This will be the first international game for the Wolfpack, and it will be the first FBS college football game held in the country.

In September, ACC athletic directors voted to move the league to a nine-game conference schedule starting in 2026. As a result, the 2026 game between NC State and Virginia was converted from a non-conference contest into an official ACC conference game, ensuring the matchup counts toward league standings.

At the draw for the 2026 men's soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in freezing Washington, D.C, there was pomp and glitz — and convoluted rules — as a host of celebrities, sports legends and President Donald Trump helped to flesh out the line-up of matches for the tournament's opening group stage.

Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius, Luka Modrić and Moisés Caicedo are among the soccer superstars who will play games here — and the Union's Danley Jean Jacques will get an unofficial homecoming with Haiti.

Lincoln Financial Field is one of 11 United States sites for World Cup games, along with three in Mexico and two in Canada. The 48 teams, making this the largest World Cup ever, are divided into 12 groups of four, with the top two in each group and eight third-place teams among 36 advancing to the elimination round.

N.C. State and Virginia will open next season in Brazil, becoming the first college football game played in South America.

When NC State and Virginia open conference play next season, they'll do so in historic fashion. The two teams will square off at Nilton Santos Stadium in Brazil, marking the first college football game played in South America.