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ACC announces conference basketball matchups for 2025-26 season

Barkley-Truaxby: Barkley Truax05/28/25BarkleyTruax
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The ACC has released each team’s conference opponents ahead of the 2025-26 men’s basketball season. The conference will feature an 18-game schedule for the first time since 2019 — two less than last season.

Notably, each program will be given a “primary partner,” which means the two programs will play twice during ACC play, one home and one away. Each team will be paired with one “variable partner,” which will rotate every season.

Primary partner matchups include: Boston CollegeNotre Dame, ClemsonGeorgia Tech, CaliforniaStanford, DukeNorth Carolina, Florida StateMiami, LouisvilleSMU, NC StateWake Forest, PittSyracuse, Virginia TechVirginia.

Variable matchups for the 2025-26 season will feature: Boston College-Miami, California-Georgia Tech, Clemson-Pitt, Duke-Louisville, Florida State-SMU, North Carolina-Syracuse, NC State-Virginia, Notre Dame-Stanford, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest.

Some notes on the entire schedule list include Miami head coach Jai Lucas not matching up with Duke, where he was an assistant under Jon Scheyer, at all during the regular season. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils and Louisville Cardinals will match up twice in two key matchups against teams expected to be toward the top of the final conference standings.

The finer details of the schedule, which includes dates, times and television designations are set to be announced in September. Find the entire list below:

Boston College

Notre Dame/at Notre Dame
Miami/at Miami
California
NC State
Pitt
Stanford
Syracuse
Virginia
Wake Forest
at Clemson
at Duke
at Florida State
at Georgia Tech
at Louisville
at SMU
at Virginia Tech

California

Stanford/at Stanford
Georgia Tech/at Georgia Tech
Clemson
Duke
Louisville
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Pitt
SMU
at Boston College
at Florida State
at Miami
at Syracuse
at Virginia
at Virginia Tech
at Wake Forest

Clemson

Georgia Tech/at Georgia Tech
Pitt/at Pitt
Boston College
Florida State
Louisville
Miami
NC State
SMU
Virginia Tech
at California
at Duke
at North Carolina
at Notre Dame
at Stanford
at Syracuse
at Wake Forest

Duke

North Carolina/at North Carolina
Louisville/at Louisville
Boston College
Clemson
Georgia Tech
SMU
Syracuse
Virginia
Wake Forest
at California
at Florida State
at NC State
at Notre Dame
at Pitt
at Stanford
at Virginia Tech

Florida State

Miami/at Miami
SMU/at SMU
Boston College
California
Duke
NC State
Stanford
Virginia
Wake Forest
at Clemson
at Georgia Tech
at North Carolina
at Notre Dame
at Pitt
at Syracuse
at Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

Clemson/at Clemson
California/at California
Boston College
Florida State
North Carolina
Pitt
Syracuse
Virginia
Wake Forest
at Duke
at Louisville
at Miami
at NC State
at Notre Dame
at Stanford
at Virginia Tech

Louisville

SMU/at SMU
Duke/at Duke
Boston College
Georgia Tech
NC State
Notre Dame
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
at California
at Clemson
at Miami
at North Carolina
at Pitt
at Stanford
at Wake Forest

Miami

Florida State/at Florida State
Boston College/at Boston College
California
Georgia Tech
Louisville
North Carolina
Pitt
Stanford
Virginia Tech
at Clemson
at NC State
at Notre Dame
at SMU
at Syracuse
at Virginia
at Wake Forest

North Carolina

Duke/at Duke
Syracuse/at Syracuse
Clemson
Florida State
Louisville
Notre Dame
Pitt
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
at California
at Georgia Tech
at Miami
at NC State
at SMU
at Stanford
at Virginia

NC State

Wake Forest/at Wake Forest
Virginia/at Virginia
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Stanford
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
at Boston College
at Clemson
at Florida State
at Louisville
at Notre Dame
at Pitt
at SMU

Notre Dame

Boston College/at Boston College
Stanford/at Stanford
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Miami
NC State
Virginia
at California
at Louisville
at North Carolina
at Pitt
at SMU
at Syracuse
at Virginia Tech

Pitt

Syracuse/at Syracuse
Clemson/at Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Louisville
NC State
Notre Dame
SMU
Wake Forest
at Boston College
at California
at Georgia Tech
at Miami
at North Carolina
at Stanford
at Virginia

SMU

Louisville/at Louisville
Florida State/at Florida State
Boston College
Miami
North Carolina
NC State
Notre Dame
Virginia
Virginia Tech
at California
at Clemson
at Duke
at Pitt
at Stanford
at Syracuse
at Wake Forest

Stanford

California/at California
Notre Dame/at Notre Dame
Clemson
Duke
Georgia Tech
Louisville
North Carolina
Pitt
SMU
at Boston College
at Florida State
at Miami
at NC State
at Virginia
at Virginia Tech
at Wake Forest

Syracuse

Pitt/at Pitt
North Carolina/at North Carolina
California
Clemson
Florida State
Miami
Notre Dame
SMU
Virginia Tech
at Boston College
at Duke
at Georgia Tech
at Louisville
at NC State
at Virginia
at Wake Forest

Virginia

Virginia Tech/at Virginia Tech
NC State/at NC State
California
Miami
North Carolina
Pitt
Stanford
Syracuse
Wake Forest
at Boston College
at Duke
at Florida State
at Georgia Tech
at Louisville
at Notre Dame
at SMU

Virginia Tech

Virginia/at Virginia
Wake Forest/at Wake Forest
Boston College
California
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Stanford
at Clemson
at Louisville
at Miami
at North Carolina
at NC State
at SMU
at Syracuse

Wake Forest

NC State/at NC State
Virginia Tech/at Virginia Tech
California
Clemson
Louisville
Miami
SMU
Stanford
Syracuse
at Boston College
at Duke
at Florida State
at Georgia Tech
at North Carolina
at Pitt
at Virginia