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 were previously branded as the ACC Network, but have reverted to the Raycom Sports brand for 2018. 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. In 2019, ESPN will launch their own ACC Network, with the 2018 season being the last for Raycom's sublicense of ACC games.
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 Extra. 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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Penn St. at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Notre Dame at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Clemson at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Clemson | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Notre Dame at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Clemson at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Louisville at Clemson | ![]() |
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Florida St. at NC State | ![]() |
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Clemson at Boston College | ![]() |
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Virginia at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Florida at Florida St. | ![]() |
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ACC Championship Clemson vs. Pittsburgh (at Charlotte, NC) |
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Army at Duke | ![]() |
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James Madison at NC State | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Boston College at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Georgia Southern at Clemson | ![]() |
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Ohio vs. Virginia (at Nashville, TN) |
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FIU at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Northern Illinois at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Connecticut at Syracuse | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Temple at Boston College | ![]() |
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Florida St. at Louisville | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Duke | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Louisville | ![]() |
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Clemson at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Virginia | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at North Carolina | ![]() |
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NC State at Clemson | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Boston College | ![]() |
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NC State at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Virginia | ![]() |
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Duke at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at NC State | ![]() |
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Louisville at Syracuse | ![]() |
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Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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Boston College at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Duke at Clemson | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Boston College | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Miami (FL) | ![]() |
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South Carolina at Clemson | ![]() |
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Kentucky at Louisville | ![]() |
Game | Network | Time |
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Furman at Clemson | ![]() |
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Samford at Florida St. | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Virginia at NC State | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Duke at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Syracuse | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Virginia | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Boston College at Virginia Tech | ![]() |
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North Carolina at Duke | ![]() |
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NC State at Louisville | ![]() |
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NC State at North Carolina | ![]() |
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Alcorn St. at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Georgia St. at NC State | ![]() |
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Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Western Kentucky at Louisville | ![]() |
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Louisville at Virginia | ![]() |
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Bowling Green at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Rice at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Boston College at NC State | ![]() |
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Louisville at Boston College | ![]() |
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Virginia at Duke | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Louisville | ![]() |
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Duke at Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Syracuse at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Liberty at Virginia | ![]() |
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Pittsburgh at Wake Forest | ![]() |
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Virginia at Georgia Tech | ![]() |
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Wake Forest at Duke | ![]() |