WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
East Carolina (0-0) at NC State (0-0)
7 p.m. ET ACCN 85 85
Series: NC State leads series, 19-14-0;
Last meeting: East Carolina, 26-21 (2024 Military Bowl)
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Steve Addazio (analyst), Dana Boyle (sideline)
Elon (0-0) at Duke (0-0)
7:30 p.m. ET ACCNX 160 or 193 955
Series: Duke leads series, 8-0-1;
Last meeting: Duke, 26-3 (2024)
ACCNX: Matt Schick (play-by-play), Forrest Conoly (analyst), Michella Chester (sideline)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
Kennesaw State (0-0) at Wake Forest (0-0)
7 p.m. ET ACCN 380 970 or 973
Series: First meeting
ACCN: Chuckie Kempf (play-by-play), Darius Walker (analyst), Ashley Stroehlein (sideline)
Georgia Tech (0-0) at Colorado (0-0)
8 p.m. ET ESPN 81 or 371 81 or 371
Series: First meeting
ESPN: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), Taylor McGregor (sideline)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
Duquesne (0-0) at Pitt (0-0)
Noon ET ACCN 161 or 194 956
Series: Pitt leads series, 5-2-0;
Last meeting: Duquesne, 21-13 (1939)
ACCN: Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Chase Daniel (analyst), Marilyn Payne (sideline)
Syracuse (0-0) vs. #24 Tennessee (0-0)
Noon ET ABC 81, 138 or 193 81 or 955
Series: Tennessee leads series, 3-0-0;
Last meeting: Tennessee, 33-9 (2001)
ESPN: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
Fordham (0-0) at Boston College (0-0)
2 p.m. ET ACCNX 382 972
Series: Boston College leads series, 14-11-2;
Last meeting: Boston College, 21-7 (1954)
ACCNX: Kevin Connors (play-by-play), Craig Haubert (analyst)
Eastern Kentucky (0-0) at Louisville (0-0)
3 p.m. ET ACCN 138 or 193 955
Series: Louisville leads series, 20-8-1;
Last meeting: Louisville, 30-3 (2021)
ACCN: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Rodney McLeod (analyst), Victoria Arlen (sideline)
#8 Alabama (0-0) at Florida State (0-0)
3:30 p.m. ET ABC 81 or 84 81 or 84
Series: Alabama leads series, 3-1-1;
Last meeting: Alabama, 24-7 (2017)
ABC: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), Katie George (sideline)
Coastal Carolina (0-0) at Virginia (0-0)
6 p.m. ET ACCN 161 or 194 956 or 990
Series: Virginia leads series, 1-0-0;
Last meeting: Virginia, 43-24 (2024)
ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Max Browne (analyst), Kendra Douglas (sideline)
#9 LSU (0-0) at #4 Clemson (0-0)
7:30 p.m. ET ABC 82 or 84 82 or 84
Series: LSU leads series, 3-1-0;
Last meeting: LSU, 42-25 (2019)
ABC: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline), Molly McGrath (sideline)
East Texas A&M (0-0) at #16 SMU (0-0)
9 p.m. ET ACCN 138 or 193 955
Series: First meeting
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Steve Addazio (analyst), Dana Boyle (sideline)
California (0-0) at Oregon State (0-0)
10:30 p.m. ET ESPN 161, 194 or 386 956 or 976
Series: California leads series, 40-37-0;
Last meeting: California, 44-7 (2024)
ESPN: Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), Stormy Buonantony (sideline)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31
Virginia Tech (0-0) vs. #13 South Carolina (0-0)
3 p.m. ET ESPN 81 or 84 81 or 84
Series: South Carolina leads series, 11-7-2;
Last meeting: South Carolina, 28-21 (1991)
ESPN: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
#6 Notre Dame (0-0) at #10 Miami (0-0)
7:30 p.m. ET ABC 84 or 129 84 or 129
Series: Notre Dame leads series, 17-8-1;
Last meeting: Miami, 41-8 (2017)
ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline), Taylor McGregor (sideline)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
TCU (0-0) at North Carolina (0-0)
8 p.m. ET ESPN 84, 106 or 198 84 or 952
Series: North Carolina leads series, 3-0-0;
Last meeting: North Carolina, 31-10 (1997)
ACCN: Rece Davis (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
ACC OWNS LABOR DAY ONCE AGAIN
The ACC is the only league to compete across five days – Thursday through Monday – during Week 1 of the college football season.
This will be the sixth time this has happened for the ACC in the regular season since 2017 (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023). No other FBS conference has done so even once over that same period. (Stats Perform) n Week 1 includes seven games against P4 opponents and Notre Dame – no other conference has more.
The ACC will once again anchor Labor Day Weekend on Monday night with North Carolina playing host to TCU, as six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick makes his North Carolina debut with the Tar Heels hosting TCU.
ESPN will host a special one-hour College Football Countdown studio show live from Kenan Stadium on Monday, September 1, prior to the highly anticipated debut of Bill Belichick with the Tar Heels. The Labor Day special will air live from 7-8 p.m. ET on ESPN from the sidelines before the Tar Heels take on the TCU Horned Frogs for their season opener.
It 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.
