The ACC announced its full 2023 college football schedule on Monday, kicking off a pivotal campaign. The schedule is the first to feature a non-division, 3-3-5 pattern that will pit the top two teams against each other in the conference championship game.
The first weekend of college football provides a showcase for the league, with ACC teams playing every day from Thursday through Labor Day Monday. Wake Forest kicks things off on Aug. 31 against Elon, while Louisville plays Georgia Tech at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sept. 1. Florida State plays SEC West champion LSU on Sunday, Sept. 3, while Clemson begins its ACC title defense against Duke on Labor Day.
Notre Dame once again plays a major role in the six-game ACC schedule, including a trip to Clemson on Nov. 4 and a home tilt against Wake Forest on Nov. 18. A Sept. 23 matchup between Florida State and Clemson ranks as perhaps the early game of the year in the conference, with both programs likely in the top 10 to start the year. The final week of the season features rivalry games as usual with four schools playing in-state SEC opponents.
The 3-5-5 pattern features three permanent opponents for each school to maintain the rivalry, along with a rotating selection of five unique teams every other year. The model ensures that every four-year ACC player will travel to every single opposing stadium over the course of his career. Previously, the NCAA requires each conference with at least 12 teams to have a conference championship game built by divisions. However, the NCAA lifted the guidelines in 2022.
The 2023 ACC Championship Game is scheduled for December 2, 2023 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here are the 2023 team-by-team schedules for each ACC program.
2023 ACC Football Schedule
Boston College
Clemson
- Sept. 4 — at Duke
- Sept. 9 — Charleston South
- September 16 — FAU
- September 23 — Florida State
- September 30 — in Syracuse
- Oct. 7 — Wake Forest
- October 21 — in Miami
- Oct. 28 — at NC State
- November 4 — Virgin Mary
- Nov. 11 — Georgia Tech
- New moon. 18 — North Carolina
- November 25 — at South Carolina
duke
- Sept. 4 — Clemson
- September 9 — Lafayette
- September 16 — Northwestern
- Sept. 23 — at UConn
- September 30 — Notre Dame
- Oct. 14 — NC State
- October 21 — at Florida State
- October 28 — at Louisville
- Nov. 2 — Wake Forest
- November 11 — in North Carolina
- November 18 — in Virginia
- november 18 — Pete
State of Florida
- Sept. 3 — LSU (at Orlando)
- Sept. 9 — Southern Miss
- September 16 — at Boston College
- Sept. 23 — at Clemson
- Oct. 7 — Virginia Tech
- October 14 — Syracuse
- October 21 — Duke
- Oct. 28 — at Wake Forest
- november 4 — at Pitt’s
- november 11 — Miami
- Nov. 18 — North Alabama
- November 25 — in Florida
Georgia Tech
- September 1 – Louisville (at Atlanta)
- September 9 — South Carolina State
- Sept. 16 — at Ole Miss
- Sept. 23 — at Wake Forest
- September 30 — Bowling Green
- October 7 — in Miami
- October 21 — Boston College
- October 28 — North Carolina
- November 4 — in Virginia
- Nov. 11 — at Clemson
- November 18 — Syracuse
- november 25 — Georgia
Louisville
- September 1 – Georgia Tech (at Atlanta)
- Sept. 7 — Murray State
- September 16 — in Indiana
- September 23 — Boston College
- Sept. 29 — at NC State
- October 7 — Virgin Mary
- October 14 — at Pitt
- October 28 — Duke
- Nov. 4 — Virginia Tech
- November 9 — Virginia
- November 18 — in Miami
- november 25 — Kentucky
Miami
- September 1 – Miami (Ohio)
- Sept. 9 – Texas A&M
- Sept. 14 — Bethune-Cookman
- Sept. 23 — at Temple
- Oct. 7 — Georgia Tech
- October 14 — in North Carolina
- Oct. 21 — Clemson
- October 28 — Virginia
- Nov. 4 — at NC State
- November 11 — at Florida State
- November 18 — Louisville
- November 24 — at Boston College
North Carolina
- September 2 – South Carolina (at Charlotte)
- September 9 — Appalachian State
- September 16 — Minnesota
- September 23 — at Pitt
- October 7 — Syracuse
- October 14 — Miami
- October 21 — Virginia
- Oct. 28 — at Georgia Tech
- November 4 — Campbell
- november 11 — Duke
- Nov. 18 — at Clemson
- Nov. 25 — at NC State
NC state
- Sept. 2 — at UConn
- September 9 — Notre Dame
- Sept. 16 — VMI
- September 22 — in Virginia
- September 29 — Louisville
- October 7 — Marshall
- Oct. 14 — at Duke
- Oct. 28 — Clemson
- november 4 — Miami
- Nov. 11 — at Wake Forest
- Nov. 18 — at Virginia Tech
- New moon. 25 — North Carolina
Pittsburgh
- September 2 — Wofford
- September 9 — Cincinnati
- September 16 — in West Virginia
- September 23 — North Carolina
- Sept. 30 — at Virginia Tech
- October 14 — Louisville
- Oct. 21 — at Wake Forest
- October 28 — at Notre Dame
- November 4 — Florida State
- November 11 — Syracuse (at New York)
- November 16 — Boston College
- Nov. 25 — at Duke
Syracuse
- Sept. 2 — Colgate
- Sept. 9 — Western Michigan
- Sept. 16 — at Purdue
- September 23 — Army
- Sept. 30 — Clemson
- October 7 — in North Carolina
- October 14 — at Florida State
- Oct. 26 — at Virginia Tech
- November 3 — Boston College
- November 11 – Pitt (in New York)
- Nov. 18 — at Georgia Tech
- Nov. 25 — Wake Forest
Virginia
- September 2 – Tennessee (at Nashville)
- September 9 — James Madison
- September 16 — in Maryland
- Sept. 22 — NC State
- September 30 — at Boston College
- October 7 — William and Mary
- October 21 — at North Carolina
- October 28 — in Miami
- Nov. 4 — Georgia Tech
- November 9 — at Louisville
- november 18 — Duke
- Nov. 25 — Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
- September 2 — Old Dominion
- Sept. 9 — Purdue
- Sept. 16 — at Rutgers
- September 23 — in Marshall
- September 30 — Pete
- October 7 — at Florida State
- Oct. 14 — Wake Forest
- October 26 — Syracuse
- November 4 — at Louisville
- November 11 — at Boston College
- Nov. 18 — NC State
- November 25 — in Virginia
Wake Forest
- August 31 — Elon
- Sept. 9 — Vanderbilt
- Sept. 16 — at Old Dominion
- Sept. 23 — Georgia Tech
- Oct. 7 — at Clemson
- Oct. 14 — at Virginia Tech
- October 21 — Pete
- October 28 — Florida State
- Nov. 2 — at Duke
- Nov. 11 — NC State
- Nov. 18 — at Notre Dame
- November 25 — at Syracuse