ACC Announces 2025-26 Men’s Basketball Schedule with 18-Game Format

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has revealed the matchups for its 18-game men’s basketball schedule for the 2025-26 season.

The ACC will return to an 18-game league schedule, a format last used during the 2012-13 through 2018-19 seasons. The conference had switched to a 20-game schedule in 2019. The full 18-game schedule was announced on May 7.

League play will begin in late December and conclude on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play two home-and-away series: one against a primary partner and another against a variable partner. The variable partner will change each season. Additionally, teams will face each of the other 14 conference opponents at least once during the regular season.

Primary Partner Matchups:

• Boston College vs. Notre Dame
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech
• California vs. Stanford
• Duke vs. North Carolina
• Florida State vs. Miami
• Louisville vs. SMU
• NC State vs. Wake Forest
• Pitt vs. Syracuse
• Virginia Tech vs. Virginia

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