Duke’s 2026 schedule released by ACC
The reigning ACC champions will be facing their former quarterback in mid-November.
The ACC announced football schedules for each team Monday night. Duke is playing at Miami — the only logical destination for Darian Mensah — on Nov. 14.
For the first time, Duke has nine ACC games. The league is moving to a new scheduling model. The Blue Devils play five ACC road games and four at home.
Duke plays one ACC game in the first five weeks of the season, a home game against Stanford on Sept. 19. After an off date in the first weekend of October, the Blue Devils’ last eight games are against league foes.
The Blue Devils are coming off a 9-5 season that was highlighted by the program’s first ACC championship since 1989. Duke beat Virginia 27-20 in overtime to claim the title; those teams will meet again this season, on either Oct. 23 or 24.
There is one important disclaimer to note with Monday’s release: The ACC will have additional releases in the following three days that could change some of these dates. On Wednesday, the ACC will lay out games across five days for the opening weekend of the season. On Thursday, the ACC will announce which games will be played on Thursday and Friday nights.
Here is Duke’s full schedule:
Sept. 5 – Tulane
Sept. 12 – at Illinois
Sept. 19 – Stanford
Sept. 26 – William & Mary
Oct. 3 – OFF
Oct. 10 – at Georgia Tech
Oct. 17 – North Carolina
Oct. 23 or 24 – at Virginia
Oct. 31 – Boston College
Nov. 6 or 7 – at N.C. State
Nov. 14 – at Miami
Nov. 21 – Clemson
Nov. 28 – at Wake Forest
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