Nov. 10, 2004
ATLANTA–Georgia Tech’s Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule in 2005 will feature the same opponents as this season, with one exception, the league office announced Wednesday.
Tech’s 2005 schedule will feature home games against Clemson, North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest, as well as road games at Duke, Miami, Virginia and Virginia Tech. Wake Forest replaces Maryland, whom the Yellow Jackets defeated earlier this season.
The Jackets also have non-conference games scheduled at Auburn and against Georgia and Connecticut at home in 2005.
The Atlantic Coast Conference released the conference games-only portion of the league’s football schedule for the 2005 season, when Boston College becomes the ACC’s 12th member. The entire 2005 schedule, with dates, will be released after January 15, 2005.
Beginning next season, the ACC will play in football aligned into two six-team divisions – Atlantic and Coastal. Teams will play all five opponents in their division, plus one primary crossover opponent every year and two rotating opponents from the opposite division. The divisional champions will meet in the league’s inaugural football championship game scheduled to be held at the ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005.
The primary principles used in determining the 2005 schedule were to fulfill as much as possible the “home-away” situations from the 2004 schedule and eliminate repeat site games from the 2004 season to the 2005 season.
Atlantic
Maryland: Boston College; Clemson; at Florida State; at North Carolina; at NC State; Virginia; Virginia Tech; at Wake Forest
Clemson: Boston College; Duke; Florida State; at Georgia Tech; at Maryland; Miami; at NC State; at Wake Forest
NC State: at Boston College; Clemson; at Florida State; at Georgia Tech; Maryland; North Carolina; Virginia Tech; at Wake Forest
Wake Forest: at Boston College; Clemson; at Duke; at Florida State; at Georgia Tech; Maryland; Miami; NC State
Florida State: at Boston College; at Clemson; at Duke; Maryland; Miami; NC Sate; at Virginia; Wake Forest
Boston College: at Clemson; Florida State; at Maryland; at North Carolina; NC State; Virginia; at Virginia Tech; Wake Forest
Coastal
Virginia: at Boston College; Duke; Florida State; Georgia Tech; at Maryland; at Miami; at North Carolina; Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech: Clemson; at Duke; at Miami; North Carolina; NC State; at Virginia; at Virginia Tech; Wake Forest
North Carolina: Boston College; Duke; at Georgia Tech; Maryland; at Miami; at NC State; Virginia; at Virginia Tech
Duke: at Clemson; Florida State; Georgia Tech; at Miami; at North Carolina; at Virginia; Virginia Tech; Wake Forest
Miami: at Clemson; Duke; at Florida State; Georgia Tech; North Carolina; Virginia; at Virginia Tech; at Wake Forest
Virginia Tech: Boston College; at Duke; Georgia Tech; at Maryland; Miami; North Carolina; at NC State; at Virginia
The ACC divisional alignment (with primary crossover opponents listed opposite of one another) for the 2005 season:
Atlantic – Coastal
Maryland – Virginia
Clemson – Georgia Tech
NC State – North Carolina
Wake Forest – Duke
Florida State – Miami
Boston College – Virginia Tech
