The Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday announced the men's basketball matchups for the 2026-27 season.
UNC and Duke play twice, the classic home-and-home Battle of the Blues. NC State plays Wake Forest and Cal twice, and is on the road against UNC and Duke in the upcoming season.
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Each team will play 18 conference games, beginning in late December and running through the first Saturday of March. Each team will play a "primary partner" both home and away, a "variable partner" home and away and one game, home or away, against 14 of the remaining 15 teams.
The full conference schedule, including dates, times and TV will be announced in September.
NC State men's basketball opponents for 26-27
- Wake Forest/at Wake Forest (primary partner)
- California/at California (26-27 variable partner)
- Boston College
- Clemson
- Florida State
- Louisville
- Notre Dame
- Pitt
- SMU
- at Duke
- at Georgia Tech
- at Miami
- at North Carolina
- at Stanford
- at Virginia
- at Virginia Tech
UNC men's basketball opponents for 26-27
- Duke/at Duke (primary partner)
- Louisville/at Louisville (variable partner)
- California
- Georgia Tech
- Miami
- NC State
- SMU
- Stanford
- Virginia
- at Boston College
- at Florida State
- at Notre Dameat Pitt
- at Syracuse
- at Virginia Tech
- at Wake Forest
Duke men's basketball opponents for 26-27
- North Carolina/at North Carolina (primary partner)
- Virginia/at Virginia (variable partner)
- California
- Florida State
- Miami
- NC State
- Notre Dame
- Pitt
- Stanford
- at Boston College
- at Clemson
- at Georgia Tech
- at Louisville
- at SMU
- at Syracuse
- at Wake Forest