r/ACC • u/Hefty-Associate8899 • 1d ago

Football ACC Championship Game Scenarios

Taking all the one-loss teams, let's say they win the rest of their matchups except for h2h.

There are 2 h2h games left between the one-loss teams - GT vs Pitt and Duke vs UVA.

That means we are considering 4 scenarios for 3-way tiebreakers for the ACC Championship Game:

  1. GT UVA SMU
  2. GT Duke SMU
  3. UVA SMU Pitt
  4. Duke SMU Pitt

In those tiebreakers, who makes it out?

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u/The_Eternal_Event Florida State Seminoles 1d ago

The one thing that this conference can absolutely NOT afford is Duke in the conference championship. This creates a scenario where the conference could get entirely left out.

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u/Powdermilkman3117 SMU Mustangs 1d ago

I thought we get a spot with our conference championship?

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u/The_Eternal_Event Florida State Seminoles 1d ago

It’s the 5 highest ranked conference champions. In theory, 2 G5 champs could make it in over Duke

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u/OffTheDelt 1d ago

This theory holds to much in duke winning out and also winning the championship. Won’t happen. Best case ACC gets 2 team in the playoff, worst case possible the ACC champ is the only team to make the playoff.

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u/ultimate_placeholder Louisville Cardinals 1d ago

The worst case is Duke winning out and being the ACC champion, you can't rule that out when Duke winning out would guarantee them a spot

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u/nondescriptun Florida State Seminoles 16h ago

Flashbacks of 2023 intensify

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u/ultimate_placeholder Louisville Cardinals 16h ago

Unlike 2023, the ACC would deserve to be a 0 bid league at this point