2025 ACC football schedule breakdown: Predicting the first loss for all 17 conference teams

It was a quick two games and out for the ACC in the College Football Playoff last season, but that could change in 2025 with multiple squads capable of getting to the expanded bracket — and winning — with elite rosters.

That’s the only way commissioner Jim Phillips and the conference are going to generate respect and a seat at the table in conversations with the SEC and Big Ten as further realignment speculation figures to hover over the ACC in the coming years. Sifting through every ACC team’s upcoming schedule, we’ve picked out the first loss for each squad.

These predictions coincide with our preseason bowl projections ahead of the 2025 campaign and how we see the season shaking out within the ACC.

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Chris Hummer

First loss: at Michigan State, Sept. 6

How often are we going to see these nonconference “good-on-good” matchups in the Power Four ranks moving forward, when the playoff eventually expands and coaches say enough is enough with beefed up scheduling? It’s a good question to ask, but not for…


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Author : Brad Crawford

Publish date : 2025-08-09 13:15:00

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