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Take a look at what Virginia has done with its nonconference scheduling over the next six years. Oregon in 2013 and 2016 BYU in 2013 and 2014 Boise State in 2015 and 2017 UCLA in 2014 and 2015 Stanford in 2017 and 2018 Three of those t...

The ACC has a mighty difficult nonconference schedule to open the 2013 season, a huge opportunity for the league to prove it is not a doormat and ready to be relevant nationally. With that in mind, let's take a look back at how the ACC fared in 20...

Wake Forest has scheduled a home-and-home series with the University of Louisiana-Monroe, completing its 2013 nonconference schedule. The two teams will play Sept. 14, 2013, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Wake Forest will serve as the home opener for ULM ...

Remember at the start of last season, when everybody made such a big deal about the ACC vs. SEC challenge to open the year? Ha! Clemson-Auburn and NC State-Tennessee look like watered-down FCS matchups compared to the slate of ACC nonconference...

Five really super bold ideas for the Big East in 2013. 1. Louisville will run the table. You already know I have the Cardinals as my way-too-early preseason favorite to win the Big East. Given their nonconference schedule, and the teams coming int...

Georgia Tech added a second FCS game to its 2013 nonconference lineup when it announced Tuesday that Alabama A&M has been added to the schedule. The Jackets were forced to schedule a fourth nonconference game when the ACC announced earlier thi...

Here are the top storylines to watch in the ACC in Week 13. 1. Can the ACC sweep the SEC? No question this is a huge weekend for the ACC with nonconference games against Florida, South Carolina, Georgia and Vanderbilt. Three of those teams are in ...

Time flies! Here is a quick look at the matchups in the final week of the regular season. HUGE nonconference opportunities for the ACC await. No. 12 South Carolina (9-2) at No. 11 Clemson (10-1). Can the Tigers beat their in-state nemesis and keep...

Lost in the doom and gloom of another miserable nonconference loss for the Miami Hurricanes? They still have a very real shot at winning the ACC Coastal and playing for a conference championship. That is about the only positive to take away from a...

It hardly mattered that Virginia Tech got off to a slow start against Bowling Green on Saturday. Logan Thomas and his teammates found their groove in plenty of time to win 37-0, their first shutout of a nonconference opponent since 2006, and a nic...

Maryland has played West Virginia more than any other nonconference opponent -- 48 meetings dating all the way back to 1919. But the No. 8 Mountaineers have won six straight in the series and are heavy favorites going into their game this weekend ...

Despite a few tough nonconference losses in Week 3, the ACC held on to the No. 4 spot in the latest edition of the ESPN Stats & Information conference power rankings. That does not mean it was all good news for the ACC. The league lost several...

We still don't know how a selection committee is going to go about picking the four teams to make a playoff starting in 2014. But we do know that strength of schedule is going to be a major factor it considers. Commissioners have said as much, and...

You have already heard me go on for quite some time about the difficulty of Syracuse's nonconference schedule. But the Orange, with games against USC, Missouri, Northwestern and Minnesota, aren't the only ones with major tests out of league play. ...

I wrap up my series looking at team-by-team schedules in the Big East today with Temple. Nonconference schedule: The slate was challenging enough had the Owls stayed in the MAC. But playing four pretty tough games, coupled with a Big East schedule...

I continue my team-by-team look at each schedule in the Big East. Up today: Syracuse. Nonconference schedule: As we have already discussed on the blog, Syracuse has one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the nation, with contests agains...