The decision to join the ACC early had no impact on Notre Dame's commitment to play five games a year against ACC teams starting in 2014, when it also will have access to the league's non-BCS bowl tie-ins.

NPR: Notre Dame To Join ACC Next Season

On Sept. 11 at 3:40 p.m. defending Big Ten Conference champion No. 3 Ohio State will host No. 19 Miami of the ACC in the first meeting between the perennial powers since the Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31-24 in the 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl to win the 2002 BCS National Championship.

ENGADGET: ESPN 3D schedules 13 college football broadcasts this season; Va. Tech / Boise St. is first

No. 5 Virginia Tech and No. 21 Clemson were playing in the ACC championship in Charlotte, N.

WSJ: LSU Locks Up BCS Berth

The school will state that the exit fee of three times the annual budget is arbitrary and has no rational tie to the amount of damages the ACC will suffer.

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Among Syracuse's future ACC rivals, only North Carolina State, whose recruiting class is ranked No. 81 by Scout.com, has a worse rating than Syracuse.

WSJ: With staff in place, Syracuse, Shafer mold team

Now they're ranked No. 8 in the country and host North Carolina on Saturday to extend their ACC record to 10-0.

WSJ: Miami Hurricanes Basketball: The Ticket That Keeps On Giving

Duke cost itself a shot at a No. 1 seed with an upset loss to Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament.

NPR: Louisville Top Overall Seed In NCAA Tournament

Syracuse was ranked No. 73 on Wednesday on recruiting service Scout.com, just behind future ACC partners Duke and Georgia Tech but ahead only of Boston College.

WSJ: New-look Syracuse inks 19 players, including 2 QBs