The ACC will join the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 and play nine conference football games in future seasons. The league announced Monday that its athletic directors voted in favor of future regular-season schedules that include nine conference games and at least 10 games against Power 4 foes. "This positions the ACC as one of only two leagues committed to having every team annually play a minimum of 10 games against Power 4 teams," ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said in a statement. But moving to nine conference games was key to creating more uniformity across the various conferences with the future format of the College Football Playoff still up in the air. After all, an additional league game means half of the teams in the entire conference will have another loss.