The ACC has given Virginia Tech a clearer picture of its 2027 conference slate, and the layout comes with a few familiar roadblocks. The Hokies will play five ACC games at home and four away, with seven home games and five road games overall. And according to the schedule setup, every game in 2026 is lined up in the Eastern Time Zone, with no cross-country air travel needed until a possible bowl game, assuming the ACC title game remains in Charlotte, N.C.
Virginia Tech’s home dates include Clemson, Miami, NC State, Syracuse and Wake Forest, while the road trips send the Hokies to Georgia Tech, Louisville, North Carolina and Virginia. The full setup gives the Hokies a mix of old rivalries, recent rematches and a few venues that have been less than friendly in recent years.
Clemson remains a tough ask in Blacksburg. Virginia Tech is 4-11 all-time against the Tigers at home and has not beaten them there since 2006.
The Hokies also dropped the most recent meeting, a home loss in 2024, and will see Clemson again on the road this year on Oct. 24.
Miami has also been a difficult matchup for Virginia Tech. The Hokies are 15-27 all-time against the Hurricanes and 8-10 at home, but the recent stretch has been even more lopsided, with Virginia Tech going 2-8 in its last 10 against Miami.
The Hokies have not beaten the Hurricanes in Blacksburg since the 2016 season, and they’re set to face Miami on the road in 2026 on Nov. 22.
NC State will return to Blacksburg for the first time since the 2023 season. Virginia Tech has taken three of the last four home meetings against the Wolfpack, though the teams have only played four times in Blacksburg since 2009. NC State is not on this year’s schedule, but the teams met in Raleigh last season, when Virginia Tech pulled out a 23-21 win.
Syracuse has had the better of the recent series, winning three of the last four matchups. Still, Virginia Tech won the last meeting in Blacksburg, a 38-10 result in 2023.
The Hokies are 7-3 all-time against the Orange but just 2-9 on the road. Their most recent game against Syracuse came in 2024, a 38-31 overtime loss.
Wake Forest will be the Hokies’ fourth meeting with the Demon Deacons in the 2020s. Virginia Tech lost in 2020 and 2025, but did get a win in 2023. The most recent matchup came in Blacksburg in 2025, a 30-23 Wake Forest victory.
Georgia Tech gives Virginia Tech another Atlanta trip, and it will be the second time in three years the teams have met in Georgia. The Hokies lost last year’s game in Atlanta 35-20, but they had won the previous two there, 45-0 in 2019 and 26-17 in 2021.
Louisville is next on the road slate, and Virginia Tech will head back to Louisville for the first time since 2023, when the Cardinals rolled to a 34-3 win. The Hokies are 6-4 all-time against Louisville and last won there in 2020, a 42-35 victory. The teams also met in Blacksburg in 2025, with Louisville winning 28-16.
North Carolina will be back on the schedule for the first time since 2022. That meeting ended in a 41-10 Tar Heels win at Kenan Stadium, but the year before Virginia Tech shocked then-No. 10 UNC with a 17-10 upset in the first game back from COVID-19.
And then there’s Virginia, a road game that always draws attention on the calendar. The Hokies are 25-19-3 against the Cavaliers on the road and lost last year’s game in Charlottesville 27-7. Virginia Tech once put together a 15-game winning streak in the series from 2004-2018 and won 19 of 20 from 2004 to 2024.
With three non-conference games already in place, the new 2027 ACC schedule means Virginia Tech would begin league play in the weekend of Sept. 6-13.
It will also be the second season of the ACC’s nine-game conference schedule, which begins in 2026. Clemson is the lone ACC school scheduled to play eight games, with the league now sitting at 17 football schools.
Virginia Tech is 2-0 this season after beating VMI 73-3 and Old Dominion 44-21. The Hokies host Maryland this Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
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