THE FLATS – The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced the league’s full 2024 football schedule, including Georgia Tech’s 12-game slate which features six home games in Atlanta and the highly anticipated opener against conference rival Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland.
Schedule Notes
- All 11 NCAA Division I FBS opponents on Georgia Tech’s 2024 schedule earned bowl berths in 2023.
- The Yellow Jackets’ schedule is ranked as the sixth-toughest in the nation by both ESPN and 247Sports.
- Tech’s home schedule is especially attractive, as the five FBS teams that the Jackets face in Atlanta averaged 8.8 wins last season and all five finished above .500. Click HERE for 2024 Georgia Tech football season tickets, which are on sale now.
- Seven of the Jackets’ eight ACC opponents finished in the top 10 in the league standings last season (the only exceptions being Tech itself, which tied for fourth, Clemson, which tied for sixth, and Boston College, which tied for ninth).
- Six of the Yellow Jackets’ eight ACC opponents finished .500 or better in conference play last season (Florida State, Louisville, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and NC State).
- Georgia Tech is opening the season in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic for the second time. In 2016, the Yellow Jackets began the campaign with a 17-14 ACC win over Boston College at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Click HERE for official Georgia Tech travel and ticket packages for the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic.
- Georgia Tech opens the home portion of its schedule with its first-ever matchup against crosstown rival Georgia State. The schools’ Midtown (Tech) and Downtown (State) campuses are separated by less than two miles.
- Tech’s matchup with Georgia State will mark the seventh time that the Jackets have faced an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference (Troy – 2006, Middle Tennessee – 2010, 2011, 2012, Georgia Southern – 2014, 2016).
- For the fourth-straight season, Georgia Tech will host a game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium when Notre Dame visits on Oct. 19. The state-of-the-art home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, Super Bowl LII, the 2018 and 2025 College Football Playoff Championship Games and the 2026 World Cup, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is located less than a mile from Tech’s campus.
- Notre Dame’s visit will mark the first time since 2021 that the Yellow Jackets’ home game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will not…
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