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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - League play begins on Friday for the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer season. There are five conference games scheduled from Friday through Sunday.

ACC Network will showcase a non-conference match on Sunday, as Notre Dame plays host to Michigan at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Four ACC teams are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll: Stanford (1), SMU (3), Clemson (18) and Louisville (22).

Upcoming Schedule
Thursday, September 3
Pitt at No. 8 Michigan State | 7 p.m. | BTN+
Wright State at No. 22 Louisville | 8 p.m. | ACCNX

Friday, September 4
Boston College at Virginia | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 18 Clemson at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Kansas City at No. 3 SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 1 Stanford at San Jose State | 10 p.m. | MW+

Saturday, September 5
Virginia Tech at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Duke at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Sunday, September 6
Michigan at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | ACCN
North Carolina at California | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Monday, September 7
Penn at Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
CSUN at No. 1 Stanford | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Incarnate Word at No. 3 SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX

Tuesday, September 8
St. Bonaventure at Boston College | 4:30 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 10 Oregon State at Virginia | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
USC Upstate at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 22 Louisville at Evansville | 8 p.m. | ESPN+

Wednesday, September 9
ETSU at Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
St. John's at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Cal State Fullerton at California | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Rankings: United Soccer Coaches Poll
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Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• ACC teams have combined to post a 33-13-9 (.682) record to start the season, including a 4-5-5 record against ranked teams. 
• League programs already have scored three wins against top-five foes: Stanford vs. No. 2 San Diego, Clemson vs. No. 3 Furman, SMU at No. 4 Saint Louis.
• Four ACC teams are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll: Stanford (1), SMU (3), Clemson (18) and Louisville (22). That is second most of any league. Boston College is receiving votes.
• Stanford is ranked No. 1 nationally for the second straight week.
• Five ACC teams remain unbeaten: SMU (4-0), Stanford (4-0), Boston College (3-0), Louisville (3-0-1) and California (1-0-2).
• Louisville's Giacomo Zizza earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors, while SMU's Jaylinn Mitchell claimed ACC Defensive Player of the Week laurels for matches played from August 24-30.
• NC State has been chosen as the favorite to win the 2026 ACC Championship following a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches. The Wolfpack was picked as the ACC favorite on eight of the coaches’ ballots. (Release)
• A trio of former All-America honorees return this season, with Ransford Gyan (Clemson), Ulfur Bjornsson (Duke) and Stephan Soghomonian (SMU). Gyan was the 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year and the 2025 ACC Midfielder of the Year.
• Nine ACC teams earned berths in the 2025 NCAA Championship, including four teams among the 16 seeded teams. Both totals were most of any league.
• With NC State advancing to the national championship game in 2025, at least one ACC team has reached the Men's College Cup in 23 of the last 25 seasons.
• NC State played in the national championship game for the first time in program history and reached the NCAA College Cup for just the second time (1990).
• Thirteen of the 15 active league programs have reached the Men's College Cup. 
• A record-tying 25 ACC players were chosen in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft, including a record 13 in the first round. Four of the top five selections came from the ACC, including No. 1 pick Nikola Markovic of NC State.
• 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).