acc (atlantic coast conference) football - 2024

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Atlantic Coast Conference Football - 2024
Duke - North Carolina - Clemson - NC State - Virginia - Georgia Tech - Wake Forest - Miami - Virginia Tech - Florida State - Boston College - Louisville - Syracuse - Pittsburgh- Stanford - California- SMU

Making ACC Debuts
The three new conference members in Cal, SMU, and Stanford will all play their first-ever ACC games at different times throughout the season. Stanford will be the first of the three to play an ACC game, as the Cardinal will play at Syracuse on Friday, Sept. 20, one day before Cal travels to Florida State for its first conference game on Saturday, Sept. 21. SMU’s first-ever ACC game will come at home versus Florida State the following weekend, Saturday, Sept. 28.


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