ACC approves nine-game football schedule

The ACC has approved a nine-game league football schedule and 18 conference games for men’s and women’s basketball and has assigned newcomers Pittsburgh and Syracuse into divisions for football. They were among several scheduling formats made official Friday at a league meeting of athletic directors and faculty athletic representatives. Pittsburgh will join Georgia Tech’s Coastal Division, while Syracuse will become part of the Atlantic. Those changes, as well as the nine-game league schedule, will go into place once those schools join the ACC from the Big East. It has yet to be determined when that will happen, but the schools are under contract to remain in the Big East through the 2013-14 academic year. Each school will play its six division opponents with three crossover games, including its primary partner. Tech’s will remain Clemson. In basketball, each member will have one primary partner. Tech’s will be Clemson. The other 12 opponents will rotat...