Clemson now knows the full road map for its 2026-27 men’s basketball season.
The Atlantic Coast Conference released its league schedule Wednesday, locking in the final 18 games of the Tigers’ regular-season slate. That means the outline is set from the first ACC tip to the last road trip in Louisville.
Clemson will start conference play at Littlejohn Coliseum against Virginia on Tuesday, Dec. 29, then finish the regular season at Louisville on Saturday, March 6. In between, Duke’s visit to Clemson on Jan. 30 stands out as one of the biggest home dates on the calendar.
The Tigers’ ACC home lineup includes Virginia, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Duke, California, Syracuse, Stanford and Notre Dame. On the road, Clemson will go to NC State, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Miami, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Georgia Tech, SMU and Louisville.
This is the second season of the ACC’s 18-game conference format, which pairs each school with a primary partner and a variable partner that rotates from year to year. Clemson’s primary partner is Georgia Tech, and Florida State is the Tigers’ variable partner for 2026-27, so both of those teams will appear twice on the schedule.
That setup also produces a striking quirk: Clemson and North Carolina will not meet this season, the first time that has happened since 1950-51.
The ACC slate opens fast for Clemson. After the Dec. 29 game against Virginia, the Tigers head right back on the road for Jan. 2 at NC State and Jan. 5 at Boston College. From there, Clemson returns home for back-to-back games against Wake Forest and Georgia Tech.
A Jan. 16 trip to Pittsburgh comes next, followed by a week off before Florida State visits Littlejohn on Jan. 23. Clemson then goes to Miami on Jan. 27 before Duke arrives four days later.
February starts with a game at Virginia Tech, then brings California and Syracuse to Clemson. The Tigers follow with consecutive road games at Florida State and Georgia Tech, then return home to face Stanford.
The final stretch includes a Feb. 23 game at SMU, a March 2 home finale against Notre Dame and that March 6 trip to Louisville.
The conference has not yet announced tip times or TV assignments.
Clemson’s league schedule lands alongside a nonconference slate that already includes several notable tests. The Tigers will play in the Maui Invitational in November and also face Auburn, Georgetown, TCU, South Carolina and Cincinnati.
The nonconference run starts with Auburn at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 10, then the Tigers head to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational from Nov. 23-25.
Georgetown comes to Clemson on Dec. 1, followed by a trip to TCU on Dec. 5.
Clemson renews its rivalry with South Carolina on Dec. 12 in Columbia, then meets Cincinnati on Dec. 19 at the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte. The final nonconference game is Dec. 22 against Colgate at Littlejohn Coliseum, one week before ACC play begins.
The ACC Tournament will return to Greensboro, North Carolina, for the 2027 event, scheduled for March 9-13 at First Horizon Coliseum. It will be the league’s 30th trip to Greensboro and its first since 2023.
Only the top 15 teams in the final ACC standings will qualify. The league will release the bracket, seeds, game times and television assignments on March 7 after the regular season ends.
Clemson season tickets for 2026-27 are on sale now, starting at $260. Single-game tickets are set to go on sale Sept. 22 for IPTAY members and Sept. 24 for the general public.
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