The ACC has a contract with ABC/ESPN for all of its football television rights. This contract begins with the 2011-12 athletic year and ends with the 2036-37 athletic year.
Raycom is the syndication partner of the ACC and they sublicense their content from ESPN. Raycom will manage both over-the-air and regional cable syndication packages. The regional cable package appears to have been sublicensed from Raycom to FOX Sports Media Group for airing on some FSN affiliates, NESN and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. Raycom's package of over-the air games are branded as the ACC Network. The ACC Network over-the-air telecasts will kickoff at 12:30pm ET, a change from prior seasons. ESPN is also able to sublicenese games to other national carriers.
It does not appear that there are any limits/minimums in terms of number of games over a season for the ACC with their national TV contracts. The ACC is guaranteed a game on Labor Day by ESPN.
The ACC has its own digital platform called ACC Network Plus. The platform will carry all Raycom Sports games outside of the ACC's footprint along with games previously aired exclusively on ESPN3. This platform will precede a linear television channel which is expected to be available to television providers starting with the 2019-20 athletic year. At that time, all games sublicensed to Raycom, including regional cable games passed through to FOX Sports, will revert back to ESPN's control.
To cover the additions of Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the conference, the ACC signed an extension with ESPN for more money per school, adding years to the deal that started with the 2011-12 athletic year. Items relevant to football include that the ACC will have up to three Friday night football games per season, one of those three to be played on Black Friday in the afternoon or evening. Specifically, Boston College and Syracuse will each host one Friday night game per year.
Source: ESPN PressRoom (2010), ESPN PressRoom (2012), ESPN PressRoom (2016)
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West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech (at Landover, MD) |
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Clemson at Louisville | ![]() |
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NC State at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Clemson at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Notre Dame at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Clemson | ![]() |
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Clemson at NC State | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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NC State at Boston College | ![]() |
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Notre Dame at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Virginia at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Georgia at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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ACC Championship Miami (FL) vs. Clemson (at Charlotte, NC) |
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Kent St. at Clemson | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee (at Atlanta, GA) |
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Louisville at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Northwestern at Duke | ![]() |
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Indiana at Virginia | ![]() |
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Auburn at Clemson | ![]() |
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Oklahoma St. at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Connecticut at Virginia | ![]() |
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Notre Dame at Boston College | ![]() |
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Boston College at Clemson | ![]() |
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Duke at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Duke | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Louisville at NC State | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Clemson | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Boston College | ![]() |
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Clemson at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Duke | ![]() |
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Louisville at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Boston College | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at North Carolina | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Clemson | ![]() |
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Virginia at Louisville | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Louisville | ![]() |
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NC State at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Virginia | ![]() |
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North Carolina at NC State | ![]() |
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California at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Furman at NC State | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Syracuse at NC State | ![]() |
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Duke at Virginia | ![]() |
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Boston College at Louisville | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Duke | ![]() |
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Louisville at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Duke at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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The Citadel at Clemson | ![]() |
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Boston College at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Jacksonville St. at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Baylor at Duke | ![]() |
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Kent St. at Louisville | ![]() |
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Toledo at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Rice at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Murray St. at Louisville | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Syracuse | ![]() |
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NC State at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Virginia at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Boston College at Virginia | ![]() |
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Virginia at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Virginia | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Delaware St. at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Duke | ![]() |
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Duke at Wake Forest | ![]() |