College basketball season can't come soon enough, particularly if you're a North Carolina Tar Heels fan. With a strong offseason and roster transformation , there's plenty to be excited about in Chapel Hill.
Earlier in September, UNC released its 2025-2026 season schedule . North Carolina is still awaiting game times for all regular-season contests, something it recently inched a step closer to.
On Wednesday afternoon, the ACC announced the remaining dates for six, midweek Tar Heels games. UNC will host Florida State on Dec. 30, travel to Stanford on Jan. 14, host Notre Dame on Jan. 21, travel to Miami on Feb. 10, NC State on Feb. 17 and host Clemson on March 3.
In the coming weeks, you can expect North Carolina to announces game times for a few, early season opponents. The Tar Heels have their Blue-White scrimmage on Saturday, Oct. 4, preseason exhibitions at BYU (Oct. 24, 9 p.m. ET) and against Winston-Salem State (Oct. 29). They open regular-season play against Central Arkansas on Nov. 3.
Last year, UNC opened ACC play against Georgia Tech on Dec. 7, a 68-65 victory for the good guys . North Carolina kicked off its 2024-2025 season on Nov. 4, vaulting past Elon late for a 14-point win.
This season, the Tar Heels will make their first trip to SMU on Jan. 3. Wake Forest comes to the Dean Dome a week later. There is a West Coast trip to Stanford (Jan. 14) and Cal (Jan. 17). Notre Dame, Virginia (Jan. 24) and Georgia Tech (Jan. 31) round out the January schedule.
UNC welcomes Syracuse to Chapel Hill on Feb. 2 and hosts Duke five days later. North Carolina travels to Miami (Florida) on Feb. 10, hosts Pitt four days later and goes to Raleigh on Feb. 17. The Tar Heels face Syracuse (Feb. 21), Louisville (Feb. 23) and Virginia Tech (Feb. 28), host Clemson (March 3) in their home finale, and travel to Duke for their regular-season finale.
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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: ACC finalizes dates for UNC's 2025-2026 basketball schedule

