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ACC and The CW reach sublicense agreement thru 2030-31

The CW Network and ESPN Reach Sublicense Broadcast Agreement for ACC Football and Basketball Games Through 2030-31 Season Network Reinforces Commitment to College Sports and Continues Relationship with ACC by Bringing 54 Games Per Season to a National Audience All Games Available to Watch Live on The CW Linear and, for the First Time, Stream on the ESPN App ≈================= BURBANK, Calif. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The CW Network and ESPN today announced a new sublicense broadcast agreement for The CW to televise ACC football and men’s and women’s college basketball games through the 2030-31 season. As part of this long-term relationship, The CW will air 14 regular season football games, 30 men’s basketball games, and 10 women’s basketball games each season. All games will be available to watch nationwide live on The CW’s linear broadcast network, and for the first time, stream live on the ESPN App with the ESPN Unlimited plan.
Link: ACC Release
Posted: 05/13/2026 at 12:00 PM ET

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ACC and The CW reach sublicense agreement thru 2030-31 ◄
Will StewartAdmin • 05/13/26 12:00 PM ET
Nice. That’s 390,000 people glad they’ll get to see Wake take on Cal. **
GreenvilleVT • 05/15/26 01:01 PM ET
Better than not, I guess.**
Baltimore_Hokie • 05/15/26 12:16 PM ET
at least we get more of Thom. I like him lol
VT Pez4Life • 05/14/26 01:39 PM ET
Biscuits and Ball on the CW!!!!
VT ChemE 1986 • 05/13/26 09:51 PM ET
Awful Announcing story**
Vippie1 • 05/13/26 04:40 PM ET
This is terrible
HokieAl • 05/13/26 03:26 PM ET
As soon as the SEC went all in on ABC/ESPN, the ACC slots were going to
reestuart • 05/20/26 09:24 AM ET
FTR, I think the CW coverage has been good. Way better than ACCN.**
reestuart • 05/20/26 09:25 AM ET
I thought CW rating was better than FS1, ESPN2 or TNT for college sports**
RandomAsianGuy • 05/13/26 06:16 PM ET
Data shows the following
HokieAl • 05/13/26 11:22 PM ET
Thanks. Do you have an average for recent years only? CW contract started
RandomAsianGuy • 05/14/26 12:35 PM ET
Sure. I can show by each year, by week, by school, by type of game
HokieAl • 05/14/26 01:35 PM ET
What about the three most recent years 2023-2025?**
RandomAsianGuy • 05/14/26 06:01 PM ET
2023-2025 data with a few different views
HokieAl • 05/14/26 10:05 PM ET
Thanks. Very interesting. ESPN2 has generally better numbers but for some
RandomAsianGuy • 05/15/26 12:24 AM ET
Those CW numbers are a lot better than what they would be on ESPN+
mrcaniac • 05/14/26 12:20 AM ET
This is the correct take. Better to be on the CW than the ACCN.
Baltimore_Hokie • 05/15/26 12:19 PM ET
I concur. ESPN+ is
Big12 guy • 05/15/26 07:54 PM ET
And here is that same data, but also including the main channels
HokieAl • 05/13/26 11:24 PM ET
and ACC specific view
HokieAl • 05/13/26 11:33 PM ET
some of that data confuses me a bit. NBC-SN doesn't even exist anymore
GusDaMan • 05/14/26 11:29 AM ET
They're Notre Dame games, so definite outliers**
BROman Hokie • 05/15/26 12:02 PM ET
This is 11 years worth of data
HokieAl • 05/14/26 11:44 AM ET
The CW games would be streaming only if left on Disney
mrcaniac • 05/13/26 05:43 PM ET
It's only 1 FB game/week, and one BB game per week.
EDGEMAN • 05/13/26 06:17 PM ET
Sounds like a good deal. All ACC games will be on ESPN unlimited. **
RandomAsianGuy • 05/13/26 12:47 PM ET
Does this result in any additional revenue for the ACC?
SMU Pony • 05/13/26 10:28 PM ET
Isn't ESPN our "private equity corporation" in this case?
Truthahn • 05/14/26 01:14 PM ET
Yes, in a way I believe you are correct. However, I believe there may be 1
VTHokie2000 • 05/18/26 12:46 PM ET
I am curious too. **
RandomAsianGuy • 05/13/26 11:10 PM ET