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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The 2026 ACC Men's Soccer Championship kicks off on Wednesday with seven first-round matches. Each of the first-round matches will stream on ACC Network Extra.

The first round and quarterfinals will be held at campus sites, before the championship shifts to First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, for the final two rounds. The semifinals will be contested on Thursday, November 12, while the championship game will be played on Sunday, November 15.

SMU claimed the tournament's No. 1 seed and earned the lone first-round bye. The reigning ACC tournament champion, SMU opens postseason play on Sunday, November 8, with a home quarterfinal match against either No. 8 seed Notre Dame or No. 9 seed Virginia.

In the latest NCAA RPI, released Monday, seven ACC teams rank among the top 25: No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 SMU, No. 6 Pitt, No. 11 Louisville, No. 17 Wake Forest, No. 21 North Carolina and No. 25 Stanford. That is tied for the most of any conference.

Ticket books are $40 for all six matches of the ACC Men's and Women's Soccer Championships. Single-game tickets for the semifinal matches are $10 in advance and $15 on gameday, while championship game tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on gameday. Tickets only are available online and no walk-up sales will be available.

Exclusive group pricing is also available for groups of 10 or more, along with unique on-field opportunities. For details, visit theACC.com/groups or contact tickets@theacc.org.

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

Quarterfinals | Sunday, November 8
at Campus Sites (airing on ACCN - times TBA)
Notre Dame/Virginia at No. 1 SMU
North Carolina/California vs. Clemson/Duke
Virginia Tech/NC State vs. Wake Forest/Boston College
Louisville/Stanford vs. Pitt/Syracuse

Semifinals | Thursday, November 12 
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park | Cary, N.C. (airing on ACCN)
5:30 and 8:30 p.m. 

Championship | Sunday, November 15
at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park | Cary, N.C.
4 p.m. | ESPNU

All times Eastern

Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• This is the 40th ACC Men's Soccer Championship.
• 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 (2), Clemson (3), Louisville (8), Wake Forest (15), North Carolina (17) and Pitt (20).
• ACC teams have been ranked No. 1 nationally in nine of 11 polls this season (SMU 5, Stanford 4).
• In the latest NCAA RPI, released Monday, seven ACC teams rank among the top 25: No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 SMU, No. 6 Pitt, No. 11 Louisville, No. 17 Wake Forest, No. 21 North Carolina and No. 25 Stanford. That is tied for the most of any conference.
• Nine ACC teams stand among the RPI top 40, while all 15 rank among the top 60.
• SMU (12-0-3) is the only team nationally that has yet to lose a match this season. 
• SMU leads the nation in scoring defense (0.36 goals per game) and ranks fourth nationally in scoring offense (2.80 goals per game). Clemson ranks third nationally in scoring offense at 2.81 goals per game. 
• 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.
• Since Sept. 1, league teams have posted a 45-6-10 (.820) record against non-conference foes.
• Cal's Lucca Guimaraes earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Cal's D'Andre Pickett claimed ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors for matches played from Oct. 26-30.
• UNC's Joschi Schelb leads the ACC and ranks second nationally this season in goals with 15, while Clemson's Ransford Gyan is fourth nationally with 13 goals.
• League programs have scored four wins against top-five opponents this season: Stanford vs. No. 2 San Diego, Clemson vs. No. 3 Furman, SMU at No. 4 Saint Louis and NC State vs. No. 4 UMKC.
• Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch won his 400th career match on October 6 against Queens. He joined Duke's John Rennie (1979-2007, 410 wins) as the ACC's lone men's soccer coaches to win 400 career games.
• Six active ACC head coaches have won D-I national championships as a head coach: Mike Noonan (Clemson), Carlos Somoano (UNC), Jay Vidovich (Pitt), Jeremy Gunn (Stanford), Ian McIntyre (Syracuse) and George Gelnovatch (Virginia). NC State's Marc Hubbard won a Division II national title in 2013.
• 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).