November 12, 2008

The Road to the ACC championship

You have to give it to the ACC. Not only does the conference lack a front-runner, the conference is so jumbled that there are as many as 16 possible permutations for the ACC championship game in Tampa. Good thing that ACC has a detailed football tie-breaker.

Here's a roadmap to how each of the ACC contenders can reach the championship game:

Atlantic Division

Maryland - Win out. Maryland holds or would hold all tie-breakers by winning out
Wake Forest - Win out and have 1 Maryland loss
FSU - Win out and have 1 Wake Forest loss
Boston College - Win out (BC would then hold tie-breaker in three way or two-way tie)

Coastal Division

Virginia Tech - Win out or lose to Miami & one Miami loss
Miami - Win out or beat VaTech to hold tie-breaker
UNC - Win out and one VaTech loss
Virginia - Win out, plus one UNC loss and two Miami losses

I'm pretty sure my math works out, but I may have forgotten to carry the seven somewhere. One thing is for sure - the ACC race will not be decided this weekend.

Posted by Kevin Donahue

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The Road to the ACC championship
You have to give it to the ACC. Not only does the conference lack a front-runner, the conference is so jumbled that there are as many as 16 possible permutations for the ACC championship game in Tampa. Good thing that ACC has a detailed football tie-breaker. Here's a roadmap to how each of the ACC contenders can reach the championship game:

Atlantic Division

Maryland - Win out. Maryland holds or would hold all tie-breakers by winning out Wake Forest - Win out and have 1 Maryland loss FSU - Win out and have 1 Wake Forest loss Boston College - Win out (BC would then hold tie-breaker in three way or two-way tie)

Coastal Division

Virginia Tech - Win out or lose to Miami & one Miami loss Miami - Win out or beat VaTech to hold tie-breaker UNC - Win out and one VaTech loss Virginia - Win out, plus one UNC loss and two Miami losses I'm pretty sure my math works out, but I may have forgotten to carry the seven somewhere. One thing is for sure - the ACC race will not be decided this weekend.