2011 ACC Football Schedules Released

GREENSBORO, N.C.,None — The 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released Monday by Commissioner John Swofford is a challenging slate which sees conference teams playing four of the top six teams ranked in the final 2010 AP poll, 10 games against opponents that are projected by ESPN.com to be in the nation's preseason Top 25, and 23 games against teams which participated in 2010 post-season bowl games.

In all, the schedule is comprised of 97 games, including 48 regular-season conference match-ups, over a span of 14 weeks and is capped off with the Seventh Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, which returns to Charlotte this year and will be played on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Bank of America Stadium.

BOSTON COLLEGE

Sept. 3 NORTHWESTERN Sept. 10 at UCF Sept. 17 DUKE Sept. 24 MASSACHUSETTS Oct. 1 WAKE FOREST Oct. 8 at Clemson Oct. 15 OPEN Oct. 22 at Virginia Tech Oct. 29 at Maryland Nov. 3 FLORIDA STATE (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 12 NC STATE Nov. 19 at Notre Dame Nov. 26 at Miami

CLEMSON

Sept. 3 TROY Sept. 10 WOFFORD Sept. 17 AUBURN Sept. 24 FLORIDA STATE Oct. 1 at Virginia Tech Oct. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE Oct. 15 at Maryland Oct. 22 NORTH CAROLINA Oct. 29 at Georgia Tech Nov. 5 OPEN Nov. 12 WAKE FOREST Nov. 19 at NC State Nov. 26 at South Carolina

DUKE

Sept. 3 RICHMOND Sept. 10 STANFORD Sept. 17 at Boston College Sept. 24 TULANE Oct. 1 at FIU Oct. 8 OPEN Oct. 15 FLORIDA STATE Oct. 22 WAKE FOREST Oct. 29 VIRGINIA TECH Nov. 5 at Miami Nov. 12 at Virginia Nov. 19 GEORGIA TECH Nov. 26 at North Carolina

FLORIDA STATE

Sept. 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE Sept. 10 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Sept. 17 OKLAHOMA Sept. 24 at Clemson Oct. 1 OPEN Oct. 8 at Wake Forest Oct. 15 at Duke Oct. 22 MARYLAND Oct. 29 NC STATE Nov. 3 at Boston College (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 12 MIAMI Nov. 19 VIRGINIA Nov. 26 at Florida

GEORGIA TECH

Sept. 1 WESTERN CAROLINA (Thursday) Sept. 10 at Middle Tennessee Sept. 17 KANSAS Sept. 24 NORTH CAROLINA Oct. 1 at NC State Oct. 8 MARYLAND Oct. 15 at Virginia Oct. 22 at Miami Oct. 29 CLEMSON Nov. 5 OPEN Nov. 10 VIRGINIA TECH (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 19 at Duke Nov. 26 GEORGIA

MARYLAND

Sept. 5 MIAMI (Monday) , ESPN, 8 pm Sept. 10 OPEN Sept. 17 WEST VIRGINIA Sept. 24 TEMPLE Oct. 1 TOWSON Oct. 8 at Georgia Tech Oct. 15 CLEMSON Oct. 22 at Florida State Oct. 29 BOSTON COLLEGE Nov. 5 VIRGINIA Nov. 12 vs. Notre Dame (FedEx Field; Landover, MD) Nov. 19 at Wake Forest Nov. 26 at NC State

MIAMI

Sept. 5 at Maryland (Monday), ESPN, 8 pm Sept. 10 OPEN Sept. 17 OHIO STATE Sept. 24 KANSAS STATE Oct. 1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN Oct. 8 at Virginia Tech Oct. 15 at North Carolina Oct. 22 GEORGIA TECH Oct. 27 VIRGINIA (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 5 DUKE Nov. 12 at Florida State Nov. 19 at South Florida Nov. 26 BOSTON COLLEGE

NORTH CAROLINA

Sept. 3 JAMES MADISON Sept. 10 RUTGERS Sept. 17 VIRGINIA Sept. 24 at Georgia Tech Oct. 1 at East Carolina Oct. 8 LOUISVILLE Oct. 15 MIAMI Oct. 22 at Clemson Oct. 29 WAKE FOREST Nov. 5 at NC State Nov. 12 OPEN Nov. 17 at Virginia Tech (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 26 DUKE

NC STATE

Sept. 3 LIBERTY Sept. 10 at Wake Forest Sept. 17 SOUTH ALABAMA Sept. 22 at Cincinnati (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Oct. 1 GEORGIA TECH Oct. 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Oct. 15 OPEN Oct. 22 at Virginia Oct. 29 at Florida State Nov. 5 NORTH CAROLINA Nov. 12 at Boston College Nov. 19 CLEMSON Nov. 26 MARYLAND

VIRGINIA

Sept. 3 WILLIAM & MARY Sept. 10 at Indiana Sept. 17 at North Carolina Sept. 24 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Oct. 1 IDAHO Oct. 8 OPEN Oct. 15 GEORGIA TECH Oct. 22 NC STATE Oct. 27 at Miami (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 5 at Maryland Nov. 12 DUKE Nov. 19 at Florida State Nov. 26 VIRGINIA TECH

VIRGINIA TECH

Sept. 3 APPALACHIAN STATE Sept. 10 at East Carolina Sept. 17 ARKANSAS STATE Sept. 24 at Marshall Oct. 1 CLEMSON Oct. 8 MIAMI Oct. 15 at Wake Forest Oct. 22 BOSTON COLLEGE Oct. 29 at Duke Nov. 5 OPEN Nov. 10 at Georgia Tech (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 17 NORTH CAROLINA (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm Nov. 26 at Virginia

WAKE FOREST

Sept. 3 at Syracuse Sept. 10 NC STATE Sept. 17 GARDNER-WEBB Sept. 24 OPEN Oct. 1 at Boston College Oct. 8 FLORIDA STATE Oct. 15 VIRGINIA TECH Oct. 22 at Duke Oct. 29 at North Carolina Nov. 5 NOTRE DAME Nov. 12 at Clemson Nov. 19 MARYLAND Nov. 26 VANDERBILT

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