A watch guide to ACC football: Where and how to watch the games

By Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer

Welcome to ACC football folks!

A brief history of ACC football

For the uninitiated, the Atlantic Coast Conference was founded in 1953 and consisted of seven schools: UNC, Duke, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina and Maryland.

Since then, the conference has ballooned to 15 teams, and two of the founding members, South Carolina and Maryland, left the conference to join the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten Conference, respectively. Virginia joined the conference 1954 and Florida State joined in 1991 after being an independent since 1951.

The large influx of schools happened when the Big East began to dissolve starting in 2004 when Virginia Tech and Miami joined the conference, and Boston College joined the following season. Teams like Syracuse, Louisville and Pittsburgh joined the ACC in 2014 and the Big East transitioned to being a conference focused on basketball.

Notre Dame also joined the ACC, but in every sport other than football. It's football team is still listed as an independent. While they are an independent school in football, the Fighting Irish still play against ACC schools.

How many ACC college football teams are there?

There are currently 15 member universities.

With a brief history out of the way, lets get to what you really care about: How you can watch and listen to as many ACC games as possible.

Where and when can you watch ACC football on television this season?

There are many different ways you can watch your favorite ACC team play. Many of the games haven't had television times or broadcast partners announced, but we will update once broadcast information becomes available.

In the meantime, here is where and when you can watch ACC Football on television this season.

(Please note: some of the radio listings will be out of the central North Carolina market)

Thursday, Aug. 31

Elon at Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACCN
NC State at UConn, TBD, CBS Sports Network

Friday, Sept. 1

Miami (Ohio) at Miami, 7 p.m., ACCN
Louisville vs. Georgia Tech (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta), 7:30 PM, ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 2

Virginia vs. Tennessee (in Nashville), Noon, ABC
Northern Illinois at Boston College, Noon, ACCN
Wofford at Pitt, 3:30 p.m., ACCN
Colgate at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
North Carolina vs. South Carolina (in Charlotte), 7:30 p.m., ABC
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m., ACCN

Sunday, Sept. 3

LSU vs. Florida State (in Orlando), 7:30 p.m., ABC

Monday, Sept. 4

Clemson at Duke, 8 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Sept. 7

Murray State at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ACCN

Saturday, Sept. 9

Vanderbilt at Wake Forest, 11 a.m., ACCN
Notre Dame at NC State, Noon, ABC
Purdue at Virginia Tech, Noon, ESPN2
James Madison at Virginia, Noon, ESPNU
Holy Cross at Boston College, Noon, ACCNX/ESPN+
South Carolina State at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
Charleston Southern at Clemson, 2:15 p.m., ACCN
Texas A&M at Miami, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Appalachian State at North Carolina, 5:15 p.m., ACCN
Lafayette at Duke, 6 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+
Southern Miss at Florida State, 8:30 p.m., ACCN
Cincinnati at Pitt, TBD time/network
Western Michigan at Syracuse, TBD time/network

Thursday, Sept. 14

Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 7:30 p.m., ACCN

Friday, Sept. 15

Virginia at Maryland, 7 p.m., FS1

Saturday, Sept. 16

Wake Forest at Old Dominion, Noon, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Florida State at Boston College, Noon, ABC
Louisville vs. Indiana (in Indianapolis), Noon, BTN
Minnesota at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Northwestern at Duke, 3:30 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech at Rutgers, 3:30 p.m., BTN
Georgia Tech at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
Florida Atlantic at Clemson, 8 p.m., ACCN
Pitt at West Virginia, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Syracuse at Purdue, 7:30 p.m., NBC
VMI at NC State, TBD time/network

Friday, Sept. 22

NC State at Virginia, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 23

Miami at Temple, TBA
Florida State at Clemson, TBA
North Carolina at Pitt, TBA, radio: 93.7 The Fan
Boston College at Louisville, TBA
Virginia Tech at Marshall, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Army at Syracuse, TBA, radio: TK99/105
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest, TBA
Duke at UConn, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29

Louisville at NC State, 7 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 30

Bowling Green at Georgia Tech, TBA
Pitt at Virginia Tech, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Clemson at Syracuse, TBA, radio: TK99/105
Virginia at Boston College, TBA
Notre Dame at Duke, noon

Saturday, Oct. 7

William & Mary at Virginia, TBA
Georgia Tech at Miami, TBA
Wake Forest at Clemson, TBA
Notre Dame at Louisville, TBA
Virginia Tech at Florida State, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Marshall at NC State, TBA
Syracuse at North Carolina, TBA, radio: TK99/105
Boston College at Army, noon, CBS Sports Network

Saturday, Oct. 14

Syracuse at Florida State, TBA, radio: TK99/105
Miami at North Carolina, TBA
Louisville at Pitt, TBA, radio: 93.7 The Fan
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
NC State at Duke, noon

Saturday, Oct. 21

Clemson at Miami, TBA
Boston College at Georgia Tech, TBA
Virginia at North Carolina, TBA
Wake Forest at Pitt, TBA, radio: 93.7 The Fan
Duke at Florida State, TBA

Thursday, Oct. 26

Syracuse at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Oct. 28

Virginia at Miami, TBA
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, TBA
Florida State at Wake Forest, TBA
Clemson at NC State, TBA
UConn at Boston College, TBA
Duke at Lousiville, noon
Pitt at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock, radio: TK99/105

Thursday, Nov. 2

Wake Forest at Duke, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Nov. 3

Boston College at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2

Saturday, Nov. 4

Georgia Tech at Virginia, TBA
Campbell at North Carolina, TBA
Virginia Tech at Louisville, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Notre Dame at Clemson, TBA, ABC
Florida State at Pitt, TBA, radio: 93.7 The Fan
Miami at NC State, TBA

Thursday, Nov. 9

Virginia at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Nov. 11

Miami at Florida State, TBA
Georgia Tech at Clemson, TBA
NC State at Wake Forest, TBA
Virginia Tech at Boston College, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Duke at North Carolina, TBA
Pitt at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m., radio: TK99/105

Thursday, Nov. 16

Boston College at Pitt, 7 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Nov. 18

North Carolina at Clemson, TBA
Syracuse at Georgia Tech, TBA, radio: TK99/105
North Alabama at Florida State, TBA
Louisville at Miami, TBA
NC State at Virginia Tech, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Duke at Virginia, TBA
Wake Forest at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m., NBC and Peacock

Friday, Nov. 24

Miami at Boston College, Noon, ABC

Saturday, Nov. 25

Virginia Tech at Virginia, TBA, radio: Virginia Tech Sports Network
Clemson at South Carolina, TBA
Florida State at Florida, TBA
Georgia at Georgia Tech, TBA
Wake Forest at Syracuse, TBA, radio: TK99/105
Kentucky at Louisville, TBA
North Carolina at NC State, TBA
Pitt at Duke, noon, radio: 93.7 The Fan

Saturday, Dec. 2

ACC Football Championship Game, 8 p.m., ABC

Bowl Season

The ACC has 11 bowl game affiliations. all of which are played between mid-December to early January. The ACC conference champion is guaranteed a spot in the Orange Bowl, one of the "New Year's Six" bowl games.

If the ACC champion is selected to participate in the College Football Playoff or the Orange Bowl is one of the playoff games, the ACC conference champion is picked for a non-playoff New Year's Six bowl,

ACC affiliated Bowl Games

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m., ESPN, or TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, Dec. 23, Noon, ABC
Military Bowl, Dec. 27, 2 p.m., ESPN
Duke’s Mayo Bowl Dec. 27, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Dec. 28, 11 a.m., ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, Dec. 28, 2:15 p.m., ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl (formerly Cheez-It Bowl), Dec. 28, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Dec. 29, Noon, ESPN
Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl, Dec. 29, 2 p.m., CBS
Capital One Orange Bowl, Dec. 30, 4 p.m., ESPN
Reliaquest Bowl, Jan. 1, Noon, ESPN2
SDCCU Holiday Bowl, TBD