ACC Tournament 2026 Complete Schedule and Updated Men's Bracketology Predictions

The top four seeds have been locked into the 2026 ACC tournament bracket ahead of the final regular-season games on Saturday.

Cameron Boozer and the Duke Blue Devils reside at the top of the bracket with the No. 1 seed.

The Virginia Cavaliers, Miami Hurricanes and North Carolina Tar Heels, in that order, earned double byes into the quarterfinals.

The rest of the bracket will be sorted by Saturday's results, but the one guarantee for those programs is they will have to win at least four games in Charlotte to win the ACC tournament.

ACC Tournament Schedule

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Tuesday, March 10

Opening round games (2:00, 4:30, 7:00 p.m. ET, ACC Network)

Wednesday, March 11

Second round games (Noon, 2:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)

Thursday, March 12

Quarterfinals (Noon, 2:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)

Friday, March 13

Semifinals (7:00 & 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)

Saturday, March 14

Championship Game (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

ACC Tournament Bracket Prediction

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No. 1 Duke

No. 2 Virginia

No. 3 Miami

No. 4 North Carolina

No. 5 Clemson

No. 6 NC State

No. 7 Florida State

No. 8 Louisville

No. 9 California

No. 10 Stanford

No. 11 SMU

No. 12 Virginia Tech

No. 13 Syracuse

No. 14 Wake Forest

No. 15 Notre Dame

The No. 5-15 seeds in the ACC tournament will be determined by Saturday's resylts.

The Clemson Tigers will most likely slide into the No. 5 seed with a win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

The Louisville Cardinals have the more difficult game between themselves and the NC State Wolfpack, the two teams fighting for the No. 6 seed.

NC State will be favored to beat the Stanford Cardinal at home, while Louisville has a far more difficult clash with No. 2 seed Miami.

Stanford is one of five teams that enters Saturday with either a 9-8 or 8-9 record in league play.

The Florida State-SMU clash in Tallahassee is the most important game in terms of ordering those five programs.

Florida State, which has two losses since January 28, could rise up to the No. 7 seed with a win over SMU combined with a NC State victory and a Louisville loss.

The Pittsburgh Panthers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish are in competition for the last of 15 spots in the tournament field.

Notre Dame should beat the second-to-last Boston College Eagles, so the No. 15 seed will come down to whether or not Pitt can defeat the Syracuse Orange.

Syracuse is 3-10 since a 3-1 start to ACC play, but Pitt played worse basketball throughout all of conference action and suffered a double-digit loss to the Orange on January 10.