June 4, 2007
GREENSBORO, N.C. -
Wake Forest learned the kickoff times for its first three games of the season when the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the early season schedule on Monday.
The Demon Deacons open their season September 1 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., against Boston College. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. and the game will be carried regionally on ABC. The home opener on September 8 against Nebraska will be televised nationally by ESPN and kick off at noon.
Wake Forest's homecoming game on September 15 against Army is set for 3:30 p.m. and will not be televised.
The ACC, along with its television partners ABC/ESPN and Lincoln-Financial/Raycom Sports, announced its TV selections for the first three weeks of the season as well as Thursday night games for the year and the league's Dr. Pepper Football Championship Game, which will be held for the third straight year in Jacksonville, Fla., this year on Saturday, Dec. 1.
The ACC title game, which will be televised nationally on ABC with a 1 pm kickoff, is one of two national exposures on ABC, joining Miami's Sept. 8 game at Oklahoma, set for a 12 noon (ET) kickoff in Norman, Okla.
Another prominent national exposure for the conference will be the annual Labor Day Monday Night match-up on ESPN which this year will feature Clemson hosting Florida State in an 8 pm contest. That game is one of two match-ups of Atlantic Division Championship hopefuls that weekend as defending ACC Champion Wake Forest travels to Boston College on Sept. 1 for a 3:30 pm contest on ABC. Another national exposure that weekend occurs when Georgia Tech travels to Notre Dame in a 3:30 pm contest on NBC.
On Saturday, Sept. 8 alone, the ACC will have eight games televised, a single-day high for the league. Seven of those games will be national exposures including Miami at Oklahoma (12 pm) on ABC, Nebraska at Wake Forest on ESPN (12 pm), NC State at Boston College on ESPN2 (2:30 pm) and Virginia Tech at LSU on ESPN (9:15 pm).
Lincoln Financial Sports/Raycom, which produces the ACC's regionally-syndicated TV package begins its broadcasts on Sept. 8 with Duke traveling to Virginia in a 12 noon contest. LFS/R also will televise the Virginia at North Carolina game on Sept. 15 as part of its 12 consecutive weeks of telecasts which conclude on Nov. 23.
After the first three weeks of the season, ACC home games are selected on a 12-day option by ESPN/ABC or Lincoln Financial Sports/Raycom.
In all, the 28 television games are listed including five Thursday night games on ESPN, and several contests announced earlier by other conferences or schools including three appearances on Notre Dame's NBC package, two games on CSTV, one game on the Versus Cable Network and one game on the new Big Ten Network.
In addition to the games slated for television, ESPN also announced five ACC games which will be available in the first three weeks of the season on their video-streaming service-- ESPN 360. The ACC ESPN 360 coverage begins on Sept. 1 with three games at 6 pm in James Madison at North Carolina, Central Florida at NC State and Villanova at Maryland. Two more contests follow on Sept. 15, Ohio at Virginia Tech, slated for a 1:30 pm kickoff and Wofford at NC State, a 6 pm start. Games streamed on ESPN 360 utilize the existing starting time announced by the ACC host school.
Atlantic Coast Conference Announces
2007 Pre-Season Football Television Schedule
(All Times Eastern)
Date Game Network Time
Sept. 1 East Carolina at Virginia Tech ESPN2 12 pm
Sept. 1 Marshall at Miami ESPNU 12 pm
Sept. 1 Virginia at Wyoming Versus 2 pm
Sept. 1 Wake Forest at Boston College ABC 3:30 pm
Sept. 1 Georgia Tech at Notre Dame NBC 3:30 pm
Sept. 3 Florida State at Clemson ESPN 8 pm
Sept. 8 Miami at Oklahoma ABC (N) 12 pm
Sept. 8 Nebraska at Wake Forest ESPN 12 pm
Sept. 8 Duke at Virginia LFS/R 12 pm
Sept. 8 Samford at Georgia Tech ESPNU 1:30 pm
Sept. 8 NC State at Boston College ESPN2 2:30 pm
Sept. 8 UAB at Florida State ESPNU 5 pm
Sept. 8 North Carolina at East Carolina CSTV 6 pm
Sept. 8 Virginia Tech at LSU ESPN 9:15 pm
Sept. 13 West Virginia at Maryland ESPN 7:30 pm
Sept. 15 Virginia at North Carolina LFS/R 12 pm
Sept. 15 FIU at Miami ESPNU 3:30 pm
Sept. 15 Duke at Northwestern Big 10 Net. 8 pm
Sept. 15 Boston College at Georgia Tech ESPN2 8 pm
Sept. 15 Florida State at Colorado ESPN 10 pm
Sept. 20 Texas A&M at Miami ESPN 7:30 pm
Sept. 22 Duke at Navy CSTV 1 pm
Oct. 11 Florida State at Wake Forest ESPN 7:30 pm
Oct. 13 Boston College at Notre Dame NBC 3:30 pm
Oct. 25 Boston College at Virginia Tech ESPN 7:30 pm
Nov. 1 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech ESPN 7:30 pm
Nov. 17 Duke at Notre Dame NBC 2:30 pm
Dec. 1 Dr Pepper ACC Championship ABC (N) 1 pm
ESPN 360
Sept. 1 James Madison at North Carolina ESPN 360 6 pm
Sept. 1 Central Florida at NC State ESPN 360 6 pm
Sept. 1 Villanova at Maryland ESPN 360 6 pm
Sept. 15 Ohio at Virginia Tech ESPN 360 1:30 pm
Sept. 15 Wofford at NC State ESPN 360 6 pm
