CHARLOTTE, N.C. (the.ACC.com) – Ahead of the ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release special set for Monday, January 27, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ACC Network and simulcast on ESPN2 from 9-10 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Coast Conference unveiled the conference opening contests for all 17 programs for the upcoming 2025 season.
 
North Carolina and new head coach Bill Belichick will kick off their ACC schedule at home versus the reigning ACC Champion Clemson Tigers led by head coach Dabo Swinney (Saturday, October 4) in Week 6. On the same day, Miami will start its conference season versus in-state rival Florida State and SMU, who went a perfect 8-0 in ACC play last season, begins league play at home versus Syracuse (Saturday, October 4).
 
ACC intraconference play begins in Week 3 with the ACC’s longest-running football rivalry as NC State plays at Wake Forest on Thursday, September 11, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Two days later, on Saturday, September 13, Boston College and Stanford will begin their respective conference seasons, as will Clemson and Georgia Tech with a conference contest in Atlanta, Georgia.
 
On Saturday, September 20, Syracuse will open its conference season on the road at Clemson, Duke will start its ACC slate at home versus in-state rival NC State and Virginia will kick off its conference schedule at home versus Stanford in the first-ever meeting between the two teams on the gridiron.
 
In Week 5, Florida State will play its first ACC contest of the season on the road at Virginia (Friday, September 26), while California begins its second year in the ACC at Boston College (Saturday, September 27). Week 5 also features other conference openers: Louisville and Pitt going head-to-head and Virginia Tech at NC State.
 
On Thursday, January 23, the league announced its schedule of games for Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2025 season. The lineup features five consecutive days of ACC Football over Labor Day Weekend and kicks off with seven ACC teams opening with Power 4 non-conference opponents, including Notre Dame, and five others facing FBS foes. The ACC’s Labor Day Weekend is anchored by a Sunday, August 31 football doubleheader featuring both Miami and Virginia Tech against top-25 competition. The opening week concludes with North Carolina playing host to TCU on Labor Day Monday, September 1, as Bill Belichick makes his coaching debut on a familiar night.
 
The Sunday night showdown between Miami and Notre Dame will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC and the North Carolina against TCU primetime matchup on Monday night will start at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
 
The ACC’s schedule model for the 2024-2030 seasons, which was revealed exclusively on ACC Network in October 2023, will continue with no divisions, feature 17 schools, and will once again include 68 conference matchups. Based on conference winning percentage, the top two teams will compete in the ACC Football Championship Game on the first Saturday in December at Bank of America Stadium in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
The ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release special will announce the full 2025 ACC football schedule on Monday, January 27, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ACC Network, with the first hour from 9-10 p.m. ET simulcast on ESPN2.