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ND loves the ACC and wants to compete with other academic powerhouses like Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, UNC, Duke, etc.
Right … that’s why Notre Dame holds perennial games with Navy, Purdue, Michigan State, Pittsburg and USC, rivalries with much longer history than any ACC team. But thanks to your post, we now know that these are all academic peers with Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, UNC, Duke, etc.</p>