ACC football kicks it into high gear in Week 0 for the first time since 2019. North Carolina and Florida State get the privilege of lighting the fuse for the 2022 season with games on Saturday, August 27. The Seminoles entertain Duquesne and the Tar Heels host Florida A&M. What about the rest of the schedule for conference teams? The 70th season features 56 conference matchups and 56 non-conference games. Upon close examination the ACC is upping the level of competition.
Labor Day Weekend will see 12 games for ACC teams over five days beginning on Thursday, September 1.
Week 1 features West Virginia at Pitt, Rutgers at Boston College, Louisville at Syracuse, North Carolina at Appalachian State, NC State at East Carolina, Florida State at LSU (in New Orleans) and Clemson at Georgia Tech.
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It’s time to tighten up the belts in Week 2 as a mixture of games amp things up. The schedule features Boston College at Virginia Tech, Duke at Northwestern, Louisville at UCF, Tennessee at Pitt and Virginia at Illinois.
North Carolina, Florida State
The matchups to watch in Week 3 includes Florida State at Louisville, Ole Miss at Georgia Tech, Miami at Texas A&M, Texas Tech at NC State, Pitt at Western Michigan, Purdue at Syracuse and Liberty at Wake Forest.
The 14 week composite schedule delivers plenty of punch. Here’s a pre-season look at non-conference games worth keeping your eye on.
- West Virginia at Virginia Tech
- Notre Dame at North Carolina
- Army at Wake Forest
- Clemson at Notre Dame
- James Madison at Louisville
- Boston College at Notre Dame
- Louisiana at Florida State
- Virginia Tech at Liberty
- Florida at Florida State
- South Carolina at Clemson
- Georgia Tech at Georgia
- Louisville at Kentucky
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For the first time in years both ACC Divisions present a higher level of competitiveness. The race toward the ACC Football Championship in Charlotte will likely be far more furious than fans are used to and that’s not a bad thing.
The ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25 has four ACC+1 teams ranked in the top 15. At No. 6 is Notre Dame, NC State is No. 8, Clemson No. 11 and Wake Forest comes in at No. 14. The ACC Nation Way-Too-Early Power Poll (a reflection of early betting lines) features Clemson, Notre Dame, Miami, NC State and Pitt in the top 5. With spring games and more spots being filled by transfer portal players the next update of our rankings (which will be by staff) certainly stands a good chance of seeing a shift in the rankings.
For downloadable schedules from The ACC click on the links – Composite – Team-By-Team – Logo.
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