A few interesting facts about the 2007-2008 ACC Basketball Schedule:
Most Common Opponent: Tie, Charlotte and Presbyterian, 4 times each
Most Conference Against: Big East, 18 games
Games Against Power Conferences: 50 (Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 10, SEC)
Best Opponent: UCLA (vs. Maryland, College Basketball Experience tournament)
Worst Opponent: Florida Southern (vs. Miami)
Opponents in Each Conference:
America East (5): Albany, Hartford, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Atlantic 10 (12): Charlotte (4), George Washington, LaSalle, UMass, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Louis, Temple, Xavier
Atlantic Sun (6): Gardner-Webb, Mercer, North Florida (2), Stetson (2)
Big 12 (5): Kansas (2), Kansas State, Missouri, Texas Tech
Big East (18): Cincinnati, UConn, Depaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence (3), Rutgers, St. John's (2), Seton Hall (2), South Florida (2), Syracuse
Big Sky (1): Eastern Washington
Big South (6): Charleston Southern, Liberty, UNC-Asheville (2), Winthrop (2),
Big Ten (13): Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Michigan (2), Northwestern, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big West (1): UC Santa Barbara
Colonial (12): Delaware, Drexel, Georgia State (2), Hofstra, Northeastern, Old Dominion (3), VCU (2), William & Mary
Conference USA (4): UAB, East Carolina (2), Tulsa
Division II (2): Florida Southern, Puerto-Rico Mayaguez
Independents (12): Longwood (2), North Carolina Central (3), Presbyterian (4), Savannah State, Winston-Salem State, USC-Upstate
Horizon League (4): Butler (2), Cleveland State, Valparaiso
Ivy (5): Cornell, Penn (3), Princeton,
MAAC (4): Fairfield, Iona, Marist, Rider
MAC (2): Kent State, Ohio
MEAC (7): Hampton, Howard, Morgan State (2), North Carolina A&T, SC State (2)
Missouri Valley:
Mountain West (2): Air Force, BYU
Northeast (2): Robert Morris, Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley (5): Eastern Kentucky, Samford (2), Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech
Pac 10 (2): Arizona, UCLA
Patriot (4): American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh
SEC (12): Alabama, Florida, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi State (2), South Carolina (2), Vanderbilt (2)
Southern (11): College of Charleston, Davidson (3), Elon (2), Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC-Greensboro (2), Western Carolina
Southland (2): Nicholls State (2)
SWAC (1): Alabama State
Summit (1): Centenary
Sun Belt (3): Florida Atlantic, Florida International, New Orleans
West Coast (0):
WAC (2): Nevada, New Mexico St.
Using the RPI numbers from last year, I determined the strength of each team's schdule. Some notes: "Expected" opponents in tournaments were used; Any team not in Division I last season was given an RPI rating of 330; Of course some teams from last year will be better, others worse, for the ranking.
Duke had by far the strongest schedule using last year's numbers, with an average RPI of 108. They also had 13 of their 15 opponents in the top 200 of the RPI.
On the other end of the spectrum, NC State's schedule is totally ridiculous. For the type of team they have returning, they are playing the worst schedule in the conference. Teams included on their schedule are both Presbyterian and North Carolina Central, who are in their first years in Division I. I am afraid what their schedule would have been if not for the ACC assigning them Michigan State in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge, and South Carolina and Kansas State being in their Thanksgiving tournament.
It was good to see Clemson beef up its schedule to be in the top half of the conference after that being what kept it out of the tournament recently.
| School | Top 50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | 201-300 | 300+ | Avg. |
| Duke | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 108.2 |
| UNC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 135.2 |
| GT | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 140.7 |
| BC | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 147.8 |
| UVa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 154.8 |
| Clemson | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 158.5 |
| Maryland | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 160.6 |
| Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 166.8 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 176.1 |
| Florida State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 182.5 |
| Miami | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 190.5 |
| NC State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 191.5 |
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