CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The fifth week of Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball league play opens Friday, October 23, with the first four of nine league matchups beginning at 6 p.m. ET.
 
Louisville sits atop the league standings as the lone remaining team with an 8-0 conference record (18-2 overall). Pitt (17-1) and North Carolina (12-4) are tied for second with identical 7-1 league records.
 
This week’s competition features one ranked matchup as the No. 23 North Carolina Tar Heels host the No. 15 Stanford Cardinal on Sunday, October 25, at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
 
Headlined by second-ranked Pitt, five ACC teams are ranked in the latest AVCA/Taraflex Poll. The Panthers are followed by Louisville (No. 3), SMU (No. 7), Stanford (No. 15) and North Carolina (No. 23). Miami and Georgia Tech both received votes in the poll.
 
Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Friday, October 23
#3 Louisville at Florida State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
#7 SMU at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Virginia at Syracuse | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Wake Forest at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
#15 Stanford at Duke | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Notre Dame at Miami | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
California at #23 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at Georgia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Virginia Tech at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Sunday, October 25
Virginia Tech at Syracuse | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at Clemson | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Virginia at Boston College | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Notre Dame at Florida State | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
California at Duke | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
NC State at Wake Forest | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
#7 SMU at Georgia Tech | 1:30 p.m. | ACCN
#3 Louisville at Miami | 3:30 p.m. | ACCN
#15 Stanford at #23 North Carolina | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN
 
Noting ACC Volleyball

• SMU’s Natalia Newsome leads the nation in hitting percentage (.524).
• Pitt’s Olivia Babcock leads the nation in kills per set (5.29) and points per set (6.21).
• Pitt is tied with No. 1 Nebraska for the national lead in hitting percentage at .326.
• ACC teams posted a 119-64 (.650) record against non-conference opponents this season.
  • Home: 58-26 (.690)
  • Road: 26-25 (.509)
  • Neutral: 35-14 (.714)
• ACC teams have recorded 17 wins over AVCA Top 25 opponents in non-conference play this season.
• ACC players have earned three AVCA Division I National Player of the Week honors this season: Pitt’s Olivia Babcock (Aug. 26), Louisville’s Chloe Meester (Sept. 8) and SMU’s Suli Davis (Sept. 15).
• Stanford was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2026 ACC Volleyball Championship for the first time since joining the conference by the league’s volleyball head coaches.
• Duke’s Ahen Kim and Florida State’s Lindsay Allman are both in their first seasons as head coaches of their respective programs.