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Primetime Ready: ACC Unveils Broadcast Lineup for Seven Major Football Games
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May 13, 2025, 6:01 PM
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Television designations for seven marquee Atlantic Coast Conference football games in Week 1 of the 2025 season were announced Tuesday, May 13, as part of the ESPN and Disney Ad Sales Up Front presentation.
This year’s opening slate of full competition delivers five straight days of ACC Football from Thursday, August 28, through Monday, September 1, offering fans an exciting and action-packed start to the college football season.
Seven ACC teams will face Power 4 non-conference opponents – including Notre Dame – while five others will take on FBS competition across Weeks 0 and 1. Labor Day Weekend is highlighted by a Sunday doubleheader (August 31), with Miami and Virginia Tech both squaring off against preseason top-25 teams.
The week wraps up in prime time on Labor Day, as North Carolina will play host to TCU in a nationally televised showdown marking Bill Belichick’s much-anticipated collegiate coaching debut.
“Week 1 of ACC Football will be incredible in featuring five straight days of high-profile matchups and showcasing the league on the national stage,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “From marquee non-conference clashes to one of the most anticipated coaching debuts in recent memory, Week 1 underscores the strength, depth, and national reach of ACC Football. We greatly appreciate our partnership with ESPN as they continue to showcase our programs and league to our fans across the country.”
The game times and TV networks for the ACC’s seven premier games in Week 1 are listed below:
Friday, August 29
Georgia Tech at Colorado – 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Saturday, August 30
2025 Aflac Kickoff Game: Syracuse vs. Tennessee (from Atlanta) – noon ET on ABC
Alabama at Florida State – 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
LSU at Clemson – 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Sunday, August 31
2025 Aflac Kickoff Game: Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina (from Atlanta) – 3 p.m. ET on ESPN
Notre Dame at Miami – 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Monday, September 1
TCU at North Carolina – 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Toughest Non-Conference Schedule Again in 2025
ACC teams are scheduled to play 26 games against fellow P4 Conference opponents and Notre Dame in 2025, the most of any conference.
ACC teams are set to play 14 non-conference games against teams ranked in both the final 2024 College Football Rankings and 2024 Associated Press (AP) Top 25 Poll.
ACC teams will play 35 non-conference games against opponents that appeared in a bowl game last year, including eight against teams that made the 12-team College Football Playoff.
ACC teams are scheduled to play 16 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2025 Way-Too-Early Top 25.
ACC Owns Labor Day Once Again
The ACC will once again close out college football’s opening weekend by anchoring Labor Day Monday, as Belichick makes his North Carolina debut with the Tar Heels hosting TCU.
This marks the 16th consecutive Labor Day game for the ACC (excluding the 2020 COVID season), and the 19th time since the tradition began with Florida State vs. Miami in 2005.
ACC Football Fridays
ACC football is set to dominate Fridays this fall, with a league-record 12 games scheduled on Fridays in 2025, the most of any conference.
Georgia Tech’s season-opening contest at Colorado on August 29 is one of two ACC games set for the first Friday of play in the 2025 season.
ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks
The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks, with the return of full-time starters Cade Klubnik at Clemson, Haynes King at Georgia Tech, Kevin Jennings at SMU, Eli Holstein at Pitt, Kyron Drones at Virginia Tech, CJ Bailey at NC State and Thomas Castellanos at Florida State.
Five ACC quarterbacks were ranked in ESPN’s Top 15 QBs in College Football in 2025 – Cade Klubnik of Clemson, Carson Beck of Miami, Haynes King of Georgia Tech, Kevin Jennings of SMU and Darian Mensah of Duke.
The ACC features four of the top 10 quarterback transfers heading into the 2025 season and has seen a strong influx of talent at the position, including notable names like Carson Beck (Miami), Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (California), Darian Mensah (Duke), Miller Moss (Louisville), Steve Angeli and Rickie Collins (Syracuse), Dylan Lonergan (Boston College), Chandler Morris (Virginia), Gio Lopez (North Carolina), Devin Brown (California), Daniel Kaelin (Virginia), and Deshawn Purdie (Wake Forest).
Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in six different drafts — the only conference to do that.
ACC is Loaded with Preeminent Players Heading into 2025
The ACC is stacked with preeminent players again heading into the 2025 season.
Top returners include: Desmond Reid, RB (Pitt); Francis Mauigoa, OT (Miami); Isaiah Nwokobia, S (SMU); Caleb Weaver, S (Duke); Avieon Terrell, CB (Clemson); Kyle Louis, LB (Pitt); Isaac Brown, RB (Louisville); Sammy Brown, LB (Clemson); T.J. Parker, DE (Clemson); Peter Woods, DT (Clemson); Luke Petitbon, OL (Florida State); Monroe Mills, OT (Virginia); Jamal Haynes, RB (Georgia Tech); Demond Claiborne, RB (Wake Forest); Antonio Williams, WR (Clemson).
Impact transfers ranked in the Top 100 include: Duce Robinson, WR (Florida State); Will Heldt, DE (Clemson); Eric Rivers, WR (Georgia Tech); Ethan O’Connor, CB (Miami); CJ Daniels, WR (Miami); Charles Brantley, CB (Miami); Thaddeus Dixon, CB (North Carolina); Fa’alili Fa’amoe, OL (Wake Forest); Daniel King, OT (North Carolina); Khmori House, LB (North Carolina); Zechariah Poyser, S (Miami); Micah Pettus, OT (Florida State); David Blay, DL (Miami).
ACC X NFL
No conference blends college football and NFL experience quite like the ACC in 2025, with three former NFL head coaches now leading programs: Bill O’Brien (Boston College), Bill Belichick (North Carolina) and Frank Reich (Stanford) — the most of any conference.
Several ACC programs also feature General Managers with deep NFL ties, including Ron Rivera (Cal), Kevin Kelly (Clemson), John Garrett (Duke), Michael Lombardi (North Carolina), and Andrew Luck (Stanford), along with a growing number of former NFL stars contributing across coaching staffs and player development roles.
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