The Twelve Days Before The College Football Playoff. Day 5: Pac-12 vs. ACC
If the Washington Huskies and the Clemson Tigers both win their College Football Playoff semifinal games on Saturday, the Pac-12 and ACC will have more than one head-to-head bowl game matchup this postseason.
The lone head-to-head matchup in the regular season between the Pac-12 and the ACC, Virginia lost to Oregon 26-44 in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, September 10th.
In the regular season, the one common opponent between these two conferences is Notre Dame.
The Pac-12 won both of their games against Notre Dame:
Saturday, October 15th: Stanford 17, Notre Dame 10
Saturday, November 26th: Notre Dame 27, #12 USC 45
In the five games the ACC played against Notre Dame, the ACC went 3-2:
Saturday, September 24th: Duke 38, Notre Dame 35
Saturday, October 1st: Notre Dame 50, Syracuse 33 (Neutral Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey)
Saturday, October 8th: Notre Dame 3, North Carolina State 10
Saturday, October 29th: Miami (FL) 27, Notre Dame 30
Saturday, November 19th: Virginia Tech 34, Notre Dame 31
The Pac-12 scored an average of 31 points per game and allowed an average of 18.5 points per game for a point differential of +12.5 points against Notre Dame.
In the five Notre Dame games for the ACC, they scored an average of 28.4 points per contest and gave up an average of 29.8 points per contest for a point differential of -1.4 points.
The Pac-12 was superior to the ACC in the head-to-head matchup and against Notre Dame because they scored more and allowed fewer points to be scored against.
For the record, the Pac-12 scored an average of 35.33 points per game and allowed 21 points per game against ACC teams and the Pac-12/ACC’s common opponents. The Pac-12 had an average point differential of +14.33 points.
The ACC scored an average of 28 points per game and allowed 32.17 points per game for an average point differential of -4.17 points against Pac-12 teams and the Pac-12/ACC’s common opponents.
Here are the only upcoming bowl game between the Pac-12 and the ACC:
December 30th: Hyundai Sun Bowl (Sun Bowl Stadium; El Paso, Texas): #18 Stanford Cardinal (9-3) vs. North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4), 2 p.m. ET, CBS
