University of North Carolina Athletics
ACC Unveils Football's Future Opponents
October 30, 2023 | Football
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today its future football schedule model for the next seven years, 2024 through 2030. 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.
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.
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.
The new scheduling model protects 16 annual matchups across the ACC conference. The annual protected matchups for North Carolina include North Carolina-Virginia, North Carolina-Duke and North Carolina-NC State.
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.
Below is a list of home and away ACC opponents the Tar Heels will face from 2024-2030.
2024
Home:
Georgia Tech
NC State
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Away:
Boston College
Duke
Florida State
Virginia
2025
Home:
Clemson
Duke
Stanford
Virginia
Away:
California
NC State
Syracuse
Wake Forest
2026
Home:
Louisville
Miami
NC State
Syracuse
Away:
Clemson
Duke
Pittsburgh
Virginia
2027
Home:
Duke
Florida State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Away:
Georgia Tech
NC State
Stanford
Wake Forest
2028
Home:
Boston College
NC State
Stanford
Wake Forest
Away:
Duke
Florida State
SMU
Virginia
2029
Home:
California
Clemson
Duke
Virginia
Away:
Louisville
Miami
NC State
Virginia Tech
2030
Home:
Miami
NC State
SMU
Virginia Tech
Away:
California
Clemson
Duke
Virginia