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).

The ACC has announced their early season 2011 football TV schedule. They also announced the kickoff time and TV coverage for the 2011 ACC Championship Game.

Overall, 39 ACC football games have already been scheduled for broadcast by ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, ABC, NBC, ACC Network and regional sports networks.

The Boston College Eagles and Miami Hurricanes will face off on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 25), also known as Black Friday, the ACC announced today. The game will be televised by ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET.

The Eagles and Hurricanes haven’t met since 2007 in Chestnut Hill. Boston College won that game 28-14. However, the Hurricanes have dominated the overall series and lead 23-4.

Louisiana Tech has scheduled future football games with Rice, UNLV and Virginia, the school announced today.

The agreement with the Rice Owls is a home-and-home series. Tech will host Rice at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston on September 15, 2012.

The Boston College Eagles have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Northwestern, Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida State, Miami (FL) and Virginia Tech.

Boston College opens the 2011 season with back-to-back non-conference games against Northwestern at home on September 3 and at UCF on September 10.

The Clemson Tigers have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Auburn, South Carolina, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

Clemson opens the 2011 season with three straight non-conference games at home…

The Duke Blue Devils have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Stanford, Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

Duke’s season opener will be September 3 at home against the Richmond Spiders. A week later…

The Florida State Seminoles have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Florida, Oklahoma, Boston College, Clemson, Miami (FL) and NC State.

FSU opens the 2011 season with three straight non-conference games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee…

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Georgia, Kansas, Clemson, Miami (FL), North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

Tech opens the 2011 season with a Thursday night (09/01) non-conference game against the Western Carolina Catamounts at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

The Maryland Terrapins have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Notre Dame, West Virginia, Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL).

Maryland opens the 2011 season at home on Monday, September 5 against the Miami Hurricanes.

The Miami Hurricanes have announced their 2011 football schedule, which features games against Kansas State, Ohio State, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

Miami opens the 2011 season with an ACC contest on Monday, September 5 at Maryland.