NC State football's complete 2026 schedule released

NC State’s 2026 football schedule was released by the ACC on Monday evening. While the next batch of opponents were already known, the program now has the complete order of games going into the next season.

The Pack will open the season against Virginia in Rio De Janeiro on Aug. 29, as previously announced, which will be followed by its first of two open dates during the traditional Week 1 of the calendar. NC State will play Richmond (Sept. 12), at Vanderbilt (Sept. 19) and App State (Sept. 26) to round out the non-conference schedule.

Following its out-of-ACC slate, Dave Doeren‘s squad will host Louisville (Oct. 3) and Wake Forest (Oct. 10) before reaching its second open date. After that, NC State will play six straight weeks to close the regular season with a road trip to Stanford (Oct. 23/24) before returning to Carter-Finley Stadium to host Cal (Oct. 30/31) and Duke (Nov. 6/7).

The Wolfpack will finish the 2026 regular season with back-to-back road games at Florida State (Nov. 21) and North Carolina (Nov. 28).

Here’s the Wolfpack’s full 2026 schedule:

Week	Date	Opponent	Location
0	Aug. 29	Virginia	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1	Sept. 5	OPEN	N/A
2	Sept. 12	Richmond	Raleigh, N.C.
3	Sept. 19	at Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.
4	Sept. 26	App State	Raleigh, N.C.
5	Oct. 3	Louisville	Raleigh, N.C.
6	Oct. 10	Wake Forest	Raleigh, N.C.
7	Oct. 17	OPEN	N/A
8	Oct. 23/24	at Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.
9	Oct. 30/31	Cal	Raleigh, N.C.
10	Nov. 6/7	Duke	Raleigh, N.C.
11	Nov. 14	Syracuse	Raleigh, N.C.
12	Nov. 21	at Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.
13	Nov. 28	at UNC	Chapel Hill, N.C.