With a news release headline of “ACC Football to Own Friday Nights this Fall,” the 17-team league has announced a 12-game Friday night schedule for 2025. The Atlantic Coast Conference becomes the latest FBS conference to impinge on high school football’s Friday Night Lights.
“It’s just another thing that takes away from the high school boys,” said Hough coach Shawn Baker in a story from The Charlotte Observer. “It could also mean you have less (college) coaches coming to games on Friday nights checking out kids in person, which those kids need. Nowadays, if a coach can’t see you, they don’t want you.”
The ACC gained national headlines in the offseason with North Carolina bringing in future Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Belichick. The Tar Heels will play two Friday night games — vs. Cal (October 17) and vs. Syracuse (October 31).
Friday Night ACC games in 2025
August 29 – Georgia Tech at Colorado
August 29 – Kennesaw State at Wake Forest
September 5 – James Madison at Louisville
September 12 – Colgate at Syracuse
September 26 – Florida State at Virginia
October 17 – Louisville at Miami
October 17 – North Carolina at California
October 24 – California at Virginia Tech
October 31 – North Carolina at Syracuse
November 14 – Clemson at Louisville
November 21 – Florida State at NC State
November 28 – Georgia at Georgia Tech (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
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