Kickoff Times for 4 Football Games Announced
By: Will Vandervort May 27, 2026

CLEMSON — The ACC and ESPN announced kickoff times for four other Clemson football games this coming fall.

As previously announced, Clemson will open the season on Sept. 5 in Baton Rouge, La., where it will play LSU. The game was announced earlier this month as a 7:30 p.m., kick and will air on ABC. The league and ESPN announced on Wednesday that Clemson’s Week 2 (Sept. 12) matchup and home opener against Georgia Southern will also be a 7:30 p.m., kickoff and will broadcast on the ACCN.

The Tigers’ home game against North Carolina on Sept. 19 will kickoff at noon and will be televised on ESPN. The following week (Sept. 25), Clemson’s Friday night game at Cal, will also be televised by ESPN and will be a 10:30 p.m., kick on the east coast.

Clemson’s game at Duke, scheduled for Friday night on Nov. 20, will be a 7:30 p.m., kick and will air on ESPN.

North Carolina defensive lineman D’Antre Robinson (6) wraps up Clemson running back Gideon Davidson (9) during the fourth quarter of Clemson’s win on Saturday, October 3, 2025 at Keenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. The ACC announced on Wednesday that North Carolina’s Week 3 visit to Clemson on Sept. 19 will kickoff at noon and will be televised on ESPN. (Bart Boatwright/The Clemson Insider)

ACC Game Times and TV Designations announced on May 27

  • 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
  • Week 5
  • Friday, October 2
  • Pitt at Virginia Tech * | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Saturday, October 3
  • California at UNLV | 3:30 p.m. ET | CBSSN
  • Week 6
  • Friday, October 9
  • Florida State at Louisville * | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Week 8
  • Friday, October 23
  • Duke at Virginia * | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • NC State at Stanford * | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Week 10
  • Friday, November 6
  • Virginia Tech at SMU * | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Week 11
  • Friday, November 13
  • Florida State at Pitt * | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Week 12
  • Friday, November 20
  • Clemson at Duke * | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Week 13
  • Friday, November 27
  • Florida at Florida State | 3:30 p.m. ET | ABC (previously announced)
  • Championship Week
  • Saturday, December 5
  • 2026 ACC Football Championship Game | Noon ET | ABC (at Bank of America Stadium)
  • * denotes a conference game