CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference, in conjunction with ESPN and the Southeastern Conference, announced the matchups for the 2025 ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenges.
The third annual ACC/SEC Challenges will take place over back-to-back days. The men’s challenge will be on Tuesday, December 2, and Wednesday, December 3, while the women’s challenge is slated for Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4. The men’s and women’s challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.
"We are excited for the third ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenges in December," said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. "This event is circled on the calendar every year and provides tremendous interconference matchups between two of the premier leagues in college basketball. We appreciate our partners at Disney/ESPN for their organization of the Challenge and our colleagues at the SEC, led by Greg Sankey, as we highlight our conferences and showcase our student-athletes and member institutions."
Coverage details, including network designations and game times, will be announced at a later date.
The winningest conference in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament history with a .655 winning percentage, the ACC’s current men’s basketball programs have combined to win 17 NCAA Championships and win 492 NCAA Tournament games all-time, the most tournament wins of any conference. In the last 10 tournaments, ACC teams have combined to win 116 games, placed 10 teams in the Final Four, including Duke in 2025, and won three national titles (Duke 2015, North Carolina 2017 and Virginia 2019).
On the women’s side, the ACC has had at least one team in the Elite Eight for 23 consecutive tournaments, as Duke advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils were joined by North Carolina, NC State and Notre Dame in the Sweet 16, continuing the ACC’s streak of 11 straight tournaments with least three teams advancing to the regional semifinals. Overall, eight ACC teams earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, matching the conference record for the seventh straight season.
2025 ACC/SEC Men's Challenge
Tuesday, December 2
Florida at Duke
Georgia at Florida State
Miami at Ole Miss
North Carolina at Kentucky
Missouri at Notre Dame
Texas A&M at Pitt
Tennessee at Syracuse
Virginia Tech at South Carolina
Oklahoma at Wake Forest
Wednesday, December 3
LSU at Boston College
Clemson at Alabama
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
Louisville at Arkansas
NC State at Auburn
SMU at Vanderbilt
Virginia at Texas
2025 ACC/SEC Women's Challenge
Wednesday, December 3
Georgia at Florida State
Georgia Tech at Texas A&M
Kentucky at Miami
NC State at Oklahoma
Tennessee at Stanford
Auburn at Syracuse
Virginia at Vanderbilt
Thursday, December 4
California at Missouri
Clemson at Alabama
LSU at Duke
South Carolina at Louisville
North Carolina at Texas
Notre Dame at Ole Miss
Pitt at Mississippi State
Arkansas at SMU
Florida at Virginia Tech