CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The sixth week of Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball league play opens Wednesday, October 28, with an in-state showdown as No. 18 Stanford travels to Berkeley, California, to take on the Golden Bears at 10 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.
 
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.
 
ACC Network will kick off November with two matchups on Sunday, November 1, as Louisville hosts Georgia Tech at noon ET and Boston College travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to take on the Tar Heels at 2 p.m. ET.
 
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. 5), Stanford (No. 18) and North Carolina (No. 22). The ACC leads all conferences with three teams in the top five.
 
Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Wednesday, October 28
#18 Stanford at California | 10 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Friday, October 30
Florida State at Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Georgia Tech at Notre Dame | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at Wake Forest | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Boston College at Duke | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Miami at Virginia | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Clemson at #3 Louisville | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
#5 SMU at NC State | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Syracuse at #22 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
California at #18 Stanford | 10 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Sunday, November 1
Georgia Tech at #3 Louisville | Noon | ACCN
Clemson at Notre Dame | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Miami at Virginia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at NC State | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Syracuse at Duke | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
#5 SMU at Wake Forest | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Florida State at Virginia | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Boston College at #22 North Carolina | 2 p.m. | ACCN
 
Noting ACC Volleyball

• SMU’s Natalia Newsome leads the nation in hitting percentage (.524) and Pitt’s Olivia Babcock leads the nation in points per set (6.01).
• Pitt is tied with No. 1 Nebraska for the national lead in hitting percentage at .332.
• ACC teams posted a 119-64 (.650) record against non-conference opponents this season.
  • Home: 58-26 (.690)
  • Road: 26-25 (.510)
  • 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 in their first seasons as head coaches of their respective programs.