The first season of the Bill Belichick era will begin in prime time on a Monday night. The regular season will conclude with N.C. State on the road. In between? Plenty of intrigue.

It will be an interesting year for the ACC on the heels of a positive showing in the 2024 college football season. It made quite the impression by joining the Big Ten and the SEC as the only conferences to place multiple teams in the first 12-team College Football Playoff.

Belichick stunned the sports world in December when he took over the University of North Carolina football program. While out on the recruiting trail, the new Tar Heels coach has made sure to drop into his old neighborhood,