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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2025 football schedule – the second season under the new scheduling model with 17 total teams – Monday night during the two-hour special ACC Huddle: 2025 Football Schedule Release show on ACC Network and simulcast on ESPN2.
(SOURCE: ACC Reveals 2025 Football Schedule)
The 73rd season of ACC Football features a record number of league games on Friday nights, the continuation of traditional rivalries, and five consecutive days of ACC Football over Labor Day Weekend. It includes important conference matchups and boasts the most challenging non-conference schedule in the nation.
The season will culminate with the 2025 ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, December 6, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“There is already great anticipation for the 2025 ACC Football season, and today’s schedule announcement highlights both exciting conference games combined with our teams once again playing the toughest collection of non-conference opponents,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “We look forward to collaborating with our television partners to showcase every ACC Football game throughout the season.”
ACC Football on Friday Night
ACC Football is taking over Friday nights this season, as the schedule includes at least one conference team competing in a league-record 10 Friday night contests.
August 29 – Kennesaw State at Wake Forest
September 12 – Colgate at Syracuse
September 26 – Florida State at Virginia
October 17 – Louisville at Miami
October 17 – North Carolina at California *
October 24 – California at Virginia Tech *
October 31 – North Carolina at Syracuse
November 14 – Clemson at Louisville
November 21 – Florida State at NC State
November 28 – Georgia at Georgia Tech (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
*Game will be either Thursday or Friday.
Annual Rivalries
As previously announced, the new scheduling model protects 16 annual matchups, including the three new annual matchups with the additions of California, SMU and Stanford in the summer of 2024. Nine weeks of the season will see at least one intra-conference rivalry contest, culminating with five annual games set for the last Saturday (November 29) of the regular season.
September 11 - NC State at Wake Forest
September 20 - NC State at Duke
October 4 - Miami at Florida State
October 4 - Boston College at Pitt
October 11 - Stanford at SMU
October 18 - Pitt at Syracuse
October 25 - Virginia at North Carolina
November 8 - Florida State at Clemson
November 22 - Miami at Virginia Tech
November 22 - Duke at North Carolina
November 22 - California at Stanford
November 29 - Boston College at Syracuse
November 29 - SMU at California
November 29 - North Carolina at NC State
November 29 - Wake Forest at Duke
November 29 - Virginia Tech at Virginia
Week 0 and Week 1 – Featuring Five Straight Days of ACC Football over Labor Day Weekend (Full Release)
All 17 ACC football programs will be featured throughout Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2025 college football season, with Labor Day Weekend highlighted by 16 games over five days, Thursday, August 28, through Monday, September 1.
The ACC will headline Sunday, August 31, with two pivotal early season matchups, as Miami will host Notre Dame at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and Virginia Tech will meet South Carolina in the second of the two 2025 Aflac Kickoff games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta this season.
The ACC will once again anchor college football on Labor Day Monday to wrap up the opening weekend of ACC football as Coach Bill Belichick will make his debut for North Carolina as the Tar Heels host TCU. This will mark the 16th straight year (the exception being the 2020 COVID season) that the ACC has played on Labor Day and the 19th year since Florida State and Miami played in the inaugural Labor Day night game in 2005.
The slate for Saturday, August 30, is highlighted by three ACC/SEC matchups, including a neutral site tilt between Syracuse and Tennessee in the first of two Aflac Kickoff Games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, a battle of the Tigers when LSU visits Clemson, and a matchup of two historical programs when Florida State plays host to Alabama. Georgia Tech will travel to Colorado for an ACC/Big 12 showdown, California will hit the road to take on Oregon State and Virginia will play at home versus Coastal Carolina in the two teams’ season opener.
Exciting ACC Football Contests
ACC play will kick into high gear starting in Week 4 with several key matchups, including in-state non-conference rivalry contests with Miami hosting Florida and SMU at TCU, as well as conference showdowns with Syracuse at Clemson and NC State at Duke. The season further amps up with early pivotal conference matchups featuring Clemson at North Carolina, Miami at Florida State, Syracuse at SMU and Virginia at Louisville in Week 6.
Week 10 will see all 17 schools in action, highlighted by eight conference matchups, including North Carolina at Syracuse on Friday night (October 31), Miami at SMU, Duke at Clemson, Georgia Tech at NC State, Louisville at Virginia Tech, Pitt at Stanford, Virginia at California and Wake Forest at Florida State on Saturday (November 1), as well as Boston College hosting Notre Dame in non-conference play.
The following week, in Week 11, six conference matchups will be featured, including Florida State at Clemson and Syracuse at Miami (November 8).
A 2024 ACC Football Championship Game rematch between Clemson and SMU will take place in Week 8 on Saturday, October 18, as the Tigers will host the Mustangs in Death Valley in Clemson, South Carolina.
First-Ever Meetings to Come in Conference Play
Following the 2024 football season, which saw a total of eight first-time matchups across ACC play due to the addition of Cal, SMU and Stanford, the upcoming 2025 season will still have a handful of first-time meetings among ACC teams. Stanford will face off with Virginia, Florida State and Miami for the first time in the program’s 100-plus-year history in 2025, while California will take on Virginia and Louisville for the first time ever. Virginia, whose first football season in the ACC was in 1954, will be playing two of the three newest members of the league in 2025.
September 20 – Stanford at Virginia
October 18 – Florida State at Stanford
October 25 – Stanford at Miami
November 1 – Virginia at California
November 8 – California at Louisville
Challenging Non-Conference Slate
The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most difficult in the country. Not including the Virginia-NC State non-conference game in Week 2, the ACC will play 26 games against peer Power 4 Conference opponents and Notre Dame (10 versus the SEC, seven against the Big 12, three versus the Big 10, six against Notre Dame), the most of any conference. The ACC will also play three games against the Pac-12’s Oregon State and Washington State.
The non-conference schedule will also see ACC teams play 14 non-conference games against teams ranked in both the final 2024 College Football Rankings and 2024 Associated Press (AP) Top 25 Poll, highlighted by six games versus national runner-up in Notre Dame and one each against top-10 teams Georgia and Tennessee.
ACC teams will play 35 non-conference games against opponents that appeared in a bowl game last year, including eight against teams that made the 12-team College Football Playoff.
ACC teams are scheduled to play 16 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2025 Way-Too-Early Top 25.
A total of 12 schools – Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech – are scheduled to play two Power Conference opponents (including Notre Dame) in non-conference play this season.
Games Against Notre Dame
In 2025, ACC teams will play a total of six non-conference games against Notre Dame. The schedule begins with Miami hosting the Fighting Irish at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, in Week 1, and concludes with Stanford welcoming Notre Dame at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California, in Week 14.
August 31- Notre Dame at Miami
October 11 – NC State at Notre Dame
November 1 – Notre Dame at Boston College
November 15 – Notre Dame at Pitt
November 22 – Syracuse at Notre Dame
November 29 – Notre Dame at Stanford
2025 ACC Football Championship Game
The 2025 ACC Football Championship Game will be played on Saturday, December 6, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ACC, Carolina Panthers, and the Charlotte Sports Foundation have an agreement to keep the championship game in Charlotte through the 2030 season.
* - denotes ACC contest.
Boston College
08/30 – Fordham
09/06 – at Michigan State
09/13 – at Stanford*
09/20 – OFF
09/27 – California*
10/04 – at Pitt*
10/11 – Clemson*
10/18 – UConn
10/25 – at Louisville*
11/01 – Notre Dame
11/08 – SMU*
11/15 – Georgia Tech*
11/22 – OFF
11/29 – at Syracuse*
California
08/30 – at Oregon State
09/06 – Texas Southern
09/13 – Minnesota
09/20 – at San Diego State
09/27 – at Boston College*
10/04 – Duke*
10/11 – OFF
10/18 – North Carolina* (or 10/17)
10/25 – at Georgia Tech* (or 10/24)
11/01 – Virginia*
11/08 – at Louisville*
11/15 – OFF
11/22 – at Stanford*
11/29 – SMU*
Clemson
08/30 – LSU
09/06 – Troy
09/13 – at Georgia Tech*
09/20 – Syracuse*
09/27 – OFF
10/04 – at North Carolina*
10/11 – at Boston College*
10/18 – SMU*
10/25 – OFF
11/01 – Duke*
11/08 – Florida State*
11/14 – at Louisville*
11/22 – Furman
11/29 – at South Carolina
Duke
08/30 – Elon
09/06 – Illinois
09/13 – at Tulane
09/20 – NC State*
09/27 – at Syracuse*
10/04 – at California*
10/11 – OFF
10/18 – Georgia Tech*
10/25 – OFF
11/01 – at Clemson*
11/08 – at UConn
11/15 – Virginia*
11/22 – at North Carolina*
11/29 – Wake Forest*
Florida State
08/30 – Alabama
09/06 – East Texas A&M
09/13 – OFF
09/20 – Kent State
09/26 – at Virginia* (Fri.)
10/04 – at Miami FL*
10/11 – Pitt*
10/18 – at Stanford*
10/25 – OFF
11/01 – Wake Forest*
11/08 – at Clemson*
11/15 – Virginia Tech*
11/21 – at NC State* (Fri.)
11/29 – at Florida
Georgia Tech
08/30 – at Colorado
09/06 – Gardner-Webb
09/13 – Clemson*
09/20 – Temple
09/27 – at Wake Forest*
10/04 – OFF
10/11 – Virginia Tech*
10/18 – at Duke*
10/25 – Syracuse*
11/01 – at NC State*
11/08 – OFF
11/15 – at Boston College*
11/22 – Pitt*
11/28 – Georgia (Fri,; M-B Stadium)
Louisville
08/30 – Eastern Kentucky
09/06 – James Madison
09/13 – OFF
09/20 – Bowling Green
09/27 – at Pitt*
10/04 – Virginia*
10/11 – OFF
10/17 – at Miami* (Fri.)
10/25 – Boston College*
11/01 – at Virginia Tech*
11/08 – California*
11/14 – Clemson* (Fri.)
11/22 – at SMU*
11/29 – Kentucky
Miami
08/31 – Notre Dame (Fri.)
09/06 – Bethune-Cookman
09/13 – USF
09/20 – Florida
09/27 – OFF
10/04 – at Florida State*
10/11 – OFF
10/17 – Louisville* (Fri.)
10/25 – Stanford*
11/01 – at SMU*
11/08 – Syracuse*
11/15 – NC State*
11/22 – at Virginia Tech*
11/29 – at Pitt*
North Carolina
09/01 – TCU (Mon.)
09/06 – at Charlotte
09/13 – Richmond
09/20 – at UCF
09/27 – OFF
10/04 – Clemson*
10/11 – OFF
10/16 – at California* (or 10/17)
10/25 – Virginia*
10/31 – at Syracuse*
11/08 – Stanford*
11/15 – at Wake Forest*
11/22 – Duke*
11/29 – at NC State*
NC State
08/28 – East Carolina (Thu.)
09/06 – Virginia
09/11 – at Wake Forest* (Thu.)
09/20 – at Duke*
09/27 – Virginia Tech*
10/04 – Campbell
10/11 – at Notre Dame
10/18 – OFF
10/25 – at Pitt*
11/01 – Georgia Tech*
11/08 – OFF
11/15 – at Miami*
11/21 – Florida State* (Fri.)
11/29 – North Carolina*
Pitt
08/30 – Duquesne
09/06 – Central Michigan
09/13 – at West Virginia
09/20 – OFF
09/27 – Louisville*
10/04 – Boston College*
10/11 – at Florida State*
10/18 – at Syracuse*
10/25 – NC State*
11/01 – at Stanford*
11/08 – OFF
11/15 – Notre Dame
11/22 – at Georgia Tech*
11/29 – Miami*
SMU
08/30 – East Texas A&M
09/06 – Baylor
09/13 – at Missouri State
09/20 – at TCU
09/27 – OFF
10/04 – Syracuse*
10/11 – Stanford*
10/18 – at Clemson*
10/25 – at Wake Forest*
11/01 – Miami*
11/08 – at Boston College*
11/15 – OFF
11/22 – Louisville*
11/29 – at California*
Stanford
08/23 – at Hawaii
08/30 – OFF
09/06 – at BYU
09/13 – Boston College*
09/20 – at Virginia
09/27 – San José State
10/04 – OFF
10/11 – at SMU*
10/18 – Florida State*
10/25 – at Miami*
11/01 – Pitt*
11/08 – at North Carolina*
11/15 – OFF
11/22 – California*
11/29 – Notre Dame
Syracuse
08/30 – Tennessee (in Atlanta)
09/06 – UConn
09/13 – Colgate
09/20 – at Clemson*
09/27 – Duke*
10/04 – at SMU*
10/11 – OFF
10/18 – Pitt*
10/25 – at Georgia Tech*
10/31 – North Carolina* (Fri.)
11/08 – at Miami*
11/15 – OFF
11/22 – at Notre Dame
11/29 – Boston College*
Virginia
08/30 – Coastal Carolina
09/06 – at NC State
09/13 – William & Mary
09/20 – Stanford*
09/26 – Florida State* (Fri.)
10/04 – at Louisville*
10/11 – OFF
10/18 – Washington State
10/25 – at North Carolina*
11/01 – at California*
11/08 – Wake Forest*
11/15 – at Duke*
11/22 – OFF
11/29 – Virginia Tech*
Virginia Tech
08/31 – South Carolina (Sun.; in Atlanta)
09/06 – Vanderbilt
09/13 – Old Dominion
09/20 – Wofford
09/27 – at NC State*
10/04 – Wake Forest*
10/11 – at Georgia Tech*
10/18 – OFF
10/23 – California* (or 10/24)
11/01 – Louisville*
11/08 – OFF
11/15 – at Florida State*
11/22 – Miami*
11/29 – at Virginia*
Wake Forest
08/29 – Kennesaw State (Fri.)
09/06 – Western Carolina
09/11 – NC State (Thu.)
09/20 – OFF
09/27 – Georgia Tech*
10/04 – at Virginia Tech*
10/11 – at Oregon State
10/18 – OFF
10/25 – SMU*
11/01 – at Florida State*
11/08 – at Virginia*
11/15 – North Carolina*
11/22 – Delaware
11/29 – at Duke*
* denotes ACC contest
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Stanford at Hawai’i
Thursday, August 28, 2025
East Carolina at NC State
Friday, August 29, 2025
Kennesaw State at Wake Forest
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Syracuse vs Tennessee (Atlanta)
LSU at Clemson
Alabama at Florida State
Georgia Tech at Colorado
California at Oregon State
Coastal Carolina at Virginia
Fordham at Boston College
Elon at Duke
Eastern Kentucky at Louisville
Duquesne at Pitt
East Texas A&M at SMU
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Virginia Tech vs South Carolina (Atlanta)
Notre Dame at Miami
Monday, September 1, 2025
TCU at North Carolina
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Virginia at NC State (non-conference)
Boston College at Michigan State
Baylor at SMU
Stanford at BYU
Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech
Illinois at Duke
UConn at Syracuse
Troy at Clemson
North Carolina at Charlotte
James Madison at Louisville
Central Michigan at Pitt
Texas Southern at California
East Texas A&M at Florida State
Gardner-Webb at Georgia Tech
Bethune-Cookman at Miami
Western Carolina at Wake Forest
Thursday, September 11, 2025
NC State at Wake Forest*
Friday, September 12, 2025
Colgate at Syracuse
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Boston College at Stanford*
Clemson at Georgia Tech*
Pitt at West Virginia
Minnesota at California
Duke at Tulane
South Florida at Miami
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech
Richmond at North Carolina
SMU at Missouri State
William & Mary at Virginia
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Syracuse at Clemson*
NC State at Duke*
Stanford at Virginia*
Florida at Miami
SMU at TCU
North Carolina at UCF
California at San Diego State
Kent State at Florida State
Temple at Georgia Tech
Bowling Green at Louisville
Wofford at Virginia Tech
Friday, September 26, 2025
Florida State at Virginia*
Saturday, September 27, 2025
California at Boston College*
Duke at Syracuse*
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest*
Louisville at Pitt*
Virginia Tech at NC State
San Jose State at Stanford
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Boston College at Pitt*
Duke at California*
Clemson at North Carolina*
Miami at Florida State*
Virginia at Louisville*
Syracuse at SMU*
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech*
Campbell at NC State
Open: Georgia Tech, Stanford
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Clemson at Boston College*
Pitt at Florida State*
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech*
Stanford at SMU*
NC State at Notre Dame
Wake Forest at Oregon State
Open: California, Duke, Louisville, Miami,
North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia
Friiday, October 17, 2025
North Carolina at California*
Louisville at Miami*
Saturday, October 18, 2025
SMU at Clemson*
Georgia Tech at Duke*
Florida State at Stanford*
Pitt at Syracuse*
Washington State at Virginia
UConn at Boston College
Friday, October 24, 2025
California at Virginia Tech*
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Boston College at Louisville*
Syracuse at Georgia Tech*
Stanford at Miami*
Virginia at North Carolina*
NC State at Pitt*
SMU at Wake Forest*
Friday, October 31, 2025
North Carolina at Syracuse*
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Virginia at California*
Duke at Clemson*
Wake Forest at Florida State*
Georgia Tech at NC State*
Louisville at Virginia Tech*
Miami at SMU*
Pitt at Stanford*
Notre Dame at Boston College
Saturday, November 8, 2025
SMU at Boston College*
California at Louisville*
Florida State at Clemson*
Syracuse at Miami*
Stanford at North Carolina*
Wake Forest at Virginia*
Duke at UConn
Friday, November 14, 2025
Clemson at Louisville*
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Georgia Tech at Boston College*
Virginia at Duke*
Virginia Tech at Florida State*
NC State at Miami*
North Carolina at Wake Forest*
Notre Dame at Pitt
Friday, November 21, 2025
Florida State at NC State*
Saturday, November 22, 2025
California at Stanford*
Duke at North Carolina*
Pitt at Georgia Tech*
Louisville at SMU*
Miami at Virginia Tech*
Syracuse at Notre Dame
Furman at Clemson
Delaware at Wake Forest
Friday, November 28, 2025
Georgia at Georgia Tech (M-B Stadium)
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Boston College at Syracuse*
SMU at California*
Wake Forest at Duke*
Miami at Pitt*
North Carolina at NC State*
Virginia Tech at Virginia*
Clemson at South Carolina
Florida State at Florida
Kentucky at Louisville
Notre Dame at Stanford
Saturday, December 6, 2025
ACC Football Championship Game
Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC
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