The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2025-26 men’s basketball conference schedule Tuesday. The regular season tips off on Monday, November 3, while conference play begins on Tuesday, December 30.
The ACC schedule returns to an 18-game format for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Each team will play one primary partner both home and away as well as one variable partner home and away. The variable partner will be determined each season. Teams will play one game, home or away, against 14 of the remaining 15 teams annually.
Duke and North Carolina are primary partners, as are NC State and Wake Forest.
Variable partners in 2025-26: Duke-Louisville; North Carolina-Syracuse; NC State-Virginia.
NC State will host North Carolina on Tuesday, February 17, or Wednesday, February 18, and will entertain Duke at Lenovo Center on Monday, March 2.
Duke will play at North Carolina on Saturday, February 7, and host the Tar Heels on Saturday, March 7, to close the regular season.