Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has never shied away from giving his team a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule, and this season's no different, as Duke likely will go through the toughest non-con slate in all of college hoops. Now, the Blue Devils' ACC/SEC Challenge matchup with reigning national champion Florida has been finalized with a date and time. Florida is one of five squads ranked in ESPN's current preseason top 25 that the Blue Devils will face at some point next season. However, there's a chance this is the best game of the entire college basketball season. Both the Gators and Blue Devils could be ranked in the top five of the AP Poll at this point, and it doesn't get much better than two national title contenders facing off at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
ACC/SEC Challenge dates and times released
Duke will face Florida at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 7:30 pm EST in one of the most highly anticipated games of the entire 2025-26 season.
Full matchup list
Tuesday
Syracuse vs. Tennessee
Pitt vs. Texas A&M
VIrginia Tech at South Carolina
Wake Forest vs. Oklahoma
Duke vs. Florida
Notre Dame vs. Missouri
Miami at Ole Miss
Florida State vs. Georgia
Wednesday
Louisville at Arkansas
Clemson at Alabama
Boston College vs. LSU
NC State at Auburn
Virginia at Texas
SMU at Vanderbilt
In a down year for the ACC, the conference was completely humiliated in last season's ACC/SEC Challenge. ACC teams went just 2-14 across the two days. On top of that, ACC teams lost 11 of those 14 games by double digits and 5 of those games by 20 or more points. The ACC was just 2-6 at home as well.
This is the third ACC/SEC Challenge, and the ACC will be looking to avenge its embarrassment from a season ago. Besides the marquee date between Duke and Florida, there are several other phenomenal matchups to watch. Louisville at Arkansas and NC State at Auburn are two other matchups that could potentially feature two ranked opponents. After Bruce Pearl's sudden retirement, the Tigers will be a very intriguing team to monitor this season.