CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week three of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball season will see all 18 league teams compete, highlighted by four ranked matchups.
No. 8 SMU will travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to face No. 18 TCU on Wednesday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. ET. No. 6 Louisville will host the Horned Frogs on Friday, September 4, at 4 p.m. ET, while No. 2 Pitt will head to Provo, Utah, to take on No. 24 BYU that same night at 8 p.m. ET. The Cardinals will conclude the ranked matchup slate with their second of the week, taking on No. 9 Texas on Sunday, September 6, at noon ET in Nashville, Tennessee.
Pitt led all ACC teams at No. 2 in the AVCA/Taraflex Week 1 Poll and was followed by Stanford (No. 4), Louisville (No. 6), SMU (No. 8) and North Carolina (No. 19) filling out the rest of the top 25.
Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Wednesday, September 2
#8 SMU at #18 TCU | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Thursday, September 3
Duke vs. Tulane (Jacksonville, Fla.) | 3 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Winthrop | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Syracuse vs. Howard (Ithica, N.Y.) | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Stonehill at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
JMU at #19 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
USF at #4 Stanford | 10 p.m. | ACCNX
Friday, September 4
Virginia vs. William & Mary (Richmond, VA.) | 2 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Albany (Ithica, N.Y.) | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Southern Indiana at Georgia Tech | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
Florida State vs. #16 Kansas (Nashville, Tenn.) | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
#18 TCU at #6 Louisville | 4 p.m. | ACCN
Duke at North Florida | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Virginia Tech vs. Old Dominion (Rock Hill, S.C.) | 6 p.m.
UNC Greensboro at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
California vs. Loyola Chicago (Nacogdoches, Texas) | 6 p.m.
Colorado State at #19 North Carolina | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
George Washington at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
UCLA at Miami | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Davidson at Wake Forest | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Bucknell at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at #24 BYU | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
#8 SMU at San Diego | 10 p.m. | ESPN+
Saturday, September 5
Duke vs. FIU (Jacksonville, Fla.) | 11 a.m.
California at Stephen F. Austin | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
New Hampshire at Boston College | 2 p.m. | ACCNX
Notre Dame at Toledo | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
UCLA at Miami | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
Campbell at Georgia Tech | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
East Carolina at Clemson | 5 p.m. | ACCNX
UCF at Wake Forest | 5:30 p.m. | ACCNX
Virginia at VCU | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Wofford at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Syracuse at Cornell | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Florida State at Lipscomb | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Sunday, September 6
#6 Louisville vs. #9 Texas (Nashville, Tenn.) | Noon | ABC
Xavier at Georgia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Georgetown at Wake Forest | 2 p.m. | ACCNX
#2 Pitt at Utah | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Charlotte at NC State | 3 p.m. | ACCNX
Marquette at #4 Stanford | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
App State at Clemson | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
Noting ACC Volleyball
- Pitt’s Babcock was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Week on August 26.
- Pitt led the ACC in the No. 4 spot in the AVCA/Taraflex Preseason Poll and was followed by Stanford (No. 5), Louisville (No. 7), SMU (No. 11) and North Carolina (No. 19) filling out the rest of the top 25. This year marks the first season since 2017 that the Tar Heels were ranked in the preseason poll.
- Stanford was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2026 ACC Volleyball Championship for the first time since joining the league by the league’s volleyball head coaches.
- Eight ACC standouts were named to the AVCA Division I Player of the Year Watch List. The list included Louisville’s Nayelis Cabello and Chloe Chicoine, Pitt’s Olivia Babcock and Izzy Starck, SMU’s Favor Anyanwu and Suli Davis, and Stanford’s Lizzy Andrew and Logan Parks.
- Duke’s Ahen Kim and Florida State’s Lindsay Allman are each entering their first season as head coaches of their respective programs.
- Listen to the SiriusXM 2026 ACC Volleyball Preview Show here: https://sxm.app.link/ACCVolleyball2026.