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2025 ACC Football Schedule to be Revealed on ACC Network and ESPN2 on January 27

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (the.ACC.com) – The 2025 ACC football schedule will be revealed during a special two-hour “ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release” on Monday, January 27, from 9-11 p.m. ET on the ACC Network. The first hour of the ACC Huddle special will also be simulcast on ESPN2 and will provide a first look at ACC game dates for the 2025 season, breaking down key rivalries, top matchups, and more.

ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release will feature ACC Huddle host Taylor Tannebaum and analysts EJ Manuel, Eric Mac Lain, Eddie Royal and Mark Richt from ESPN’s Bristol, Connecticut, headquarters. The show will also feature select ACC head coaches as they react to their team’s schedule for the first time.
 
The ACC’s schedule model for the 2024-2030 seasons is in its second year and the Conference will continue to operate without divisions. The league’s 17 schools will play a total of 68 conference games. Based on conference winning percentage, the top two teams will compete in the 2025 ACC Football Championship Game, which will take place the first Saturday in December (December 6) at Bank of America Stadium in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
Prior to Monday’s ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release special, on Thursday, January 23,  ACC PM  will exclusively reveal the Week 0 and Week 1 matchups while the ACC opener for all 17 schools will be revealed on Friday, January 24. ACC PM is hosted by Mark Packer and airs at 4 p.m. ET on ACC Network.
 
2024 ACC Football Notes:
  • Four teams finished the season with 10 or more wins overall - SMU (11), Clemson (10), Miami (10) and Syracuse (10).
  • The ACC was one of just three conferences with multiple teams in the top 12 of the final CFP rankings and had two teams in the College Football Playoff (CFP).
  • The ACC had four teams ranked in the final CFP Top 25 rankings, including three in the top 16.
  • The ACC had four teams ranked in the final Top 25 in both the Associated Press (AP) and US LBM Coaches Poll.
  • The ACC had a league record 13 bowl-eligible teams – no conference had more.
  • ACC teams finished the regular season with a winning record versus both the Big Ten and the Big 12.
  • Over the regular season, no other conference had more wins versus the SEC than the ACC.
  • The ACC recorded the second-most Power 4 non-conference wins (9) among all conferences during the regular season, with six of the nine wins coming on the road.
  • ACC teams combined to play the most games versus Power 4 opponents of any Conference. Including games versus Notre Dame, the ACC played a total of 26 non-conference games versus either the Big Ten, Big 12, SEC or Notre Dame.
  • Over the 2024 conference season, 50 percent of the ACC’s league games were decided by a one-score margin.
  • The ACC had five teams ranked in the Top 25 of FBS in total offense on the regular season - the most among all FBS conferences.
  • Four of the top 16 scoring offenses in FBS during the regular season were from the ACC - the most of all FBS conferences. 
 
ACC Football Notes:
  • Since 2013, the ACC has won three national championships.
  • The ACC has had four different teams reach the College Football Playoff while a member of the league: Clemson (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024), Florida State (2014), Notre Dame (2020), which played as a full member in 2020 during the pandemic season, and SMU (2024).
  • For the 24th consecutive season, the ACC has earned at least six bowl bids, including a league-record 13 in 2024, which was tied for the most of all conferences. Not including the pandemic-affected 2020 season, the ACC has sent at least nine teams to a bowl every year since 2016. Since 2013, the ACC ranks second among all conferences, with 124 postseason appearances counting this season.
  • The ACC has had 426 players selected in the NFL Draft since 2013 - the second-highest total among all conferences - and has had 40 or more players picked in six of the last 11 drafts. The ACC finished with 41 picks representing 11 different institutions in the 2024 NFL Draft, the most in a single draft since the league had 42 players selected in 2021.
 
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