2025 Duke Blue Devils football team

2025 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 42–39 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJonathan Brewer (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJonathan Patke (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Captains
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
2025 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Virginia y   7 1     11 3  
Duke y$   6 2     9 5  
No. 2 Miami (FL) ^   6 2     13 3  
Georgia Tech   6 2     9 4  
SMU   6 2     9 4  
Pittsburgh   6 2     8 5  
Louisville   4 4     9 4  
Wake Forest   4 4     9 4  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
California   4 4     7 6  
Clemson   4 4     7 6  
Stanford   3 5     4 8  
Florida State   2 6     5 7  
Virginia Tech   2 6     3 9  
North Carolina   2 6     4 8  
Boston College   1 7     2 10  
Syracuse   1 7     3 9  
Championship: Duke 27, Virginia 20OT
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of March 16, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils were led by head coach Manny Diaz, coaching his second year as the Blue Devils head coach, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium located in Durham, North Carolina.

Despite finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record, Duke finished first in a five-way tie for second place in the ACC with a 6–2 conference record. This included a 3-0 record against their Tobacco Road rivals, thus winning the North Carolina state championship and The Battle for the Old State Trophy for the second year in a row. Their season earned them a spot in the ACC championship game, where they upset the Virginia Cavaliers in overtime and won their first ACC title since 1989 and their first outright ACC title since 1962. Furthermore, this was Duke's first victory in the ACC championship game since the game's inception. They then participated in the Sun Bowl, where they beat the Arizona State Sun Devils in a high-scoring shootout to finish 9-5 on the season.

The Duke Blue Devils drew an average home attendance of 24,283, the 88th-highest of all NCAA Division I FBS football teams.