2011 Boston College Football Schedule: Eagles Host Florida St., N.C. State, Visit Notre Dame And Miami

The 2011 Boston College Eagles football schedule was released Monday afternoon as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule announcement made by Commissioner John Swofford. ACC teams will play four of the top six teams ranked in the final 2010 AP poll, 10 games against opponents that are projected to be in the preseason Top 25 and 23 games against teams which participated in 2010 postseason bowl games. 

The 2011 ACC football schedule begins Thursday night, Sept. 1, when Georgia Tech hosts Western Carolina. The rest of the teams are in action two days later, on Saturday, Sept. 3. Fourteen weeks later, after some 96 games, the ACC season reaches its conclusion with the Seventh Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, set to be played on Saturday, Dec. 3 in  Charlotte, N.C.

Boston College opens their 2011 schedule on Sept. 3 when the Eagles host the Northwestern Wildcats. In Week 2, BC travels to UCF before opening ACC play at home against Duke on Sept. 17. Other highlights include a Sept. 24 meeting at Chestnut Hill against in-state rival UMass, a nationally televised game on ESPN when Florida State comes to town Thursday night (Nov. 3) and another installment of the Holy War in South Bend, on Nov. 19.

In all, nine of the Eagles' 12 opponents played in postseason bowl games last season and five (Virginia Tech/16, Florida State/17, UCF/21, Maryland/23 and NC State/25) finished the 2010 campaign ranked in the AP Top 25.

Complete 2011 Boston College Football Schedule: 

Sept. 3 - NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS

Sept. 10 - at Central Florida Knights

Sept. 17 - DUKE BLUE DEVILS*

Sept. 24 - MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN (FBS)

Oct. 1 - WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS*

Oct. 8 - at Clemson Tigers*

Oct. 15 - OPEN

Oct. 22 - at Virginia Tech Hokies*

Oct. 29 - at Maryland Terrapins*

Nov. 3 - FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES* (Thursday, ESPN, 8 p.m. EST)

Nov. 12 - N.C. STATE WOLFPACK*

Nov. 19 - at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Nov. 26 - at Miami Hurricanes*

Complete 2011 ACC Football Composite Schedule (PDF)

2011 ACC Football Schedule (Helmet Edition; PDF)

For more on the 2011 Boston College football schedule, visit BC Interruption. 

2011 Boston College Football Schedule: Eagles Open Season Hosting Northwestern

The 2011 Boston College football schedule will be revealed Monday afternoon when the ACC officially releases the conference's schedule for the upcoming season at 2 p.m. EST. 

Though the official release is not until his afternoon, much of BC's 2011 schedule is already known. The Eagles will open at home against the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Twelve Big Ten on Sept. 3. Northwestern went 7-6 in 2010, with all six losses coming in their final eight games, including falling to Texas Tech in the TicketCity Bowl, 45-38. 

In the second week of the season, BC will head south for their first road game of the season, a matchup with the Central Florida Knights (Conference USA) on Sept. 10, a team that went 11-3 a season ago. Weeks 3 and 4 are unknown at this point, but on Oct. 1, Boston College will play an in-state rivalry game when they host the Massachusetts Minutemen from the FBS. 

In their fourth and final non-conference game, Boston College will travel to South Bend to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Nov. 19 for the latest edition of the Holy War. 

BC will play eight ACC games in 2011: Wake Forest, N.C. State, Florida St. and Duke will come to Chestnut Hill while the Eagles will travel to play Maryland, Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech. 

2011 Boston College Football Schedule (via BC Interruption):

* Denotes ACC game