Yesterday the NCAA announced that it is relaxing the rules in place for FBS conference championship games, which is to say that it’s no longer necessary for a league to have divisions or play a round-robin schedule to hold a title game.
The ACC was already moving toward getting rid of its division format ahead of the 2023 season, and this updated legislation just makes that change all the more certain. This will be the last year that the divisions will determine the title game matchup.
The ACC could go ahead and get moving on that sooner, following the Pac-12’s lead.