We learned the matchups and dates for the 3rd annual ACC/SEC challenge back in June 2025. On Wednesday morning, we learned exactly when each ACC/SEC Challenge game will tip off.
Late Wednesday morning, ESPN announced the times and channel designations for every ACC/SEC Challenge contest. The challenge consists of 32 basketball games — 16 apiece for men’s and women’s basketball — between ACC and SEC schools. The men’s games will take place on Dec. 2 and 3, while the women’s matchups are set for Dec. 3 and 4.
Here’s the full schedule with tipoff times:
ACC/SEC Challenge: Men’s Games
- Dec. 2: Tennessee at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 2: Texas A&M at Pittsburgh – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 2: Virginia Tech at South Carolina – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 2: Oklahoma at Wake Forest – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
- Dec. 2: Florida at Duke – 7:30 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 2: Missouri at Notre Dame – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 2: Miami at Ole Miss – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 2: Georgia at Florida State – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
- Dec. 2: North Carolina at Kentucky – 9:30 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 3: Louisville at Arkansas – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 3: Clemson at Alabama – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 3: LSU at Boston College – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
- Dec. 3: NC State at Auburn – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 3: Virginia at Texas – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 3: SMU at Vanderbilt – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 3: Mississippi State at Georgia Tech – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
ACC/SEC Challenge: Women’s Games
- Dec. 3: Kentucky at Miami – 5:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 3: Georgia at Florida State – 5:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 3: Virginia at Vanderbilt – 5:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 3: Auburn at Syracuse – 5:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
- Dec. 3: NC State at Oklahoma – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 3: Georgia Tech at Texas A&M – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 3: Tennessee at Stanford – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 4: Florida at Virginia Tech – 5:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 4: South Carolina at Louisville – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 4: North Carolina at Texas – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 4: Clemson at Alabama – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPNU)
- Dec. 4: Pittsburgh at Mississippi State – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
- Dec. 4: Arkansas at SMU – 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ACC Network)
- Dec. 4: LSU at Duke – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- Dec. 4: Notre Dame at Ole Miss – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN2)
- Dec. 4: California at Missouri – 9:00 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
Every conference member, except Stanford, is involved in the challenge in some capacity.
Both the men’s and women’s challenges tied in their first year (2023; 7-7). The SEC took both challenges in 2024 (women 10-6, men 14-2).
