Atlantic Coast Conference

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The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I. ACC football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-eight sports with many of its member institutions held in high regard nationally. Current members of the conference are Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest.

AssociationNCAA
FoundedMay 8, 1953; 72 years ago (1953-05-08)
CommissionerJames J. Phillips (since February 1, 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 28[1]
    • men's: 13
    • women's: 15
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Atlantic Coast Conference
AssociationNCAA
FoundedMay 8, 1953; 72 years ago (1953-05-08)
CommissionerJames J. Phillips (since February 1, 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 28[1]
    • men's: 13
    • women's: 15
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFBS
No. of teams18
HeadquartersCharlotte, North Carolina
Region
BroadcastersABC/ESPN/ACC Network
The CW (via Raycom Sports)
Streaming partnerESPN
Official websitetheacc.com
Locations
Location of teams in Atlantic Coast Conference
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ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference's history. Generally, the ACC's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation. Additionally, the conference enjoys extensive media coverage. With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, the ACC is one of the "Power Four" conferences who had contractual tie-in to a New Year's Six bowl game in the sport of football prior to the playoffs being expanded in 2024.

The ACC was founded on May 8, 1953, by seven universities located in the South Atlantic states, with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight.[2] The loss of the University of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven, but the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight, and Florida State's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine. Since 2000, with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA, ten additional schools have joined, and one original member (Maryland) has left to bring it to the current membership of 18 schools. The additions in recent years extended the conference's footprint into the Northeast, Midwest, and West.

Member universities

Full members

The ACC has 18 member institutions from 12 states. Listed in alphabetical order, these 12 states within the ACC's geographical footprint are California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. The geographic domain of the conference is predominantly within the Southern and Northeastern United States along the US Atlantic coast, but recent conference realignment has brought it to California and Texas. It stretches from Florida in the south to New York in the north and from California in the west to Massachusetts farthest east.

When Notre Dame joined the ACC, it chose to remain a football independent. However, its football team established a special scheduling arrangement with the ACC to play a rotating selection of five ACC football teams per season. For the 2020 season, due largely to the suspension of most non-conference games by other Power Five conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the ACC reached an agreement to allow Notre Dame to play a full, 10-game conference schedule and be eligible to play for the ACC championship.[3]

The ACC is unique among power conferences in that it has a high proportion of private universities as members; eight of its 18 members are fully private institutions (not counting state-related Pittsburgh). By contrast, the Big 12 has three private members, the Big Ten two, and the SEC one.

Since August 2, 2024, the 18 members of the ACC are:

More information Institution, Location ...
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment
(fall 2023)[4]		 Endowment
(billions – FY24)[5]		 Nickname Joined[a] Colors
Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina 1889 Public 28,747 $1.124 Tigers 1953    
Duke University Durham, North Carolina 1838 Nonsectarian[b] 17,112 $11.890 Blue Devils    
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1789 Public 32,234 $5.728 Tar Heels    
North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 1887 Public 37,323 $2.220 Wolfpack    
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1834 Nonsectarian[c] 9,121 $1.997 Demon Deacons    
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 1819 Public 25,924 $10.217 Cavaliers    
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 1885 Public 47,946 $3.167 Yellow Jackets 1979[d]    
Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 1851 Public 43,234 $1.030 Seminoles 1991[e]    
University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida 1925 Nonsectarian 19,593 $1.590 Hurricanes 2004      
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 1872 Public 38,294 $1.954 Hokies    
Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 1863 Catholic
(Jesuit)		 15,280 $3.778 Eagles 2005    
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1787 Public
(State-related)		 34,525 $5.804 Panthers 2013    
Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 1870 Nonsectarian[b] 22,948 $2.097 Orange  
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 1842 Catholic
(Holy Cross)		 13,174 $17.897 Fighting Irish    
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 1798 Public 22,139 $1.008 Cardinals 2014    
Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas[f] 1911 Nonsectarian[b] 11,842 $2.122 Mustangs 2024    
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 1868 Public 45,699 $9.370 Golden Bears    
Stanford University Stanford, California 1891 Nonsectarian 18,446 $37.631 Cardinal    
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Notes
  1. [a]
    Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. [b]
    Historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
  3. [c]
    Historically affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
  4. [d]
    Although Georgia Tech joined the ACC for most sports during the 1979–80 school year, it did not compete for the league's football championship until the 1983 fall season (1983–84 school year).[6]
  5. [e]
    Although Florida State joined the ACC for most sports during the 1991–92 school year, it did not compete for the league's football championship until the 1992 fall season (1992–93 school year).[7]
  6. [f]
    The SMU campus is almost entirely located in University Park, Texas, which, with the adjacent town of Highland Park, is completely surrounded by the city of Dallas. However, the U.S. Postal Service considers all locations in University Park to have a Dallas address.

Former members

In 1971, the University of South Carolina left the ACC to become an independent, later joining the Metro Conference in 1983 and moving to its current home, the Southeastern Conference, in 1991. On July 1, 2014, the University of Maryland departed for the Big Ten Conference.

More information Institution, Location ...
Institution Location Founded Type Nickname Joined[a] Left[b] Colors Current
conference
University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 1801 Public Gamecocks 1953 1971     SEC
University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland 1856 Public
(Land-grant)		 Terrapins 1953 2014         Big Ten
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Notes
  1. [a]
    Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. [b]
    Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.

Membership map

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Membership timeline

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History

Founding and early expansion

The ACC was established on June 14, 1953, when seven members of the Southern Conference left to form their own conference.[n 1][8] These seven universities became charter members of the ACC: Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest. They left partially due to the Southern Conference's ban on post-season football play that had been initiated in 1951. (Clemson and Maryland had both defied the Southern Conference's bowl rule following the 1951 season and were banned from playing other conference teams in the 1952 season.)[9] After drafting a set of bylaws for the creation of a new league, the seven withdrew from the Southern Conference at the spring meeting on the morning of May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. The bylaws were ratified on June 14, 1953, and the new conference was created.[10] The conference officials indicated a desire to add an eighth member, and candidates mentioned were Virginia, VPI and West Virginia.[11] On December 4, 1953, officials convened in Greensboro, North Carolina, and admitted Virginia, a former Southern Conference charter member that had been independent since 1937, into the conference.[12] Virginia's president Colgate Darden argued fiercely against joining the ACC or any conference, while UVA athletics director Gus Tebell argued in favor.[13] In the end, UVA's Board of Visitors approved joining the ACC by a vote of 6–3.[13]

In 1960, the ACC implemented a minimum SAT score for incoming student-athletes of 750, the first conference to do so. This minimum was raised to 800 in 1964, but was ultimately struck down by a federal court in 1972.[14]

On July 1, 1971, South Carolina left the ACC to become an independent.

Racial integration

Racial integration of all-white collegiate sports teams was high on the regional agenda in the 1950s and 1960s. Involved were issues of equality, racism, and the alumni demand for the top players needed to win high-profile games. The ACC took the lead.[vague] First they started to schedule integrated teams from the north. Finally ACC schools—typically under pressure from boosters and civil rights groups—integrated their teams.[15] With an alumni base that dominated local and state politics, society and business, the ACC flagship schools were successful in their endeavor—as Pamela Grundy argues, they had learned how to win:

The widespread admiration that athletic ability inspired would help transform athletic fields from grounds of symbolic play to forces for social change, places where a wide range of citizens could publicly and at times effectively challenge the assumptions that cast them as unworthy of full participation in U.S. society. While athletic successes would not rid society of prejudice or stereotype—black athletes would continue to confront racial slurs...[—minority star players demonstrated] the discipline, intelligence, and poise to contend for position or influence in every arena of national life.[16]

1978 and 1991 expansions

The ACC operated with seven members until the addition of Georgia Tech from the Metro Conference, announced on April 3, 1978, and taking effect on July 1, 1979, except in football, in which Tech would remain an independent until joining ACC football in 1983. The total number of member schools reached nine with the addition of Florida State, also formerly from the Metro Conference, on July 1, 1991, in non-football sports and July 1, 1992, in football. The additions of those schools marked the first expansions of the conference footprint since 1953, though both schools were still located with the rest of the ACC schools in the South Atlantic States.

2004–2005 expansion

See also: 2005 NCAA conference realignment

The ACC added three members from the Big East Conference during the 2005 conference realignment. Initially, the conference targeted Boston College, Miami, and Syracuse. The expansion was controversial, as Connecticut, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia (and, initially, Virginia Tech) filed lawsuits against the ACC, Miami, and Boston College for allegedly conspiring to weaken the Big East Conference. Then-Virginia governor Mark Warner, who feared Virginia Tech being left behind in a weakened Big East, pressured the administration of the University of Virginia to lobby on behalf of their in-state foe. Eventually Virginia Tech replaced Syracuse in the expansion lineup and ACC expansion was agreed upon. Miami and Virginia Tech joined on July 1, 2004, while Boston College joined on July 1, 2005, as the league's twelfth member and the first from the Northeast.

2010–present

2010–2022

Further information: 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment
See also: 2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment and 2010–2014 Big Ten Conference realignment

The ACC Hall of Champions opened on March 2, 2011, next to the Greensboro Coliseum arena, making the ACC the second college sports conference to have a hall of fame after the Southern Conference.[17][n 2]

On September 17, 2011, Big East Conference members Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh both applied to join the ACC.[19] The two schools were accepted into the conference the following day, once again expanding the conference footprint like previous expansions.[20] Because the Big East intended to hold Pitt and Syracuse to the 27-month notice period required by league bylaws, the most likely entry date into the ACC (barring negotiations) was July 1, 2014.[21] However, in July 2012, the Big East came to an agreement with Syracuse and Pitt that allowed the two schools to leave the Big East on July 1, 2013.[22][23]

On September 12, 2012, Notre Dame agreed to join the ACC in all conference sports except football and men's ice hockey (as the ACC does not sponsor men's ice hockey; of all other ACC universities, only Boston College sponsors men's ice hockey) as the conference's first member in the Midwestern United States. As part of the agreement, Notre Dame committed to play five football games each season against ACC schools beginning in 2014.[24] On March 12, 2013, Notre Dame and the Big East announced they had reached a settlement allowing Notre Dame to join the ACC effective July 1, 2013.[25]

On November 19, 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the ACC to join the Big Ten Conference effective in 2014.[26] The following week, the Big East's University of Louisville accepted the ACC's invitation to become a full member, replacing Maryland effective July 1, 2014.[27]

The ACC's presidents announced on April 22, 2013, that all 15 schools that would be members of the conference in 2014–15 had signed a grant of media rights (GOR), effective immediately and running through the 2026–27 school year, coinciding with the duration of the conference's then-current TV deal with ESPN. This move essentially prevents the ACC from being a target for other conferences seeking to expand—under the grant, if a school leaves the conference during the contract period, all revenue derived from that school's media rights for home games would belong to the ACC and not the school.[28] The move also left the SEC as the only one of the FBS Power Five conferences without a GOR.[29]

In July 2016, the GOR was extended through the 2035–36 school year, coinciding with the signing of a new 20-year deal with ESPN that would transform the then-current ad hoc ACC Network into a full-fledged network. The new network launched as a digital service in the 2016–17 school year and as a linear network in August 2019.[30]

On August 24, 2021, the ACC formed an alliance with the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences.[31] In 2022, the ACC brought back old rivalries like the Backyard Brawl between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the West Virginia University Mountaineers.[32] A friendly rivalry between University of Pittsburgh Panthers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in memory of the 1956 Sugar Bowl and Bobby Grier, during the last game, actor Anthony Mackie appeared on field to honor Grier and the game.[33][34]

2024 expansion

See also: 2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment

On September 1, 2023, the conference voted to expand and add three new members: California, SMU, and Stanford. The board approved the expansion, which was initially controversial given the distance between the new schools and the then-current members, by a 12–3 vote.[35] SMU joined on July 1, 2024, from the American Athletic Conference, while Cal and Stanford joined the ACC on August 2, 2024, due to the fiscal year of the Pac-12 Conference, their former conference, being different from most athletic conferences.

Academics and ACC

Academic rankings

Among the major NCAA athletic conferences that sponsor NCAA Division I FBS football, including the current "power conferences", the ACC has been regarded as having the highest academically ranked collection of members based on U.S. News & World Report[36][37][38][39][40][41] and by the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate.[42][43]

Nine ACC institutions are members of the Association of American Universities: Cal, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Stanford, and Virginia.[44][45] Syracuse was a member until 2011 but voluntarily withdrew over a dispute on how to count non-federal grants.[46]

More information School, Endowment (in 2021 US$ billions) ...
Academics and Research
School Endowment[47]
(in 2021 US$ billions)		 AAU Member US News US Ranking[48] Washington Monthly US Ranking[49] NTU US Ranking[50] CWTS Leiden US Impact Ranking[51] Scimago US Higher Education Ranking[52] URAP US Ranking[53] ARWU US Ranking[54] QS World Rankings[55] Major Faculty Awards[56](total awards) Princeton Review Rating[57](scale 60–99)
Boston College $3.83 No 36 50 138 157 174 145 118 631 6 85
California $6.91 Yes 15 13 7 30 13 5 4 10
Clemson $1.01 No 75 177 138 108 140 123 145 851 3 78
Duke $12.7 Yes 7 7 14 14 17 16 22 57 30 92
Florida State $0.89 No 51 48 91 81 112 75 62 461 9 68
Georgia Tech $2.97 Yes 32 56 47 47 37 45 52 97 21 86
Louisville $0.96 No 158 251 119 104 135 110 172 1001 5 69
Miami $1.39 Yes 64 243 59 57 68 54 83 278 7 78
North Carolina $5.17 Yes 26 19 20 23 19 21 21 132 19 77
NC State $1.95 No 64 75 72 42 57 56 62 274 11 75
Notre Dame $13.3[58] Yes 20 10 101 101 105 87 100 304 14 80
Pittsburgh $5.65 Yes 69 116 17 18 24 19 36 222 13 80
SMU $2.0 No 88 320 190 211 160 158 1001
Stanford $37.8 Yes 4 2 3 4 3 2 2 5
Syracuse $1.81 No 75 45 138 147 171 129 158 781 11 77
Virginia $14.5 Yes 26 37 53 51 53 46 62 260 15 87
Virginia Tech $1.69 No 51 38 95 50 64 63 62 302 10 73
Wake Forest $1.86 No 51 71 86 106 114 88 118 701 3 94
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ACCAC and ACC academic network

ACC Academic Consortium logo

The members of the ACC participate in the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium (ACCAC), a consortium that provides a vehicle for inter-institutional academic and administrative collaboration between member universities. Growing out of a conference-wide doctoral student-exchange program that was established in 1999, the ACCAC has expanded its scope into other domestic and international collaborations.[59]

The stated mission of the ACCAC is to "leverage the athletic associations and identities among the 15 ACC universities in order to enrich the educational missions of member universities." To that end, the collaborative helps organize various academic initiatives, including fellowship and scholarship programs, global research initiatives, leadership conferences, and extensive study abroad programs.[60] Funding for its operations, 90% of which is spent on direct student support, is derived from a portion of the income generated by the ACC Football Championship Game and by supplemental allocations by individual universities and various grants.[61]

ACCAC academic programs

Major academic programs that have been implemented under ACCAC include:

  • The annual Meeting of the Minds (MOM) undergraduate research conference.[62]
  • The annual Student Leadership Conference.[63]
  • The Creativity and Innovation Fellowship Program in which each university receives $12,500 to award between two and five undergraduate students ACCAC fellowships for research or creative projects.[64]
  • The Summer Research Scholars Program in which every ACC university will receive $5,000 to support up to two of its undergraduate students in conducting research in residence at another ACC university during a minimum 10-week period over the summer.[65]
  • The ACC Debate Championship[66]
  • The ACC Inventure Prize Competition is a Shark Tank-like innovation competition for teams of students from ACC universities.[67]
  • The Student Federal Relations Trip to Washington, D.C. is an annual trip of student delegates from ACC universities to the nation's capital.[68]
  • The Creativity Competition is planned to be an ACC-wide, team-based interdisciplinary competition emphasizing use of creative design and the arts to begin in 2017.[68]
  • The Distinguished Lecturers Program in which five ACC universities select an outstanding faculty member as The ACCAC's Distinguished Lecturer. In addition to an award stipend, the ACCAC provides financial support to enable each ACC university to sponsor a "distinguished lecture event" on their campus.[69]
  • The Executive Leadership Series is a two-day skill enhancement programs designed for Deans, Vice Provosts, and Vice Chancellors of ACC universities.[68]
  • The annual Student President Conference.[70]
  • The Coach for College Program, primarily for student-athletes and run through Duke University with support from the ACCAC, that takes 32 ACC students to Vietnam for three weeks in the summer to coach hundreds of middle school children.[71]
  • The Traveling Scholars Program which allows PhD candidates from one ACC campus to access courses, laboratories, library, or other resources at any one of the other ACC member institution campuses.[72]
  • The Clean Energy Grant Competition that helps coordinate geographically defined clusters of ACC universities in competition for United States Department of Energy Clean Energy Grants.[72]
  • The Study Abroad Program collaborative which allows cross-registration in study abroad programs enroll in programs sponsored by an ACC university other than their "home" university.[72] A Student Study Abroad Scholarship program that awarded two to five ACCAC scholarships for study abroad was discontinued in 2013, but is targeted for renewal in 2014–15.[73]

The ACCAC also supports periodic meetings among faculty, administration, and staff who pursue similar interests and responsibilities at the member universities either by face-to-face conferences, video conferences, or telephone conferences. ACCAC affinity groups include those for International Affairs Officers, Study Abroad Directors, Teaching-Learning Center Directors, Chief Information Officers, Chief Procurement Officers, Undergraduate Research Conference Coordinators, Student Affairs Vice Presidents, Student Leadership Conference Coordinators, and Faculty Athletic Representatives To the ACC.[74]

Athletic department revenue by school

Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.[75]

More information Institution, 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics ...
Institution 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics 2023-24 Total Expenses on Football 2023-24 Total Expenses on Men's Basketball 2023-24 Total Expenses on Women's Basketball
University of Notre Dame $234,746,127 $209,049,397 $68,796,341 $12,732,337 $7,859,747
Stanford University $199,603,664 $199,603,664 $33,719,431 $10,356,444 $9,473,457
University of Miami $182,459,468 $182,459,468 $78,100,431 $13,500,175 $9,099,494
Clemson University $171,016,070 $171,016,070 $67,787,017 $11,672,038 $6,506,099
Florida State University $169,896,350 $169,896,350 $61,092,937 $10,893,720 $5,756,618
Duke University $166,864,316 $166,757,447 $37,682,973 $21,044,530 $6,834,001
University of Louisville $165,168,798 $165,168,798 $37,682,973 $21,044,530 $6,834,001
University of North Carolina $157,614,732 $149,062,850 $40,068,730 $13,601,824 $5,292,019
University of California, Berkeley $146,563,317 $146,563,317 $45,082,235 $11,696,433 $6,119,609
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $139,458,791 $126,337,823 $38,930,135 $9,662,190 $7,143,445
University of Pittsburgh $138,637,236 $138,637,236 $42,593,983 $11,869,362 $6,004,179
Boston College $136,563,473 $136,563,473 $38,139,875 $11,304,534 $6,381,451
University of Virginia $134,608,065 $134,608,065 $30,394,907 $14,238,084 $5,052,941
North Carolina State University $133,227,278 $124,901,094 $36,498,949 $11,953,373 $6,450,749
Georgia Institute of Technology $128,210,764 $127,823,348 $37,704,644 $10,164,043 $5,983,602
Syracuse University $111,504,051 $108,152,358 $43,995,922 $16,773,028 $6,254,851
Wake Forest University $102,342,890 $102,342,890 $32,478,209 $12,715,520 $5,015,779
Southern Methodist University $99,506,414 $99,506,414 $31,960,585 $8,307,389 $4,609,735
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The following table shows Atlantic Coast Conference distributions during the fiscal year July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 as reported by ProPublica using Schedule A of the Atlantic Coast Conference tax filings submitted on May 15, 2025.[76]

More information Institution, 2022–23 Distribution ...
Institution 2022–23 Distribution
Clemson University $45,274,911
University of North Carolina $45,349,089
University of Pittsburgh $43,363,450
Duke University $45,874,859
Florida State University $46,611,450
University of Louisville $46,415,388
Syracuse University $45,198,447
North Carolina State University $45,509,841
Wake Forest University $43,072,249
University of Virginia $43,879,142
Boston College $44,597,388
University of Miami $45,660,955
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $44,708,872
Georgia Institute of Technology $44,421,017
University of Notre Dame $20,732,731
Average for 14 Schools
Not including University of Notre Dame		 $44,974,076
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Key personnel

More information School, Athletic director ...
Senior personnel of Atlantic Coast Conference athletic programs
School Athletic director Football coach Men's basketball coach Women's basketball coach Baseball coach Softball coach Volleyball coach
Boston College Blake James Bill O'Brien Earl Grant Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Todd Interdonato Beth Krysiak Justin Kennedy
California Jim Knowlton Tosh Lupoi Mark Madsen Charmin Smith Mike Neu Vacant Jen Malcom
Clemson Graham Neff Dabo Swinney Brad Brownell Shawn Poppie Erik Bakich John Rittman Jackie Simpson Kirr
Duke Nina King Manny Diaz Jon Scheyer Kara Lawson Cora Muscara Marissa Young Jolene Nagel
Florida State Michael Alford Mike Norvell Luke Loucks Brooke Wyckoff Link Jarrett Lonni Alameda Chris Poole
Georgia Tech Ryan Alpert Brent Key Damon Stoudamire Karen Blair James Ramsey Aileen Morales Michelle Collier
Louisville Josh Heird Jeff Brohm Pat Kelsey Jeff Walz Dan McDonnell Holly Aprile Dan Meske
Miami Dan Radakovich Mario Cristobal Jai Lucas Rhonda Revelle J. D. Arteaga No Team Jose "Keno" Gandara
North Carolina Bubba Cunningham Bill Belichick Hubert Davis Courtney Banghart Scott Forbes Megan Smith Mike Schall
NC State Boo Corrigan Dave Doeren Will Wade Wes Moore Elliott Avent Lindsay Leftwich Megan Wargo-Kearney
Notre Dame Pete Bevacqua Marcus Freeman (independent) Micah Shrewsberry Kelly Graves Niele Ivey Kris Ganeff Salima Rockwell
Pittsburgh Allen Greene Pat Narduzzi Jeff Capel Tory Verdi Mike Bell Jenny Allard Dan Fisher
SMU Damon Evans Rhett Lashlee Andy Enfield Adia Barnes No Team No Team Sam Erger
Stanford John Donahoe Tavita Pritchard Kyle Smith Kate Paye Dave Esquer Jessica Allister Kevin Hambly
Syracuse John Wildhack Fran Brown Adrian Autry Felisha Legette-Jack No Team Shannon Doepking Bakeer Ganesharatnam
Virginia Carla Williams Tony Elliott Ryan Odom Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Chris Pollard Joanna Hardin Shannon Wells
Virginia Tech Whit Babcock James Franklin Mike Young Megan Duffy John Szefc Pete D'Amour Marcy Byers
Wake Forest John Currie Jake Dickert Steve Forbes Megan Gebbia Tom Walter No Team Jeff Hulsmeyer
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Facilities

More information School, Football stadium ...
SchoolFootball stadiumCapacitySoccer stadiumCapacityBasketball arenaCapacityBaseball stadiumCapacitySoftball stadiumCapacity
Boston College Alumni Stadium44,500 Newton Campus Soccer Field1,100 Conte Forum8,606 Eddie Pellagrini Diamond 2,500 Boston College Softball Field 1,000
California California Memorial Stadium52,428[77] Edwards Stadium22,000 Haas Pavilion11,858[78] Evans Diamond2,500[79] Levine-Fricke Field1,204
Clemson Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium82,500 Riggs Field6,500 Littlejohn Coliseum9,000 Doug Kingsmore Stadium6,524 McWhorter Stadium1,000
Duke Wallace Wade Stadium35,018 Koskinen Stadium4,500 Cameron Indoor Stadium9,314 Jack Coombs Field
Durham Bulls Athletic Park		2,000
10,000		 Duke Softball Stadium1,300
Florida State Bobby Bowden Field
at Doak Campbell Stadium		67,277 Seminole Soccer Complex2,000 Donald L. Tucker Center11,655 Mike Martin Field
at Dick Howser Stadium		6,700 JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex1,000
Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field51,913 Non-soccer school Hank McCamish Pavilion8,600 Russ Chandler Stadium3,718 Shirley Clements Mewborn Field1,500
Louisville L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium60,800 Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium5,300 KFC Yum! Center22,090 Jim Patterson Stadium4,000 Ulmer Stadium2,200
Miami Hard Rock Stadium65,326 Cobb Stadium500 Watsco Center7,972 Mark Light Field
at Alex Rodriguez Park		5,000 Non-softball school
North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium50,500 Dorrance Field4,200 Dean Smith Center (M)
Carmichael Arena (W)		21,750
8,010		 Boshamer Stadium5,000 Anderson Stadium500
NC State Carter-Finley Stadium57,583 Dail Soccer Field3,000 Lenovo Center (M)
Reynolds Coliseum (W)		19,722
5,500[80]		 Doak Field3,000 Dail Softball Stadium630
Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium77,569 Alumni Stadium2,500 Edmund P. Joyce Center9,149 Frank Eck Stadium2,500 Melissa Cook Stadium850
Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium65,500 Ambrose Urbanic Field
at Petersen Sports Complex		735 Petersen Events Center12,508 Charles L. Cost Field
at Petersen Sports Complex		900 Vartabedian Field
at Petersen Sports Complex		600
SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium32,000 Washburne Stadium2,577 Moody Coliseum7,000 Non-baseball school Non-softball school
Stanford Stanford Stadium50,424[81] Maloney Field
at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium		2,000 Maples Pavilion7,233[82] Klein Field at Sunken Diamond4,000[83] Smith Family Stadium[a]1,500
Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome42,784[85] SU Soccer Stadium1,500 JMA Wireless Dome35,446 Non-baseball school Softball Stadium at Skytop650
Virginia The Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium61,500 Klöckner Stadium8,000 John Paul Jones Arena14,593 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park5,500 Palmer Park522
Virginia Tech Lane Stadium65,632 Sandra D. Thompson Field2,500 Cassell Coliseum9,847 English Field1,032 Tech Softball Park1,024
Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium31,500 W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium3,000 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,407 David F. Couch Ballpark3,823 Non-softball school
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  1. [a]
    Due to renovations, Stanford is playing its home games in the 2025 softball season at Stanford Stadium.[84]

Sports

The Atlantic Coast Conference sponsors championship competition in thirteen men's and fifteen women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.[86] The most recently added sports are women's gymnastics and fencing. Gymnastics was added for the 2023–24 school year with Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Pitt participating; 2024 arrivals California and Stanford also compete in that sport.[87] Fencing was added for the 2014–15 school year after having been absent from the conference since 1980. Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, and Notre Dame have participated in that sport since that time, and 2024 addition Stanford also sponsors the sport.[88]

Since all current ACC members (including non-football member Notre Dame) field FBS football teams, they are subject to the NCAA requirement that FBS schools field at least 16 teams in NCAA-recognized varsity sports. However, the ACC itself requires sponsorship of only four sports—football, men's basketball, women's basketball, and either women's soccer or women's volleyball.[89] All ACC members sponsor all five of the named sports except Georgia Tech, which sponsors women's volleyball but not women's soccer.

More information Sport, Men's ...
Teams in ACC conference competition
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball16–
Basketball1818
Cross country1718
Fencing55
Field hockey–9
Football18–
Golf1515
Gymnastics–6
Lacrosse512
Rowing–12
Soccer1517
Softball–15
Swimming & diving13.515
Tennis1617
Track and field (indoor)1718
Track and field (outdoor)1718
Volleyball–18
Wrestling7–
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Men's sponsored sports by school

Member-by-member sponsorship of the 13 men's ACC sports for the 2024–25 academic year.

More information School, Baseball ...
School Baseball Basketball Cross country Fencing Football Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming & diving Tennis Track & field
(indoor)		 Track & field
(outdoor)		 Wrestling Total ACC men's sports
Boston College YesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesNo11
California YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesNo10
Clemson YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesNo9
Duke YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes13
Florida State YesYesYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesNo9
Georgia Tech YesYesYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesNo9
Louisville YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesNo10
Miami YesYesYesNoYesNoNoNoYes[a]YesYesYesNo7.5
North Carolina YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes13
NC State YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes11
Notre Dame YesYesYesYesYes[b]YesYesYesNo[c]YesYesYesNo11
Pittsburgh YesYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYes9
SMU NoYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesNoNoNo6
Stanford YesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes12
Syracuse NoYesYesNoYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNo8
Virginia YesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes12
Virginia Tech YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes11
Wake Forest YesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesNo9
Totals 2024–251618175181551513.51617177179.5
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  1. [a]
    Miami participates in diving only. For the purposes of this chart, Miami men's diving is counted as sponsoring half of the sport of men's swimming & diving.
  2. [b]
    Notre Dame plays football as an independent.
  3. [c]
    Shortly before the start of the 2024–25 school year, Notre Dame suspended its men's swimming & diving program for at least that year. An external investigation found that many team members violated NCAA rules by wagering among themselves on results of their competitions.[90][91]
More information School, Gymnastics ...
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference which are played by ACC schools:
SchoolGymnasticsIce hockeyRowing[a]Rugby[a]Sailing[a]SkiingSquash[a]VolleyballWater PoloTotal non-ACC men's sports
Boston CollegenoHockey EastnonoNEISAEISAnonono3
CaliforniaMPSFnoIRAIndependentnonononoMPSF4
Notre DamenoBig Tennonononononono1
StanfordMPSFnoIRAnoPCCSCnonoMPSFMPSF5
SyracusenonoEARCnononononono1
VirginianonononononoMASC[92]nono1
Totals 2024–2522312111215
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  1. [a]
    Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.

Women's sponsored sports by school

Member-by-member sponsorship of the 15 women's ACC sports for the 2024–25 academic year. The ACC began sponsoring women's gymnastics in 2023–24.[87]

More information School, Basketball ...
SchoolBasketballCross countryFencingField hockeyGolfGymnasticsLacrosseRowingSoccerSoftballSwimming & divingTennisTrack & field
(indoor)		Track & field
(outdoor)		VolleyballTotal ACC women's sports
Boston CollegeYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes14
CaliforniaYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes14
ClemsonYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes12
DukeYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes14
Florida StateYesYesNoNoYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes11
Georgia TechYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYes8
LouisvilleYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes13
MiamiYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYes10
North CarolinaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes15
NC StateYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes11
Notre DameYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes13
PittsburghYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYes10
SMUYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYes10
StanfordYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes15
SyracuseYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes11
VirginiaYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes13
Virginia TechYesYesNoNoYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes11
Wake ForestYesYesNoYesYesNoNoNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYes9
Totals 2025–26181859156131217151517181818214
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      Women's varsity sports not currently sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference which are played by ACC schools:

      More information School, Artistic swimming ...
      SchoolArtistic swimming[a]Beach volleyballEquestrianIce hockeySailing[a]SkiingSquash[a]Water poloTotal non-ACC women's sports
      Boston CollegenononoHockey EastNEISAEISAnono3
      CalifornianoMPSFnononononoMPSF2
      Florida StatenoBig 12nononononono1
      SMUnonoIndependentnonononono1
      StanfordMPSFMPSFnonoPCCSCnoIndependentMPSF5
      SyracusenononoAHAnononono1
      VirginianonononononoMASC[92]no1
      Totals1312212214
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      1. [a]
        Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.

      Current champions

      More information Season, Sport ...
      SeasonSportMen's
      champion      		Women's
      champion
      Fall 2025 Cross country[93]VirginiaNC State
      Field hockey[94]–North Carolina (2024)
      Football[95]Duke–
      SoccerWake Forest (2024)[96]Florida State (2024)[97]
      Volleyball[98]–Pittsburgh (2024)
      Winter 2024–25 BasketballDukeDuke
      FencingNotre Dame[99]Notre Dame[100]
      Gymnastics–Stanford
      Swimming & diving[101]CaliforniaVirginia
      Track & field (Indoor)[102]Virginia TechClemson
      WrestlingVirginia Tech–
      Spring 2025 BaseballNorth Carolina–
      Softball–Clemson
      GolfVirginiaFlorida State
      LacrosseSyracuseNorth Carolina
      Rowing–Stanford
      TennisStanfordNorth Carolina
      Track & field (outdoor)DukeVirginia
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        Football

        See also: Atlantic Coast Conference football champions and ACC Championship Game

        The ACC is considered to be one of the Power Four conferences, all of which receive automatic placement of their football champions into one of the six major bowl games. Seven of its members claim football national championships in their history, with two having won the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series (BCS) during its existence between 1998 and 2014 and one having won under the current College Football Playoff (CFP) system. Five of its members are among the top 25 of college football's all-time winningest programs.[103] Three ACC teams, Florida State, Miami, and Clemson, are listed in the top 10 of most successful football programs since 2000.

        Divisions and scheduling

        In 2005, the ACC began divisional play in football. At the time, the ACC was the only NCAA Division I conference whose divisions were not divided geographically (e.g., north–south, East/West),[104] but rather into Atlantic and Coastal (this arrangement continues today for the sports of baseball and men's soccer). The two division leaders then competed in the ACC Championship Game to determine the conference championship, which guarantees a berth in a New Year's Six bowl game. The inaugural Championship Game was played on December 3, 2005, in Jacksonville, Florida, at the venue then known as Alltel Stadium, in which Florida State defeated Virginia Tech to capture its 12th championship since it joined the league in 1992. Notre Dame began playing several ACC teams each year in 2014, but is not considered a football member and is not eligible to play in the ACC Championship Game.[105]

        Starting in 2005, the division format was as follows:

        More information Coastal ...
        ACC Football Divisions (2005–2022)
        Atlantic Coastal
        Boston College Virginia Tech
        Clemson Georgia Tech
        Florida State Miami
        Maryland (2005-2013)
        Louisville (2014-2022)        		 Virginia
        NC State North Carolina
        Wake Forest Duke
        Syracuse (2013-2022) Pittsburgh (2013-2022)
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        • One game against a designated permanent rival from the other division (not necessarily the school's closest traditional rival, even within the conference), similar to the SEC setup.
        • Play every school within its division (five games from 2005-2012, and six games from 2013-2022). Play three schools from the other division from 2005-2012, and two schools from the other division from 2013-2022.
        • One rotating game against a team in the other division, for a total of two cross-division games.
          • Non-permanent cross-division opponents face each other in the regular season twice in a span of twelve years.
          • Prior to the addition of Syracuse and Pittsburgh in 2013, teams played two rotating cross-division games (for a total of three cross-division games), with a total of eight conference games. The addition of one team to each division meant the loss of one cross-division game per year.[107]

        For the 2020 season, changes were made to the football schedule model due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of divisions was suspended, with conference games being scheduled on a regional basis. The top two teams by winning percentage against conference opponents advanced to the ACC Championship Game. All teams played 10 conference games and were permitted to play one non-conference game of their choice as long as the game was played in-state. In addition, Notre Dame played an ACC conference schedule and was eligible to (and ultimately did) play in the ACC Championship Game.[3]

        On June 28, 2022, the ACC approved a new football schedule format, set to take effect in the 2023 season. Under this format, the conference will remove divisions, and instead play a 3–5–5 format, where each team plays 3 designated rivals every year along with two separate 5-team rotations that flip every other year, such that every team will have at least one home game and one away game against every other team in a four-year cycle (the standard length of a college player's career). Participation in the ACC championship game will also no longer be determined by the winners of the two divisions; the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will play instead.[108][109] The designated rivals under this system were as follows:

        More information School, Rival 1 ...
        ACC permanent matchups (2023 only)
        School Rival 1 Rival 2 Rival 3
        Boston College Miami Pittsburgh Syracuse
        Clemson Florida State Georgia Tech NC State
        Duke North Carolina NC State Wake Forest
        Florida State Clemson Miami Syracuse
        Georgia Tech Clemson Louisville Wake Forest
        Louisville Georgia Tech Miami Virginia
        Miami Boston College Florida State Louisville
        North Carolina Duke NC State Virginia
        NC State Clemson Duke North Carolina
        Pittsburgh Boston College Syracuse Virginia Tech
        Syracuse Boston College Florida State Pittsburgh
        Virginia Louisville North Carolina Virginia Tech
        Virginia Tech Pittsburgh Virginia Wake Forest
        Wake Forest Duke Georgia Tech Virginia Tech
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        Additionally, this allows for each team to schedule four non-conference games. Since the 2014 season, one of the four non-conference games is against Notre Dame every two to three years, as Notre Dame plays against five ACC opponents in non-conference games each season. ACC members are also required to play at least one non-conference game each season against a team in the "Power 5" conferences since 2017. Games against Notre Dame also meet the requirement. In January 2015, the conference announced that games against another FBS independent, BYU, would also count toward the requirement.[a][110] This requirement can also be met by scheduling other ACC teams in non-conference games; the first example of this was also announced in January 2015, when North Carolina and Wake Forest announced that they would play a home-and-home non-conference series in 2019 and 2021.[111]

        With the 2024 arrival of California, SMU, and Stanford, the ACC adopted a new scheduling model effective that season and running through the 2030 season. A total of 16 matchups will be protected, with 11 retained from the 2023 model, two (Miami–Virginia Tech and NC State–Wake Forest) restored from the former divisional format, and the three new members filling the remaining three slots. All teams will play each other at least twice in the cycle (once home, once away). Each of the pre-2024 members will play three times in California during the cycle, and none will travel to California in back-to-back seasons.[112]

        More information School, Rival 1 ...
        ACC permanent matchups (2024–present)
        School Rival 1 Rival 2 Rival 3
        Boston College Pittsburgh Syracuse
        California SMU Stanford
        Clemson Florida State
        Duke North Carolina NC State Wake Forest
        Florida State Clemson Miami
        Georgia Tech None
        Louisville None
        Miami Florida State Virginia Tech
        North Carolina Duke NC State Virginia
        NC State Duke North Carolina Wake Forest
        Pittsburgh Boston College Syracuse
        SMU California Stanford
        Stanford California SMU
        Syracuse Pittsburgh Boston College
        Virginia North Carolina Virginia Tech
        Virginia Tech Miami Virginia
        Wake Forest Duke NC State
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        Bowl games

        Within the College Football Playoff, the Orange Bowl serves as the home of the ACC champion against Notre Dame or another team from the SEC or Big Ten. If the conference's champion is selected for the CFP, another ACC team will be chosen in its place.

        The other bowls pick ACC teams in the order set by agreements between the conference and the bowls.

        Beginning in 2014, Notre Dame is eligible for selection as the ACC's representative to any of its contracted bowl games. The ACC's bowl selection will no longer be bound by the rigidity of a "one-win rule" but will have a general list of criteria to emphasize regionality and quality matchups on the field. A one-win rule does apply to Notre Dame's participation in the ACC Bowl structure. Notre Dame is now eligible for ACC Bowl selection beginning with the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously named the Outback Bowl) and continuing through the league's bowl selections. However, Notre Dame must be within one win of the ACC available team which has the best overall record, in order to be chosen. In other words, if an ACC team were 9–3, a 7–5 Notre Dame team could not be chosen in its place. Notre Dame would have to be 8–4 to be chosen over a 9–3 league team. For the 2020 season only, Notre Dame competed for the ACC conference championship and was eligible for all games, including the Orange Bowl.

        More information Pick, Tier ...
        Order of selection for ACC bowl participants[113]
        Pick Tier Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
        1[b] – Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Florida SEC, Big Ten or Notre Dame –
        2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 Tier 1[c] ReliaQuest Bowl[d] Tampa, Florida SEC TBD [114]
        Pop-Tarts Bowl Orlando, Florida Big 12 3[115]
        Duke's Mayo Bowl Charlotte, North Carolina SEC or Big Ten TBD[113]
        Fenway Bowl Boston, Massachusetts The American
        Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Florida SEC
        Holiday Bowl San Diego, California Big 12
        Military Bowl Annapolis, Maryland The American
        Pinstripe Bowl The Bronx, New York Big Ten
        Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Big 12 5[116]
        10 Tier 2[e]
        Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Alabama C-USA, MAC TBD
        First Responder Bowl Dallas, Texas TBD TBD
        Gasparilla Bowl St. Petersburg, Florida The American TBD
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        1. [a]
          With BYU's move to the Big 12 in 2023, it will no longer be an independent.
        2. [b]
          If the ACC Champion is not in one of the semifinal games it will appear in the Orange Bowl or, if the Orange Bowl is a semifinal site, either the Peach Bowl or the Fiesta Bowl. There is no limit on how many teams the College Football Playoff may choose from a particular conference.
        3. [c]
          All have equal selection status.
        4. [d]
          Only if the ACC opponent in the Orange Bowl, in a non-semifinal year is a team from the Big Ten, a maximum of three times in six years.
        5. [e]
          One ACC school will be selected to play in one of the following games.

        National championships

        Although the NCAA does not determine an official national champion for Division I FBS football, several ACC members claim national championships awarded by various "major selectors" of national championships as recognized in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.[117] Since 1936 and 1950 respectively, these include what are now the most pervasive and influential selectors, the Associated Press poll and Coaches Poll. In addition, from 1998 to 2013 the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) used a mathematical formula to match the top two teams at the end of the season. The winner of the BCS was contractually awarded the Coaches' Poll national championship and its AFCA National Championship Trophy as well as the MacArthur Trophy from the National Football Foundation. Maryland won one championship as a member of the ACC in 1953.

        More information School, Claims of non-poll "major selectors" ...
        School Claims of non-poll
        "major selectors"        		 Associated Press Coaches Poll Bowl Championship Series College Football Playoff
        California 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937
        Clemson 1981, 2016, 2018 1981, 2016, 2018 2016, 2018
        Duke 1936[a]
        Florida State 1993, 1999, 2013 1993, 1999, 2013 1999, 2013
        Georgia Tech 1917, 1928, 1952 1990
        Miami 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 1983, 1987, 1989, 2001 2001
        Pittsburgh 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936[b] 1937, 1976 1976
        SMU 1935, 1981, 1982
        Stanford 1926, 1940
        Syracuse 1959 1959
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          1. [a]
            Duke has an NCAA recognized football National Championship from major selector Berryman(QPRS) from 1936, though Duke does not recognize the championship.[118]
          2. [b]
            A "list of college football's mythical champions as selected by every recognized authority since 1924" was printed in Sports Illustrated in 1967.[119] Together with the 1976 national championship which would come later, the national championship selections listed by Sports Illustrated have since served as the historical basis of the university's national championship claims.[120] For the 1934 season, the Sports Illustrated article included a selection by Parke Davis, then deceased, which had appeared the 1935 edition of the annual Spalding's Football Guide under Davis' byline. The 1934 selection is not documented in the Official NCAA Football Records Book with the rest of Pitt's claimed seasons, although additional major selections for Pitt, which are not claimed by the university, are listed in 1910, 1980, and 1981.[121] College Football Data Warehouse recognizes nine championships for Pitt (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, and 1976)[122] out of the 16 years which it has documented that Pitt was named as a national champion by various selectors.[123]

          Intra-conference football rivalries

          The members of the ACC have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. The following is a list of active rivalries and protected annual matchups in the ACC with totals & records through the completion of the 2024 season.

          More information Teams, Rivalry name ...
          Teams Rivalry name Trophy Meetings Record Series leader Current streak
          Boston College Clemson Boston College–Clemson football rivalry O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy 31 9–21–2 Clemson Clemson won 12
          Pittsburgh Boston College–Pittsburgh football rivalry None 34 16–18 Pittsburgh Boston College won 1
          Syracuse Boston College–Syracuse football rivalry 58 24–34 Syracuse Boston College won 2
          Virginia Tech Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry 33 11–22 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech won 3
          California SMU California–SMU football rivalry 2 0–2 SMU SMU won 2
          Stanford Big Game Stanford Axe 127 51–65–11 Stanford California won 4
          Clemson Boston College Boston College–Clemson football rivalry O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy 31 21–9–2 Clemson Clemson won 12
          Florida State Clemson–Florida State football rivalry None 37 16–21 Florida State Clemson won 1
          Georgia Tech Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry 89 56–50–2 Georgia Tech Clemson won 9
          NC State Textile Bowl Textile Bowl 92 61–30–1 Clemson Clemson won 1
          Duke North Carolina Duke–North Carolina football rivalry Victory Bell 108 39–65–4 North Carolina Duke won 1
          NC State Duke-NC State football rivalry None 85 43–37–5 Duke Duke won 2
          Wake Forest Duke-Wake Forest rivalry 102 60–40–2 Duke Duke won 3
          Florida State Clemson Clemson–Florida State football rivalry 37 21–16 Florida State Clemson won 1
          Miami Florida State–Miami football rivalry Florida Cup 69 33–36 Miami Miami won 1
          Virginia Florida State–Virginia football rivalry Jefferson-Eppes Trophy 19 15–4 Florida State Virginia won 1
          Georgia Tech Clemson Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry None 89 51–36–2 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech won 1
          Virginia Tech Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry 21 9–12 Virginia Tech Georgia Tech won 1
          Louisville Miami Louisville–Miami football rivalry Schnellenberger Trophy 17 4–12–1 Miami Miami won 1
          Miami Florida State Florida State–Miami football rivalry Florida Cup 69 36–33 Miami Miami won 1
          Louisville Louisville–Miami football rivalry Schnellenberger Trophy 17 12–4–1 Miami Miami won 1
          Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry None 41 26–15 Miami Miami won 4
          North Carolina Duke Duke–North Carolina football rivalry Victory Bell 108 65–39–4 North Carolina Duke won 1
          NC State North Carolina–NC State football rivalry None 114 68–40–6 North Carolina NC State won 4
          Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry 129 66–60–4 North Carolina North Carolina won 1
          Wake Forest North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry 111 73–36–2 North Carolina North Carolina won 4
          NC State Clemson Textile Bowl Textile Bowl 92 30–61–1 Clemson Clemson won 1
          Duke Duke-NC State football rivalry None 85 37–43–5 Duke Duke won 2
          North Carolina North Carolina–NC State football rivalry 114 40–68–6 North Carolina NC State won 4
          Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest rivalry 118 69–43–6 NC State Wake Forest won 1
          Pittsburgh Boston College Boston College–Pittsburgh football rivalry 34 18–16 Pittsburgh Boston College won 1
          Syracuse Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry 80 44–33–3 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh won 1
          SMU California California–SMU football rivalry 2 2–0 SMU SMU won 2
          Stanford SMU–Stanford football rivalry 2 1–1 Even SMU won 1
          Stanford California Big Game Stanford Axe 127 65–51–11 Stanford California won 4
          SMU SMU–Stanford football rivalry None 2 1–1 Even SMU won 1
          Syracuse Boston College Boston College–Syracuse football rivalry 58 34–24 Syracuse Boston College won 2
          Pittsburgh Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry 80 34–43–3 Pittsburgh PIttsburgh won 1
          Virginia Florida State Florida State–Virginia football rivalry Jefferson-Eppes Trophy 19 4–15 Florida State Virginia won 1
          North Carolina South's Oldest Rivalry None 129 60–66–4 North Carolina North Carolina won 1
          Virginia Tech Commonwealth Clash Commonwealth Cup 105 38–62–5 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech won 4
          Virginia Tech Boston College Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry None 33 22–11 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech won 3
          Georgia Tech Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry 21 12–9 Virginia Tech Georgia Tech won 1
          Miami Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry 41 15–26 Miami Miami won 4
          Virginia Commonwealth Clash Commonwealth Cup 105 62–38–5 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech won 4
          Wake Forest Duke Duke-Wake Forest rivalry None 102 40–60–2 Duke Duke won 3
          North Carolina North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry 111 36–73–2 North Carolina North Carolina won 4
          NC State NC State–Wake Forest rivalry 118 43–69–6 NC State Wake Forest won 1
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          Interconference football rivalries

          Notre Dame is a non-football member of the ACC, but has several rivalries with ACC members.

          More information Teams, Rivalry name ...
          Teams Rivalry name Trophy Meetings Record Series leader Current streak Opposing conference
          Boston College Boston University Green Line Rivalry None 32 27–4–1 Boston College Boston College won 3 Program defunct since 1997
          Holy Cross Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry 84 50–31–3 Boston College Boston College won 10 Patriot League
          (FCS)
          Notre Dame Holy War Ireland Trophy
          Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl          		 27 9–17 Notre Dame Notre Dame won 8 Independent
          UMass Boston College–UMass football rivalry None 27 22–5 Boston College Boston College won 11 MAC
          California UCLA California–UCLA football rivalry 94 35–57–1 UCLA California won 1 Big Ten
          Clemson Alabama Alabama–Clemson football rivalry 19 5–14 Alabama Clemson won 1 SEC
          Auburn Auburn–Clemson football rivalry 51 15–34–2 Auburn Clemson won 4
          Georgia Clemson–Georgia football rivalry 66 18–44–4 Georgia Georgia won 3
          South Carolina Clemson–South Carolina football rivalry Palmetto Trophy 121 73–44–4 Clemson South Carolina won 1
          Florida State Florida Florida–Florida State football rivalry Makala Trophy 68 28–38–2 Florida Florida won 1
          Georgia Tech Alabama Alabama–Georgia Tech football rivalry None 52 21–28–3 Alabama Georgia Tech won 1
          Auburn Auburn–Georgia Tech football rivalry 92 41–47–4 Auburn Georgia Tech won 2
          Georgia Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate 118 41–72–5 Georgia Georgia won 7
          Tennessee Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry 44 17–25–2 Tennessee Tennessee won 2
          Vanderbilt Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt football rivalry 39 20–16–3 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt won 1
          Louisville Cincinnati Cincinnati–Louisville football rivalry The Keg of Nails 54 23–30–1 Cincinnati Louisville won 1 Big 12
          Kentucky Kentucky–Louisville football rivalry Governor's Cup 36 16–19 Kentucky Louisville won 1 SEC
          Memphis Louisville–Memphis football rivalry None 43 24–19 Louisville Louisville won 4 AAC
          Miami Florida Florida–Miami football rivalry Seminole War Canoe Trophy 57 30–27 Miami Miami won 1 SEC
          Nebraska Miami–Nebraska football rivalry None 12 6–6 Even Miami won 1 Big Ten
          North Carolina South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina football rivalry 60 36–20–4 North Carolina North Carolina won 1 SEC
          NC State East Carolina East Carolina–NC State football rivalry Victory Barrel 33 19–14 NC State East Carolina won 1 AAC
          Pittsburgh Duquesne City Game None 8 5–3 Pittsburgh Duquesne won 1 Northeast Conference
          (FCS)
          Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh football rivalry 73 21–50–1 Notre Dame Notre Dame won 4 Independent
          Penn State Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry 100 43–53–4 Penn State Penn State won 3 Big Ten
          West Virginia Backyard Brawl 107 63–41–3 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh won 1 Big 12
          SMU Houston Houston–SMU football rivalry 37 14–22–1 Houston SMU won 1
          Navy Navy–SMU football rivalry Gansz Trophy 25 12–13 Navy SMU won 4 AAC
          North Texas Safeway Bowl None 43 36–6–1 SMU SMU won 5
          Rice Rice–SMU football rivalry Mayor's Cup 91 49–41–1 SMU SMU won 1
          TCU SMU–TCU football rivalry Iron Skillet 103 43–53–7 TCU SMU won 1 Big 12
          Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry Legends Trophy 38 14–23 Notre Dame Notre Dame won 2 Independent
          San Jose State Bill Walsh Legacy Game None 68 52–15–1 Stanford San Jose State won 1 MWC
          USC Stanford–USC football rivalry 103 34–65–3 USC USC won 2 Big Ten
          Syracuse Colgate Colgate–Syracuse football rivalry 68 32–31–5 Syracuse Syracuse won 17 Patriot League
          (FCS)
          Penn State Penn State–Syracuse football rivalry 71 23–43–5 Penn State Penn State won 5 Big Ten
          UConn Syracuse–UConn football rivalry 13 6–5 UConn Syracuse won 5 Independent
          West Virginia Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry 61 34–27 Syracuse Syracuse won 4 Big 12
          Virginia Maryland Maryland–Virginia football rivalry 80 32–46–2 Maryland Maryland won 4 Big Ten
          Virginia Tech VMI VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry 79 49–25–5 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech won 3 SoCon
          (FCS)
          West Virginia Virginia Tech–West Virginia football rivalry Black Diamond Trophy 54 23–30–1 West Virginia West Virginia won 2 Big 12
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          Basketball

          Main article: Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball

          History

          The early roots of ACC basketball began primarily thanks to two men: Everett Case and Frank McGuire. Case accepted the head coaching job at North Carolina State. Case's North Carolina State teams dominated the early years of the ACC with a modern, fast-paced style of play. He became the fastest college basketball coach to reach many "games won" milestones. Case became known as The Father of ACC Basketball. Despite his success on the court, he may have been even a better promoter off-the-court. Case realized the need to sell his program and university. State started construction on Reynolds Coliseum in 1941. Case persuaded school officials to expand the arena to 12,400 people. It opened as the new home court for his team in 1949; at the time, it was the largest on-campus arena in the South. As such, it was used as the host site for many Southern Conference tournaments, ACC tournaments, and the Dixie Classic. The Dixie Classic brought in large revenues for all schools involved and soon became one of the premier sporting events in the South.

          Partly to counter Case's success, North Carolina convinced Frank McGuire to come to Chapel Hill in 1952. McGuire knew that, largely due to Case's influence, basketball was now the major high school athletic event of the region. He not only tapped the growing market of high school talent in North Carolina, but also brought several recruits from his home territory in New York City as well. Case and McGuire literally invented a rivalry. Both men realized the benefits created through a rivalry between them. It brought more national attention to both of their programs and increased fan support on both sides.

          After State was slapped with crippling NCAA sanctions before the 1956–57 season, McGuire's North Carolina team delivered the ACC its first national championship. During the Tar Heels' championship run, Greensboro entrepreneur Castleman D. Chesley noticed the popularity that it generated. He cobbled together a five-station television network to broadcast the Final Four. That network began broadcasting regular season ACC games the following season—the ancestor of the television package from Raycom Sports. From that point on, ACC basketball gained large popularity.

          The ACC has been the home of many prominent basketball coaches besides Case and McGuire, including Terry Holland and Tony Bennett of Virginia; Vic Bubas and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke; Press Maravich, Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano of North Carolina State; Dean Smith and Roy Williams of North Carolina; Bones McKinney and Dave Odom of Wake Forest; Lefty Driesell and Gary Williams of Maryland; Bobby Cremins of Georgia Tech; Jim Boeheim of Syracuse; Jim Larrañaga of Miami; and Rick Pitino of Louisville.

          Tournament as championship

          Main articles: ACC men's basketball tournament, ACC women's basketball tournament, and List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions

          Possibly Case's most lasting contribution is the ACC tournament, which was first played in 1954 and decides the winner of the ACC title. The ACC is unique in that it is the only Division I college basketball conference that does not recognize a regular season champion. This started when only one school per conference made the NCAA tournament. The ACC representative was determined by conference tournament rather than the regular season result. Therefore, the league eliminated the regular season title in 1961, choosing to recognize only the winner of the ACC tournament as conference champion. Fans and media do claim a regular-season title for the team that finishes first, and the NCAA recognizes a regular-season title winner in order to maintain its system of choosing NIT and NCAA tournament berths based on regular season placement.[124] For the ACC, recognition of a regular season champion is insignificant as a 1975 NCAA rule change allowed more than one team per conference to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. As a result, the team finishing atop the ACC regular-season standings has invariably been invited to the NCAA tournament even if it did not win the ACC Tournament. Even so, any claim to a regular season "title" remains unofficial and carries no reward other than top seed in the ACC tournament.

          Historically, the ACC Tournament has been played in North Carolina and dominated by the four teams from Tobacco Road in North Carolina—North Carolina, Duke, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. Between them, they have won 50 tournament titles. The Virginia Cavaliers, however, have historically dominated the ACC regular season standings along with North Carolina and Duke. Between just these three programs they have 65 regular season titles. Since 2007, these three teams have finished first or tied for first 19 times in 18 years, with by far the most first-place finishes by North Carolina (9) and Virginia (7).

          Present-day schedule

          See also: ACC–Big Ten Challenge and ACC–SEC Challenge

          For 53 years, the ACC employed a double round-robin schedule in the regular season, in which each team played the others twice a season. With the expansion to 12 members by the 2005–2006 season, the ACC schedule could no longer accommodate this format. In the new scheduling format that was agreed to, each team was assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners over a three-year period.[125] Teams played their permanent partners in a home-and-away series each year. The rotating partners were split into three groups: three teams played in a home-and-away series, three teams played at home, and three teams played on the road. The rotating partner groups were rotated so that a team would play each permanent partner six times, and each rotating partner four times, over a three-year period.

          For the 2012–13 season, the 12-team in-conference schedule expanded to 18. Originally for the 2013–14 season, the expanded 14-team, 18-game schedule was to consist of a home and away game with a "primary partner" while the remaining conference opponents would have rotated in groups of three: one year both home and away, one year at home only, and one year away only.[126] However, when Notre Dame was also added for the 2013–14 season, the now 15-team, 18-game schedule was modified so each school played two "Partners" home and away annually, two home and away, five home, and the other five away.[127] In 2013–14, after 1 year at 18 games, women's basketball went back to a 16-game schedule where each team only plays 2 teams twice, rotating opponents each year over seven years and has no permanent partners. In 2019–2020, with the launch of the ACC Network, the men's schedule expanded to 20 games and the women's schedule expanded to 18 games.

          The ACC and the Big Ten Conference held the ACC–Big Ten Challenge each season from 1999 to 2022. The competition was a series of regular-season games pitting ACC and Big Ten teams against each other. Each team typically plays one Challenge game each season, except for a few teams from the larger conference that are left out due to unequal conference sizes. The first ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge was played in 2007, and had the same format as the men's Challenge. The series has since been replaced by the ACC–SEC Challenge.

          National championships and Final Fours

          Over the course of its existence, ACC schools have captured 15 NCAA men's basketball championships while members of the conference. North Carolina has won six, Duke has won five, NC State has won two, and Maryland and Virginia have each won one. Four more national titles were won by current ACC members while in other conferences—three by 2014 arrival Louisville and one by 2013 arrival Syracuse; Louisville was forced to vacate the third national title due to NCAA sanctions. Seven of the 12 pre-2013 members have advanced to the Final Four at least once while members of the ACC. Another pre-2013 member, Florida State, made the Final Four once before joining the ACC. All three schools that entered the ACC in 2013, as well as Louisville, advanced to the Final Four at least once before joining the conference. Two of the three schools that joined in 2024, Bay Area rivals California and Stanford, have each won one NCAA title.

          Also notable are earlier national championships from historical eras prior to the dominance of the NCAA-administered championship. The ACC is often credited with forcing the NCAA tournament to expand to allow more than one team per conference, creating the at-large NCAA field common today.[128] The Helms Athletic Foundation selected national champions for seasons predating the beginning of the NCAA tournament (1939), including North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pitt, Stanford, and Syracuse. Prior to the at-large era (1975), the National Invitation Tournament championship had prestige comparable to the NCAA championship, and Louisville, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia Tech won titles during this period (later NIT titles are not considered consensus national championships).[129]

          In women's basketball, ACC members have won three national championships while in the conference, North Carolina in 1994, Maryland in 2006, and Notre Dame in 2018. Notre Dame, which joined in 2013, also previously won the national title in 2001. In 2006, Duke, Maryland, and North Carolina all advanced to the Final Four, the first time a conference placed three teams in the women's Final Four. Both finalists were from the ACC, with Maryland defeating Duke for the title. One of the newest members, Stanford, won three national titles before joining the ACC (1990, 1992, 2021).

          More information School, Pre-NCAA Helms Champ­ionships ...
          School Pre-NCAA Helms Champ­ionships NCAA Men's Champ­ionships Men's NCAA
          Runner-Up          		 Men's NCAA Final Fours NCAA Women's Champ­ionships Women's NCAA
          Runner-Up          		 Women's NCAA Final Fours
          California 1
          (1959)          		 1
          (1960)          		 3
          (1946, 1959, 1960)          		 1
          (2013)
          Duke 5
          (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)          		 6
          [o 1]          		 18
          [o 2]          		 2
          (1999, 2006)          		 4
          (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006)
          Florida State 1
          (1972)          		 1
          (1972)
          Georgia Tech 1
          (2004)          		 2
          (1990, 2004)
          Louisville 3
          (1980, 1986, 2013)[o 3]          		 10
          [o 4]          		 2
          (2009, 2013)          		 4
          (2009, 2013, 2018, 2022)
          North Carolina 1
          (1924)          		 6
          [o 5]          		 6
          (1946, 1968, 1977, 1981, 2016, 2022)          		 21
          [o 6]          		 1
          (1994)          		 3
          (1994, 2006, 2007)
          NC State 2
          (1974, 1983)          		 4
          (1950, 1974, 1983, 2024)          		 2
          (1998, 2024)
          Notre Dame 2
          (1927, 1936)          		 1
          (1978)          		 2
          (2001, 2018)          		 5
          (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019)          		 7
          [o 7]
          Pittsburgh 2
          (1928, 1930)          		 1
          (1941)
          SMU 1
          (1956)
          Stanford 1
          (1939)          		 1
          (1942)          		 2
          (1942, 1998)          		 3
          (1990, 1992, 2021)          		 2
          (2008, 2010)          		 15
          [o 8]
          Syracuse 2
          (1918, 1926)          		 1
          (2003)          		 2
          (1987, 1996)          		 6
          [o 9]          		 1
          (2016)          		 1
          (2016)
          Virginia 1
          (2019)          		 3
          (1981, 1984, 2019)          		 1
          (1991)          		 3
          (1990, 1991, 1992)
          Wake Forest 1
          (1962)
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          Italics denotes honors earned before the school joined the ACC. Women's national championship tournaments prior to 1982 were run by the AIAW.

          1. [1]
            Duke has been the men's NCAA runner-up 6 times (1964, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1999)
          2. [2]
            Duke has reached the men's Final Four 18 times (1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2022, 2025)
          3. [3]
            Louisville's third national title, in 2013, was vacated due to NCAA sanctions.
          4. [4]
            Louisville has reached the men's Final Four 10 times (1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005, 2012, 2013). Two Final Four appearances (2012, 2013) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions.
          5. [5]
            North Carolina has won the NCAA men's championship six times (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)
          6. [6]
            North Carolina has reached the men's Final Four 21 times (1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022)
          7. [7]
            Notre Dame has reached the women's Final Four 7 times (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)
          8. [8]
            Stanford has reached the women's Final Four 15 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022)
          9. [9]
            Syracuse has reached the men's Final Four six times (1975, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, 2016)

          Baseball

          See also: Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

          Nine ACC teams were selected to play in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The ACC has won the Men's College World Series twice: by Virginia in 2015 and Wake Forest in 1955. In addition, Miami won four titles before joining the ACC,[130] and South Carolina has won two titles since leaving the league. Current member schools have appeared in the Men's College World Series a combined total of 97 times (including appearances before joining the conference). In 2008 and 2016, the ACC was ranked as the top baseball conference by Rating Percentage Index (RPI); the conference has ranked among the top three by this measure each of the past 14 years.[131]

          More information School, Men's CollegeWorld Series Championships ...
          Men's College World Series / NCAA Tournament History
          School Men's College
          World Series
          Championships          		 Men's College
          World Series
          Appearances          		 Last MCWS
          Appearance          		 NCAA
          tournament
          Appearances          		 Last NCAA
          Appearance
          Miami † 1982, 1985,
          1999, 2001          		 25 2016 50 2025
          Stanford † 1987, 1988 19 2023 37 2023
          California † 1947, 1957 6 2011 14 2019
          Virginia 2015 6 2024 21 2024
          Wake Forest 1955 2 2023 18 2025
          Florida State † 24 2024 61 2025
          Clemson 12 2010 47 2025
          North Carolina 12 2024 37 2025
          Louisville † 5 2019 15 2025
          Boston College † 4 1967 9 2023
          Georgia Tech 3 2006 35 2025
          Duke 3 1961 12 2025
          NC State 4 2024 35 2025
          Notre Dame † 3 2022 24 2022
          Virginia Tech 0 n/a 11 2022
          Pittsburgh 0 n/a 3 1995
          Close

          ^ Syracuse does not currently field a baseball team but has one appearance in the NCAA baseball tournament prior to joining the conference.
          † The count of Men's College World Series appearances includes those made by the school prior to joining the ACC:

          • Boston College: 4 appearances
          • California: 6 appearances
          • Florida State: 11 appearances
          • Louisville: 3 appearances
          • Miami: 21 appearances
          • Notre Dame: 2 appearances
          • Stanford: 19 appearances
          • Syracuse: 1 appearance

          Field hockey

          The ACC has won 22 of the 42 NCAA Championships in field hockey. Maryland won 8 as a member of the ACC.

          More information School, Total ...
          National Championships
          School Total NCAA Women's
          Championships
          North Carolina 11 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
          Maryland 8 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
          Wake Forest 3 2002, 2003, 2004
          Syracuse 1 2015
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          Golf

          Of the current ACC members, 14 sponsor both men's and women's golf, Georgia Tech sponsors only men's golf, Miami sponsors only women's golf, and Pitt and Syracuse do not sponsor the sport at all. Four team national championships in men's golf and seven national titles in women's golf have been won by ACC members while in the conference, led by the Duke women's team that has won seven national titles since 1999. In addition, 14 more team national titles, 11 in men's golf and 3 in women's golf, have been won by current ACC members before they joined the conference, led by Stanford (8 men's, 2 women's).

          More information School, Men's Team NCAA ...
          National Championships
          School Men's Team NCAA Men's Individual NCAA Women's Team NCAA Women's Individual NCAA
          California 2004 Max Homa 2013 Sarah Huarte 2004
          Clemson 2003 Charles Warren 1997
          Turk Pettit 2021
          Duke 7
          [g 1]          		 Candy Hannemann 2001,
          Virada Nirapathpongporn 2002,
          Anna Grzebian 2005,
          Virginia Elana Carta 2016
          Georgia Tech Watts Gunn 1927,
          Charles Yates 1934,
          Troy Matteson 2002,
          Hiroshi Tai 2024
          Miami 1984 Penny Hammel 1983
          North Carolina Harvie Ward 1949,
          John Inman 1984
          NC State Matt Hill 2009
          Notre Dame 1944
          SMU 1954 Bryson DeChambeau 2015
          Stanford 8
          [g 2]          		 Frank Tatum 1942,
          Tiger Woods 1996,
          Cameron Wilson 2014          		 2015, 2022 Rachel Heck 2021,
          Rose Zhang 2022, 2023
          Virginia Dixon Brooke 1940
          Wake Forest 1986, 1975, 1974 Curtis Strange 1974,
          Jay Haas 1975,
          Gary Hallberg 1979          		 2023
          Close
          • Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.
          1. [1]
            Duke has won the women's golf championship 7 times (1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2019)
          2. [2]
            Stanford has won the men's golf championship 8 times (1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007, 2019)

          Lacrosse

          Since 1971, when the first men's national champion was determined by the NCAA, the ACC has won 19 NCAA championships, more than any other conference in college lacrosse. Virginia has won seven NCAA Championships, North Carolina has won five, Duke has won three, and Notre Dame has won two. Former ACC member Maryland won two NCAA Championships as an ACC member. In addition, prior to the establishment of the NCAA tournament, Maryland had won nine national championships while Virginia won two. Syracuse, which joined the ACC in 2013, won ten NCAA-sponsored national championships, the most ever by any Division I lacrosse program, before joining the conference. Since 1987, the only years in which the national championship game did not feature a current ACC member were 2015, 2017, and 2022.

          Women's lacrosse has awarded a national championship since 1982, and the ACC has won more titles than any other conference. In all, the ACC has won 14 women's national championships since the conference began sponsoring the sport in 1997: former ACC member Maryland won seven, North Carolina has won four, Boston College has won two, and Virginia has won one. Additionally, Maryland won four (plus one AIAW title in 1981) and Virginia two before 1997.

          More information University, Men's NCAA Championships ...
          National Championships & Runner-Up Finishes
          University Men's NCAA
          Championships          		 Men's NCAA
          Runner-Up          		 Pre-NCAA Men's Championships Women's NCAA
          Championships          		 Women's NCAA
          Runner-Up          		 Pre-NCAA Women's Championships
          Boston College 2024, 2021 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017
          Duke 2014, 2013, 2010 2023, 2018, 2007, 2005
          Maryland 1975, 1973 2012, 2011,
          1998, 1997,
          1995, 1979,
          1976, 1974,
          1971          		 1967, 1959, 1956,
          1959, 1940, 1939,
          1937, 1936, 1928          		 2014, 2010, 2001,
          2000, 1999, 1998,
          1997, 1996, 1995,
          1992, 1986          		 2013, 2011,
          1994, 1991,
          1990, 1985,
          1984          		 1981
          North Carolina 2016, 1991, 1986,
          1982, 1981          		 1993 2025, 2022, 2016, 2013 2009
          Notre Dame 2023, 2024 2014, 2010
          Syracuse 2009, 2008, 2004,
          2002, 2000, 1995,
          1993, 1990*, 1989,
          1988, 1983          		 2013, 2001, 1999, 1992,
          1985, 1984          		 1925, 1924, 1922,
          1920          		 2021, 2014, 2012
          Virginia 2021, 2019, 2011,
          2006, 2003, 1999,
          1972          		 1996, 1994, 1986, 1980 1970, 1952 2004, 1993, 1991 2007, 2005,
          2003, 1999,
          1998, 1996
          Close

          Italics denotes championships before it was part of the ACC.
          * Syracuse vacated its 1990 championship due to NCAA violations.

            Soccer

            See also: ACC men's soccer tournament

            Before the 2024 arrival of California, SMU, and Stanford, all of which sponsor men's soccer, that sport was one of the two ACC sports split into divisions. The divisional split was eliminated for 2024 and beyond. The final divisional setup was:

            More information Coastal ...
            ACC Men's Soccer Divisions
            Atlantic Coastal
            Boston College Duke
            Clemson Notre Dame
            Louisville North Carolina
            NC State Pittsburgh
            Syracuse Virginia
            Wake Forest Virginia Tech
            Close

            Fifteen of the 18 ACC schools sponsor men's soccer — a higher proportion than any of the other Power Four conferences. Only Georgia Tech, Florida State, and Miami do not sponsor soccer. Virginia has won 7 NCAA titles, and more since 1990 than any other university in the country. The ACC overall has won 19 national championships, including 16 of the 31 seasons between 1984 and 2014. Seven of the championships were won by Virginia, with the remaining nine by: Maryland (three times while they were in the ACC), Clemson (four times), North Carolina (twice), Duke, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, and Syracuse. Stanford, which joined in 2024, won three national titles before joining the ACC.

            In women's soccer, North Carolina has won 22 of the 40 NCAA titles since the NCAA crowned its first champion, as well as the only Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) soccer championship in 1981. The Tar Heels have also won 22 of the 33 ACC tournaments. They lost in the final to North Carolina State in 1988 and Virginia in 2004, both times by penalty kicks. The 2010 tournament was the first in which they failed to make the championship game, falling to eventual champion Wake Forest in the semi-finals. The 2012 ACC tournament saw North Carolina's first quarterfinal loss, to the eventual champion Virginia; however, the Tar Heels went on to win the national title that season. In 2014, Florida State became the first school other than North Carolina to win the national championship as an ACC member. Notre Dame won three NCAA titles before it joined the ACC in 2013. The 2020 NCAA tournament, in which Florida State was national runner-up, was delayed until the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but is listed as 2020 to distinguish it from the 2021 season, which was played on the sport's traditional fall schedule. Stanford has won three women's national titles.

            More information School, Men's NCAA Championships ...
            National Championships & Runner-Up Finishes
            School Men's NCAA Championships Men's NCAA
            Runner-Up            		 Women's NCAA
            Championships            		 Women's NCAA
            Runner-Up            		 AIAW
            Clemson 1984, 1987, 2021, 2023 1979, 2015
            Duke 1986 1982, 1995 1992, 2011
            North Carolina 2001, 2011 2008 22
            [o 1]            		 1985, 1998, 2001 1981
            Florida State 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023 2007, 2013, 2020
            Louisville 2010
            NC State 1988
            Notre Dame 2013 1995, 2004, 2010, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008
            Stanford 2015, 2016, 2017 1998, 2002 2011, 2017, 2019 2009, 2010, 2023
            Syracuse 2022
            Virginia 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014 1997, 2019 2014
            Wake Forest 2007 2016 2024
            Close
            • Italics denote championships before the school was part of the ACC.
            1. [1]
              North Carolina has won 22 NCAA Championships (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2024)

            Tennis

            Of the current ACC members, 16 sponsor both men's and women's tennis, Syracuse sponsors only women's tennis, and Pitt does not sponsor the sport at all. Eight national championships in men's tennis and three national titles in women's tennis have been won by ACC members while in the conference, led by the Virginia men's team that has won six national titles since 2013. In addition, 38 more team national titles, 18 in men's tennis and 20 in women's tennis, have been won by current ACC members before they joined the conference, led by Stanford (17 men's, 20 women's).

            More information School, Men's Team NCAA ...
            National Championships
            School Men's Team NCAA Men's Individual NCAA Men's Doubles NCAA Women's Team NCAA Women's Individual NCAA Women's Doubles NCAA
            California Clifton Mayne / Hugh Ditzler 1952,
            Doug Eisenman / Matt Lucena 1990,
            Matt Lucena / Bent-Ove Pedersen 1991            		 Suzi Babos 2006,
            Jana Juricova 2011            		 Amanda Augustus / Amy Jensen 1998, 1999,
            Claire Curran / Amy Jensen 2000,
            Christina Fusano / Raquel Kops-Jones 2003,
            Mari Andersson / Jana Juricová 2009
            Duke 2009 Mallory Cecil 2009
            Georgia Tech 2007 Amanda McDowell 2008
            Miami Andrew Burrow 1987 Pat Cramer / Luis García 1970 Audra Cohen 2007,
            Estela Perez-Somarriba 2019,
            Alexa Noel 2024            		 Lise Gregory / Ronni Reis 1986
            North Carolina 2023 Jamie Loeb 2015 Sara Anundsen / Jenna Long 2007,
            Makenna Jones / Elizabeth Scotty 2021,
            Fiona Crawley / Carson Tanguilig 2023
            NC State Jaeda Daniel / Nell Miller 2022
            Notre Dame 1959
            Stanford 17
            [g 1]            		 Alex Mayer 1973,
            John Whitlinger 1974,
            Matt Mitchell 1977,
            John McEnroe 1978,
            Tim Mayotte 1981,
            Dan Goldie 1986,
            Jared Palmer 1991,
            Alex O'Brien 1992,
            Bob Bryan 1998,
            Alex Kim 2000,
            Bradley Klahn 2010            		 Alex Mayer / Roscoe Tanner 1972,
            Alex Mayer / Jim Delaney 1973,
            John Whitlinger / Jim Delaney 1974,
            Chris Cocotos / Alex O'Brien 1992,
            Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 1998,
            K. J. Hippensteel / Ryan Wolters 1999,
            Sam Warburg / KC Corkery 2004            		 20
            [g 2]            		 Alycia Moulton 1982,
            Linda Gates 1985,
            Patty Fendick 1986, 1987,
            Sandra Birch 1989, 1991,
            Debbie Graham 1990,
            Lilia Osterloh 1997,
            Laura Granville 2000, 2001,
            Amber Liu 2003, 2004,
            Nicole Gibbs 2012, 2013            		 Elise Burgin / Linda Gates 1984,
            Leigh-Anne Eldredge / Linda Gates 1985,
            Meredith McGrath / Teri Whitlinger 1990,
            Lauren Kalvaria / Gabriela Lastra 2002,
            Alice Barnes / Erin Burdette 2005,
            Hilary Barte / Lindsay Burdette 2010,
            Hilary Barte / Mallory Burdette 2011,
            Mallory Burdette / Nicole Gibbs 2012
            Virginia 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023 Somdev Devvarman 2007, 2008,
            Ryan Shane 2015,
            Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 2017            		 Dominic Inglot / Michael Shabaz 2009,
            Drew Courtney / Michael Shabaz 2010,
            Jarmere Jenkins / Mac Styslinger 2013            		 Danielle Collins 2014, 2016,
            Emma Navarro 2021            		 Melodie Collard / Elaine Chervinsky 2025
            Wake Forest 2018, 2025 Petros Chrysochos 2018 Bea Bielik 2002
            Close
            • Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.
            1. [1]
              Stanford has won the men's tennis championship 17 times (1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
            2. [2]
              Stanford has won the women's tennis championship 20 times (1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)

            Commissioners

            Former Commissioner John Swofford
            More information Name, Term ...
            Name Term
            Jim Weaver[132] 1954–1970
            Bob James[133] 1971–1987
            Gene Corrigan 1987–1997
            John Swofford[134][135] 1997–2021
            James J. Phillips[136][137] 2021–present
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            NCAA team championships

            See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships, NCAA Division I § Conferences, and NCAA Division I FBS Conferences

            The Stanford Cardinal have the most NCAA titles of any program in the nation, and hold both the most men's and women's NCAA titles in the ACC. The California Golden Bears and Virginia Cavaliers hold the second- and third-most men's NCAA titles while the North Carolina Tar Heels and Virginia Cavaliers hold the second- and third-most women's NCAA titles in the conference. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish hold the most—and only—co-ed NCAA titles in the conference.

            Excluded from these totals and list are any national titles earned outside the scope of NCAA competition, including Division I FBS football titles, women's AIAW championships, equestrian titles, and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles. Unofficial NCAA boxing championships are also excluded, though they were earned inside the scope of NCAA competition.

            More information School, Total ...
            School Total Men Women Co-ed Nickname Most successful sport (titles)
            Stanford 136 71 65 0 Cardinal Women's tennis (20)
            North Carolina 52 13 39 0 Tar Heels Women's soccer (22)
            California 43 34 9 0 Golden Bears Men's water polo (17)
            Virginia 35 23 12 0 Cavaliers Men's soccer (7), Men's lacrosse (7)
            Notre Dame 19 7 6 6 Fighting Irish Fencing (6)
            Duke 17 9 8 0 Blue Devils Women's golf (7)
            Syracuse 15 14 1 0 Orange Men's lacrosse (10)
            Wake Forest 11 7 4 0 Demon Deacons Field hockey (3), Men's golf (3)
            Florida State 9 4 5 0 Seminoles Men's gymnastics (2), Men's outdoor track (2)
            Clemson 8 8 0 0 Tigers Men's soccer (4)
            Boston College 6 5 1 0 Eagles Men's ice hockey (5)
            Miami 5 4 1 0 Hurricanes Baseball (4)
            NC State 6 2 4 0 Wolfpack Men's basketball (2), Women's cross country (4)
            Southern Methodist 4 4 0 0 Mustangs Men's outdoor track (2)
            Louisville 2 2 0 0 Cardinals Men's basketball (2)
            Georgia Tech 1 0 1 0 Yellow Jackets Women's tennis (1)
            Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 Panthers N/A
            Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 Hokies N/A
            Total 366 206 154 6
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            Capital One Cup standings

            The Capital One Cup is an award given annually to the best men's and women's Division I college athletics programs in the United States. Points are earned throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final coaches' poll rankings.

            Notre Dame (2014, 2022, 2024) has finished first for men's sports three times, and Virginia (2015 and 2019) has finished first twice. North Carolina (2013 and 2025) has twice finished first on the women's side.

            The following table displays ACC top 25 finishes in the Capital One Cup, counting teams that participated in the ACC during that ranking year. T = tie.

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            School YearMenWomen
            2010–11[138] Virginia Cavaliers (2nd place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (11th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (12th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (13th place)
            Maryland Terrapins (21st place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (9th place)
            Maryland Terrapins (12th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (16th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (21st place)
            Florida State Seminoles (25th place)
            2011–12[139] North Carolina Tar Heels (5th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (14th place)
            Maryland Terrapins (T19th place)            		 Duke Blue Devils (5th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (T14th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (16th place)
            2012–13[140] Duke Blue Devils (5th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (T9th place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (1st place)
            Duke Blue Devils (11th place)
            Maryland Terrapins (20th place)
            2013–14[141] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1st place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (4th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (5th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (8th place)
            Maryland Terrapins (T9th place)
            		 Maryland Terrapins (4th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (10th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (12th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (13th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (T14th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (19th place)
            Syracuse Orange (21st place)
            2014–15[142] Virginia Cavaliers (1st place)
            Duke Blue Devils (6th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (T9th place)
            Syracuse Orange (21st place)            		 Florida State Seminoles (4th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (7th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (11th place)
            Syracuse Orange (17th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (T18th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (T18th place)
            2015–16[143] North Carolina Tar Heels (2nd place)
            Clemson Tigers (5th place)
            Syracuse Orange (11th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (15th place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (T4th place)
            Syracuse Orange (T4th place)
            Florida State Seminoles (10th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (13th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (T17th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (T24th place)
            2016–17[144] North Carolina Tar Heels (3rd place)
            Clemson Tigers (6th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11th place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (9th place)
            Boston College Eagles (12th place)
            2017–18[145] Duke Blue Devils (3rd place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (13th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (20th place)            		 Florida State Seminoles (5th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (10th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (15th place)
            Boston College Eagles (17th place)
            2018–19[146] Virginia Cavaliers (1st place)
            Clemson Tigers (T6th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (14th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (17th place)
            Louisville Cardinals (T20th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (T23rd place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (3rd place)
            Florida State Seminoles (4th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (T10th place)
            Boston College Eagles (16th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (17th place)
            2020–21[147] Virginia Cavaliers (T4th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (6th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7th place)
            North Carolina State Wolfpack (17th place)
            Clemson Tigers (T19th place)            		 Florida State Seminoles (5th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (6th place)
            Boston College Eagles (11th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (16th place)
            North Carolina State Wolfpack (18th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (T21st place)
            Syracuse Orange (T23rd place)
            2021–22[148] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1st place)
            Clemson Tigers (T5th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (T17th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (T17th place)            		 Florida State Seminoles (5th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (6th place)
            Louisville Cardinals (9th place)
            North Carolina State Wolfpack (14th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (T17th place)
            Boston College Eagles (T20th place)
            2022–23[149] Virginia Cavaliers (5th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (T6th place)
            Duke Blue Devils (9th place)
            Syracuse Orange (T10th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (21st place)
            Miami Hurricanes (25th place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (3rd place)
            Florida State Seminoles (T6th place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11th place)
            Louisville Cardinals (12th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (16th place)
            North Carolina State Wolfpack (17th place)
            Boston College Eagles (23rd place)
            Syracuse Orange (25th place)
            2023–24[150] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1st place)
            Clemson Tigers (T3rd place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (9th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (11th place)            		 Florida State Seminoles (6th place)
            Boston College Eagles (T7th place)
            North Carolina State Wolfpack (14th place)
            Pittsburgh Panthers (T17th place)
            Clemson Tigers (T20th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (T20th place)
            North Carolina Tar Heels (23rd place)
            2024–25[151] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (T15th place)
            Stanford Cardinal (23rd place)
            Duke Blue Devils (24th place)            		 North Carolina Tar Heels (1st place)
            Stanford Cardinal (2nd place)
            Duke Blue Devils (11th place)
            Louisville Cardinals (T15th place)
            Virginia Cavaliers (17th place)
            Wake Forest Demon Deacons (20th place)
            Boston College Eagles (T21st place)
            Notre Dame Fighting Irish (24th place)
            Pittsburgh Panthers (T25th place)
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            1. [1]
              It was the second major conference that evolved from the Southern Conference, following the departure of Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt to form the Southeastern Conference.
            2. [2]
              The Southern Conference Hall of Fame opened in 2009.[18]

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