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ACC announces Thursday, Friday night games for 2024 college football season

Matt Connollyby:Matt Connolly01/23/24

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The ACC continued to reveal a portion of its schedule for the 2024 season on Tuesday as the league announced Thursday and Friday matchups for this coming year.

The following non-Saturday games were announced on Tuesday, a day before the ACC reveals its full schedule for the 2024 season:

WEEK 1
Thursday, Aug. 29
North Carolina at Minnesota
Western Carolina at NC State
North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest

Friday, Aug. 30
Elon at Duke
TCU at Stanford

WEEK 2
Friday, Sept. 6

BYU at SMU

WEEK 4
Friday. Sept. 20

Stanford at Syracuse

WEEK 5
Friday, Sept. 27

Virginia Tech at Miami

WEEK 8
Thursday, Oct. 17

Boston College at Virginia Tech
Friday, Oct. 18
Florida State at Duke

WEEK 9
Thursday, Oct. 24

Syracuse at Pitt
Friday, Oct. 25
Louisville at Boston College

WEEK 11
Friday, Nov. 8

Cal at Wake Forest

WEEK 13
Thursday, Nov. 21

NC State at Georgia Tech

Every team in the ACC is slated to play at least one game on a Thursday or Friday, other than Clemson and Virginia. Every Tigers and Cavaliers game during the 2024 season will be played on Saturday.

ACC reveals schedule for Week 1 of 2024 college football season

The ACC’s reveal of Thursday and Friday games came a day after the league announced its schedule for Week 1 of the 2024 college football season.

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Some games, such as Clemson vs. Georgia, had previously been announced.

However, it was revealed that Boston College and Florida State will play on Labor Day — Monday night, Sept. 2. That means that Florida State will open the season with two ACC games. The Seminoles are set to play Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 24 to open the season.

Here are all 16 games involving ACC teams that are scheduled for Week 1:

Thursday, Aug. 29
North Carolina at Minnesota
Western Carolina at NC State
North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest

Friday, Aug. 30
Elon at Duke
TCU at Stanford

Saturday, Aug. 31
UC Davis at Cal
Georgia vs. Clemson (in Atlanta)
Georgia State at Georgia Tech
Austin Peay at Louisville
Miami at Florida
Kent State at Pitt
Houston Christian at SMU
Ohio at Syracuse
Richmond at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt

Monday, Sept. 2
Boston College at Florida State

The headliner game for the ACC in Week 1 is Clemson taking on Georgia, but there are plenty of other intriguing matchups.

Miami will open its 2024 season with a rivalry game against Florida, while North Carolina is also opening with a Power 4 team. The Tar Heels will begin their first season without Drake Maye at Minnesota.