Official ACC schedule released: A look at the who’s and when’s of Miami’s 2020 season

After previously announcing the parameters and format for the 2020 season last week, the ACC came out with the official schedule on Thursday morning. 

The 📅 is officially here!

Home schedule 👀

Rest of the schedule: https://t.co/mkKDHJyQ0L pic.twitter.com/lxxhAvwrvC

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) August 6, 2020

Miami begins its season with their lone non-conference game against UAB on September 10th, a Thursday, at Hard Rock Stadium. From thereafter, Miami will travel to Louisville to take on the Cardinals followed by an early rivalry matchup against Florida State and then a bye week.

One of the biggest questions about Miami’s unknown schedule was when the Canes were set to face Clemson in Death Valley. That matchup will come in Week 5 and luckily, Manny Diaz and his staff will have a couple of weeks to prepare. 

Miami then gets Pittsburgh and Virginia at home, a bye week, then NC State (on 11/6) and Virginia Tech on the road, Georgia Tech at home, Wake Forest on the road, before closing the season out at Hard Rock Stadium against North Carolina. 

The season finale in Chapel Hill could end up having major implications on who plays in Charlotte for the ACC Championship as the Canes and Tar Heels are both strong contenders for that 2nd spot. 

Another advantage Miami has is that the only team coming into a matchup with the Canes that has a preceding bye week is NC State, mostly due to the Friday matchup, although Virginia Tech does play Liberty at home before Miami arrives in Blacksburg. 

In a follow up tweet, the Canes indicated that they will work with the Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium, as well as local and state officials on certain stadium capacity scenarios for home game. Season ticket holders will be made aware of their options when a capacity plan gets finalized.

The schedule is as follows:

9/10 vs. UAB

9/19 @Louisville

9/26 vs. FSU

10/10 @Clemson

10/17 vs. Pitt

10/24 vs. Virginia

11/6 @NC State

11/14 @Virginia Tech

11/21 vs. Georgia Tech

11/28 @Wake Forest

12/5 vs. North Carolina

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