Clemson coach Dabo Swinney will see other high profile coaches in the future, in addition to South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier. (AP photo)
The ACC, in 2017, will join the SEC in requiring its football teams play at least one team from a Power 5 conference every year.
For some schools like Clemson, Georgia Tech and Louisville, that’s no problem because they play their in-state SEC rivals every year anyway.
Here’s a look at the SEC’s future schedules.
The conference also had already worked out a deal with Notre Dame that will feature "an average of five games per year between ACC teams and the Fighting Irish over a 12-year span." These games will count as playing a Power 5 opponent.
The Irish will play six ACC teams — Virginia (Sept. 12), Georgia Tech (Sept. 19), Clemson (Oct. 3), Pittsburgh (Nov. 7), Wake Forest (Nov. 14) and Boston College (Nov. 21) — in 2015
But if they’re not playing Notre Dame in a specific year, ACC programs need to schedule at least one Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or SEC team to fulfill the requirement.
Here's a look at future nonconference games for ACC teams, not including the natural, yearly rivalries (Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Florida vs. Florida State, South Carolina vs. Clemson or Kentucky vs. Louisville, etc.).
Boston College
Notre Dame — Nov. 21, 2015, Sept. 16, 2017, Nov. 23, 2019
Clemson
Auburn — Sept. 3, 2016, Sept. 9, 2017; Texas A&M — Sept. 8, 2018, Sept. 7, 2019; Notre Dame — 2020, 2022
Duke
Notre Dame — Sept. 24, 2016, 2019, 2020; Baylor — Sept. 23, 2017, Sept. 15, 2018; Northwestern — Sept. 17, 2016, Sept. 9, 2017, Sept. 8, 2018
Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt — Sept. 17, 2016; Notre Dame — Oct. 19, 2019; 2021; Ole Miss — 2022, 2023
FSU
Ole Miss — Sept. 5, 2016; Notre Dame — Nov. 10, 2018, Sept. 6, 2021
Louisville
Auburn — Sept. 5, 2015; Notre Dame — Sept. 2, 2019, 2020
Miami
Nebraska — Sept. 19, 2015; Notre Dame — Oct. 29, 2016, Nov. 11, 2017; LSU — Sept. 1, 2018; Michigan State — Sept. 26, 2020, 2021
North Carolina
Illinois — Sept. 19, 2015, Sept. 10, 2016; Georgia — Sept. 3, 2016; California — Sept. 2, 2017, Sept. 1, 2018; Notre Dame — Oct. 7, 2017, 2021
North Carolina State
Notre Dame — Oct. 8, 2016, Oct. 28, 2017; West Virginia — Sept. 15, 2018, Sept. 14, 2019; Mississippi State — 2020, 2021
Pittsburgh
Iowa — Sept. 19, 2015; Notre Dame — Nov. 7, 2015, 2018, 2020; Penn State — Sept. 10, 2016, Sept. 9, 2017, 2018; 2019; Oklahoma State — Sept. 17, 2016, Sept. 16, 2017; Tennessee — 2021, 2022
Syracuse
LSU — Sept. 26, 2015, Sept. 9, 2017; Notre Dame — Oct. 1, 2016; Sept. 22, 2018; Maryland — Sept. 21, 2019; Penn State — 2020, 2021
Virginia
UCLA — Sept. 5, 2015; Notre Dame — Sept. 19, 2015, 2019, 2021; Oregon — Sept. 10, 2016; Stanford — Sept. 9, 2017; Sept. 8, 2018; Illinois — 2021, 2022
Virginia Tech
Ohio State — Sept. 7, 2015; Purdue — Sept. 19, 2015; Tennessee — Sept. 10, 2016; Notre Dame — Nov. 19, 2016, Oct. 13, 2018, 2019, 2021; West Virginia — Sept. 2, 2017, 2021, 2022; Penn State — 2020; Michigan — 2020, 2021
Wake Forest
Notre Dame — Nov. 14, 2015, Nov. 4, 2017; Nov. 17, 2018; Indiana — Sept. 24, 2016; Vanderbilt — 2022
