The 18th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge will be played across ESPN networks showcasing every game beginning on Monday, Nov. 28 through Wednesday, Nov. 30.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise the 14 games of the Challenge – including all 14 Big Ten schools and all but one member from the ACC.

Notre Dame will host Iowa at 9 a.m. Nov. 29, while Michigan State will travel to Duke for a 9:30 p.m. tipoff.

Michigan will host Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. Nov. 30.

 

Schedule highlights:

• Two rematches from the 2015 Challenge — Syracuse at Wisconsin, a 66-58 overtime Badger victory, and Ohio State at Virginia.

• Seven games will have first-time Challenge matchups: Wake Forest-Northwestern; Pittsburgh-Maryland; N.C. State-Illinois; Virginia Tech-Michigan; Purdue-Louisville; Rutgers-Miami and Nebraska-Clemson.

 

Team highlights:

• A total of 10 teams — five from each conference — are ranked in Eamonn Brennan’s ESPN.com early preseason top 25 poll: No. 1 Duke; No. 5 Louisville; No. 6 North Carolina; No. 7 Virginia; No. 8 Indiana; No. 9 Wisconsin; No. 13 Michigan State; No. 14 Maryland; No. 16 Purdue and No. 17 Syracuse.

• Fourteen teams competed in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship: NCAA runner-up North Carolina; Final Four team Syracuse; Elite Eight teams Notre Dame and Virginia; Sweet 16 teams Duke, Indiana, Maryland, Miami (Fla.) and Wisconsin, as well as Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Purdue.

The Big Ten captured the Commissioner’s Cup in 2015 and 2014, winning eight of the 14 matchups both years. The two conferences split the previous two events, winning six Challenge games each in 2012 and 2013. The ACC won the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011). In the event of a tie, the Commissioner’s Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year.