When Warchant asked Swofford about what the ACC might do once the NCAA rules on conference championship games are changed, he made these statements:
Quote:(1) "what we are for... is to eliminate NCAA requirements that you... play everybody in [your] division"
(2) "...one thing we do continue to look at ...whether there's a better way ...that our teams that are in separate divisions are playing each other more often"
(3) "the majority of our schools continue to prefer having divisions and having the divisions as they currently exist."
Sounds like he's talking about skipping some teams in your own division each year in order to play more crossover games.
Now the only model that really works out mathematically is 3 permanent rivals and 5 rotating games (as we've discussed here before). If we assume that teams want to keep their current crossover rival as one of the permanents, that leaves 2 in division, which works out like this:
* IN DIVISION: 2 permanent, 2 rotate (every other year)
* CROSS DIVISION: 1 permanent, 3 rotate (every other year)
Ex. Florida State might play Miami, Clemson and Louisville every year, then rotate as follows:
* Atlantic: NC State, BC - OR - Wake, Cuse
* Coastal: GT, Duke, VA - OR - UNC, VT, Pitt
Seems very workable to me... the big question: if everyone keeps their crossover "rival" as-is, who would be the 2 permanent in-division rivals for each team?
