Virginia and Virginia Tech are set to see a familiar face again next season.
The ACC announced its league opponents for 2027 on Wednesday, and the schedule brings the Cavaliers back together with Miami for the first time since 2023 and the Hokies back against North Carolina for the first time since 2022. Those four schools shared the Coastal Division from 2005 through 2022, aside from the 2020 pandemic season, and had met every year before the conference dropped divisions for 2023 and beyond.
The dates still aren’t locked in. Those will come after this season, likely in late January.
For Virginia, the ACC slate includes home games against Louisville, Pitt, SMU and Virginia Tech, with road trips to Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Stanford. Virginia Tech’s league schedule has Clemson, Miami, NC State, Syracuse and Wake Forest at home, and Georgia Tech, Louisville, North Carolina and Virginia on the road.
The Hokies will round out their 2027 schedule with nonconference games against The Citadel, Liberty and Notre Dame. Virginia has nonconference dates set with Arkansas State and William & Mary, though the Cavaliers still haven’t announced their required Power Four opponent from outside the ACC.
That missing piece appears likely to be Notre Dame.
The reason is simple: Georgia Tech is already carrying nine ACC games next season, and its nonconference schedule had included Hampton, Tennessee, Notre Dame and Georgia. One of those four had to be removed, and Georgia Tech announced Wednesday that it will not play Notre Dame next season. That opens the door for Virginia to slide into the Irish’s spot.
The 2027 season will be the ACC’s second with a nine-game conference schedule and its fourth since expanding to 17 teams with the additions of SMU, Cal and Stanford. The scheduling rules introduced with that model remain in place: protected rivalries stay intact, including Virginia Tech-Virginia, Virginia-North Carolina and Miami-Virginia Tech; Eastern time zone teams won’t be sent to California in back-to-back years; and every team will meet at least twice over a seven-season span.
Under the nine-game format, the ACC also requires every team to face at least one nonconference opponent from the Power Four or Notre Dame. To make the numbers work, one league team each season will play only eight ACC games - Clemson in 2027 - and must take on two Power Four teams or Notre Dame.
ACC athletic directors approved the 2027 lineup after in-person meetings last week at conference headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Because of uncertainty around College Football Playoff expansion, they pushed any decision on the 2028-32 opponent rotation to the offseason.
Here’s the rest of the 2027 ACC slate:
Boston College: Home against Georgia Tech, SMU, Stanford, Virginia and Wake Forest; away at Cal, Clemson, Duke and Syracuse.
Cal: Home against Boston College, Florida State, Louisville and SMU; away at Georgia Tech, Miami, Pitt, Stanford and Wake Forest.
Clemson: Home against Boston College, Florida State, Stanford and Wake Forest; away at Louisville, NC State, SMU and Virginia Tech.
Duke: Home against Boston College, Louisville, Miami, NC State and SMU; away at Florida State, North Carolina, Pitt and Stanford.
Florida State: Home against Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami and Stanford; away at Cal, Clemson, North Carolina and Syracuse.
Georgia Tech: Home against Cal, Pitt, Virginia and Virginia Tech; away at Boston College, Florida State, Miami, SMU and Wake Forest.
Louisville: Home against Clemson, North Carolina, Syracuse and Virginia Tech; away at Cal, Duke, Florida State, Miami and Virginia.
Miami: Home against Cal, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Virginia; away at Duke, Florida State, NC State, Pitt and Virginia Tech.
North Carolina: Home against Duke, Florida State, Virginia and Virginia Tech; away at Louisville, NC State, Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest.
NC State: Home against Clemson, Miami, North Carolina and Pitt; away at Duke, SMU, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Pitt: Home against Cal, Duke, Miami, SMU and Wake Forest; away at Georgia Tech, NC State, Syracuse and Virginia.
SMU: Home against Clemson, Georgia Tech, NC State and Stanford; away at Boston College, Cal, Duke, Pitt and Virginia.
Stanford: Home against Cal, Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse and Virginia; away at Boston College, Clemson, Florida State and SMU.
Wake Forest: Away at Boston College, Clemson, Pitt and Virginia Tech.
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