The ACC really got hammered in the media this year due to the high level of competitiveness within the ACC. With the season over, it's high time to really look at how the ACC has fared with its out of conference scheduling.
The ACC had 48 OOC games and won 37 of them for a win percentage of 77 percent, the same win percentage of the SEC.
Against the SEC, the ACC went 6-4. If we exclude the games involving Alabama and Florida, since NO team in the SEC could hang with either of those teams, the ACC is 6-1. Pretty amazing for the ACC, since it's such a weak conference and the SEC is so strong.
Against the other conferences, the ACC went 2-2 against the Big East, 0-1 against the Big 10, 4-0 against the Big 12, 4-1 against Conference USA, 2-0 against Middle American, and 1-1 against the Pac-10.
The only team in the Big East that an ACC team played was Northwestern. Overall, the ACC played some great football against the other conferences. Some highlights include Maryland's win over Cal, Virginia Tech's win over Nebraska, Georgia Tech's win over Georgia, UNC's win over Connecticut, and Clemson's win over South Carolina.
Nine teams in the ACC have winning records and are bowl eligible—more than any other conference.
Despite all of the problems the ACC had this year, it turns out the ACC played a pretty good year.
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