The Atlantic Coast Conference has slotted a number of 2023 games into its TV schedule, including some prime-time opportunities for its North Carolina schools.
Wake Forest will be the first ACC team to take the field and appear on the ACC Network. The Deacons, winners of eight games a year ago, host Elon on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m.
NC State also will play Aug. 31, visiting Connecticut. The Wolfpack and Huskies’ showdown will appear on CBS Sports Network, starting at 7:30.
The North Carolina-South Carolina match-up in the Duke’s Mayo Kickoff Classic in Charlotte will fill the 7:30 p.m. slot on ABC on Saturday, Sept. 2. All eyes will be on Duke on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4. The Blue Devils host Clemson in the final game of the college football weekend, starting at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
Wake Forest, NC State, North Carolina and Duke all will play at home in Week 2.
Wake again launches the ACC lineup, playing Vanderbilt in a rare 11 a.m. kickoff on ACC Network. The Wolfpack draws Notre Dame for its home opener. That game kicks at noon on ABC. UNC entertains Appalachian State at 5:15 p.m. as the third leg of an ACC Network quadruple-header. Duke plays Lafayette at 6 p.m., with that game being assigned to ACCNX/ESPN+.
NC State will play on back-to-back Friday nights at the end of September. Both games – at Virginia on Sept. 22 and at home against Louisville on Sept. 29 – will appear on the main ESPN network. The Wake Forest-Duke rivalry will renew on the first Friday in November, also on ESPN.
The ACC Championship game, which will pit the top two finishers in the league standings (not division champs as in years past), will be Saturday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
The league has tie-ins with as many as 11 bowl games, including the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte (ACC vs. SEC). The ACC also maintains ties with the bowl game in Orlando, which this year will be known as the Pop-Tarts Bowl (formerly the Cheez-It Bowl).
Upcoming ACC Football TV Schedule
(Source: TheACC.com):
Thursday, Aug. 31
Elon at Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACCN
NC State at UConn, TBD, CBS Sports Network
Friday, Sept. 1
Miami (Ohio) at Miami, 7 p.m., ACCN
Louisville vs. Georgia Tech (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta), 7:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 2
Virginia vs. Tennessee (in Nashville), Noon, ABC
Northern Illinois at Boston College, Noon, ACCN
Wofford at Pitt, 3:30 p.m., ACCN
Colgate at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
North Carolina vs. South Carolina (in Charlotte), 7:30 p.m., ABC
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m., ACCN
Sunday, Sept. 3
LSU vs. Florida State (in Orlando), 7:30 p.m., ABC
Monday, Sept. 4
Clemson at Duke, 8 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Sept. 7
Murray State at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ACCN
Saturday, Sept. 9
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest, 11 a.m., ACCN
Notre Dame at NC State, Noon, ABC
Purdue at Virginia Tech, Noon, ESPN2
James Madison at Virginia, Noon, ESPNU
Holy Cross at Boston College, Noon, ACCNX/ESPN+
South Carolina State at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
Charleston Southern at Clemson, 2:15 p.m., ACCN
Texas A&M at Miami, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Appalachian State at North Carolina, 5:15 p.m., ACCN
Lafayette at Duke, 6 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
Southern Miss at Florida State, 8:30 p.m., ACCN
Cincinnati at Pitt, TBD time/network
Western Michigan at Syracuse, TBD time/network
Thursday, Sept. 14
Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 7:30 p.m., ACCN
Friday, Sept. 15
Virginia at Maryland, 7 p.m., FS1
Saturday, Sept. 16
Wake Forest at Old Dominion, Noon, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Florida State at Boston College, Noon, ABC
Louisville vs. Indiana (in Indianapolis), Noon, BTN
Minnesota at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Northwestern at Duke, 3:30 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech at Rutgers, 3:30 p.m., BTN
Georgia Tech at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
Florida Atlantic at Clemson, 8 p.m., ACCN
Pitt at West Virginia, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Syracuse at Purdue, 7:30 p.m., NBC
VMI at NC State, TBD time/network
Friday, Sept. 22
NC State at Virginia, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Sept. 29
Louisville at NC State, 7 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 26
Syracuse at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Nov. 2
Wake Forest at Duke, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Nov. 3
Boston College at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Nov. 4
Notre Dame at Clemson, time TBD, ABC
Thursday, Nov. 9
Virginia at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Nov. 16
Boston College at Pitt, 7 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Nov. 24
Miami at Boston College, Noon, ABC
Saturday, Dec. 2
ACC Football Championship Game, 8 p.m., ABC
ACC Bowl Game Affiliations
* Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m., ESPN, or TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, Dec. 23, Noon, ABC
* Military Bowl, Dec. 27, 2 p.m., ESPN
* Duke’s Mayo Bowl Dec. 27, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
* Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Dec. 28, 11 a.m., ESPN
* Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, Dec. 28, 2:15 p.m., ESPN
* Pop-Tarts Bowl (formerly Cheez-It Bowl), Dec. 28, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
* TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Dec. 29, Noon, ESPN
* Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl, Dec. 29, 2 p.m., CBS
* Capital One Orange Bowl, Dec. 30, 4 p.m., ESPN
* Reliaquest Bowl, Jan. 1, Noon, ESPN2
* SDCCU Holiday Bowl, TBD
