ACC Unveils 2025-26 Women’s Basketball Conference Schedule

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference at this time introduced its 2025-26 girls’s basketball convention schedule. The ACC’s regular-season convention slate options 162 whole video games, 18 video games apiece for every faculty, starting Sunday, November 16 and ending Sunday, March 1.

“Year after year, the ACC sets the standard as the premier conference in college basketball, and our postseason success continues to reflect that,” mentioned ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “With a pair of new coaches and very talented rosters across the league, we are looking forward to another exciting season of ACC Women’s Basketball as we continue to build on the legacy that has already been established.”

In the second season of a two-year schedule mannequin, the 2025-26 schedule consists of:

• Each faculty being paired with a delegated journey accomplice for a home-and-away sequence.
• Annual flipping of house and away matchups.
• ACC members touring to the Pacific Time Zone as soon as each two seasons.

At the conclusion of the common season, the 2026 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament might be performed at Gas South Arena in Greater Atlanta, marking the primary time the annual occasion might be held at a impartial website exterior of the Carolinas. Similar to final season, the highest 15 groups will qualify for the event. With video games featured on ACC Network and ESPN2 all through the week, the championship recreation will air on ESPN.

Conference play suggestions off on Sunday, November 16, when Clemson hosts Louisville in a rematch of their tightly contested second-round matchup on the 2025 Ally ACC Tournament, which required time beyond regulation earlier than the Cardinals superior to the quarterfinals with a 70-68 victory.

Sunday, December 7, marks the primary play date with convention contests, whereas the remainder of the league will start convention play on Sunday, December 14.

This season’s slate additionally options the third version of the ACC/SEC Challenge, with all 16 video games airing on ESPN networks and streaming through the ESPN app to authenticated subscribers. This yr’s Challenge suggestions off on Wednesday, December 3 and concludes on Thursday, December 4.

Game instances and broadcast networks might be introduced at a later date.

Five ACC groups enter the 2025-26 season ranked in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Women’s Basketball Top 25, together with three groups within the high 10 with Duke (No. 8), NC State (No. 9) and North Carolina (No. 10). Louisville (No. 17) and Notre Dame (No. 18) additionally seem within the high 25.

Current ACC member establishments have gained six NCAA Championships, and 11 completely different ACC establishments have mixed for 43 Final Four appearances. Since 2014, the ACC has posted 141 victories within the NCAA Tournament, tied for essentially the most amongst all conferences. The league has despatched no less than one staff to the Elite Eight in 23 consecutive tournaments, the longest energetic streak of any convention. In 2025, eight ACC groups earned NCAA Tournament berths, matching the convention report for the seventh straight season.