Previewing the 6 Known Games of NC State’s 2025 Football Schedule Ahead of Tomorrow’s Full Release

The ACC will release the complete 2025 football schedules for each team in the conference tomorrow night from 9-11 PM on the ACC Network. Prior to tomorrow’s announcement, we already know 6 of NC State’s 12 games for 2025.

Leading up to the big reveal, the ACC has teased a few games for each team. On Thursday, the ACC disclosed the season opener for each school; NC State will begin its season at home against ECU on Thursday, August 28th, a change from the initially expected Saturday, August 30th. This will be the third consecutive season that the Wolfpack starts on a Thursday night.

On Friday, the ACC announced the conference openers for each school. NC State will commence its ACC games against Wake Forest on the road on Thursday, September 11th. Additionally, it was revealed that NC State will be Duke’s conference opener on September 20th in Durham, and Virginia Tech’s on September 27th in Raleigh.

Six years ago, NC State and Campbell agreed to a two-game series in Raleigh, with the first game scheduled for 2025 and the second for 2028. Following the release of Campbell’s football schedule last night, it was confirmed that their game against the Wolfpack would take place on October 4th.

In May, it was announced that NC State and UVA would play a home-and-home non-conference series in 2025 and 2026, with the Wolfpack hosting the Cavaliers on September 6th, 2025.