ACC: At least 18 football games on national TV

 The ACC championship football game will be played Dec. 3, with kickoff at 8 p.m. at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, the ACC announced Wednesday.

The game will be televised live by ESPN.

It's one of at least 18 nationally televised games for the conference in 2011.

  In addition, the conference announced that ACC network games will kick off later this season, at 12:30 p.m., and regional sports network package games will kick off no earlier than 12:30, with several starting at 3:30 p.m. or later.

 ABC has committed to televising three games nationally: Two are on Sept. 17 with defending national champion Auburn visiting Clemson (Noon), plus either Oklahoma visiting Florida State or Ohio State at Miami (either ABC or ESPN, to be determined on Sept. 6). The third was previously announced, Boston College at Miami 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 25.

All the TV games announced by the league Wednesday:

(All times Eastern)
Date        Game                                                   Network         Gametime
Sept. 1    W. Carolina at Georgia Tech         ESPN3.com    7:30 pm
Sept. 3    Northwestern at Boston Coll.           ESPNU            Noon
Sept. 3    Appalachian St. at Virginia Tech        ACC Network 12:30 pm
Sept. 3    Troy at Clemson                                  ESPN3.com      3:30 pm
Sept. 3    La. Monroe at Florida St.               ESPNU            3:30 pm
Sept. 3    James Madison at N. Carolina        RSN                 3:30 pm
Sept. 3    Liberty at N.C. State                             ESPN3.com     6 pm
Sept. 3    William & Mary at Virginia                  ESPN3.com      6 pm
Sept. 3    Richmond at Duke                              ESPN3.com      7 pm
Sept. 3    Wake Forest at Syracuse                   TBA                  TBA
Sept. 5    Miami at Maryland                             ESPN               8 pm
Sept. 10    Rutgers at North Carolina               ACC Network    12:30 pm
Sept. 10    NC State at Wake Forest               RSN                   3:30 pm
Sept. 10    Stanford at Duke                            ESPNU             3:30 pm
Sept. 10    Wofford at Clemson                       ESPN3.com       3:30 pm
Sept. 10    Charleston Southern at Florida State    ESPN3.com    6 pm
Sept. 10    Georgia Tech at Middle Tennessee    TBA        TBA
Sept. 10    Boston College at UCF                    TBA        TBA
Sept. 10    Virginia at Indiana                             TBA         TBA
Sept. 10    Virginia Tech at East Carolina           TBA          TBA
Sept. 17    Auburn at Clemson              ABC (National)                    Noon
Sept. 17    W. Virginia at Maryland      ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU    Noon
Sept. 17    Duke at Boston College                   ACC Network      12:30 pm
Sept. 17    Kansas at Georgia Tech                   RSN        12:30  pm
Sept. 17    Arkansas St. at Virginia Tech        RSN        4 pm
Sept. 17    Virginia at N. Carolina        ESPNU    3:30 pm
Sept. 17    S. Alabama at N.C. State        ESPN3.com    6 pm
Sept. 17    Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest        ESPN3.com    6:30 pm
Sept. 17    Ohio State at Miami        ESPN or ABC (National)    7:30/8 pm
Sept. 17    Oklahoma at Florida St.        ESPN or ABC (National)    7:30/8 pm
Sept. 22    N.C. State at Cincinnati        ESPN        8 pm
Oct. 27    Virginia at Miami        ESPN        8 pm
Nov.   3    Florida St. at Boston Coll.        ESPN        8 pm
Nov. 10    Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech        ESPN        8 pm
Nov. 12    Maryland vs. Notre Dame (Landover, Md.)    NBC        7:30 pm
Nov. 17    N. Carolina at Virginia Tech        ESPN        8 pm
Nov. 19    Boston Coll. at Notre Dame        NBC        4 pm
Nov. 25.    Boston Coll. at Miami        ABC (National)    3:30 pm
Dec. 3    .ACC .Championship Game    ESPN        8 pm