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ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2024-30
10/30/2023 6:03:00 PM | Football
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday its future football schedule model for the next seven years, 2024 through 2030.
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With the addition of the ACC's three new member institutions next summer – University of California, Berkeley (Cal), Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Stanford University – the new football scheduling model will go into effect beginning with the 2024 season. After more than a month of significant discussions, the format has been adopted by the league's athletic directors.
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The new schedule will continue with no divisions, feature 17 schools and will increase the number of annual conference matchups from 56 to 68. The top two teams based on conference winning percentage will compete in the ACC Football Championship Game on the first Saturday in December at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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"We are extremely excited to welcome Cal, SMU and Stanford to the ACC and look forward to having them compete beginning in the fall of 2024," said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. "Throughout the entire scheduling model process, the membership was incredibly thoughtful and purposeful in building a creative, flexible, and aggressive conference scheduling model while keeping the student-athlete experience at the forefront. The excitement and anticipation for our teams, alumni and fans will undoubtedly build as we look ahead to the future of this incredible conference."
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The approved format will continue to have each member institution play eight conference games per season, with all 17 teams playing each other at least twice over the next seven seasons – once at home and once on the road. The current 14 conference teams will play a total of three times each in California over the seven years and none will travel west to California in back-to-back seasons.
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The new scheduling model protects 16 annual matchups. Of the 16 matchups, 11 are retained from the current 3-5-5 schedule model, two are restored rivalries from the divisional format in Miami-Virginia Tech and NC State-Wake Forest and the three new schools fill the remaining three. The annual protected matchups are Boston College-Syracuse, Boston College-Pitt, Syracuse-Pitt, North Carolina-Virginia, North Carolina-Duke, North Carolina-NC State, NC State-Wake Forest, NC State-Duke, Duke-Wake Forest, Virginia Tech-Virginia, Florida State-Clemson, Miami-Florida State, Miami-Virginia Tech, Stanford-Cal, Stanford-SMU, and Cal-SMU.
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The 2024 ACC Football schedule with specific game dates for all matchups will be announced at 9 p.m. on January 31, 2024, as part of ACC Network's ACC Huddle: 2024 Schedule Reveal.
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Duke's 2024-2030 ACC Schedules (home and away) are as follows:
2024 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Florida State, North Carolina, SMU,  Virginia Tech
Away – Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
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2025 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Away – California, Clemson, North Carolina, Syracuse
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2026 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Boston College, Clemson, North Carolina, Stanford
Away – Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
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2027 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Louisville, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
Away – Florida State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Stanford
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2028 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia
Away – Boston College, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
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2029 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Pittsburgh, NC State, Stanford, Wake Forest
Away – California, Louisville, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
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2030 ACC Football Schedule
Home – California, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina
Away – Clemson, NC State, SMU, Wake Forest
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With the addition of the ACC's three new member institutions next summer – University of California, Berkeley (Cal), Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Stanford University – the new football scheduling model will go into effect beginning with the 2024 season. After more than a month of significant discussions, the format has been adopted by the league's athletic directors.
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The new schedule will continue with no divisions, feature 17 schools and will increase the number of annual conference matchups from 56 to 68. The top two teams based on conference winning percentage will compete in the ACC Football Championship Game on the first Saturday in December at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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"We are extremely excited to welcome Cal, SMU and Stanford to the ACC and look forward to having them compete beginning in the fall of 2024," said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. "Throughout the entire scheduling model process, the membership was incredibly thoughtful and purposeful in building a creative, flexible, and aggressive conference scheduling model while keeping the student-athlete experience at the forefront. The excitement and anticipation for our teams, alumni and fans will undoubtedly build as we look ahead to the future of this incredible conference."
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The approved format will continue to have each member institution play eight conference games per season, with all 17 teams playing each other at least twice over the next seven seasons – once at home and once on the road. The current 14 conference teams will play a total of three times each in California over the seven years and none will travel west to California in back-to-back seasons.
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The new scheduling model protects 16 annual matchups. Of the 16 matchups, 11 are retained from the current 3-5-5 schedule model, two are restored rivalries from the divisional format in Miami-Virginia Tech and NC State-Wake Forest and the three new schools fill the remaining three. The annual protected matchups are Boston College-Syracuse, Boston College-Pitt, Syracuse-Pitt, North Carolina-Virginia, North Carolina-Duke, North Carolina-NC State, NC State-Wake Forest, NC State-Duke, Duke-Wake Forest, Virginia Tech-Virginia, Florida State-Clemson, Miami-Florida State, Miami-Virginia Tech, Stanford-Cal, Stanford-SMU, and Cal-SMU.
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The 2024 ACC Football schedule with specific game dates for all matchups will be announced at 9 p.m. on January 31, 2024, as part of ACC Network's ACC Huddle: 2024 Schedule Reveal.
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Duke's 2024-2030 ACC Schedules (home and away) are as follows:
2024 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Florida State, North Carolina, SMU,  Virginia Tech
Away – Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
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2025 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Away – California, Clemson, North Carolina, Syracuse
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2026 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Boston College, Clemson, North Carolina, Stanford
Away – Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
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2027 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Louisville, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
Away – Florida State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Stanford
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2028 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia
Away – Boston College, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
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2029 ACC Football Schedule
Home – Pittsburgh, NC State, Stanford, Wake Forest
Away – California, Louisville, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
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2030 ACC Football Schedule
Home – California, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina
Away – Clemson, NC State, SMU, Wake Forest
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