The Atlantic Coast Conference will officially move to a 20-game schedule beginning with the 2019-20 season, taking away a few non-conference games from teams.
While playing more conference games with the new ACC network seems like the smart idea, programs will lose the chance to play some high-profile non-conference games or will have to cut out some games against the non high-profile teams. Either way, the switch has been made and now the conference is ready to roll out its 20-game matrix schedule.
On Thursday, the ACC released the first three years of the new 20-game matrix schedule with a formula that has teams playing its two primary rivals twice a year both home and away (four games) and four other repeat opponents for home and away games.