ACC Schedule and bye weeks

Great info, mainly from Hokie Mark (who always does great research), on ACC bye weeks.  Ga Tech has complained they are getting the short stick.  Numbers might bare this out.  My guess is, schools get request and more of them ask for an off week before Ga Tech because their offense is so unique.  Most likely due to that.

That said, I always share their concern about ACC HQ playing favorites.  Not sure I see that here though, but who knows.


http://csnbbs.com/thread-806493-page-5.html

"Checking my records since 2011, there were 65 occasions when an ACC team had to face a league opponent who was coming off a bye week, not counting those games where both teams were coming off a bye. Interestingly, the team coming off the bye won only 31 times and lost 34. So it doesn't seem to be much of an advantage.

Virginia Tech played the most such games, with a record of 6-3. Wake Forest was next, with 8 games played, but they didn't fare so well (2-6). Florida State (6-1) and Georgia Tech (3-4) were next, followed by Duke (3-3).

Adding in the 2017 season, now that we have the schedule, following are the total appearances by school in these games. If you are one of the five schools at the top of the list, complain to the league office. If you are Louisville, keep hiding in the tall grass and say nothing.

Georgia Tech.......9
Virginia Tech.......9
Duke.................8
Florida State.......8
Wake Forest.......8
Clemson............4
North Carolina....4
NC State............4
Pitt...................4 *
Syracuse............4 *
Virginia..............4
Miami................3
Boston College... 2
Louisville............0 *

* not in conference the entire period "


"From 2013 ACC Schedule Analysis, Part 1:
...analysis of the 2013 football schedule. In this post, we'll look at which teams face opponents who have open dates prior to playing them.

Atlantic Division
Boston College: 0
Clemson: 4 (Florida St, NC State, Syracuse, Ga Tech)
Florida St: 3 (Boston College, Maryland, NC State)
Maryland: 1 (Wake Forest)
NC State: 2 (Clemson, Duke)
Syracuse: 1 (Maryland)
Wake Forest: 1 (Syracuse)
Total: 12

Coastal Division
Duke: 3 (Wake Forest, Ga Tech, Va Tech)
Ga Tech: 2 (Clemson, N Carolina)
Miami: 2 (N Carolina, Virginia)
N Carolina: 2 (Boston College, Miami)
Pittsburgh: 0
Virginia: 1 (Va Tech)
Va Tech: 1 (Pittsburgh)
Total: 11
...
The breakdown by team doesn't look so evenly distributed, however.
4 - Clemson
3 - Duke, Florida State
2 - Ga Tech, Miami, N Carolina, NC State
1 - Maryland, Syracuse, Virginia, Va Tech, Wake Forest
0 - Boston College, Pittsburgh
...
[side note: Pittsburgh may not get a bye before Ga Tech, but it does get Navy - essentially the same offensive system, but with less athletic players. That may be an even bigger advantage than an open date.] "

5 Year Totals:

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ACC Team | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | Total
BC       | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0
Clemson  | 4   | 2   | 0   | 2   | 0   | 8
Duke     | 3   | 2   | 0   | 2   | 2   | 9
FSU      | 3   | 3   | 1   | 1   | 1   | 9
Ga. Tech | 2   | 1   | 1   | 3   | 3   | 10
L'ville  |  -  | -   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0
Maryland | 1   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | 2
Miami    | 2   | 1   | 0   | 0   | 1   | 4
UNC      | 2   | 1   | 0   | 1   | 2   | 6
NC State | 2   | 1   | 0   | 0   | 1   | 4
Pitt.    | 0   | 4   | 1   | 1   | 1   | 7
Syracuse | 1   | 2   | 0   | 1   | 0   | 4
Va. Tech | 1   | 1   | 3   | 1   | 0   | 6
Virginia | 1   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1   | 2
Wake For | 1   | 1   | 3   | 1   | 0   | 6
Notre Dm | 0   | 1   | 3   | 0   | 1   | 5