Duke football is looking to build off of year one under head coach Manny Diaz that saw the program finish the season with a 9-4 record and a 5-3 record in the ACC. The season was capped off with a bid to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, where the Blue Devils fell 52-20 to #14 Ole Miss.
Duke’s schedule has gotten released bit by bit over the last several days, but the ACC has now released each team’s full schedule for the 2025-26 college football season.
Full list of Duke opponents and dates in 2025-26:
vs. Elon – August 30th
vs. Illinois – September 6th
at Tulane – September 13th
vs. North Carolina State – September 20th
at Syracuse – September 27th
at California – October 4th
OPEN – October 11th
vs. Georgia Tech – October 18th
OPEN – October 25th
at Clemson – November 1st
at UConn – November 8th
vs. Virginia – November 15th
at North Carolina – November 22nd
vs. Wake Forest – November 29th
Duke will have several tests in an ACC that the Blue Devils are expected to make some noise in as a sleeper team in the league next season. On3’s ‘way too early’ top 25 rankings featured three opponents for Duke: #7 Illinois, #10 Clemson, and #24 Georgia Tech.
The Blue Devils’ full schedule is officially revealed as Diaz looks to build on his first season at the helm in Durham.
