ACC athletic directors agreed Monday to move to a nine-game conference schedule after meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina, joining the other Power 4 leagues in going to nine conference games.

As part of the new scheduling model, league teams will now be required to play 10 Power 4 games. Most teams will begin playing nine conference games plus one Power 4 game in 2026.

Multiple ACC teams have return nonconference or neutral site nonconference games scheduled for next season, including Florida State at Alabama , Clemson at LSU , SMU at Baylor , Duke at Illinois , Georgia Tech at Colorado , North Carolina - TCU in Dublin, Ireland, and Virginia - West Virginia in Charlotte.

In a statement, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said athletics directors "overwhelmingly"

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