NC State football schedules non-conference games vs. Virginia
NC State football will play non-conference games against Virginia in 2025 and 2026, the program announced Wednesday morning. The conference rivals will compete twice in contests that do not count toward the ACC title race, and the dates have yet to be determined.
Last year, the league released its new scheduling model that established NC State’s conference opponents for the next seven seasons through 2030. The Wolfpack and Cavaliers were not scheduled to play against each other until 2027.
Now, NC State will face off against its fellow ACC member school in a pair of non-league games. Virginia will travel to Raleigh in 2025 and the Pack returns to Charlottesville the following year. NC State is on a three-game winning streak against the Cavaliers, most recently defeating UVA on the road during the 2023 season.
The Wolfpack is now scheduled to play 13 games in 2025 and 2026, which means the program will have to drop one of its other non-conference matchups for those seasons. In 2025, NC State is scheduled to host East Carolina and Campbell while traveling to Notre Dame and Appalachian State.
The Mountaineers, Florida and Richmond will visit Carter-Finley Stadium in 2026, and the Pack will also hit the road for a matchup against Vanderbilt and now Virginia.
Here are all of the Wolfpack’s future opponents, courtesy of TheWolfpacker.com’s 2023 scheduling release story from Noah Fleischman.
2024
Home: Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, Wake Forest
Away: Cal, Clemson, Georgia Tech, UNC
Non-conference opponents: Western Carolina (8/31), Tennessee (9/7 in Charlotte), Louisiana Tech (9/14) and Northern Illinois (9/28)
2025
Home: Florida State, Georgia Tech, UNC, Virginia Tech
Away: Duke, Miami, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest
Non-conference opponents: East Carolina (8/30), at Appalachian State (9/6), Campbell (10/4), at Notre Dame (TBA), Virginia (TBD)
2026
Home: Cal, Duke, Louisville, Wake Forest
Away: Florida State, UNC, Stanford, Virginia Tech
Non-conference opponents: Florida (9/5), Richmond (9/12), at Vanderbilt (9/19), Appalachian State (9/26), at Virginia (TBD)
2027
Home: Clemson, Miami, UNC, Pittsburgh
Away: Duke, Syracuse, Virginia, Wake Forest
Non-conference opponents: North Carolina A&T (9/11), at Texas Tech (9/18)
2028
Home: Boston College, Duke, SMU, Wake Forest
Away: Cal, Clemson, Louisville, UNC
Non-conference opponents: at East Carolina (9/2), Vanderbilt (9/16), Campbell (9/23), at Troy (9/30)
2029
Home: Miami, UNC, Pittsburgh, Virginia
Away: Duke, Florida State, SMU, Wake Forest
Non-conference opponents: at USF (9/8), Notre Dame (10/6)
2030
Home: Duke, Louisville, Stanford, Wake Forest
Away: Boston College, UNC, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech
Non-conference opponents: Charlotte (9/7), at South Carolina (9/14)
