Ranking the ACC football schedules from 'easy' to 'brutal'

Posted Jul 31, 2020
North Carolina’s 2020 ACC football schedule is by far the easiest according to my numbers. UNC dodges Clemson, Louisville, and Pitt. NC State also misses Clemson and Louisville and it does not have to play Notre Dame. So why is its schedule not as easy as UNC’s? The Wolfpack must play the Tar Heels, while the Tar Heels get to play the Wolfpack. (247 Sports)

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