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Week 0 Preview: FSU, GT and SMU Set to Open 2024 ACC Football Season

Week 0 Preview: FSU, GT and SMU Set to Open 2024 ACC Football Season


CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Three teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference will be in action as the 2024 college football season kicks off this weekend. The slate includes one conference game, a showdown between No. 10 Florida State and Georgia Tech in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. League newcomer SMU will also be in action on the road against Nevada.

 

Saturday, Aug. 24, Noon ET

No. 10 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech

Series: Florida State leads series, 15-11-1

Last meeting: Florida State, 41-16 (2022)

ESPN: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), Katie George (sideline)

School Radio Feed:
Florida State / Georgia Tech
Sirius XM Radio: Sirius XM 82 / Sirius XM 108 or 193

Sirius XM App: 
Sirius XM 82 / Sirius XM 84 / Sirius XM 955
 

Florida State and Georgia Tech will kick off the 2024 college football season at the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland, with ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot also making the international trek. The season opener in Dublin will mark Florida State’s 36th appearance on GameDay, the eighth-most in the country and the most of any ACC school. This is the first international game in Florida State program history, while Georgia Tech beat Boston College, 17-14, in Ireland in the season opener in 2016.

After winning the 2023 ACC Football Championship, Florida State was also picked as the preseason favorite to win the 2024 Championship, as voted on by members of the media. The Seminoles are 23-4 in the past two seasons, the best mark in the ACC and fourth in FBS, including a perfect 8-0 record in ACC play last year. The Seminoles entering the game having won 11 straight ACC regular-season contests. Georgia Tech is coming off of a seven-win season – it’s highest single-season total since 2018. The future continues to look bright in Atlanta as second-year head coach Brent Key has already posted a perfect 4-0 record over ranked opponents.

 

Saturday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. ET

(RV) SMU at Nevada

Series: Tied at 3-3

Last meeting: SMU, 45-10 (2009)

CBS Sports Network: Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Robert Turbin (analyst), Amanda Guerra (sideline)

School Radio Feed:

SMU
Sirius XM Radio: Sirius XM 84

Sirius XM App: 
Sirius XM 84 / Sirius XM 976
 

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