CLEMSON — Why does the ACC make everything so hard?
If you do not know what I am talking about, the conference announced on Tuesday its plan to begin a nine-game schedule inside the league. The problem, however, is that 12 of the 17 football members will play nine games, while the other five play eight for the 2026 season.
Of course, Clemson is one of those five teams. Reportedly, the Tigers will be the only team in the ACC to play eight games in 2027, due to prior scheduling commitments in non-conference games with Notre Dame and South Carolina.