ESPN announces scheduling for 2024 SEC-ACC Challenge
ESPN has announced the times and television designations for the second-ever SEC-ACC Challenge.
ESPN released the full 32-game slate over a three-day span from December 3rd to December 5th.
Men’s Basketball
Tuesday – December 3rd
- Notre Dame at Georgia – 7 p.m. on ESPNU
- South Carolina at Boston College – 7 p.m. on ACC Network
- Cal at Missouri – 7 p.m. on SEC Network
- Arkansas at Miami – 7 or 7:30 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2
- Syracuse at Tennessee – 7 or 7:30 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2
- Wake Forest at Texas A&M – 9 p.m. on ESPN2
- Georgia Tech at Oklahoma – 9 p.m, on ESPNU
- Ole Miss at Louisville – 9 p.m. on ACC Network
- Florida State at LSU – 9 p.m. on SEC Network
- Kentucky at Clemson – 9:30 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday – December 4th
- Alabama at North Carolina – 7:15 p.m. on ESPN
- Virginia at Florida – 7:15 p.m on ESPN2
- Auburn at Duke – 9:15 p.m. on ESPN
- Texas at NC State – 9:15 p.m. on ESPN2
- Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech – 9:15 p.m. on ACC Network
- Pitt at Mississippi State – 9:15 p.m. on SEC Network
Women’s Basketball
Wednesday – December 4th
- Oklahoma at Louisville – 5 p.m. on ESPN
- Vanderbilt at Miami – 5 p.m. on ACC Network
- Virginia Tech at Georgia – 5 p.m. on SEC Network
- Syracuse at Texas A&M – 7:15 p.m. on ESPNU
- Mississippi State at Georgia Tech – 7:15 p.m. on ACC Network
- Florida State at Tennessee – 7:15 p.m. on SEC Network
Thursday – December 5th
- Kentucky at North Carolina – 5 p.m. on ESPN2
- Auburn at Virginia – 6 p.m. on ACC Network
- Texas at Notre Dame – 7 p.m. on ESPN
- Ole Miss at NC State – 7 p.m. on ESPN2
- Boston College at Arkansas – 7 p.m. on SEC Network
- Florida at Clemson – 8 p.m. on ACC Network
- Duke at South Carolina – 9 p.m. on ESPN
- Stanford at LSU – 9 p.m. on ESPN2
- SMU at Missouri – 9 p.m. on SEC Network
- Alabama at Cal – 9 p.m. on ESPNU
*All Times Eastern
This field is fuller than the debut one from last season with both conference adding teams in realignment. The SEC will have Texas and Oklahoma competing on each side. The ACC will then have Cal competing in each while Stanford and SMU will only be taking part in the women’s games.
The Cardinal and Mustangs are the only programs missing from the event on the men’s side with Notre Dame taking one of those places. Pittsburgh and Wake Forest then won’t play a game as part of the games on the women’s side.
For men’s basketball, Tuesday has some interesting games like a rematch between John Calipari, except now at Arkansas, and Jim Larrañaga with the Razorbacks going to Miami along with Kentucky going to Clemson after the Tigers’ run to the Elite Eight. However, Wednesday has the two primetime events with Alabama going to Chapel Hill to play North Carolina in a rematch from the Sweet 16 along with Auburn going to Durham to meet Duke.
For women’s basketball, the second night is also the more packed schedule. Kentucky will go to North Carolina, Texas will travel to Notre Dame, and Ole Miss will head to NC State before South Carolina, the defending national champions, host Duke and LSU, the national title winners from the year prior, will host Stanford. That’s several highly-rated teams who were high seeds that deep into the previous tournament meeting across that Thursday.
In 2023, the SEC-ACC Challenge tied at 7-7 for both the men and the women for the inaugural year.
The 2024 SEC-ACC Challenge will now tip off the month of December for both leagues in a big way as part of their non-conference scheduling.