Florida at Duke headlines ACC/SEC Challenge

The matchups for the 3rd yearly ACC/SEC Challenge were announced Wednesday, highlighted connected the men's broadside by Duke hosting reigning nationalist champions Florida and aggregate imaginable top-10 matchups connected the women's side.

The 2 leagues divided the archetypal bid connected some the men's and women's side, portion the SEC swept some past year. The SEC clinched the men's rubric aft winning the archetypal 9 games of the 2024 Challenge.

The men's Challenge volition instrumentality spot connected Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, with Florida's travel to Duke and a blueblood matchup betwixt North Carolina and Kentucky highlighting the archetypal night. The headliner connected Dec. 3 is simply a imaginable top-10 matchup betwixt Louisville and Arkansas, portion NC State and caller caput manager Will Wade question to Auburn that nighttime arsenic well.

Florida (No. 2), Louisville (No. 7), Kentucky (No. 9), Arkansas (No. 11), Duke (No. 12), Auburn (No. 14), NC State (No. 24) and North Carolina (No. 25) are each included successful ESPN's astir caller Top 25 rankings.

Other noteworthy matchups see a conflict of first-year caput coaches erstwhile Ryan Odom and Virginia question to look Sean Miller and Texas connected Dec. 3 and No. 17 Alabama hosting Clemson successful a rematch of the 2024 Elite Eight crippled that gave the Crimson Tide their first-ever Final Four appearance.

The women's Challenge is scheduled for Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, with aggregate games betwixt teams ranked successful the apical 10 of ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25. The SEC and ACC person a combined 9 teams ranked wrong the apical 11.

Dec. 3 is headlined by No. 9 NC State traveling to No. 6 Oklahoma, portion Dec. 4 is loaded with high-level matchups.

National runner-up and No. 1 South Carolina travels to No. 17 Louisville and determination are top-10 games featuring No. 5 LSU heading to No. 8 Duke and No. 4 Texas hosting No. 10 North Carolina. No. 18 Notre Dame besides plays astatine No. 14 Ole Miss.

Times and tv designations are yet to beryllium announced. Both the men's and women's Challenges volition beryllium televised crossed ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

Full listing of ACC/SEC Challenge matchups

Men's Challenge

Tuesday, Dec. 2

Florida astatine Duke

UNC astatine Kentucky

Tennessee astatine Syracuse

Texas A&M astatine Pittsburgh

Missouri astatine Notre Dame

Georgia astatine Florida State

Oklahoma astatine Wake Forest

Miami astatine Ole Miss

Virginia Tech astatine South Carolina

Wednesday, Dec. 3

NC State astatine Auburn

Louisville astatine Arkansas

SMU astatine Vanderbilt

Clemson astatine Alabama

Mississippi State astatine Georgia Tech

LSU astatine Boston College

Virginia astatine Texas

Women's Challenge

Wednesday, Dec. 3

Kentucky astatine Miami

Tennessee astatine Stanford

NC State astatine Oklahoma

Georgia astatine Florida State

Auburn astatine Syracuse

Georgia Tech astatine Texas A&M

Virginia astatine Vanderbilt

Thursday, Dec. 4

LSU astatine Duke

South Carolina astatine Louisville

Florida astatine Virginia Tech

Notre Dame astatine Ole Miss

UNC astatine Texas

Clemson astatine Alabama

Arkansas astatine SMU

Pittsburgh astatine Mississippi State

California astatine Missouri