In 2020, it’s possible. The ACC announced its full game schedule Thursday, and Notre Dame — a FBS independent — will be eligible to play in the ACC championship game.
The Irish will play 10 ACC conference games like every other school in the conference this season. The ACC adopted a plus-one model, which will allow for one game against an opponent from a different conference. The Irish will split television revenue with the other 15 schools, and that includes the money generated from Notre Dame’s TV deal with NBC.
The conference announced that the first games will take place the week of Sept. 7-12, and the 11-game schedule will span a 13-week period with two weeks. The ACC also will play as just one division, and the top two teams by winning percentage will play in the ACC championship game on either Dec. 12 or Dec. 19 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
Here is a look at each school’s conference home-and-away opponents for 2020:
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2020 ACC week-by-week schedule
Sept. 10
UAB at Miami
Sept. 12
Clemson at Wake Forest Duke at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Florida State Western Kentucky at Louisville Syracuse at North Carolina N.C. State at Virginia Tech VMI at Virginia Bench: Boston College, Pitt
Sept. 19
Boston College at Duke Samford at Florida State UCF at Georgia Tech Miami at Louisville N.C. State at Wake Forest Virginia at Virginia Tech Syracuse at Pitt Charlotte at North Carolina TBD: Clemson, Notre Dame
Sept. 26
Florida State at Miami Georgia Tech at Syracuse Louisville at Pitt Notre Dame at Wake Forest Byes: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Oct. 3
North Carolina at Boston College Virginia at Clemson Virginia Tech at Duke N.C. State at Pitt Byes: Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
Oct. 9
Georgia Tech at Louisville
Oct. 10
Pitt at Boston College Miami at Clemson Duke at Syracuse Florida State at Notre Dame N.C. State at Virginia Virginia Tech at North Carolina
Oct. 17
Boston College at Virginia Tech Clemson at Georgia Tech Duke at N.C. State North Carolina at Florida State Louisville at Notre Dame Pitt at Miami Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Liberty at Syracuse
Oct. 24
Georgia Tech at Boston College Syracuse at Clemson Florida State at Louisville Notre Dame at Pitt N.C. State at North Carolina Virginia at Miami Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Byes: Duke
Oct. 31
Charlotte vs. Duke Boston College at Clemson Notre Dame at Georgia Tech Virginia Tech at Louisville North Carolina at Virginia Syracuse at Wake Forest Byes: Florida State, Miami, N.C. State, Pitt
Nov. 6
Miami at N.C. State
Nov. 7
Boston College at Syracuse Clemson at Notre Dame North Carolina at Duke Florida State at Pitt Louisville at Virginia Liberty at Virginia Tech Byes: Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
Nov. 14
Notre Dame at Boston College Duke at Virginia Florida State at N.C. State Georgia Tech at Pitt Wake Forest at North Carolina Miami at Virginia Tech Byes: Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse
Nov. 20
Syracuse at Louisville
Nov. 21
Clemson at Florida State Wake Forest at Duke Georgia Tech at Miami Liberty at N.C. State Virginia Tech at Pitt Byes: Boston College, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia
Nov. 27
Louisville at Boston College Notre Dame at North Carolina
Nov. 28
Pitt at Clemson Duke at Georgia Tech Virginia at Florida State N.C. State at Syracuse Miami at Wake Forest Bye: Virginia Tech
Dec. 5
Boston College at Virginia Clemson at Virginia Tech Florida State at Duke Georgia Tech at N.C. State North Carolina at Miami Wake Forest at Louisville Syracuse at Notre Dame Bye: Pitt
Dec. 12 or Dec. 19
ACC championship game
2020 ACC team-by-team schedules
Boston College
Sept. 12: TBD Sept. 19: at Duke Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: vs. North Carolina Oct. 10: vs. Pitt Oct. 17: at Virginia Tech Oct. 24: vs. Georgia Tech Oct. 31: at Clemson Nov. 7: at Syracuse Nov. 14: vs. Notre Dame Nov. 21: Bye Nov. 27: vs. Louisville Dec. 5: at Virginia
Clemson
Sept. 12: at Wake Forest Sept. 19: TBD Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: vs. Virginia Oct. 10: vs. Miami Oct. 17: at Georgia Tech Oct. 24: vs. Syracuse Oct. 31: vs. Boston College Nov. 7: at Notre Dame Nov. 14: Bye Nov. 21: at Florida State Nov. 28: vs. Pitt Dec. 5: at Virginia Tech
Duke
Sept. 12: at Notre Dame Sept. 19: vs. Boston College Sept. 26: Bye Oct 3: vs. Virginia Tech Oct. 10: at Syracuse Oct. 17: at N.C. State Oct. 24: Bye Oct. 31: vs. Charlotte Nov. 7: vs. North Carolina Nov. 14: at Virginia Nov. 21: vs. Wake Forest Nov. 28: at Georgia Tech Dec. 5: vs. Florida State
Florida State
Sept. 12: vs. Georgia Tech Sept. 19: vs. Samford Sept. 26: at Miami Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 10: at Notre Dame Oct. 17: vs. North Carolina Oct. 24: at Louisville Oct. 31: Bye Nov. 7: vs. Pitt Nov. 14: at N.C. State Nov. 21: vs. Clemson Nov. 28 vs. Virginia Dec. 5: at Duke
Georgia Tech
Sept. 12: at Florida State Sept. 19: vs. UCF Sept. 26: at Syracuse Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 9: vs. Louisville Oct. 17: vs. Clemson Oct. 24: at Boston College Oct. 31: vs. Notre Dame Nov. 7: Bye Nov. 14: vs. Pitt Nov. 21: at Miami Nov. 28: vs. Duke Dec. 5: at N.C. State
Louisville
Sept. 12: vs. WKU Sept. 19: vs. Miami Sept. 26: at Pitt Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 9: at Georgia Tech Oct. 17: at Notre Dame Oct. 24: vs. Florida State Oct. 31: vs. Virginia Tech Nov. 7: at Virginia Nov. 14: Bye Nov. 20: vs. Syracuse Nov. 27: at Boston College Dec. 5: vs. Wake Forest
Miami
Sept. 10: vs. UAB Sept. 19: at Louisville Sept. 26: vs. Florida State Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 10: at Clemson Oct. 17: vs. Pitt Oct. 24: vs. Virginia Oct. 31: Bye Nov. 6: at N.C. State Nov. 14: at Virgina Tech Nov. 21: vs. Georgia Tech Nov. 28: at Wake Forest Dec. 5: vs. North Carolina
North Carolina
Sept. 12: vs. Syracuse Sept. 19: vs. Charlotte Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: at Boston College Oct. 10: vs. Virginia Tech Oct. 17: at Florida State Oct. 24: vs. N.C. State Oct. 31: at Virginia Nov. 7: at Duke Nov. 14: vs. Wake Forest Nov. 21: Bye Nov. 27: vs. Notre Dame Dec. 5: at Miami
N.C. State
Sept. 12: at Virginia Tech Sept. 19: vs. Wake Forest Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: at Pitt Oct. 10: at Virginia Oct. 17: vs. Duke Oct. 24: at North Carolina Oct. 31: Bye Nov. 6: vs. Miami Nov. 14: vs. Florida State Nov. 21: vs. Liberty Nov. 28: at Syracuse Dec. 5: vs. Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Sept. 12: vs. Duke Sept. 19: TBD Sept. 26: at Wake Forest Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 10: vs. Florida State Oct. 17: vs. Louisville Oct. 24: at Pitt Oct. 31: at Georgia Tech Nov. 7: vs. Clemson Nov. 14: at Boston College Nov. 21: Bye Nov. 27: at North Carolina Dec. 5: vs. Syracuse
Pitt
Sept. 12: TBD Sept. 19: vs. Syracuse Sept. 26: vs. Louisville Oct. 3: vs. N.C. State Oct. 10: at Boston College Oct. 17: at Miami Oct. 24: vs. Notre Dame Oct. 31: Bye Nov. 7: at Florida State Nov. 14: at Georgia Tech Nov. 21: vs. Virginia Tech Nov. 28: at Clemson Dec. 5: Bye
Syracuse
Sept. 12: at North Carolina Sept. 19: at Pitt Sept. 26: vs. Georgia Tech Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 10: vs. Duke Oct. 17: vs. Liberty Oct. 24: at Clemson Oct. 31: vs. Wake Forest Nov. 7: vs. Boston College Nov. 14: Bye Nov. 20: at Louisville Nov. 28: N.C. State Dec. 5: at Notre Dame
Virginia
Sept. 12: vs. VMI Sept. 19: at Virginia Tech Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: at Clemson Oct. 10: vs. N.C. State Oct. 17: at Wake Forest Oct. 24: at Miami Oct. 31: vs. North Carolina Nov. 7: vs. Louisville Nov. 14: vs. Duke Nov. 21: Bye Nov. 28: at Florida State Dec. 5: vs. Boston College
Virginia Tech
Sept. 12: vs. N.C. State Sept. 19: vs. Virginia Sept. 26: Bye Oct. 3: at Duke Oct. 10: at North Carolina Oct. 17: vs. Boston College Oct. 24: at Wake Forest Oct. 31: at Louisville Nov. 7: vs. Liberty Nov. 14: vs. Miami Nov. 21: at Pitt Nov. 28: Bye Dec. 5: vs. Clemson
Wake Forest
Sept. 12: vs. Clemson Sept. 19: at N.C. State Sept. 26: vs. Notre Dame Oct. 3: Bye Oct. 10: Bye Oct. 17: vs. Virginia Oct. 24: vs. Virginia Tech Oct. 31: at Syracuse Nov. 7: Bye Nov. 14: at North Carolina Nov. 21: at Duke Nov. 28: vs. Miami Dec. 5: at Louisville
