CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 18-game league slate for the NC State men's basketball program on Tuesday.
The conference announced in early May that the league was switching back to an 18-game conference schedule after conducting 20-game conference schedules for the last six seasons.
For the current release of the 2025-26 conference schedule all weekday games, except for those chosen for a Monday, will be listed as Tuesday or Wednesday. Finalized weekday game dates, as well as tip times and television designations for all games will be announced at a later date.
After 13 non-conference games to start the season, the Pack will open ACC play with a two game homestand, hosting Wake Forest on either Dec. 30 or 31 before welcoming Virginia to the Lenovo Center on Saturday, Jan. 3.
After opening the ACC slate with two home games, NC State will enter a portion of its schedule where it will play seven of its next 10 games away from Raleigh.
The Pack will play at Boston College on either Jan. 6 or 7 before traveling to Tallahassee, Fla., to play Florida State on Sat., Jan. 10.
After a bye week, NC State returns to action Saturday, Jan. 17 inside the Lenovo Center to host Georgia Tech.
The Pack will then return to the road, playing at Clemson on either Jan. 20 or 21 before playing at Pitt on Saturday, Jan. 24.
NC State will return home to host Syracuse on Jan. 27 or 28, and then hit the road again for two more games, playing at Wake Forest on Saturday, Jan. 31 and at SMU on Feb. 3 or 4.
Virginia Tech will visit Raleigh on Saturday, Feb. 7, and NC State will then have a quick turnaround to play at Louisville two days later on Monday night.
The Pack will close the regular season with four of its final six games inside the Lenovo Center.
NC State will host Miami on Valentine's Day before playing its lone regular season contest against North Carolina on either Feb. 17 or 18.
After a weekend bye, NC State will play at Virginia on Feb. 24 or 25 and play its final road game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Notre Dame.
NC State will host Duke on Monday, March 2 and close the regular season on Saturday, March 7 against Stanford.
Following the regular season, the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament will be held March 10-14 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
