ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge explained

The ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (or Big Ten–ACC Women's Challenge as it is called in alternating years) was an in-season NCAA Division I women's college basketball series established in 2007 that matches up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big Ten Conference. The challenge is identical in format to the men's ACC–Big Ten Challenge.^[1]

The ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge occurs early in the season, typically around late November or early December. The games were hosted by each of the schools. Originally, 11 games were played in the challenge, meaning one team from the ACC did not play each challenge. Nebraska's entry to the Big Ten allowed all 12 teams in each conference to play in the challenge. However, conference expansion in 2013 and 2014 led the ACC to have 15 schools while the Big Ten had 14 schools, leaving one ACC team out of the challenge each season.

Many of the challenge games hosted by Big Ten schools are televised live by the Big Ten Network. Games hosted by ACC schools are televised by the ACC Network.

On November 28, 2022, amid ESPN losing its media rights to the Big Ten, it was announced that both the men's and women's series would be discontinued after the 2022–23 season. ESPN will arrange an ACC—SEC series as a replacement beginning in the 2023–24 season.^{[2] [3]}

Team records

The Maryland Terrapins are listed under both the ACC and Big Ten standings, as they were members of the ACC during the Challenge from 2007 to 2013 and the Big Ten since 2014.

Atlantic Coast Conference (11–1–3)

Institution	Wins	Loss	Win %
	5	7
	4	6
	12	3
	13	2
	9	6
	5	3
Maryland Terrapins (2007–2013)	7	0
	6	7
	7	2
	10	5
	8	7
	3	5
	4	5
	6	8
	9	6
	4	8
Overall	112	80

Big Ten Conference (1–11–3)

Institution	Wins	Loss	Win %
	5	10
	9	6
	4	11
Maryland Terrapins (2014–present)	6	2
	10	5
	6	9
	6	9
	4	7
	7	8
	5	10
	5	10
	5	10
	2	6
	6	9
Overall	80	112

Results

2022 ACC 8–6

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Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Nov. 30	5:00p.m.		Illinois	71–92			274	B1G (1–0)
	6:00p.m.		Purdue	78–87			2,521	B1G (2–0)
	7:00p.m.	Boston College		75–61			465	B1G (2–1)
		Virginia		89–68		BTN+	1,823	Tied (2–2)
	7:30p.m.		No. 4 Ohio State	77–96		ACCN	8,259	B1G (3–2)
	8:00p.m.	Wake Forest		63–59		BTN	2,177	Tied (3–3)
Dec. 1	5:00p.m.			66–50		ACCN	1,089	ACC (4–3)
	6:00p.m.			63–87		BTN	5,939	Tied (4–4)
	6:30p.m.			72–74			3,131	B1G (5–4)
	7:00p.m.			85–54		ACCN	2,651	Tied (5–5)
	7:30p.m.	Florida State		92–87		BTN+	3,035	ACC (6–5)
	8:00p.m.	Georgia Tech		66–63		BTN	2,748	ACC (7–5)
	8:30p.m.	No. 12 NC State		94–81		ESPN2	8,250	ACC (8–5)
	9:00p.m.		No. 17 Michigan	64–76		ACCN	1,830	ACC (8–6)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Clemson did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2021 ACC 10–4

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Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Dec 1	6:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh		58–50			1,390	ACC (1–0)
	7:00 p.m.		Nebraska	60–86			501	Tied (1–1)
			Purdue	52–53			1,539	B1G (2–1)
	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech		70–60		BTN+	2,096	Tied (2–2)
	8:00 p.m.	Syracuse		97–91		ACCN	847	ACC (3–2)
	9:00 p.m.	North Carolina		82–76		BTN	3,432	ACC (4–2)
Dec 2	6:00 p.m.	Boston College		86–69		ACCN	833	ACC (5–2)
		No. 24 Notre Dame		76–71		BTN	4,581	ACC (6–2)
	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Louisville		70–48			7,309	ACC (7–2)
		No. 2т NC State		66–58			5,242	ACC (8–2)
	8:00 p.m.		Northwestern	61–72		ACCN	502	ACC (8–3)
			No. 8 Maryland	74–82		BTN	4,367	ACC (8–4)
		No. 25 Florida State		67–58		BTN+	1,027	ACC (9–4)
	9:00 p.m.	Duke		79–64		ESPN	3,064	ACC (10–4)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Virginia did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2019 Big Ten 9–5

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Dec 4	6:00 PM			58–45			848	B1G (1–0)
	7:00 PM			83–79			4,013	B1G (2–0)
	8:00 PM			66–63			610	B1G (3–0)
	8:00 PM		Minnesota	75–67		ACCN	7,093	B1G (4–0)
	9:00 PM			74–60		BTN	5,884	B1G (5–0)
Dec 5	6:00 PM			85–60		ACCN	2,116	B1G (5–1)
	6:00 PM			73–63		BTN	1,597	B1G (6–1)
	7:00 PM			60–41			1,016	B1G (6–2)
	7:00 PM			66–59			4,033	B1G (6–3)
	7:00 PM			78–73			1,667	B1G (7–3)
	7:00 PM			67–54		ACCNX	1,282	B1G (7–4)
	8:00 PM			78–68		ACCN	3,258	B1G (7–5)
	8:00 PM			67–60		BTN	3,807	B1G (8–5)
	9:00 PM		No. 24 Michigan	84–76^OT		ESPN	1,832	B1G (9–5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2018 ACC 8–6

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Nov 28	7:00 PM			69–67^OT			412	ACC (1–0)
	7:00 PM			67–51			966	ACC (2–0)
	7:00 PM			73–87			397	ACC (2–1)
	7:00 PM			66–91			4,219	Tied (2–2)
	9:00 PM		Wisconsin	60–53		BTN	3,483	ACC (3–2)
Nov 29	6:30 PM			54–67		BTN	4,108	Tied (3–3)
	7:00 PM			105–71			7,968	ACC (4–3)
	7:00 PM		Nebraska	85–68			7,334	ACC (5–3)
	7:00 PM			87–58		ACCN Extra	2,501	ACC (6–3)
	7:00 PM			69–76			4,997	ACC (6–4)
	7:00 PM			63–74			5,831	ACC (6–5)
	7:00 PM			66–55		ACCN Extra	2,782	ACC (7–5)
	8:00 PM			52–49			411	ACC (8–5)
	8:30 PM			68–72		BTN	4,178	ACC (8–6)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2017 ACC 10–4

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Nov 29	3:30 PM		Minnesota	88–83			6,822	ACC 1–0
	6:00 PM			83–63			3,100	ACC 2–0
	7:00 PM			60–59		ACCN Extra	3,082	ACC 2–1
	7:00 PM		Wisconsin	58–57		ACCN Extra	762	Tied 2–2
	8:00 PM			94–93		BTN	4,202	ACC 3–2
Nov 30	6:00 PM		Rutgers	57–53		BTN	1,215	Tied 3–3
	7:00 PM		Michigan State	67–57		ACCN Extra	1,062	ACC 4–3
	7:00 PM		Northwestern	81–74		ACCN Extra	1,167	ACC 5–3
	7:00 PM		No. 8 Ohio State	69–60			5,535	ACC 6–3
	7:00 PM		Penn State	68–58			2,329	ACC 6–4
	7:00 PM			68–55		ACCN Extra	1,201	ACC 7–4
	8:00 PM		Illinois	96–49			1,339	ACC 8–4
	8:00 PM		Indiana	72–59		BTN	2,853	ACC 9–4
	8:00 PM			67–66			3,579	ACC 10–4
Home team is italicized. WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2016 ACC 9–5

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Nov 30	7:00 pm			60–56			531	B1G 1–0
				75–64		ACCN Extra	768	Tie 1–1
				75–61		BTN	2,213	ACC 2–1
			Purdue	67–61		ACCN Extra	702	Tie 2–2
	8:00 pm		Illinois	79–70			1,243	ACC 3–2
	9:00 pm		Iowa	73–58		BTN	3,809	ACC 4–2
Dec 1	7:00 pm		Michigan	92–52		ACCN Extra	818	ACC 4–3
			Indiana	84–70		ACCN Extra	2,203	ACC 5–3
			Nebraska	76–67		ACCN Extra	2,292	ACC 6–3
				94–89^OT		BTN	4,165	ACC 7–3
			Rutgers	68–32			2,704	ACC 8–3
			Wisconsin	72–59			2,972	ACC 9–3
			No. 5 Maryland	78–72		ACCN Extra	7,816	ACC 9–4
	9:00 pm			69–60		BTN	694	ACC 9–5
Home team is italicized. WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Clemson did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2015 Tied 7–7

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Dec 2	6:00 pm			85–72			1,664	B1G 1–0
	7:00 pm		Illinois	73–64		ESPN3	910	TIE 1–1
			Indiana	69–60			2,222	B1G 2–1
			Iowa	85–73			3,360	B1G 3–1
				82–64			3,964	B1G 4–1
			No. 10 Ohio State	75–72		ESPN3	8,609	B1G 4–2
				64–51		ESPN3	382	B1G 5–2
Dec 3	6:00 pm	Boston College		58–56		BTN	5,805	B1G 5–3
	7:00 pm			82–45			1,737	B1G 6–3
			No. 19 Michigan State	85–78			5,721	B1G 6–4
			Minnesota	84–64		ESPN3	3,617	B1G 6–5
			Rutgers	65–43		ESPN3	2,699	TIE 6–6
	8:00 pm			88–67			5,151	B1G 7–6
				64–59		BTN	2,897	TIE 7–7
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Clemson did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2014 Tied 7–7

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Wed, Dec. 3	6:00 PM	2 Notre Dame					Notre Dame 92–72
	6:00 PM		Indiana				Indiana 76–67
	6:00 PM		Michigan				Michigan 83–69
	6:00 PM	North Carolina State	Minnesota		ESPN3		Minnesota 60–55
	6:00 PM	Pittsburgh					Pittsburgh 78–74
	6:00 PM	Florida State					Florida State 67–64 OT
	6:30 PM		12 Nebraska		BTN		Nebraska 60–54
	7:00 PM		Illinois				Illinois 86–63
Thurs., Dec. 4	6:00 PM	7 Louisville			ESPN3		Louisville 86–52
	6:00 PM	21 Syracuse					Syracuse 61–39
	6:00 PM		Northwestern				Northwestern 70–45
	6:00 PM	6 North Carolina			BTN		North Carolina 96–93 2OT
	6:00 PM	Georgia Tech	16 Michigan State				Michigan State 79–73 OT
	7:00 PM	Miami (FL)					Miami (FL) 66–54
Game Times in CST. Home team is italicized. Winners are in bold. First appearances for Louisville, a new member of the ACC, and Pittsburgh, left out of the 2013 edition in its first ACC season. First appearance for Maryland as a Big Ten member, after having left the ACC at the end of the 2013–14 season. Clemson did not participate due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2013–14 season.

2013 ACC 7–5

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Wed, Dec. 4	5:00PM	18 North Carolina					North Carolina (75–62)
	6:00PM	8 Maryland	Ohio State				Maryland (67–55)
	6:00PM	Florida State					Florida State (60–58)
	6:00PM		Indiana				Indiana (71–65)
	6:00PM	Georgia Tech					Georgia Tech (93–69)
	6:30PM	4 Notre Dame					Notre Dame (77–67)
Thurs., Dec. 5	5:30PM	2 Duke					Duke (99–78)
	6:00PM	Virginia	Michigan				Michigan (73–53)
	6:00PM	22 Syracuse	25 Iowa				Iowa (97–91)
	6:30PM	NC State					NC State (76–61)
	7:00PM	Boston College	Wisconsin				Wisconsin (74–59)
	8:00PM	Miami (FL)	Minnesota				Minnesota (74–67)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/23). First appearances for Notre Dame and Syracuse, which joined from the Big East Conference. Final appearance for Maryland as an ACC member, as it would leave for the Big Ten after the 2013–14 season. Clemson and Wake Forest, plus the other school that joined from the Big East, Pittsburgh, did not play. Clemson and Wake Forest had the two worst records out of the ACC teams during the 2012–13 season, and Pittsburgh had the worst Big East record in 2012–13 among the three teams that joined the ACC for 2013–14.

2012 ACC 7–5

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Wed, Nov. 28	7:00PM	25 North Carolina				2765	North Carolina (57–54)
	7:00PM	RV Florida State	RV Iowa			2389	Florida State (83–69)
	7:00PM	Virginia Tech				1832	Virginia Tech (47–38)
	7:00PM	4 Duke				1515	Duke (71–54)
	7:00PM		14 Purdue		BTN	8013	Purdue (85–73)
	7:00PM	Clemson	Indiana			1847	Indiana (52–49)
	7:00PM		Northwestern			504	Northwestern (67–63)
	8:00PM	10 Maryland				6283	Maryland (90–71)
Thurs., Nov. 29	7:00PM	North Carolina State				2143	Michigan State (68–51)
	7:05PM		6 Penn State			1286	Miami (69–65)
	8:00PM	RV Virginia				2215	Virginia (90–68)
	8:00PM	Wake Forest				1262	Illinois (95–82)
	Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/23).

2011 Tied 6–6

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Wed, Nov. 30	6:30PM		15 Penn State				Penn State (103–84)
	7:00PM	7 Maryland					Maryland (74–65)
	7:00PM	RV Georgia Tech					Georgia Tech (73–57)
	8:00PM	NC State	Northwestern				Northwestern (76–59)
	8:00PM	Virginia Tech	RV Iowa				Iowa (58–47)
	8:00PM		Wisconsin				Wisconsin (58–50)
	8:30PM	Florida State					Ohio State (78–75)^OT
Thurs., Dec. 1	6:30PM	Wake Forest	Minnesota				Wake Forest (82–65)
	7:00PM	Virginia					Virginia (65–49)
	7:00PM						Illinois (61–50)
	7:00PM	6 Duke					Duke (64–53)
	8:00PM	9 Miami					Miami (76–60)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/29).

2010 ACC 6–5

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Wed., Dec. 1	5:30PM	Wake Forest	Michigan				Michigan (91–58)
	6:00PM	14 Florida State					Michigan State (72–64)
	6:00PM	Georgia Tech					Georgia Tech (67–63)
	7:30PM	NC State					N.C. State (73–57)
Thurs, Dec. 2	6:00PM	RV Maryland					Maryland (56–55)
	6:00PM	Virginia					Ohio State (74–46)
	6:00PM		Indiana				Indiana (65–51)
	6:00PM		18 Iowa				North Carolina (79–67)
	6:00PM						Boston College (113–104)
	7:00PM	Virginia Tech	Minnesota				Minnesota (63–58)
	7:30PM	5 Duke					Duke (59–51)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/30). Miami did not play due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2009–2010 season.

2009 ACC 7–4

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Georgia Tech	Penn State	GT 64–60	State College, Pennsylvania	X
Wake Forest	Illinois	ILL 65–50	Winston-Salem, North Carolina		X
Boston College	Iowa	BC 72–67	Iowa City, IA	X
Florida State	Indiana	FSU 82–74	Bloomington, Indiana	X
Virginia Tech	Michigan	MICH 71–51	Blacksburg, Virginia		X
Maryland	Minnesota	MD 66–45	College Park, Maryland	X
Duke	Ohio State	DUKE 83–67	Durham, North Carolina	X
Virginia	Purdue	VA 56–49	Charlottesville, Virginia	X
North Carolina State	Wisconsin	WISC 53–48	Raleigh, North Carolina		X
Clemson	Northwestern	CLEM 69–68	Evanston, Illinois	X
North Carolina	Michigan State	MSU 72–66	East Lansing, Michigan		X
RESULT		ACC		7	4

Note: Miami did not play

2008 ACC 7–4

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Georgia Tech	Michigan State	GT 70–57	Atlanta	X
North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 72–63	Columbus, Ohio	X
Florida State	Penn State	FSU 73–60	Tallahassee, Florida	X
Clemson	Northwestern	CLEM 78–75 OT	Clemson, South Carolina	X
Maryland	Purdue	UMD 70–59	West Lafayette, Indiana	X
Boston College	Minnesota	MINN 80–60	Minneapolis		X
Virginia	Illinois	UVA 63–39	Champaign, Illinois	X
Duke	Iowa	DUKE 71–47	Durham, North Carolina	X
Virginia Tech	Wisconsin	WISC 61–52	Madison, Wisconsin		X
NC State	Michigan	MICH 63–52	Ann Arbor, Michigan		X
Miami	Indiana	IU 69–54	Miami		X
RESULT		ACC		7	4

Note: Wake Forest did not play

2007 ACC 8–3

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Miami	Michigan	MICH 65–50	Coral Gables, Florida		X
Wake Forest	Northwestern	WAKE 60–45	Evanston, Illinois	X
Georgia Tech	Iowa	GT 76–57	Iowa City, IA	X
North Carolina	Purdue	UNC 90–72	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	X
Virginia Tech	Minnesota	VT 68–62	Blacksburg, Virginia	X
NC State	Illinois	NCST 61–47	Raleigh, North Carolina	X
Maryland	Ohio State	UMD 77–53	College Park, Maryland	X
Clemson	Michigan State	MSU 68–51	East Lansing, Michigan		X
Virginia	Wisconsin	UVA 84–60	Charlottesville, Virginia	X
Florida State	Indiana	FSU 85–78	Bloomington, Indiana	X
Duke	Penn State	PSU 86–84	University Park, Pennsylvania		X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Note: Boston College did not play

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120223170633/http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/051407aac.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080705105138/http://theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/acc-w-baskbl-body.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081218144951/http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/big10-w-baskbl-body.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120404184925/http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/120209aaa.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100706021316/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/052410aaa.html

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