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CARY, N.C. (theACC.com) - The 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Championship will be decided on Sunday, November 15, as No. 1 seed SMU plays No. 7 seed North Carolina at 4 p.m. ET at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. ESPNU has the television broadcast.

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SMU and UNC did not play in the regular season. North Carolina is aiming for its fifth ACC title and its first since 2011. The Mustangs are looking to become the ACC’s first repeat champion since Wake Forest in 2016 and 2017.

2026 ACC Men's Soccer Championship Schedule
First Round | Wednesday, November 4
at Campus Sites
No. 12 Stanford 2, at No. 5 Louisville 1
at No. 3 Wake Forest 1, No. 14 Boston College 1 (2OT; WF 6-5 PK)
No. 11 NC State 2, at No. 6 Virginia Tech 1
at No. 7 North Carolina 1, No. 10 California 1 (2OT; UNC 4-3 PK)
at No. 2 Clemson 2, No. 15 Duke 1
No. 13 Syracuse 1, at No. 4 Pitt 1 (SU 7-6 PK)
No. 9 Virginia 2, at No. 8 Notre Dame 2 (UVA 5-4 PK)
No. 1 SMU - bye

Quarterfinals | Sunday, November 8
at Campus Sites
No. 7 North Carolina 3, at No. 2 Clemson 2 (2OT)
No. 11 NC State 1, at No. 3 Wake Forest 0 (OT)
at No. 1 SMU 6, No. 9 Virginia 0
No. 13 Syracuse 2, at No. 12 Stanford 1 (2OT)

Semifinals | Thursday, November 12 
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park | Cary, N.C. 
No. 7 North Carolina 1, No. 11 NC State 0
No. 1 SMU 3, No. 13 Syracuse 0

Final | Sunday, November 15
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, N.C. 
No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 1 SMU | 4 p.m. | ESPNU

All times Eastern

Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• A tournament-record seven games (out of 12) have gone to overtime. The previous tourney record was four.
• Eleven of the tournament's first 13 games were decided by either a one-goal margin or penalty kicks.
• The tournament 1-seed has only won the event once since 2014 (Wake Forest, 2017). The only 7-seeds to win the event were Syracuse in 2015 and SMU in 2025.
• SMU is the reigning tournament champion and is aiming to become the first repeat champ since Wake Forest pulled off the feat in 2016 and 2017.
• Among current ACC programs, Clemson and Virginia lead with 16 ACC Championships apiece. UVA has captured a league-best 11 tournament titles, while Clemson has won five.
• SMU earned the ACC regular-season title and a No. 1 ACC Tournament seed, both for the first time.
• Six ACC teams are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll. That is second most of any league: SMU (1), Clemson (5), North Carolina (12), Louisville (13), Wake Forest (20) and Pitt (21).
• ACC teams have been ranked No. 1 nationally in 10 of 12 polls this season (SMU 6, Stanford 4).
• In the latest NCAA RPI, released Saturday, eight ACC teams rank among the top 25: No. 2 SMU, No. 3 Clemson, No. 8 Pitt, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 13 Louisville and No. 18 Stanford, No. 23 Wake Forest and No. 24 NC State. That is most of any conference.
• 11 ACC teams stand among the RPI top 40, while all 15 rank among the top 60.
• SMU (13-0-3) is the only team nationally that has yet to lose a match this season. 
• SMU earned four season awards as part of the 2026 All-ACC Team announcement on Wednesday. Five Mustangs earned First-Team All-ACC honors, most by any team since Wake Forest in 2008. (Release)
• ACC teams finished 78-20-18 (.750) against non-conference competition this season. The winning percentage and total number of wins are the best of any conference.
• UNC's Joschi Schelb leads the ACC and ranks second nationally this season in goals with 17, while Clemson's Ransford Gyan is fourth nationally with 14 goals.
• ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men’s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including three of the last five (Clemson 2021, Syracuse 2022, Clemson 2023)