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Jeff Borzello, ESPN staff writer
The second annual ACC/SEC Challenge matchups were announced Wednesday, highlighted by Auburn’s trip to Duke and North Carolina hosting Alabama.
The first edition of the series between the two conferences ended in a 7-7 tie last season, with Arkansas upsetting Duke to complete an SEC comeback from a 7-4 deficit.
Auburn-Duke and Alabama-North Carolina — both matchups between top-15 teams — are scheduled for Dec. 4.
Auburn is No. 11 in ESPN’s Way-To-Early Top 25, while Duke is No. 8. The Tigers are led by preseason All-American Johnny Broome and a pair of impact transfers from the portal in JP Pegues (Furman) and Miles Kelly (Georgia Tech).
Duke brings in the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class, headlined by projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg.
Alabama vs. North Carolina is a rematch of last season’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup, which the Crimson Tide won before advancing to the Final Four. Mark Sears’ decision to withdraw from the NBA draft has moved Nate Oats’ team to No. 2 in the way-to-early rankings, and North Carolina is No. 10 following the return of Wooden Award candidate RJ Davis.
Other intriguing matchups include John Calipari, wearing Arkansas Cardinal red instead of Kentucky blue, taking his Razorbacks to Coral Gables to face Miami; New Kentucky coach Mark Pope and the Wildcats travel to Clemson, which is coming off an Elite Eight appearance; And new Louisville coach Pat Kelsey is hosting an Ole Miss team that should be ranked in the top 25.
Times and television titles have yet to be announced.
Complete list of ACC/SEC Challenge matchups:
Tuesday, December 3
South Carolina at Boston College
Cal in Missouri
Clemson at Kentucky
Florida State at LSU
Georgia Tech at Oklahoma
Ole Miss at Louisville
Arkansas at Miami
Notre Dame of Georgia
Syracuse in Tennessee
Wake Forest at Texas A&M
Wednesday, December 4
Auburn at Duke
Texas at NC State
Alabama at North Carolina
Pitt at Mississippi State
Virginia in Florida
Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech
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