to the scheduling part like for basketball, it varies a little bit because we're playing 18 games on the women's side, 20 games on the men's side, so that all kind of factors into ultimately -- I don't know that we would invite 18 teams to an ACC men's or women's basketball championship.

I'm not sure we're going to do -- we'll do what the membership wants. I don't feel like that's something that we should do. I've told them that. I'm not speaking out of turn.

I think you've got to earn your way to play in I think the most prestigious postseason basketball tournaments in the country, and if you don't get to a certain threshold, then you just don't make it that year.

We'll see.

It's also -- Tuesday through Saturday or Wednesday through Sunday, that's been a nice flow. It's been a nice flow I think for the media. It's been a nice flow for our teams, for fans, our staff.

I'm not overly interested in adding one additional day. But we'll listen to the membership and see what they have to say."

SMU will not receive any media rights revenue for 1st 7 years, while Stanford and Cal will receive reduced shares."

Tune in on Monday to see the latest updates on the ACC scheduling model and be sure to stay tuned here to see how it will affect Georgia Tech.