96 games
48 conference match-ups
a span of 13 weeks
Fifth Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game
Dec. 5 in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
Half of the non-conference games are against Bowl Teams:
5 games with teams which finished ranked in the nation's final Top 13 (AP)
Florida (Florida State),
5th-ranked Oklahoma (Miami),
6th-ranked Alabama (Virginia Tech),
7th-ranked Texas Christian (Virginia)
13th-ranked Georgia (Georgia Tech).
25th-ranked BYU (Florida State)
25th- ranked California (Maryland)
16 games against teams who were ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 last year.
Non-conference opponents who earned bowl bids this past season are:
Alabama, BYU, California, Central Michigan (2), Connecticut, East Carolina (2 games), Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Navy, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina (2), South Florida (2), Southern Mississippi, TCU and Vanderbilt.
Florida State faces 11 opponents which played in bowl games in 2008.
Boston College, Clemson, NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech face 9.
The other six ACC teams play 8.
