What the ACC Tournament Bracket Would Look Like if It Started Today

Matt Newton | Mar 6, 2025

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The 2025 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament is right around the corner, with the first round of games being played on Tuesday, March 11th and the championship game being played on Saturday, March 15th at Spectrum Center, in Charlotte, North Carolina. But what would the bracket look like for the ACC Tournament if it started today?

Please note: this article was last updated Thursday, March 6th.

Below you will find a projected bracket for the ACC Tournament with the seed lines filled in according to the current standings. If the season ended after the games played on Wednesday, March 5th, here is what the bracket for the 2025 ACC Tournament would look like:

What the bracket would look like for the 2025 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament if it started today (March 6). / Virginia Cavaliers On SI/theACC

ACC Tournament Schedule and Matchups if It Started Today (March 6)

Tuesday, March 11
Game 1: No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh
Game 2: No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 15 California
Game 3: No. 11 Florida State vs. No. 14 Syracuse

Wednesday, March 12
Game 4: No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. No. 9 Virginia
Game 5: No. 5 SMU vs. Game 1 Winner
Game 6: No. 7 Stanford vs. Game 2 Winner
Game 7: No. 6 Wake Forest vs. Game 3 Winner

Thursday, March 13
Game 8: No. 1 Duke vs. Game 4 Winner
Game 9: No. 4 North Carolina vs. Game 5 Winner
Game 10: No. 2 Louisville vs. Game 6 Winner
Game 11: No. 3 Clemson vs. Game 7 Winner

Friday, March 14
Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner
Game 13: Game 10 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner

Saturday, March 15
ACC Championship: Game 12 Winner vs. Game 13 Winner

Duke would have the No. 1 seed as the Blue Devils stand alone atop the standings with an 18-1 record. Louisville, Clemson, and North Carolina would have the other double-byes as the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 seeds, respectively. With the conference expanding to 18 teams, but not adjusting its tournament format from the traditional 15-team bracket, three teams will not qualify for the ACC Tournament. Right now, those three teams are NC State, Boston College, and Miami.

See below for the current ACC standings (prior to games Saturday, March 8th) with the seeds assigned according to the ACC Tournament tiebreaker rules. [Click here to read the ACC Tournament tiebreaker rules]

Current ACC Standings with ACC Tournament seeds

1. Duke (18-1)
2. Louisville (17-2)
3. Clemson (17-2)
4. North Carolina (13-6)
5. SMU (13-6)
6. Wake Forest (12-7)
7. Stanford (11-8)
8. Georgia Tech (10-9)
9. Virginia (8-11)
10. Virginia Tech (8-11)
11. Florida State (7-12)
12. Notre Dame (7-12)
13. Pittsburgh (7-12)
14. Syracuse (6-13)
15. California (6-13)
16. NC State (5-14)
17. Boston College (4-15)
18. Miami (2-17)

Tiebreaker notes

• Louisville owns the tiebreaker over Clemson for the No. 2 seed due to a head-to-head victory for Louisville over Clemson.
• North Carolina owns the tiebreaker over SMU for the No. 4 seed due to a head-to-head victory for North Carolina over SMU.
• Virginia and Virginia Tech are tied for 9th place at 8-11 and the two teams split the head-to-head meetings this season, so the next tiebreaker becomes record against the highest-seeded team in the ACC, moving down the standings until the tie is broken. In this instance, the highest-seeded common opponent that breaks the tie is Wake Forest, as Virginia beat Wake Forest and Virginia Tech lost to Wake Forest. So, Virginia currently gets the No. 9 seed and Virginia Tech gets the No. 10 seed.
• In the three-way tie for 11th place at 7-12, Florida State has the best winning percentage against the group, going 2-0 against Notre Dame and Pittsburgh, so Florida State gets the No. 11 seed. Notre Dame is 1-1 against the group and Pittsburgh is 0-2 against the group, so Notre Dame gets the No. 12 seed and Pittsburgh gets the No. 13 seed.
• Syracuse owns the tiebreaker over California for the No. 14 seed due to a head-to-head victory for Syracuse over California.

We will update the projected bracket as we approach the end of the regular season, so stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI or follow us on Twitter to keep up with the standings and seeding movement as the final conference games are played.