ACC Announces Men's Basketball Conference Opponents For 2025-26

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—University of North Carolina men's basketball will play home-and-away games against Duke and Syracuse in 2025-26, the ACC announced today as it released the list of opponents for each of the 18 teams in the conference.

The newly-adopted scheduling format for next season includes 18 regular-season conference games – two each against one permanent rival (Duke) and one rotating opponent (Syracuse), plus seven home games and seven away games against 14 different teams.

Carolina's seven home games include matchups against Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

The Tar Heels will play road games at Cal, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, SMU, Stanford and Virginia.

Of note, Carolina will not play a home game against NC State for the first time since 1919.

UNC will be playing at Cal, SMU and Stanford for the first time since the three teams joined the ACC. The Tar Heels last played in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 22, 1972, in Dallas against the Mustangs on Dec. 30, 1986, and at Stanford on Nov. 20, 2017. Carolina played Cal in Oakland on Dec. 29, 1998.

Each team will not play a game against one ACC team per season. In 2025-26, the Tar Heels will not play Boston College.

Dates and times will be announced later. UNC's partial 2025-26 schedule is available here. Additional games will be added as they are added to the schedule.

The 18-game schedule features teams starting league play in late December and ending on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play one primary partner both home and away as well as one variable partner home and away. The variable partner will be determined each season. Teams will play one game, home or away, against 14 of the remaining 15 teams annually.

Primary Partners:
Boston College-Notre Dame
Clemson-Georgia Tech
California-Stanford
Duke-North Carolina
Florida State-Miami
Louisville-SMU
NC State-Wake Forest
Pitt-Syracuse
Virginia Tech-Virginia

Variable Partners for 2025-26 Season:
Boston College-Miami
California-Georgia Tech
Clemson-Pitt
Duke-Louisville
Florida State-SMU
North Carolina-Syracuse
NC State-Virginia
Notre Dame-Stanford
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest

The full conference schedule, including dates, times and television designations, will be announced in September.

ACC Announces Men's Basketball Conference Opponents For 2025-26

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