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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/hunterschuler on 2024-07-02 23:42:36+00:00.

I saw this question come up on ACC PM yesterday during their coverage of SMU’s party celebrating joining the ACC. They had head coach Rhett Lashlee on as a guest and they were talking about SMU’s success last season, winning the AAC championship, as well as their new opponents this year, including defending ACC champions Florida State.

Coach Lashlee remarked on how it will be interesting to have two ‘defending’ conference champions playing an in-conference game as a result of realignment and asked when was the last time such a thing occurred.

Intrigued, I went and looked this up - going only as far back as the 2011ish realignment. Turns out that it happens more frequently than I expected. Thought y’all might find this odd bit of trivia interesting.

DATE OF MATCHUP MOVING TEAM MOVING TEAM TITLE NON-MOVING TEAM NON-MOVING TEAM TITLE WINNER LOCATION
12 Nov 2011 Boise State 2010 WAC Co-Champs TCU 2010 MWC Champs TCU 36-35 Boise, ID
27 Oct 2012 TCU 2011 MWC Champs Oklahoma State 2011 Big 12 Champs Oklahoma State 36-14 Stillwater, OK
10 Nov 2012 West Virginia 2011 Big East Co-Champs Oklahoma State 2011 Big 12 Champs Oklahoma State 55-34 Stillwater, OK
12 Oct 2013 Utah State 2012 WAC Champs Boise State 2012 MWC Co-Champs Boise State 34-23 Logan, UT
16 Nov 2013 Syracuse 2012 Big East Co-Champs Florida State 2012 ACC Champs Florida State 3-59 Tallahassee, FL
07 Dec 2013 Utah State 2012 WAC Champs Fresno State 2012 MWC Co-Champs Fresno State 17-24 Fresno, CA (2013 MWC CCG)
24 Nov 2023 UTSA 2022 C-USA Champs Tulane 2022 AAC Champs Tulane 16-29 New Orleans, LA
28 Sep 2024 SMU 2023 AAC Champs Florida State 2023 ACC Champs TBD Dallas, TX
05 Oct 2024 Washington 2023 Pac-12 Champs Michigan 2023 Big Ten Champs TBD Seattle, WA