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Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league

List of college athletic conferences

This is a List of Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ....
in the United States

United States

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. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities

University

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compete in twenty sports in the NCAA's

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
Division I

Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
. Football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the higher of two levels of Division I college football

College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
.
History
Charter members of the ACC were Clemson

Clemson University

Clemson University is a state university , coeducational, Land-grant_university, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States....
, Duke

Duke University

Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....
, Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....
, North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
, North Carolina State

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....
, South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....
, and Wake Forest

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a Private university, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....
. The seven ACC charter members had been aligned with the Southern Conference

Southern Conference

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The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league

List of college athletic conferences

This is a List of Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ....
in the United States

United States

University

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Division I

College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
.

History

Charter members of the ACC were Clemson

Clemson University

Clemson University is a state university , coeducational, Land-grant_university, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States....
, Duke

Duke University

University of Maryland, College Park

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
, North Carolina State

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....
, South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....
, and Wake Forest

Wake Forest University

Southern Conference

The Southern Conference is a list of college athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Southern Conference American football teams compete in the Division I#Football Championship Subdivision ....
, but left primarily due to the league's ban on postseason play. After drafting a set of bylaws for the creation of a new league, they formally withdrew from the Southern Conference at the Spring Meeting on the morning of May 8, 1953. The bylaws were ratified and the ACC officially came into existence on June 14, 1953. On December 4, 1953, officials convened in Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city, by population, in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County, North Carolina and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region....
, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
, and admitted Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
into the conference.

In 1971, the ACC lost a member in the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....
, now a member of the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. The ACC operated with seven members until the addition of former Southeastern Conference member Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech or simply Tech, is a public university, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States....
from the Metro Conference

Metro Conference

The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in Urban area metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States....
on April 3, 1978. The addition of Florida State

Florida State University

Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....
, also from the Metro Conference, on July 1, 1991, brought the total to nine. The ACC added three members from the Big East

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
during the 2003 cycle of conference realignment: Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....
and Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land-grant university Institute of technology university in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia, United States Virginia Tech is well known for its programs in engineering, architecture, science, business and agriculture....
joined on July 1, 2004, and Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States, rendering it neither in Boston nor a college....
joined on July 1, 2005, as the league's twelfth member and first from New England

New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
. The expansion was not without controversy, as Connecticut

University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut is the Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 28,000 students on its six campuses, including nearly 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs....
, Rutgers

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
, Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
, and West Virginia

West Virginia University

West Virginia University is a public university research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States of America. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg, West Virginia; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia; Potomac State College of West...
(and, initially, Virginia Tech) filed lawsuits against the ACC and against Miami and Boston College for conspiring to weaken the Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
.

Membership timeline

Commissioners

Name	Term
James H. Weaver Jim Weaver (ACC Commissioner) James H. Weaver was the first commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference , head American football coach and athletic director at Wake Forest University....	1954-1970
Robert James	1971-1987
Eugene F. Corrigan	1987-1997
John Swofford John Swofford John Swofford is currently the Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference , one of America's premiere college sports conferences.He was born on December 6, 1948 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains....	1997-present

Members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Joined ACC	School Type	Undergraduate Enrollment	Varsity Sports	NCAA Championships
Boston College Boston College Boston College is a private university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States, rendering it neither in Boston nor a college....	Eagles Boston College Eagles The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports offered by the ACC....	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Chestnut Hill is a suburban village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Like all List of villages in Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of which is in a different county:...	1863	2005	Private/Jesuit	9,081	31	3
Clemson University Clemson University Clemson University is a state university , coeducational, Land-grant_university, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States....	Tigers Clemson Tigers The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....	Clemson, South Carolina Clemson, South Carolina Clemson is a city in Anderson County, South Carolina and Pickens County, South Carolina counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 11,939 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 42,199....	1889	1953	Public	14,172	19	3
Duke University Duke University Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....	Blue Devils Duke Blue Devils Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the France "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion....	Durham, North Carolina Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....	1838	1953	Private/Non-Sectarian	6,244	26	9
Florida State University Florida State University Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....	Seminoles Florida State Seminoles The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I ....	Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee is the Capital of the Florida, USA, and the county seat of Leon County, Florida. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida in 1824....	1851	1991	Public	32,525	17	7
Georgia Tech Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech or simply Tech, is a public university, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States....	Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia....	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....	1885	1979	Public	12,966	17	1
University of Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....	Terrapins	College Park, Maryland College Park, Maryland College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 24,657 at the United States Census 2000. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S....	1856	1953	Public	25,857	27	22
University of Miami University of Miami The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....	Hurricanes Miami Hurricanes The Miami Hurricanes represent the varsity sports teams of the University of Miami. They compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ....	Coral Gables, Florida Coral Gables, Florida Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Florida, southwest of Miami, Florida, in the United States. The city is best known globally as the home of the University of Miami....	1925	2004	Private/Non-Sectarian	10,379	15	5
University of North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....	Tar Heels North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State....	Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the oldest state-supported university in the U.S....	1789	1953	Public	17,628	28	34
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....	Wolfpack NC State Wolfpack The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has won eight national championships: two NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles under other sanctioning bodies....	Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....	1887	1953	Public	23,730	25	2
University of Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....	Cavaliers Virginia Cavaliers The Virginia Cavaliers are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Cavaliers participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 25 varsity team sports....	Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County, Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom....	1819	1953	Public	13,726	25	14
Virginia Tech Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land-grant university Institute of technology university in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia, United States Virginia Tech is well known for its programs in engineering, architecture, science, business and agriculture....	Hokies Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University sponsors 19 sports and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level....	Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, Virginia, Virginia, United States, with a population of 39,284 at the United States Census, 2000....	1872	2004	Public	23,567	21	0
Wake Forest University Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a Private university, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....	Demon Deacons Wake Forest Demon Deacons Originally, Wake Forest University's athletic teams were known as the Fighting Baptists, due to its association with the Baptist Convention . However, in 1923, after a particularly impressive win against the Duke University Duke Blue Devils, a newspaper reporter wrote that the Deacons "fought like Demons", giving rise to the current team name, the...	Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is also the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County, North Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state....	1834	1953	Private/Non-Sectarian	4,412	18	8

In Division I FBS, football is the only sport for which the NCAA does not sponsor a championship. Championships sponsored by various third parties, such as the Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
and Associated Press
Associated Press

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are not included in the table.

Facilities

School	Baseball Stadium	Capacity	Basketball Arena	Capacity	Football Stadium	Capacity	Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium	Capacity
Boston College	Shea Field Shea Field Shea Field is a baseball stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is the home field of the Boston College Eagles college baseball team. The stadium holds 1,000 people and is named after Commander John Joseph Shea U.S.N., a former football player at Boston College....	1,000	Conte Forum Conte Forum The Silvio O. Conte Forum, usually known as the Conte Forum is an 8,606-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts....	8,606	Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium is a American football stadium located on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, approximately six...	44,500	Newton Campus Soccer Field	1,000
Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium Doug Kingsmore Stadium Doug Kingsmore Stadium is a stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. It is primarily used for NCAA college baseball, and is the home field of the Clemson Tigers....	6,500	Littlejohn Coliseum Littlejohn Coliseum J.C. Littlejohn Coliseum, usually known as Littlejohn Coliseum, is a 10,325-seat multi-purpose arena in Clemson, South Carolina. It is home to the Clemson University Clemson Tigers basketball team....	10,000	Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium, Clemson Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium, popularly known as Death Valley, is home to the Clemson University Tigers, a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A American football team located in Clemson, South Carolina....	86,092	Riggs Field Riggs Field Riggs Field is a 6,500-capacity soccer-specific stadium located in Clemson, South Carolina. The stadium is home to the Clemson Tigers men's and women's soccer teams....	6,500
Duke	Jack Coombs Field Jack Coombs Field Jack Coombs Field is a baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina. It is the home field of the Duke University Blue Devils college baseball teams....	2,000	Cameron Indoor Stadium Cameron Indoor Stadium Cameron Indoor Stadium is a basketball arena home to the Duke Blue Devils located on the West Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina....	9,314	Wallace Wade Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils....	33,941	Koskinen Stadium Koskinen Stadium Koskinen Stadium is a 4,500-seat stadium in Durham, North Carolina on the campus of Duke University. It serves as home to Duke's soccer and lacrosse teams....	7,000
Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium is a stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on the campus of Florida State University. Used primarily for baseball, it is the home field of the Florida State Seminoles baseball team....	6,700	Donald L. Tucker Center Donald L. Tucker Center Donald L. Tucker Center is a 13,800 seat multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, located within the Tallahassee-Leon County, Florida Civic Center....	12,200	Doak Campbell Stadium Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium is the American football stadium on the campus of the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida....	84,300	Seminole Soccer Complex Seminole Soccer Complex Seminole Soccer Complex is the on-campus soccer stadium at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.The 1,600-seat stadium was built in 1998....	1,600
Georgia Tech	Russ Chandler Stadium Russ Chandler Stadium Russ Chandler Stadium is a college baseball stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It is located on the historic Rose Bowl Field on the Georgia Tech campus, which has been the home field of the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets college baseball team for more than 70 years....	4,157	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Alexander Memorial Coliseum The Alexander Memorial Coliseum is an list of indoor arenas located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of the basketball teams of Georgia Institute of Technology and hosted the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association from 1968?1972 and again from 1997?1999....	9,191	Bobby Dodd Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field is the American football stadium located at the corner of North Avenue at Techwood Drive NW on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia....	55,000	None	-
Maryland	Shipley Field Shipley Field Shipley Field is a baseball stadium in College Park, Maryland. It is the home field of the University of Maryland, College Park Terrapins college baseball teams and the College Park Bombers of the Cal Ripken, Sr....	2,500	Comcast Center Comcast Center (arena) Comcast Center is the arena for the University of Maryland, College Park Terrapins men?s and women's basketball teams. The Comcast Center was ranked the 7th toughest venue to play in by EA Sports....	17,950	Byrd Stadium	51,500	Ludwig Field Ludwig Field Ludwig Field is a stadium located on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park in College Park, Maryland.The 6,500-capacity stadium opened in 1995 and is home to the track and field and soccer teams from UM....	6,500
Miami	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field	5,000	BankUnited Center BankUnited Center The BankUnited Center is a 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The venue hosts concerts, family shows, trade shows, lecture series, university events and sporting events, including all University of Miami men's and women's basketball games....	7,900	Dolphin Stadium Dolphin Stadium Dolphin Stadium is a American football, lacrosse, football , and baseball stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium serves as host to the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, and the Miami Hurricanes football....	76,500	Cobb Stadium Cobb Stadium Cobb Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, Florida. The stadium is home to the women's Association football and men's and women's track and field teams....	500
North Carolina	Boshamer Stadium Boshamer Stadium Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium is a baseball stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was the home field of the North Carolina Tar Heels college baseball team from 1972 to 2007....	4,000+	Dean Smith Center Dean Smith Center The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, usually called simply the Smith Center and popularly referred to as the Dean Dome is a multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....	21,750	Kenan Memorial Stadium	60,000	Fetzer Field Fetzer Field Fetzer Field is a 5,025-capacity stadium located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The stadium is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's and women's soccer teams as well as the men's lacrosse and track and field teams....	5,025
North Carolina State	Doak Field Doak Field Doak Field opened in 1966 as home to the North Carolina State University Wolfpack baseball team. The stadium is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina on NC State's North Carolina State University Main Campus#Central Campus, behind Lee and Sullivan residence halls....	2,500	RBC Center RBC Center The RBC Center is an list of indoor arenas located in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina. It is home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and the North Carolina State University Wolfpack men's basketball team of NCAA Division I.... Reynolds Coliseum Reynolds Coliseum William Neal Reynolds Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina on the North Carolina State University campus....	19,722 14,000	Carter-Finley Stadium Carter-Finley Stadium Carter-Finley Stadium was opened in 1966 as home to the North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack football team. The stadium replaced the obsolete on-campus Riddick Stadium and was originally named Carter Stadium in honor of Harry C....	60,000	WakeMed Soccer Park Method Road Soccer Stadium Method Road Soccer Stadium Method Road Soccer Stadium is the on campus soccer stadium at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.Method Road holds 3,000 spectators, and can hold 10,000 with expanded seating....	7,130 3,000
Virginia	Davenport Field Davenport Field Davenport Field is a baseball stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is the home field of the University of Virginia Cavaliers college baseball teams....	2,924	John Paul Jones Arena John Paul Jones Arena John Paul Jones Arena, opening for the 2006?2007 NCAA Division I basketball season, is located at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia....	14,593	Scott Stadium Scott Stadium The Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia, is the home of the Virginia Cavaliers American football team....	61,500	Klöckner Stadium Klöckner Stadium Kl?ckner Stadium is home to four nationally recognized sports programs — the University of Virginia men's and women's soccer in the fall and men's and women's lacrosse teams in the spring....	8,000
Virginia Tech	English Field English Field English Field is a baseball stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia. It is the home field of the Virginia Tech Hokies college baseball team. It was opened in 1989 and has a capacity of 1033 in chair back seats plus additional grass-covered bank seating along the left field line known as "The Hill"....	1,033	Cassell Coliseum Cassell Coliseum Cassell Coliseum is a 10,052-seat multi-purpose arena in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States that opened in 1961. It is home to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech Hokies basketball teams ....	10,052	Lane Stadium Lane Stadium Lane Stadium/Worsham Field is a stadium located in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia. It is the home field of the Virginia Tech Hokies football, a college football team....	66,233	Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia where it is home to the Virginia Tech Hokies soccer and lacrosse teams....	2,500
Wake Forest	Gene Hooks Stadium Gene Hooks Stadium Gene Hooks Stadium is a baseball stadium in Winston-Salem, NC. It is the home field of the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons college baseball teams....	1,500	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a 14,407-seat multi-purpose arena in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Construction on the arena began on April 23, 1987 and it opened on August 28, 1989....	14,407	BB&T Field BB&T Field BB&T Field is a stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Wake Forest University Wake Forest Demon Deacons football....	31,500	Spry Stadium	3,000

Sports

Member universities compete in the following sports:

Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
Men's Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
Women's Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
Men's Cross Country
Cross country running

Cross Country running is a sport in which runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain. The courses used at these events may include Poaceae, mud, woodlands, and water....
Women's Cross Country
Cross country running

Cross Country running is a sport in which runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain. The courses used at these events may include Poaceae, mud, woodlands, and water....
Field Hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....
Football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Men's Lacrosse
Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport originated by several tribes of Native Americans in the United States. There are four distinct versions of the modern game: men's field lacrosse, women's field lacrosse, men's box lacrosse and intercrosse ....
Women's Lacrosse
Women's lacrosse

Women's lacrosse, sometimes shortened to wlax or lax, is a non-contact sport played with twelve players on each team. Originally played by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the modern women's game was introduced in 1890 at the St Leonards School in Scotland....
Rowing
Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes racing against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline....
Men's Soccer
Women's Soccer
Softball
Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
Men's Swimming & Diving
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
Women's Swimming & Diving
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
Men's Tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
Women's Tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
Men's Track & Field
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
Women's Track & Field
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
Wrestling
Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling is the style of amateur wrestling practiced at the college and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling is sometimes known as folkstyle wrestling because by and large, it is the style that emerged out of the folk wrestling styles practiced in the early history of the United States....

Boston College plays ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
as a member of Hockey East
Hockey East

Hockey East Association is a college athletic conference which operates in New England. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as a ice hockey-only conference....
.

Current Champions

Fall 2008

Sport School
Cross Country (M) Virginia
Cross Country (W) Florida State
Field Hockey Maryland
Football Virginia Tech
Soccer (M) Maryland
Soccer (W) North Carolina
Volleyball North Carolina and Duke

Winter 2008

Sport School
Basketball (M) North Carolina

Winter 2009

Sport School
Basketball (W) Maryland
Swimming & Diving (M) Virginia
Swimming & Diving (W) Virginia
Indoor Track & Field (M) Florida State
Indoor Track & Field (W) Florida State
Wrestling Maryland

Spring 2008

Sport School
Baseball Miami
Golf (M) Florida State
Golf (W) Duke
Lacrosse (M) Duke
Lacrosse (W) Virginia
Rowing Virginia
Softball Virginia Tech
Tennis (M) Virginia
Tennis (W) Clemson
Track & Field (M) Florida State
Track & Field (W) Virginia Tech

Baseball

National Championships
Wake Forest won the ACC's only national championship in 1955. Miami won four national championships (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001) prior to joining the ACC.

School College
World
Series Last CWS
Boston College
Clemson 11 2006
Duke 3 1961
Florida State^† 19 2008
Georgia Tech 3 2006
Maryland
Miami^‡ 23 2008
North Carolina 7 2008
NC State 1 1968
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 2 1955

^† Eleven of Florida State's appearances came prior to joining the ACC (trips since joining the league: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008; total trips to Omaha by FSU: 19).
^‡ Twenty one of Miami's appearances came prior to joining the ACC.

Basketball

History
Historically, the ACC has been considered one of the most successful conferences in men's basketball. The early roots of ACC basketball began primarily thanks to two men: Everett Case
Everett Case

Everett N. Case , nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964....
and Frank McGuire
Frank McGuire

Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball.Born in New York City as the youngest of thirteen children in an Irish-American family, to New York police officer, Robert McGuire and his wife, the former Anne Lynch , McGuire graduated from St....
.

North Carolina State
North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....
coach Everett Case
Everett Case

Everett N. Case , nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964....
had been a successful high school coach in Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
who ironically accepted the Wolfpack's head coaching job at a time that the school decided to focus on competing in football with Duke University
Duke University

Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....
, then a national power in college football. 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 eventually 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. That is why he organized the funding and construction of Reynolds Coliseum
Reynolds Coliseum

William Neal Reynolds Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina on the North Carolina State University campus....
in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....
as the new home court for his team. At the time, Reynolds was the largest on-campus arena in America, and it was therefore used as the host site for many Southern Conference Tournaments, ACC Tournaments, and the Dixie Classic

Dixie Classic (Basketball Tournament)

The Dixie Classic was an annual college basketball tournament played from 1949 to 1960 in Reynolds Coliseum. The field consisted of the "Tobacco Road" North Carolina schools, the host NC State Wolfpack, Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina Tar Heels, and Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and four teams from across the country....
, an annual event involving the four ACC teams from North Carolina as well as four other prominent programs from across the nation. The Dixie Classic brought in huge revenues for all schools involved and soon became one of the premier sporting events in the south.

At North Carolina, Frank McGuire
Frank McGuire

Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball.Born in New York City as the youngest of thirteen children in an Irish-American family, to New York police officer, Robert McGuire and his wife, the former Anne Lynch , McGuire graduated from St....
was hired as the men’s basketball coach to counter Case's personality, as well as the dominant success of his program. McGuire began recruiting in his home area of New York. McGuire knew that basketball was the major high school athletic event of the region, unlike football in the south. 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. For this reason, they often exchanged verbal jabs at each other in public, while maintaining a secret working relationship in private.

In 1957, when McGuire’s North Carolina team won the national championship, an entrepreneur from Greensboro named Castleman D. Chesley noticed the popularity it generated. He developed a five-station television network which began broadcasting regular season ACC games the following season. From that point on, ACC basketball gained immense popularity.

The ACC has been home to many legendary coaches, including Terry Holland
Terry Holland

Michael Terrence "Terry" Holland is the Athletics Director and Executive Assistant to Steven Ballard at East Carolina University. Holland went to Davidson College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1964....
, Everett Case
Everett Case

Everett N. Case , nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964....
, Frank McGuire
Frank McGuire

Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball.Born in New York City as the youngest of thirteen children in an Irish-American family, to New York police officer, Robert McGuire and his wife, the former Anne Lynch , McGuire graduated from St....
, Vic Bubas
Vic Bubas

Vic Bubas is a former basketball coach of Duke University....
, Press Maravich
Press Maravich

Petar "Press" Maravich , a first-generation United States of Serbs descent, was a popular college basketball and professional sports basketball coach....
, Dean Smith
Dean Smith

Dean Edwards Smith is a retired Coach of men?s college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Kansas, Smith has been called a ?coaching legend? by the Basketball Hall of Fame....
, Norm Sloan
Norm Sloan

Norm Sloan was an United States college basketball coach.Sloan was a 1951 graduate of North Carolina State University, where he lettered in basketball under coach Everett Case and was a classmate and teammate of Vic Bubas, who later coached Duke University....
, Bones McKinney
Bones McKinney

Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an United States professional basketball player and coach.A 6'6" forward-center from the University of North Carolina, McKinney had a six-year playing career in the NBA, most of them with the now-defunct Washington Capitols....
, Al Skinner
Al Skinner

Albert L. Skinner is a men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. Presently, he is in his tenth year as the head coach of the Boston College basketball team....
, Lefty Driesell
Lefty Driesell

Charles "Lefty" Driesell is a retired college basketball coach. Driesell grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended Granby High School. The famous left-hander attended Duke University from 1950 to 1954, playing basketball under coach Harold Bradley ....
, Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano

James Thomas Anthony Valvano , nicknamed Jimmy V, was an United States college basketball coach.While the head coach at North Carolina State University, he won the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament against high odds....
, Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski

Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski is an USA basketball coach. Currently the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, he also coached the United States men's national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics, culminating with the gold medal at the Olympics....
, Bobby Cremins
Bobby Cremins

Bobby Cremins is the head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Institute of Technology....
, Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes

Richard Dale Barnes is the current head coach of the University of Texas at Austin Texas Longhorn Athletics men's college basketball team. He has coached Texas for the last ten seasons, taking the team to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship each year, including a Final Four appearance led by T....
, Gary Williams
Gary Williams

Gary B. Williams is the current head coach of the University of Maryland, College Park's Maryland Terrapins men's basketball....
, and Roy Williams
Roy Williams (coach)

Roy Allen Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After averaging about an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003....
.

Present Day Schedule
With the expansion to 12 teams in the 2004-2005 season, the ACC schedule could no longer accommodate a home-and-away series between every pair of teams each season. In the new scheduling model, each team is assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners over a three-year period. Teams play their permanent partners in a home-and-away series each year. The rotating partners are split into three groups: three teams who are played in a home-and-away series, three teams who are played at home, and three teams who are played on the road. The rotating partner groups are rotated over the three-year period.

The table below lists each school's two permanent scheduling partners.
School Partner 1 Partner 2
Boston College Miami Virginia Tech
Clemson Georgia Tech Florida State
Duke North Carolina Maryland
Florida State Miami Clemson
Georgia Tech Clemson Wake Forest
Maryland Duke Virginia
Miami Boston College Florida State
North Carolina Duke North Carolina State
North Carolina State North Carolina Wake Forest
Virginia Virginia Tech Maryland
Virginia Tech Virginia Boston College
Wake Forest North Carolina State Georgia Tech

National Championships
Over the course of its existence, ACC schools have captured 10 NCAA men's basketball championships. North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball program is a successful college basketball program, considered to be "one of the dominant basketball teams in NCAA history." The Tar Heels have won four NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1957, 1982, 1993, and 2005, and were retroactively named the national champions by...
has won four, Duke has won three, North Carolina State
NC State Wolfpack

The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has won eight national championships: two NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles under other sanctioning bodies....
has won two, and Maryland
University of Maryland athletics

The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, represent the University of Maryland, College Park in NCAA sports. The University of Maryland is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision school that belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and currently sponsors 27 varsity sports....
has won one. In addition, 8 of the 12 members have advanced to the Final Four
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a Single-elimination tournament tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States....
at least once.

In women's basketball, the ACC has won two national championships, with North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of Division I women's basketball....
and Maryland. In 2006, Duke, Maryland, and North Carolina all advanced to the Final Four
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981 in sports-1982 in sports season....
, the first time a conference placed three teams in the women's Final Four. Both 2006 NCAA women's finalists were from the ACC, with Maryland defeating Duke for the title.

School Helms Athletic Foundation Men's NCAA Women's NCAA
Duke 1991, 1992, 2001
Maryland 2002 2006
North Carolina 1924 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 1994
North Carolina State 1974, 1983

Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.

Field Hockey

National Championships
The ACC has won 14 of the 28 NCAA Championships in field hockey.
School NCAA
Maryland 1987, 1993, 1999,
2005, 2006, 2008
North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey

The North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of Division I field hockey....
1989, 1995, 1996,
1997, 2007
Wake Forest 2002, 2003, 2004

Football

Divisions
In 2005, the ACC began divisional play in football. Division leaders compete in a playoff game to determine the ACC championship. The inaugural Championship Game was played on December 3, 2005, in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
, at the stadium then known as Alltel Stadium, in which Florida State defeated Virginia Tech to capture their 12th championship since they joined the league in 1992. The 2009 ACC Championship Game will be played at Raymond James Stadium
Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium, also known as "The Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose American football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team....
in Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County....
.

This division structure leads to each team playing the following games:

Five games within its division (one against each opponent)

One game against a designated permanent rival from the other division (not necessarily the school's closest traditional rival, even within the conference)
Two rotating games (one home, one away) against teams in the other division

In the table below, each column represents one division. Each team's designated permanent rival is listed immediately to the left or right in the other column.

Atlantic Division Coastal Division
Boston College
Boston College Eagles football

The Boston College Eagles football team is the college football program of Boston College. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a Division I Bowl Subdivision athletic conference governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association....
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Hokies football

The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I#Division I-Bowl Subdivision, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
Clemson
Clemson Tigers football

The Clemson Tigers are a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in college football American football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also appropriately referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck....
Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football

The Florida State Seminoles football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I#Division I-Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Coast Conference#Divisions of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
Miami
Miami Hurricanes football

The Miami Hurricanes, sometimes referred to as '"The U", are a collegiate football program that represents the University of Miami. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision conference governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association....
Maryland
Maryland Terrapins football

The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision competition....
Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football

Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I#Division I-Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Coast Conference#Divisions of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
North Carolina State North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels football

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level American football. Over its nearly 120 years of existence, the program has won 631 games for a winning percentage of .566, and has appeared in 26 bowl games....
Wake Forest
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons American football team represents Wake Forest University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
Duke
Duke Blue Devils football

The Duke Blue Devils American football program is a college football team that represents Duke University . The team is currently a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference , which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....

Bowl Games
Within the Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
, the Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl (game)

The Orange Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in Dolphin Stadium just outside Miami, Florida, Florida....
serves as the home of the ACC champion against another BCS at-large selection unless the conference's champion is selected for the national championship game.

The other bowls pick ACC teams in the order listed. As of the 2006 season, the ACC championship game loser cannot fall below the Music City Bowl
Music City Bowl

The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998 in sports....
. Moreover, a bowl game can bypass a team in the selection process only if the two teams in question are within one game of each other in the overall ACC standings. This rule was instituted in response to concerns over the 2005 bowl season, in which Atlantic Division co-champion Boston College fell to the last-pick MPC Computers Bowl (now Humanitarian Bowl).

Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
1 FedEx Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl (game)

The Orange Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in Dolphin Stadium just outside Miami, Florida, Florida....
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Gardens, Florida

Miami Gardens is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Florida. The city name comes from one of the major roadways through the area, Miami Gardens Drive....
BCS
2 Chick-fil-A Bowl
Chick-fil-A Bowl

The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly called the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and before that simply called the Peach Bowl, is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia since December 1968....
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
SEC
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
3/4/5
3 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl

The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the sixth oldest college bowl, held continuously since 1946....
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
Big 12
Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I for all sports; its American football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football c...
3
Big East
Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
2
Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....

4 Champs Sports Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl

The Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida. The game was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida from 1990 to 2000 and is now played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida....
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Big Ten
Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
4/5
5 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Music City Bowl

The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998 in sports....
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
SEC 6/7/8
Navy
United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States, that educates and commissions officers of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps....

6 Meineke Car Care Bowl
Meineke Car Care Bowl

The Meineke Car Care Bowl is an National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 73,367-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina , since 2002....
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
Big East 3
7 Emerald Bowl
Emerald Bowl

The Emerald Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association that has been played annually at 40,800-seat AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, since 2002....
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
Pac-10 4/5
8 Roady's Humanitarian Bowl Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho

Boise is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Idaho. Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho as well as the county seat of Ada County, Idaho....
WAC
Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ....
1
9 EagleBank Bowl Washington, DC Navy
Navy

A navy is the branch of a nation's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions....

National Championships
Though the NCAA does not determine an official national champion for Division I FBS football, several ACC members have achieved a national championship through the Associated Press
Associated Press

The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
, the Coaches Poll
Coaches Poll

The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
, or the Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
.

School Helms Athletic Foundation Associated Press Coaches Poll Bowl Championship Series
Clemson 1981 1981
Florida State 1993, 1999 1993, 1999 1999
Georgia Tech 1917, 1928, 1952 1990
Maryland 1953 1953
Miami 1983, 1987, 1989,
1991, 2001 1983, 1987, 1989,
2001 2001

Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.

Golf

National Championships

School Men's Team NCAA Men's Individual NCAA Women's Team NCAA Women's Individual NCAA
Clemson 2003 Charles Warren
Charles Warren (golfer)

Charles Otis Warren is an United States professional golfer.Warren is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 1998 and from 2000 to 2004 and a member of the PGA Tour in 1999....
1997
Duke 1999, 2002, 2005,
2006, 2007 Candy Hannemann 2001,
Virada Nirapathpongporn
Virada Nirapathpongporn

Virada Nirapathpongporn is a Thailand professional golf who won the 2003 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship.Nirapathpongporn was born in Bangkok, Thailand....
2002,
Anna Grzebian 2005
Georgia Tech Watts Gunn 1927,
Charles Yates 1934,
Troy Matteson
Troy Matteson

Troy Jason Matteson is an United States professional golfer. He was born in Rockledge, Florida.He has won once on the PGA Tour and twice on the Nationwide Tour....
2002
Miami 1984 Penny Hammel
Penny Hammel

Penny Hammel is an United States LPGA golfer, joining the tour in 1985. She is best known for a 1979 PGA Junior Championship in which she finished five strokes ahead of her closest opponent....
1983
North Carolina Harvie Ward
Harvie Ward

Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. was an United States golfer best known for his amateur career. He is best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur....
1949,
John Inman
John Inman (golfer)

John Samuel Inman is an United States professional golfer and college men's golf head coach. Inman is the younger brother of professional golfer Joe Inman....
1984
Virginia Dixon Brooke 1940
Wake Forest 1974, 1975, 1986 Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange

Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990....
1974,
Jay Haas
Jay Haas

Jay Dean Haas is an United States professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time"....
1975,
Gary Hallberg
Gary Hallberg

Gary George Hallberg is an United States professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Hallberg was born in Berwyn, Illinois....
1979

Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.

Lacrosse

National Championships
Since 1971, when the first men's national champion was determined by the NCAA, the ACC has won 10 national championships. Virginia and North Carolina have won four national championships, and Maryland has won two. Women's lacrosse has only awarded a national championship since 1982, and the ACC has won more titles than any other conference. In all, the ACC has won 12 women's national championships: Maryland has won nine and Virginia has won three.

School Men's NCAA Women's NCAA AIAW
Maryland 1973, 1975 1986, 1992, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001 1981
North Carolina 1981, 1982, 1986,
1991
Virginia 1972, 1999, 2003,
2006 1991, 1993, 2004

Italics denote championships before the sport was part of the ACC.

Soccer

National Championships
In men's soccer, the ACC has won 13 national championships, including 12 in the 25 seasons between 1984 and 2008. Five have been won by Virginia. The remaining eight have been won by Maryland (3 times), Clemson (twice), Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest. During the 2007 season, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest advanced to the College Cup, the final four of men's soccer. The 2008 season saw two ACC teams, Maryland and North Carolina, meet in the championship game with Maryland winning by a score of 1-0.

In women's soccer, North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of Division I soccer....
has won 19 of the 26 NCAA titles since the NCAA crowned its first champion, as well as the only Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships....
(AIAW) soccer championship in 1981. The Tar Heels have also won 18 of the 20 ACC tournaments, losing only to North Carolina State in 1988 and Virginia in 2004, both times by penalty kicks
Penalty shootout (football)

Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a draw in a game of association football....
.

School Men's NCAA Women's NCAA AIAW
Clemson 1984, 1987
Duke 1986
Maryland 1968, 2005, 2008
North Carolina 2001 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999,
2000, 2003, 2006, 2008 1981
Virginia 1989, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994
Wake Forest 2007

Italics denote championships before the sport was part of the ACC.

Atlantic Coast Conference

History

Membership timeline

Commissioners

Members

Facilities

Sports

Current Champions

Baseball

National Championships

Basketball

History

Present Day Schedule

National Championships

Field Hockey

National Championships

Football

Divisions

Bowl Games

National Championships

Golf

National Championships

Lacrosse

National Championships

Soccer

National Championships

See also

External links