Keeping track of ACC football game announcements, official and speculated.

https://www.mattsarzsports.com/contract/acc/2026

Announced:

ABC:
Miami at Clemson, Oct. 3, SNF
Florida at Florida State, Nov. 27

ESPN:
Saturday:
NC State at Virginia, Aug. 29, 3:30
UCLA at California, Sept. 5, 10:30
Tennessee at Georgia Tech, Sept. 12, 7
North Carolina at Clemson, Sept. 19, noon
Wake Forest at Louisville, Sept. 26, noon
Georgia Tech at Stanford, Sept. 26, 10:30
Notre Dame at North Carolina, Oct. 3, noon
Florida State at Miami, Oct. 17, 7

Non Saturday:
Colorado at Georgia Tech, Sept. 3, 8
Miami (FL) at Stanford, Sept. 4, 9
SMU at Florida State, Sept. 7, 7:30
Syracuse at Pitt, Sept. 17, 7:30
Miami (FL) at Wake Forest, Sept. 18, 7:30
Clemson at California, Sept. 25, 10:30
Pitt at Virginia Tech, Oct. 2, 7
Florida State at Louisville, Oct. 9, 7
Duke at Virginia, Oct. 23, 7
NC State at Stanford, Oct. 23, 10:30
Virginia Tech at SMU, Nov. 6, 7
Florida State at Pitt, Nov. 13, 7
Clemson at Duke, Nov. 20, 7:30

Sept. 25-26 Speculation:

Announced:
Clemson at California, Sept. 25, 10:30, ESPN
Bucknell at Pittsburgh, Sept. 26, noon, ACC Extra
William & Mary at Duke, Sept. 26, 3:30pm, ACC Extra
Central Michigan at Miami, Sept. 26, 6:30pm, CW
Georgia Tech at Stanford, Sept. 26, 10:30

Wake Forest at Louisville
Delaware at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Boston College
Central Arkansas at Florida State
App State at NC State
Missouri State at SMU

Wake Forest-Louisville looks like the best chance for a Saturday ESPN game, most likely noon ET. ACCN has a noon, 3:30pm, 7:30pm triple header. Assuming ACCN gets the next choices, I'll go with noon: App State-NC State 3:30pm: Virginia Tech-Boston College, 7:30pm: Central Arkansas-Florida State.

Those ACC Extra games could have been on the CW or ACCN at 11AM and gotten a lot of eyes for the first hour. The ACC has moved around games to be played on days/times that get little or no competition, this seems like a doable solution to the ACC getting buried by ESPN.

(09-13-2026 02:21 PM)Garrettabc Wrote:  Those ACC Extra games could have been on the CW or ACCN at 11AM and gotten a lot of eyes for the first hour. The ACC has moved around games to be played on days/times that get little or no competition, this seems like a doable solution to the ACC getting buried by ESPN.

Point: 11:00 games, missed opportunity, mega-viewership yada yada.

Counterpoint: pre-game shows, tailgates, stadium attendance, fan travel.

Noon games remain standard in 2026. Onward.

I was typing in the ACC ESPN games and saw a ton of Friday games. They have every ESPN Friday night except for Sept. 11 (when ESPN was showing US Open tennis), Oct. 16, and Black Friday. Both Miami and Florida State, likely the ACC's two biggest draws, still are featured in two games each. Both of Miami's Friday nighters and both of FSU's Friday nighters are on the road. I'm wondering if that was coincidental. Miami did host a Thursday game last week and hosted the Friday Night game vs. Louisville they lost last year. Miami's stadium isn't on campus so a Friday night game wouldn't be as disruptive as it would be for Florida State. But the fact that Miami's non Saturday game this year is vs. Florida A&M as opposed to a major conference game vs. Louisville might be them flexing their power when it comes to non Saturday games. It looks like Miami's September schedule was setup for them, get all of the non Saturday games out of the way first and then Miami plays all Saturday in October and November with no shorter weeks. Florida State meanwhile has two short weeks, one in October and one in November.

It will also be interesting to see how much ACC schools get screwed over in the graveyard shift. So far we have three games scheduled with Clemson, Georgia Tech, and NC State the victims. In 2025, I only counted three ACC Eastern time zone teams getting screwed over all season but one was Florida State. Clemson has dropped off but you would think that's a fan base you would rather have during the daytime. Miami went to Stanford and it was a compromise 9pm ET start on a Friday, maybe that's the compromise whenever one of the big ACC guns travels to the Pacific Time Zone and ESPN doesn't want to take a mid afternoon or prime time slot away from that other conference. Then again in 2025 I counted three ACC hosted 3:30pm games and four ACC hosted 7pm games on ESPN so if ESPN wants Miami-Cal or FSU-Stanford on ESPN put it at 3:30pm or 7pm). If I'm one of the big ACC guns I'd tell ESPN we refuse to play in the graveyard shift, put our game on ACCN instead. Who cares if we're on ESPN if no one's awake to see it? If ESPN needs someone to play Cal or Stanford in graveyard shift games, send "insert name of least popular ACC team".

(09-13-2026 02:03 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Sept. 25-26 Speculation:

Announced:
Clemson at California, Sept. 25, 10:30, ESPN
Bucknell at Pittsburgh, Sept. 26, noon, ACC Extra
William & Mary at Duke, Sept. 26, 3:30pm, ACC Extra
Central Michigan at Miami, Sept. 26, 6:30pm, CW
Georgia Tech at Stanford, Sept. 26, 10:30

Wake Forest at Louisville
Delaware at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Boston College
Central Arkansas at Florida State
App State at NC State
Missouri State at SMU

Wake Forest-Louisville looks like the best chance for a Saturday ESPN game, most likely noon ET. ACCN has a noon, 3:30pm, 7:30pm triple header. Assuming ACCN gets the next choices, I'll go with noon: App State-NC State 3:30pm: Virginia Tech-Boston College, 7:30pm: Central Arkansas-Florida State.

Fri, Sep 25
Clemson at Cal – 10:30pm, ESPN

Sat, Sep 26
VT at BC – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Wake at Louisville – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Bucknell at Pitt – 12pm, ACCNX
UCA at Florida State – 3pm, ACCN
William & Mary at Duke – 3:30pm, ACCNX
Delaware at Virginia – 6pm, ACCN
CMU at Miami – 6:30pm, The CW
App State at NC State – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Missouri State at SMU – 9pm, ACCN
Georgia Tech as Stanford – 10:30pm, ESPN

(09-14-2026 11:35 AM)random asian guy Wrote:  

(09-13-2026 02:03 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Sept. 25-26 Speculation:

Announced:
Clemson at California, Sept. 25, 10:30, ESPN
Bucknell at Pittsburgh, Sept. 26, noon, ACC Extra
William & Mary at Duke, Sept. 26, 3:30pm, ACC Extra
Central Michigan at Miami, Sept. 26, 6:30pm, CW
Georgia Tech at Stanford, Sept. 26, 10:30

Wake Forest at Louisville
Delaware at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Boston College
Central Arkansas at Florida State
App State at NC State
Missouri State at SMU

Wake Forest-Louisville looks like the best chance for a Saturday ESPN game, most likely noon ET. ACCN has a noon, 3:30pm, 7:30pm triple header. Assuming ACCN gets the next choices, I'll go with noon: App State-NC State 3:30pm: Virginia Tech-Boston College, 7:30pm: Central Arkansas-Florida State.

Fri, Sep 25
Clemson at Cal – 10:30pm, ESPN

Sat, Sep 26
VT at BC – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Wake at Louisville – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Bucknell at Pitt – 12pm, ACCNX
UCA at Florida State – 3pm, ACCN
William & Mary at Duke – 3:30pm, ACCNX
Delaware at Virginia – 6pm, ACCN
CMU at Miami – 6:30pm, The CW
App State at NC State – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Missouri State at SMU – 9pm, ACCN
Georgia Tech as Stanford – 10:30pm, ESPN

That’s a boring Saturday line up. The only matchup remotely interesting is ASU vs NCSU. Kinda feels like a wasted Saturday. The ACC should sweep the weekend at least.

(09-14-2026 12:28 PM)Garrettabc Wrote:  

(09-14-2026 11:35 AM)random asian guy Wrote:  

(09-13-2026 02:03 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Sept. 25-26 Speculation:

Announced:
Clemson at California, Sept. 25, 10:30, ESPN
Bucknell at Pittsburgh, Sept. 26, noon, ACC Extra
William & Mary at Duke, Sept. 26, 3:30pm, ACC Extra
Central Michigan at Miami, Sept. 26, 6:30pm, CW
Georgia Tech at Stanford, Sept. 26, 10:30

Wake Forest at Louisville
Delaware at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Boston College
Central Arkansas at Florida State
App State at NC State
Missouri State at SMU

Wake Forest-Louisville looks like the best chance for a Saturday ESPN game, most likely noon ET. ACCN has a noon, 3:30pm, 7:30pm triple header. Assuming ACCN gets the next choices, I'll go with noon: App State-NC State 3:30pm: Virginia Tech-Boston College, 7:30pm: Central Arkansas-Florida State.

Fri, Sep 25
Clemson at Cal – 10:30pm, ESPN

Sat, Sep 26
VT at BC – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Wake at Louisville – 12pm, ESPN/2 or ACCN
Bucknell at Pitt – 12pm, ACCNX
UCA at Florida State – 3pm, ACCN
William & Mary at Duke – 3:30pm, ACCNX
Delaware at Virginia – 6pm, ACCN
CMU at Miami – 6:30pm, The CW
App State at NC State – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Missouri State at SMU – 9pm, ACCN
Georgia Tech as Stanford – 10:30pm, ESPN

That’s a boring Saturday line up. The only matchup remotely interesting is ASU vs NCSU. Kinda feels like a wasted Saturday. The ACC should sweep the weekend at least.

All the non conference games are against G6/FCS. Looking at the Big Ten and SEC they're full of conference games so there likely weren't a lot of non conference P4's available.

Week 5 Speculation:

Locked In:
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, Friday 7:30pm, ESPN
Syracuse at UConn, Saturday, noon, CBSN (UConn TV rights)
California at UNLV, Saturday 3:30pm, CBSN (MW TV rights)

Miami at Clemson, 7:30pm, ABC
Notre Dame at North Carolina, 3:30pm, ESPN

I posted on the main board the SEC schedule this week is pathetic. I think ABC deserves two ABC slots but good luck convincing ESPN that... It also hurts the ACC that the two SEC teams worth showing (Georgia and Alabama) are both locked into the noon slot and ABC has to give the 3:30pm to the SEC.

Virginia at Florida State, noon, ACCN/ESPN2
Louisville at NC State, noon, ACCN/ESPN2

Boston College at SMU, 3:30pm, ACCN
Stanford at Wake Forest, 7:30pm, ACCN

(ACCN times subject to change as Matt Sarznyiak has no times listed this week for ACCN)
https://www.mattsarzsports.com/tv-windows/2026

At least Miami will finally play on Saturday this week!

(09-21-2026 06:02 AM)schmolik Wrote:  At least Miami will finally play on Saturday this week!

UM schedules around Jewish high holy days ...

COAST IS CLEAR

https://theacc.com/news/2026/9/21/footba...unced.aspx

Miami/Clemson and Notre Dame/North Carolina are six day holds.

(09-21-2026 03:48 PM)schmolik Wrote:  https://theacc.com/news/2026/9/21/footba...unced.aspx

Miami/Clemson and Notre Dame/North Carolina are six day holds.

https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/2104057430393200925

HOLD ME CLOSER TINY DANCER

Week 6 Speculation:

Announced:
Florida State at Louisville, Fri. Oct. 9, 7

Stanford at Notre Dame, 3:30, NBC

Remaining Games:
Duke at Georgia Tech
North Carolina at Pittsburgh
Syracuse at Virginia
Virginia Tech at California
Wake Forest at NC State

ESPN: North Carolina at Pittsburgh (likely noon, could be shifted to another slot depending on SEC slotting). They could screw VT with the graveyard shift game. The Big 12 options are Kansas at Utah and Hawaii at Arizona State. At least for Hawaii-Arizona State it would be 5:30pm Hawaii time for them but would ESPN get more 1-3 Hawaii fans at 5:30pm or more 4-0 Virginia Tech fans at 10:30pm ET?

Matt Sarzyniak has N/A for ACCN's "early" window. On Sept. 26, ACCN aired four games with a three hour window for each. I don't know what commitment ACCN has early but a 3pm/6pm/9pm might work with 9pm being Virginia Tech-Stanford. In 2024 and 2025 ACCN didn't air a game in the early window the second Saturday in October. In 2025 Boston College-Stanford aired on ACCN at 10:30pm ET so while graveyard shift games on ACCN are rare they aren't unprecedented. If I'm Virginia Tech and I'm getting screwed with a graveyard shift game (I'd gladly take the "F" out if you know what I mean...) I'd rather just be on ESPN.

ESPN Graveyard: Virginia Tech at Stanford
ACCN/ESPN2 3:30: Duke/Georgia Tech, Wake Forest/NC State
ACCN 7:30: Syracuse at Virginia

(09-26-2026 11:43 PM)green Wrote:  

(09-21-2026 03:48 PM)schmolik Wrote:  https://theacc.com/news/2026/9/21/footba...unced.aspx

Miami/Clemson and Notre Dame/North Carolina are six day holds.

https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/2104057430393200925

HOLD ME CLOSER TINY DANCER

Prime Time on ABC

Week 6 Official:

https://theacc.com/news/2026/9/28/acc-fo...unced.aspx

I forgot about the CW.

https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/2104671699329548700

THE A TEAM

Glad to see VT @ Cal on at 3:30pm. Hopefully on ESPN2 over ACCN.

I was sure we were going to get the dreaded 10:00 pm time slot being in Cali.

Week 7 Speculation:

Announced:
Elon at Stanford, 7:30pm, ACCNX

To be scheduled:

Florida State @ Miami
Virginia @ SMU
Charleston Southern @ Clemson
Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Syracuse
North Carolina @ Duke
Pittsburgh @ Boston College
Wake Forest @ California

FSU-Miami certainly deserves an ABC slot but unfortunately is on a week with Alabama-Tennessee, Notre Dame-BYU, and Florida-Texas. They might have a shot vs. Florida-Texas although we know ESPN is always going to favor that other conference and Texas almost certainly is going to be #1 which helps their case. ESPN could place both Florida-Texas and Florida State-Miami in the noon window (Florida-Texas is locked in an early window) and then assign one for ABC and one for ESPN later but Mississippi State-LSU is also in an early window and doing that likely forces Lane Kiffin to SEC Network which ESPN probably doesn't want to do. The alternative is for ESPN to just give FSU-Miami a later ESPN window.

On the main thread I have Florida State-Miami in prime time on ESPN.

North Carolina-Duke probably gets on ESPN many weeks but with this week loaded probably has to settle for ESPN2.

CW: Louisville at Syracuse, noon (Neither school has appeared on CW yet)
ACCN:

If quadrupleheader: Boston College-Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech, Virginia-SMU, Wake Forest-California
If tripleheader, schedule Virginia-SMU and Wake Forest-California in prime time and possibly bump one to ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Matt Sarzniak posted his guesses for Week 7:

Saturday 10/17
12pm ABC: Florida at Texas
12pm ESPN: Mississippi State at LSU
12pm ESPN2: Pitt at Boston College
12pm CW: Louisville at Syracuse
12pm TNT: Kansas at Kansas State
12pm FS1: Cincinnati at West Virginia
12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
1pm BTN: Northwestern at Michigan State

3:30pm ABC: Auburn at Georgia
3:30pm CBS: Penn State at Michigan
3:30pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Houston
3:30pm ESPN: Missouri at Ole Miss
3:30pm ESPN2: Virginia at SMU
3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at UCLA
3:30pm ESPNU: Navy at UTSA
3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at California
4:15pm SECN: Arkansas at Vanderbilt

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)
7pm ESPN2: Arizona State at Texas Tech
7pm FS1: TCU at Baylor
7:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee
7:30pm FOX: Utah at Colorado
7:30pm NBC: Nebraska at Oregon
7:30pm ACCN: North Carolina at Duke

10:15pm ESPN: Notre Dame at BYU

That last game is definitely "out-of-the-box" thinking!