Phil Steele Blog • January 27, 2016

 

2016 ACC Football Schedule.

Yesterday the ACC announced the reslease of their 2016 Football Schedules. The ACC's premier game with be the matchup between Clemson and Florida St on October 29th (Hilighted in green). Both Teams will be in the preseason Top 10. The ACC also released some very interesting notes touting the strength of this years schedule.

ACC teams will play more games than any other Power Five conference:

• Against non-conference teams that are ranked in ESPN’s 2016 Too Early Top 25 rankings (12). The league will also play a higher percentage of its non-conference games against teams in the Way-Too-Early Top 25 (21%).

• Against non-conference teams that were ranked in the final Associated Press Top 25 (12). The league will again play a higher percentage (21%) of its non-conference games against these teams.

• Against non-conference teams that were ranked in the final Coaches poll (14) as well as a higher percentage (25%).

• Against more non-conference teams that went to bowl games in 2015 (27).

• Against FBS non-conference teams that won 10 or more games (15) as well as against FBS non-conference teams that won nine or more games (18).

• ACC teams are also playing games against opponents which had a higher overall winning percentage (.562) in 2015 than any other Power Five Conference.

• FBS non-conference opponents had the second-highest winning percentage of any league (.559).

BOSTON COLLEGE CLEMSON DUKE
           
9/3 Georgia Tech 9/3 at Auburn 9/3 NC Central
9/10 at Umass 9/10 Troy 9/10 Wake Forest
9/17 at Virginia Tech 9/17 South Carolina 9/17 at Northwestern
9/24 Wagner 9/22 at Georgia Tech (Thur) 9/24 at Notre Dame
10/1 Buffalo 10/1 Louisville 10/1 Virginia
10/7 Clemson (Fri) 10/7 at Boston College (Fri) 10/8 Army
10/15 Open 10/15 NC State 10/14 at Louisville (Fri)
10/22 Syracuse 10/22 Open 10/22 Open
10/29 at NC State 10/29 at Florida St 10/29 at Georgia Tech
11/5 Louisville 11/5 Syracuse 11/5 Virginia Tech
11/11 at Florida St (Fri) 11/12 Pittsburgh 11/10 North Carolina (Thur)
11/19 Connecticut 11/19 at Wake Forest 11/19 at Pittsburgh
11/26 at Wake Forest 11/26 South Carolina 11/26 at Miami FL
12/3     12/3     12/3    
FLORIDA STATE GEORGIA TECH LOUISVILLE
           
9/5 Mississippi (Mon) 9/3 at Boston College 9/1 Charlotte (Thur)
9/10 Charleston Southern 9/10 Mercer 9/9 at Syracuse (Fri)
9/17 at Louisville 9/17 Vanderbilt 9/17 Florida St
9/24 at USF 9/22 Clemson (Thur) 9/24 at Marshall
10/1 North Carolina 10/1 Miami FL 10/1 at Clemson
10/8 at Miami FL 10/8 at Pittsburgh 10/8 Open
10/15 Wake Forest (HC) 10/15 Georgia Southern 10/14 Duke (Fri)
10/22 Open 10/22 Open 10/22 NC State
10/29 Clemson 10/29 Duke 10/29 at Virginia
11/5 at NC State 11/5 at North Carolina 11/5 at Boston College
11/11 Boston College (Fri) 11/12 at Virginia Tech 11/12 Wake Forest
11/19 at Syracuse 11/19 Virginia 11/19 at Houston
11/26 Florida 11/26 at Georgia 11/26 Kentucky
12/3     12/3     12/3    
MIAMI FL NC STATE NORTH CAROLINA
           
9/3 Florida A&M 9/3 William & Mary 9/3 Georgia
9/10 FAU 9/10 at East Carolina 9/10 at Illinois
9/17 at Appalachian St 9/17 Old Dominion 9/17 James Madison
9/24 Open 9/24 Open 9/24 Pittsburgh
10/1 at Georgia Tech 10/1 Wake Forest 10/1 at Florida St
10/8 Florida St 10/8 Notre Dame 10/8 Virginia Tech
10/15 North Carolina 10/15 at Clemson 10/15 at Miami FL
10/20 at Virginia Tech (Thur) 10/22 at Louisville 10/22 at Virginia
10/29 at Notre Dame 10/29 Boston College 10/29 Open
11/5 Pittsburgh 11/5 Florida St 11/5 Georgia Tech
11/12 at Virginia 11/12 at Syracuse 11/10 at Duke (Thur)
11/19 at NC State 11/19 Miami FL 11/19 The Citadel
11/26 Duke 11/25 at North Carolina (Fri) 11/25 NC State (Fri)
12/3     12/3     12/3    
PITTSBURGH SYRACUSE VIRGINIA
           
9/3 Villanova 9/1 Colgate (Thur) 9/3 Richmond
9/10 Penn St 9/9 Louisville (Fri) 9/10 at Oregon
9/17 at Oklahoma St 9/17 USF 9/17 at Connecticut
9/24 at North Carolina 9/24 at Connecticut 9/24 Central Michigan
10/1 Marshall 10/1 Notre Dame 10/1 at Duke
10/8 Georgia Tech 10/8 at Wake Forest 10/8 Open
10/15 at Virginia 10/15 Virginia Tech 10/15 Pittsburgh
10/22 Open 10/22 at Boston College 10/22 North Carolina
10/27 Virginia Tech (Thur) 10/29 Open 10/29 Louisville
11/5 at Miami FL 11/5 at Clemson 11/5 at Wake Forest
11/12 at Clemson 11/12 NC State 11/12 Miami FL
11/19 Duke 11/19 Florida St 11/19 at Georgia Tech
11/26 Syracuse 11/26 at Pittsburgh 11/26 at Virginia Tech
12/3     12/3     12/3    
VIRGINIA TECH WAKE FOREST
       
9/3 Liberty 9/1 Tulane (Thur)
9/10 Tennessee 9/10 at Duke
9/17 Boston College 9/17 Delaware
9/24 East Carolina 9/24 at Indiana
10/1 Open 10/1 at NC State
10/8 North Carolina 10/8 Syracuse
10/15 Syracuse 10/15 at Florida St
10/20 Miami FL (Thur) 10/22 Open
10/27 Pittsburgh (Thur) 10/29 Army
11/5 Duke 11/5 Virginia
11/12 Georgia Tech 11/12 at Louisville
11/19 Notre Dame 11/19 Clemson
11/26 Virginia 11/26 Boston College
12/3     12/3