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The Virginia Cavaliers and Virginia Tech Hokies are one step closer to the season starting as the ACC announced game times and channels for the first two weeks of the 2020 season. The Hoos and Hokies will square off on ABC on September 19 in Blacksburg to open the season, and the game will kick off at either 3:30 or 7:30pm. The decision about the game time will be announced after the games played September 12.
— Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) September 1, 2020
- at VT
️ - Sept. 19
⏰ - 3:30 PM or 7:30 PM
- @ABC
Official kick time will be announced by @ESPN following all Sept. 12 games.#GoHoos | #THEStandard pic.twitter.com/xn7Xdqm37X
Both teams were supposed to have an actual opener before the big rivalry game, but lost them due to different circumstances around the coronavirus pandemic. VMI, who were supposed to play Virginia on Friday, September 11, canceled their season. VT’s opponent NC State had to postpone due to a COVID-19 cluster.
This is just the second time that the Hoos and Hokies will meet to open the season, with the only other matchup happening in 1970.
Only once has #UVa vs. #VT been the season-opener for both teams. That was 1970, a 7-0 Cavaliers' victory in Blacksburg. Jim Lacey scored the lone TD, on a 3-yard run in fourth quarter. #Hokies
— David Teel (@ByDavidTeel) August 26, 2020
Here is the full ACC schedule for the first two weeks, plus some of the future non-Saturday matchups in conference and the Notre Dame games announced by NBC:
Thursday, Sept. 10
UAB at Miami, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Saturday, Sept. 12
Syracuse at North Carolina, noon ET on ACC Network
Georgia Tech at Florida State, 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Austin Peay at Pitt, 4 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Clemson at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Western Kentucky at Louisville, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Saturday, Sept. 19
Syracuse at Pitt, noon ET on ACC Network
Boston College at Duke, noon ET on ACC RSN
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. ET or 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Miami at Louisville, 3:30 p.m. ET or 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
UCF at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Charlotte at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m. ET on ACC RSN
The Citadel at Clemson, 4 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Wake Forest at NC State, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network
USF at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., USA Network
Friday, Oct. 9
Louisville at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
Campbell at Wake Forest, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Saturday, Oct. 10
Florida State at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., NBC
Saturday, Oct. 17
Louisville at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., NBC
Friday, Nov. 6
Miami at NC State, 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Saturday, Nov. 7
Clemson at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., NBC
Friday, Nov. 20
Syracuse at Louisville, 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN