The ACC announced today that they will play a nine game conference football schedule when Pittsburgh and Syracuse join the league. The two schools are currently slated to join the ACC in 2014.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford also announced today that Syracuse will join the Atlantic Division and Pittsburgh will join the Coastal Division. Current ACC division crossover games will remain intact, while Pittsburgh and Syracuse will become crossover partners.

Army and Boston College have swapped their 2012-13 home-and-home football series dates, Army announced this afternoon.

Boston College will now travel to face Army at Michie Stadium in West Point, NY on Oct. 6, 2012. The Eagles will host the Black Knights at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill on Oct. 5, 2013.

The 2012 ACC Football Schedule is set to be released in early February and, as expected, Pittsburgh and Syracuse will likely not be on the schedule.

Both schools announced their intention to leave the Big East and join the ACC in 2014. If the Big East were to unexpectedly release Pittsburgh and Syracuse soon, it would probably be too late to work them into the ACC’s schedule in 2012.

The West Virginia Mountaineers are in discussions to cancel their 2012 football game at Florida State, the Tallahassee Democrat has reported.

West Virginia is currently slated to face the Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Sept. 8, 2012. FSU is scheduled to return the trip to Morgantown on Sept. 14, 2013.

The Virginia Tech Hokies have added the Austin Peay Governors to their 2012 football schedule, the school announced today.

Virginia Tech will host Austin Peay at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg on a date to be announced. The game will be the first ever between the two schools.

The addition of Austin Peay completes the 2012 non-conference schedule for Virginia Tech.

The 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl game features the Michigan Wolverines against the Virginia Tech Hokies. Tickets for the Sugar Bowl are available through our preferred vendor TicketsNow.com.

The game will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 (8:30 p.m. ET – ESPN).

This will be the first ever meeting between Michigan of the Big Ten and Virginia Tech of the ACC.

The 2012 Discover Orange Bowl game features the Clemson Tigers facing the West Virginia Mountaineers. Tickets for the Orange Bowl are available through our preferred vendor TicketsNow.com.

The game will be played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 (8:00 p.m. ET – ESPN).

This will be only the second meeting between Clemson of the ACC and West Virginia of the Big East. The Tigers beat the Mountaineers 27-7 in the 1989 Gator Bowl.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels have completed their 2012 non-conference football schedule, The Times-News has reported.

North Carolina will open the 2012 season at home on Sept. 1 against the Elon Phoenix. The game will be the first ever between the two schools.

The 2011 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship football game is set with the Clemson Tigers facing the Virginia Tech Hokies. The game will be held on Saturday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina (ESPN).

Tickets for the 2011 game are available through our preferred vendor TicketsNow.com.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have made several changes to their future football schedules, Director of Athletics Gene Smith announced today.

Ohio State has added a game against the Florida A&M Rattlers at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 7, 2013. The game will be the first ever between the two schools.

The East Carolina Pirates have extended their home-and-home football series with the North Carolina Tar Heels, ECU announced Thursday.

East Carolina will travel to face North Carolina at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill on September 22, 2012. On September 28, 2013, the Pirates will host the Tar Heels at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville.

The Pittsburgh Panthers and the Syracuse Orange have both applied to and been accepted as new members of the ACC, the conference announced today. The addition brings the ACC to a total of 14 schools.

Pittsburgh and Syracuse will each have to pay a $5 million dollar exit fee for leaving the Big East. In addition, Big East by-laws state that schools who leave the conference must provide 27 months’ notice.

The Clemson Tigers and Oklahoma State Cowboys will play a home-and-home football series in 2019 and 2020, AikenStandard.com has reported. Exact dates were not announced.

The series would be the first ever games between the two schools. Clemson is 7-10 overall against teams from the Big 12 while Oklahoma State is 2-5 versus the ACC.

The Miami Hurricanes have added two games against the Florida A&M Rattlers to their future football schedules.

Miami will host Florida A&M at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on September 6, 2014. The Canes will host the Rattlers again on September 10, 2016.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the Virginia Tech Hokies in the 2013 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff, the Chick-fil-A Bowl officially announced today.

The game, which was revealed last week, is a rematch of the 2009 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff when No. 5 Alabama defeated No. 7 Virginia Tech 34-24.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the Virginia Tech Hokies in the 2013 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff, DailyPress.com has reported.

The Chick-fil-A College Kickoff is an annual college football game played the first week of the season at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. This year’s game features Boise State vs. Georgia.

Hokies athletic director Jim Weaver confirms what Virginian-Pilot beat dude Kyle Tucker first unearthed last week, that Tech has agreed to open 2013 against Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome.

The Maryland Terrapins will play two future football games at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, the school announced today.

Maryland will face the West Virginia Mountaineers of the Big East on September 21, 2013. In 2014, the Terrapins will play ACC foe Virginia Tech. The exact date will be determined when the ACC releases the schedule in 2014.

The Wake Forest at Syracuse football game has been moved to Thursday, September 1. The game will be broadcast exclusively by ESPN3.com at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The Demon Deacons and Orange were originally scheduled to play on Saturday, September3.

The Clemson Tigers have added Central Michigan and Kent State to their future football schedules, the school announced today.

Clemson will host the Kent State Golden Flashes at Memorial Stadium on September 14, 2013. Other non-conference games for the Tigers in 2012 include Georgia (08/31), The Citadel (09/07) and at South Carolina (11/30).