According to CBS Sports, the ACC is looking to reduce the basketball conference slate from 20 games to 18 games.
Commissioner Jim Phillips, the conference’s athletics directors and ESPN have been in active discussions to move from 20 conference games to 18 starting with the 2025-26 season, sources told CBS Sports. The expectation among administrators is that the proposal will be approved when the league’s administrators meet in May for its annual spring meetings in Florida, sources said.
The 18-game proposal discussed by the ACC’s administrators would consist of one game against 16 teams and two games against a permanent rival (home and away) each season, sources said.