Jackets officially know what's in front of them with full ACC schedule release
Georgia Tech previously had the dates for its non-conference slate over the first two months of the 2025-26 season, but on Tuesday the Jackets learned what the rest of the schedule would look like as their full list of ACC opponents was released.
Head coach Damon Stoudamire, who is headed into his third season leading the Jackets’ program, will follow up 13 non-conference matchups with an ACC opening road trip to perennial power Duke on either Dec. 30 or 31 before diving into the rest of the conference matchups over the next two and a half months.
The full 2025-26 schedule looks like this:
Non-Conference Schedule
11/3 Maryland-Eastern Shore
11/7 Bryant
11/10 Southeastern Louisiana
11/14 at Georgia
11/18 Georgia Southern
11/23 West Georgia
11/28 vs. Depaul (Emerald Coast Classic, Niceville, Fla.)
11/29 vs. Drake or LSU (Emerald Coast Classic, Niceville, Fla.)
12/3 Mississippi State (ACC/SEC Challenge)
12/6 Monmouth
12/16 Marist
12/20 Lafayette
12/29 Florida A&M
ACC Schedule
12/30 or 12/31 at Duke
1/3 Boston College
1/6 or 1/7 Syracuse
1/10 at Miami
1/13 or 1/14 Pittsburgh
1/17 at NC State
1/24 Clemson
1/27 or 1/28 at Virginia Tech
1/31 North Carolina
2/3 or 2/4 at California
2/7 at Stanford
2/10 or 2/11 Wake Forest
2/14 at Notre Dame
2/17 or 2/18 Virginia
2/21 at Louisville
2/28 Florida State
3/3 or 3/4 California
3/7 at Clemson
Early Analysis
The ACC schedule starts with another tough test with a trip to Duke much like last season when Georgia Tech visited North Carolina for the conference opener before hosting Duke a couple weeks later. But after that opening trip to Durham, the Jackets return home for two straight vs. Boston College and Syracuse.
Tech alternates road and home matchups for the rest of January with a trip to Miami, back home for Pittsburgh, at NC State, home for Clemson, at Virginia Tech and then home for North Carolina to close out the month on Jan. 31.
The West Coast ACC road trip opens February with a visit to California and Stanford in the first week of the month. The Jackets follow that up with a home contest vs. Wake Forest, a trip to Notre Dame, a home matchup vs. Virginia and a visit to Louisville before back-to-back showdowns at McCamish Pavilion vs. Florida State on Feb. 28 and California on March 3rd or 4th.
A visit up I-85 to Clemson on March 7 closes out the regular season before ACC Tournament play will be March 10-14 in Charlotte, N.C.
With so many new pieces on this Yellow Jackets’ team aside from returnees Baye Ndongo (All-ACC in 2024-25), Jaeden Mustaf and Kowacie Reeves, Jr. (back for another year on a medical redshirt), it will be interesting to see how the team molds together and gets used to each other on the court during the non-conference schedule, which has some very winnable games early on.
The trip to Duke to open ACC play is tough, but the Blue Devils will also have a very different roster like many of the blue bloods have these days so catching them in December could be a great thing. Tech has a very manageable start to the ACC schedule after that in January with a trip to NC State and home dates against Clemson and UNC appearing to be the most difficult tasks (on the outside looking in to what could be a very unpredictable ACC season).
Stoudamire and company will get their first taste of what playing a conference opponent in the state of California is like, but having that West Coast swing in early February many would argue is better than having it late in the season before ACC Tournament play begins to get back in your normal routine. At Notre Dame and at Louisville will be tough road matchups in the middle and end of February, but if the Jackets could gain some confidence and momentum before then, those also could be resume-boosting opportunities with win or two.
Many teams in the conference have the same uncertainty with roster turnover that Georgia Tech has going into the season. That uncertainty usually makes for a very competitive league. With Ndongo and the new additions up front through the portal and the 2025 recruiting class as well as some reinforcements in the backcourt through the portal, Tech could end up having a few less question marks than some other teams in the ACC.
Only time will tell as to how the team plays together, but the opportunity is certainly there for Stoudamire to take the next step with the program in his third year and have his team in the conversation for a postseason bid.