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ACC faces pressure to match SEC with 9-game conference schedule

Could the ACC fall behind if it doesn’t add a ninth league game?

The Atlantic Coast Conference is officially on the clock. With the SEC set to join the Big Ten and Big 12 in adopting a nine-game conference slate, the ACC now stands as the only Power Four league sticking with eight. That decision, whether to hold steady or expand to nine, could shape not only the league’s television value but also its standing in the College Football Playoff era.

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips has acknowledged the issue has been on the table for years. “We have discussed nine several times in my five years as commissioner,” Phillips said at ACC Media Days. But with 17 football members, he admitted the league faces “di

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