College Football: Why the ACC and SEC should combine for 2020 season

Why the ACC and SEC should combine for the 2020 College Football season

The 2020 College Football season is in for a serious ride and nothing can be taken off the table at this point in the offseason.

The Big Ten announced Thursday afternoon that it would be playing an only-conference schedule during the fall of 2020, assuming a season can be played, and it was shortly reported after that announcement that the other four Power-5 leagues are expected to follow suit.

While the most realistic outcome is that we see each league play its own season with the hopes of potentially meeting up in the postseason, there is one idea that would involve some serious collaboration and flexibility, but could potentially produce some even greater results:

What if we combined the ACC and the SEC for just the 2020 College Football season?

Both conferences are going to be looking to play games and there are many rational thoughts for why this would make sense and help us produce the most exciting and- more importantly- the safest outcome for all of those involved.

Let’s take a look at three reasons why the ACC and SEC should combine for the 2020 College Football season.

*Note: We’re not necessarily saying the two conferences combine into one mega-conference. Instead, perhaps you see a scenario where Clemson, for example, plays six ACC games in-conference and then plays 3-4 games out-of-conference against teams that are closer in its geographic region*