Syracuse at Miami will kick off at 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 8 on ESPN, as released by the ACC on Monday. Miami will play its second consecutive afternoon game versus Syracuse. Miami has a noon EDT kickoff at SMU on Saturday.
Six of the seven Miami games in 2025 have had a prime-time kickoff. The 49-12 win over South Florida began with a 4:30 EDT kickoff. After an over 100-minute delay, the game did not resume until 7:07 PM EDT and finished well into primetime. The game at SMU will truly be the first afternoon game for Miami.
Syracuse will be the fourth consecutive game Miami games televised by ESPN. Three 2025 Miami games have been televised by ABC, the partner network for ESPN. The only Miami 2025 games not considered nationally televised were versus Bethune-Cookman on ACC Network Extra and South Florida on the CW.
Syracuse has lost three consecutive games since winning at Clemson on September 20. The Orange have won three and lost five overall and have one victory and four defeats in the ACC. Syraucse hosts North Carolina on Friday before playing at Miami.
Miami's home game against Syracuse on Nov. 8 will be at 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN, the ACC announced.
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Duke at Connecticut will also kick off at 3:30 p.m. EST on the CBS Sports Network, as previously announced. There are seven games involving ACC teams in week 11. Miami gets one of the marquee games with the 3:30 EST kickoff on ESPN.
The final three games of the 2025 regular season for Miami versus North Carolina State and at Virginia Tech and at Pittsburgh will be announced six or 12 days before the game date. The ACC has the option to put games in a six-day hold before announcing kickoff.
Expect one or two of the final three Miami games to have an afternoon kickoff. Pittsburgh is the game to monitor for game time. The winner of Miami at Pittsburgh could determine an ACC Championship Game berth. Pittsburgh is currently 4-1 in the ACC in third place.