2027 ACC football schedule: Conference opponents for every team as league moves toward nine-game slate — SkimNews
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- The ACC announced 2027 conference opponents for all 17 member teams on Wednesday, with the release marking the next step toward a nine-game league schedule.
- Clemson is the only team not playing a full nine-game conference slate in 2027, with the Tigers scheduled for just eight ACC games.
- The ACC currently has 12 of its 17 teams playing a full nine-game conference schedule this year, and every member is required to play at least one non-conference Power Four opponent.
- Clemson will face Notre Dame and South Carolina as its non-conference Power Four opponents next season.
- The league office has made no scheduling decisions beyond 2027, per ESPN, with College Football Playoff expansion still unsettled.
- The ACC placed two teams in the 2024 expanded CFP bracket but only one — Miami — last fall.
Why it matters: The ACC's 2027 slate shows the conference inching toward a universal nine-game league schedule, but Clemson's eight-game exception and the absence of any decisions past 2027 leave the ACC as the Power Four laggard still sorting out both its regular-season structure and its playoff representation.
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