On Friday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced conference openers for each of its 17 members for the 2025 football season. The announcement included three of Clemson’s eight ACC regular season contests, including a road contest at Georgia Tech on Saturday, Sept. 13, a home game against Syracuse on Saturday, Sept. 20 and a road matchup with North Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 4.
With the announcement of these three games, dates have been announced for seven of Clemson’s 12 regular season games in 2025. The three contests announced Friday join Clemson’s non-conference slate that includes home games against LSU (Aug. 30), Troy (Sept. 6) and Furman (Nov. 22) and the Tigers’ annual rivalry contest at South Carolina (Nov. 29). The five game dates remaining to be announced include home games against Duke, Florida State and SMU, as well as road games against Boston College and Louisville.
Clemson’s full 2025 regular season schedule will be announced on the ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release special on Monday, Jan. 27, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ACC Network. The first hour from 9-10 p.m. ET will be simulcast on ESPN2.
ANNOUNCED GAME DATES
Aug. 30: vs. LSU
Sept. 6: vs. TROY
Sept. 13: at Georgia Tech
Sept. 20: vs. SYRACUSE
Oct. 4: at North Carolina
Nov. 22: vs. FURMAN
Nov. 29: at South Carolina
GAMES STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED
TBA: at Boston College
TBA: at Louisville
TBA: vs. DUKE
TBA: vs. FLORIDA STATE
TBA: vs. SMU
*Home games BOLD
The full release from the ACC on Friday is included below.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (the.ACC.com) – Ahead of the ACC Huddle: Football Schedule Release special set for Monday, January 27, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ACC Network and simulcast on ESPN2 from 9-10 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Coast Conference unveiled the conference opening contests for all 17 programs for the upcoming 2025 season.
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