The ACC has a contract with ESPN for all of its football television rights with games airing on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and ACC Network Extra/ESPN+.
This contract begins with the 2011-12 athletic year and ends with the 2036-37 (maybe? maybe just 2026-27?) athletic year.
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.
A package of 13 games will be distributed to The CW. This package is being managed by Raycom Sports as part of a sublicense to Raycom from ESPN. Previously, Raycom managed a
17 game football package that was shown on regional sports networks. This 13 game package is replacing the RSN package. It will run through the 2026-27 athletic year.
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.
