ACC Releases Schedule Model for Football
11/10/2004 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 10, 2004
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Atlantic Coast Conference released the conference games-only portion of the league's football schedule for the 2005 season today. Maryland, a member of the Atlantic Division, will play Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Beginning next season, the ACC will play in football aligned into two six-team divisions - Atlantic and Coastal. Teams will play all five opponents in their division, plus one primary crossover opponent every year and two rotating opponents from the opposite division. The divisional champions will meet in the league's inaugural football championship game scheduled to be held at the ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, December 3, 2005.
The primary principles used in determining the 2005 schedule were to fulfill as much as possible the "home-away" situations from the 2004 schedule and eliminate repeat site games from the 2004 season to the 2005 season.
Maryland will play Boston College, Clemson, Virginia and Virginia Tech at home; Florida State, North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest on the road. The Terrapins will open 2005 with Navy on September 3 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, head to Temple on September 10 and face regional rival West Virginia at home on September 17. Game times are TBA.
The ACC divisional alignment (with primary crossover opponents listed opposite of one another) or the 2005 season is as follows:
Atlantic Coastal Maryland - Virginia Clemson - Georgia Tech NC State - North Carolina Wake Forest - Duke Florida State - Miami Boston College - Virginia Tech
