Virginia Tech’s 2027 football schedule is now locked in, and the Hokies know exactly who fills out their final ACC slate.
On Wednesday, the Atlantic Coast Conference released conference opponents for all 17 of its member schools, giving Virginia Tech its nine-league-game lineup under the new scheduling model. The Hokies will play five ACC games at home and four on the road, with the dates and full matchup order still to come, as is usually the case in January.
Here’s the ACC portion of the 2027 schedule:
Home: Syracuse, Wake Forest, Clemson, Miami and NC State
Road: Louisville, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Virginia
That setup carries over four opponents from Virginia Tech’s 2026 conference schedule: Clemson, Miami, Georgia Tech and Virginia. Syracuse, Wake Forest, NC State, Louisville and North Carolina are back on the docket as well. Virginia Tech has faced every announced opponent at least once over the last two seasons, with one exception - North Carolina, which last played the Hokies in 2022.
There are also a couple of familiar names missing. Pittsburgh and Boston College won’t be on the schedule, marking the third time and second time since 1993, respectively, that those regular opponents have been left out. And the Hokies will not draw any of the ACC’s newest members - California, SMU or Stanford - all of whom are on Virginia Tech’s 2026 slate.
The ACC’s new format is built to give each school 10 games against Power Four opponents every season: nine league games and one non-conference matchup, with the 17 football-playing schools rotating opponents over multi-year cycles.
Virginia Tech’s full 2027 schedule is complete, and it includes seven home games and five road games.
Home: The Citadel (Aug 28), Liberty (Sep 4), Syracuse, Wake Forest, Clemson, Miami and NC State
Away: Notre Dame (Nov 6), Louisville, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Virginia
The non-conference pieces were already in place. Virginia Tech announced in early July that it would host The Citadel at Lane Stadium to open the 2027 season. Liberty comes to Blacksburg on September 4, 2027, and Notre Dame is set for a road trip on November 6, 2027.
Notre Dame and Miami stand out as the headliners on the schedule, with both programs regularly in the College Football Playoff conversation and each having appeared in the National Championship game within the last two years - Notre Dame in 2025 and Miami in 2026.
Clemson, Louisville, Georgia Tech and Virginia make up the next tier, with each having been ranked in the AP Top 25 poll within the last year.
The rest of the slate brings Syracuse to Blacksburg and includes three North Carolina schools - North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest - teams that all carry regional history with Virginia Tech.
And the season starts at home, with the first two weeks set for non-conference games against The Citadel and Liberty inside Lane Stadium.
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