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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Championship will be decided on Sunday, November 16, as No. 1 seed Virginia battles No. 7 seed SMU at 1 p.m. ET at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. ESPNU has the television broadcast.

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Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• This is the 39th ACC Men's Soccer Championship.
• The tournament 1-seed has only won the event once since 2014 (Wake Forest, 2017). The only 7-seed to win the event was Syracuse in 2015.
• Virginia is aiming for its first ACC Championship since 2019. UVA head coach George Gelnovatch, the 2025 ACC Coach of the Year, is looking for his sixth ACC title at the helm of the Cavaliers.
• SMU is making its first visit to the ACC Men's Soccer Championship Game, and is vying for the first ACC title in any sport since the school joined the ACC for the 2024-25 school year.
• Among current ACC programs, Clemson and Virginia lead with 16 ACC Championships apiece. UVA has captured a league-best 11 tournament titles.
• Virginia is the tournament's No. 1 seed for the first time since 2001. The Cavaliers won their first regular-season crown since earning the 2019 Coastal Division title.
• Four ACC teams are ranked among the top 25 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll: Virginia (4), Stanford (8), NC State (11) and SMU (25). Thirteen of the 15 ACC teams have been ranked at some point in 2025.
• In the NCAA's Saturday RPI report, eight ACC teams stand among the top 35, led by Virginia (2), SMU (7) Stanford (12) and NC State (13).
• ACC teams combined for a 73-19-24 record in non-conference play in the regular season (.737 win percentage, best of any league).
• ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men’s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including three of the last four (Clemson 2021 & 2023, Syracuse 2022). Eight active ACC programs have won at least one national championship, the most of any conference. The 15 active ACC schools have combined for 20 titles.
• At least one ACC team has reached the Men's College Cup in 22 of the last 24 seasons. Thirteen of the 15 active ACC programs have reached the College Cup. Sixty-five ACC teams have reached the College Cup all-time.

2025 ACC Men's Soccer Championship Schedule
First Round | Wednesday, Nov. 5
at Campus Sites 
at No. 3 NC State 3, No. 14 Louisville 0
at No. 6 Syracuse 2, No. 11 Virginia Tech 1
No. 13 Pitt 1, at No. 4 Clemson 0
No. 12 California 2, at No. 5 Duke 0
at No. 7 SMU 5, No. 10 Wake Forest 4
No. 9 North Carolina 3, at No. 8 Notre Dame 1
at No. 2 Stanford 4, No. 15 Boston College 2
No. 1 Virginia - bye

Quarterfinals | Sunday, Nov. 9
at Campus Sites
at No. 12 California 1, No. 13 Pitt 0
at No. 1 Virginia 2, No. 9 North Carolina 1
No. 6 Syracuse 3, at No. 3 NC State 0
No. 7 SMU 1, at No. 2 Stanford 0

Semifinals | Thursday, Nov. 13 
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park | Cary, N.C.
No. 1 Virginia 2, No. 12 California 1
No. 7 SMU 5, No. 6 Syracuse 1

Championship | Sunday, Nov. 16
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park | Cary, N.C.
No. 7 SMU vs. No. 1 Virginia | 1 p.m. ET | ESPNU