Courtesy of the ACC.com, the schedule for the first 3 weeks of ACC football has been released. While it continues to frustrate that ABC is nearly the exclusive domain of the SEC, it doesn’t benefit the ACC with the frequent matchups with SEC opponents. An ACC school is on ABC 3 times, and the main ESPN Channel 10 times through September 19.
I would call coverage OK. Years ago, the ACC couldn’t get a primetime slot on Saturday. The ACCN always ensures there is at least one, but the lack of ABC games is something ACC schools will likely deal with all year.
Week 0
Saturday, August 29
North Carolina vs. TCU (Aer Lingus College Football Classic) | Noon ET | ESPN (previously announced)
NC State vs. Virginia * (College Football Brasil) | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN (previously announced)
Hawai’i at Stanford | 7 p.m. ET | ACCN
New Mexico State at Florida State | 7 p.m. ET | The CW
Week 1
Thursday, September 3
Akron at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. ET | ACCN
Colorado at Georgia Tech | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN (previously announced)
Friday, September 4
Miami at Stanford * | 9 p.m. ET | ESPN (previously announced)
Saturday, September 5
New Hampshire at Syracuse | Noon ET | ACCN
Miami (OH) at Pitt | Noon or 12:30 p.m. ET | The CW
Tulane at Duke | 3:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
Boston College at Cincinnati | 3:30 p.m. ET | FOX
Clemson at LSU | 7:30 p.m. ET | ABC (previously announced)
VMI at Virginia Tech | 7:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
UCLA at California | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Sunday, September 6
Louisville vs. Ole Miss (Liberty Mutual Music City Kickoff) | 7:30 p.m. ET | ABC (previously announced)
Monday, September 7
SMU at Florida State * | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN (previously announced)
Week 2
Thursday, September 10
Florida A&M at Miami | 8 p.m. ET | ACCN
Friday, September 11
Richmond at NC State | 7 p.m. ET | ESPNU
Villanova at Louisville | 7 p.m. ET | ACCN
Norfolk State at Virginia | 7 p.m. ET | ACCNX
Rutgers at Boston College | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN2
Saturday, September 12
Wake Forest at Purdue | Noon ET | FS1
East Tennessee State at North Carolina | Noon ET | ACCN
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech | Noon ET | The CW
California at Syracuse * | 3:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
UCF at Pitt | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN2
Duke at Illinois | 3:30 p.m. ET | FS1
UC Davis at SMU | 4 p.m. ET | ACCNX
Tennessee at Georgia Tech | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
Georgia Southern at Clemson | 7:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
Week 3
Thursday, September 17
Syracuse at Pitt * | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Friday, September 18
Miami at Wake Forest * | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Saturday, September 19
North Carolina at Clemson * | Noon ET | ESPN
Mercer at Georgia Tech | Noon ET | ACCN
NC State at Vanderbilt | 12:45 p.m. ET | SECN
Maine at Boston College | 2 p.m. ET | ACCNX
Florida State at Alabama | 3:30 p.m. ET | ABC
SMU at Louisville * | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN or ESPN2
Wagner at California | 3:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
Stanford at Duke * | 4 p.m. ET | The CW
Virginia Tech at Maryland | 7:30 p.m. ET | FOX or FS1
West Virginia vs. Virginia (Duke’s Mayo Classic) | 7:30 p.m. ET | ACCN
Week 4
Friday, September 25
Clemson at California * | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Saturday, September 26
Bucknell at Pitt | Noon ET | ACCNX
William & Mary at Duke | 3:30 p.m. ET | ACCNX
Central Michigan at Miami | 6:30 p.m. ET | The CW
Georgia Tech at Stanford * | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
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