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70-664: The CW began carrying college football broadcasts on September 9, 2023, with a package of Atlantic Coast Conference games sub-licensed from and produced by Raycom Sports (billed as the ACC on The CW ), as well as coverage of the Arizona Bowl sub-licensed from Barstool Sports . In 2024, CW Sports reached an agreement with the Pac-12 —which, due to realignment , had been reduced to two teams—to broadcast most Oregon State University and Washington State University home games during
140-558: A sports division in 2023, initially with the acquisition of U.S. rights to the LIV Golf League . Raycom Sports has had a long-standing relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference , having syndicated ACC basketball games, and later football, since 1982. Raycom maintained the rights to this package after ESPN acquired the conference's media rights in 2010. The broadcast television package ended after
210-665: 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. 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 . Since 1936 and 1950 respectively, these include what are now
280-399: A SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Military Bowl , Duke's Mayo Bowl , Gator Bowl , Pop-Tarts Bowl , Fenway Bowl , ReliaQuest Bowl , Holiday Bowl and Sun Bowl . The ACC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The ACC champion are also eligible for
350-747: A consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans . Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN , and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans. Bold – Exceeded capacity † Season High The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit . The following list includes all ACC players in
420-465: 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. The stated mission of the ACCAC is to "leverage the athletic associations and identities among
490-429: A former Southern Conference charter member that had been independent since 1937, into the conference. Virginia's president Colgate Darden argued fiercely against joining the ACC or any conference, while UVA athletics director Gus Tebell argued in favor. In the end, UVA's Board of Visitors approved joining the ACC by a vote of 6–3. In 1960, the ACC implemented a minimum SAT score for incoming student-athletes of 750,
560-461: 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. The designated rivals under this system were as follows: With the 2024 arrival of California, SMU, and Stanford, the ACC adopted a new scheduling model effective that season and running through
630-658: A home-and-home non-conference series in 2019 and 2021. Prior to this, the division format was as follows: 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
700-734: A linear network in August 2019. On August 24, 2021, the ACC formed an alliance with the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences. In 2022, the ACC brought back old rivalries like the Backyard Brawl between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the West Virginia University Mountaineers . A friendly rivalry between University of Pittsburgh Panthers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in memory of
770-909: A portion of the income generated by the ACC Football Championship Game and by supplemental allocations by individual universities and various grants. Major academic programs that have been implemented under ACCAC include: 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
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#1732801773071840-735: 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. The conference officials indicated a desire to add an eighth member, and candidates mentioned were Virginia , VPI and West Virginia . On December 4, 1953, officials convened in Greensboro, North Carolina , and admitted Virginia,
910-511: 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. 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
980-514: Is not considered a football member and is not eligible to play in the ACC Championship Game. 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
1050-545: The 1956 Sugar Bowl and Bobby Grier , during the last game, actor Anthony Mackie appeared on field to honor Grier and the game. On September 1, 2023, the conference voted to expand and add three new members: California , SMU , and Stanford . The announcement was initially controversial, given the distance between the schools and its current members. SMU joined on July 1, 2024, from the American Athletic Conference , while Cal and Stanford joined
1120-564: The 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season , is the 71st season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The ACC consists of 14 members. The 2023 season will be the first season without divisions since 2005 (other than the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season ). The entire schedule was released on January 30, 2023. Clemson defeated North Carolina 39−10 in the 2022 ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina . The 2023 ACC Kickoff
1190-575: 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
1260-584: The Big Ten , Big 12 , Pac-12 , and SEC , as well as Notre Dame . All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game. The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American , C-USA , MAC , Mountain West , or Sun Belt . The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS independents Army , UConn , or UMass (but excluding independent Notre Dame, which appears in
1330-649: 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. Since August 2, 2024, the 18 members of the ACC are: 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,
1400-771: The College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking. Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. ACC teams shown in bold. Source: First team Second team Third team ACC Player of the Year ACC Rookie of the Year ACC Coach of the Year ACC Offensive Player of the Year ACC Offensive Rookie of
1470-615: 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 . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout
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#17328017730711540-562: The National Football Foundation . Maryland won one championship as a member of the ACC in 1953. 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 2023 season . 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season , part of
1610-517: The SMU Mustangs was televised as part of the CW's ACC package in 2024; the team promoted the game via a video satirizing ESPN's " This is SportsCenter " commercials entitled "one treefroghill" (referencing former CW series One Tree Hill ), seemingly dissing the network by saying that the game was "unfortunately" on The CW. When SMU beat TCU in the game (its first victory in the rivalry since 2021),
1680-637: The Southeastern Conference , in 1991. On July 1, 2014, the University of Maryland departed for the Big Ten Conference . Full members Non-football members Independent Other Conference Other Conference The ACC was established on June 14, 1953, when seven members of the Southern Conference left to form their own conference. These seven universities became charter members of
1750-804: The United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2022–23 academic year. The following table shows Atlantic Coast Conference distributions during the fiscal year ending June 2023 as reported by ProPublica using Schedule A of the Atlantic Coast Conference tax filings The Atlantic Coast Conference sponsors championship competition in thirteen men's and fifteen women's NCAA-sanctioned sports. The most recently added sports are women's gymnastics and fencing . Gymnastics
1820-526: The 13 men's ACC sports for the 2024–25 academic year. 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. Women's varsity sports not currently sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference which are played by ACC schools: The ACC is considered to be one of the Power Five conferences , all of which receive automatic placement of their football champions into one of
1890-399: 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. Funding for its operations, 90% of which is spent on direct student support, is derived from
1960-519: The 2018–19 season, when ESPN acquired its inventory for its new ACC Network cable channel. As an aspect of this agreement, Raycom also held rights to syndicate a separate package of ACC telecasts to regional sports networks . In June 2023, Bally Sports —the package's primary rightsholder—announced that it would drop the ACC RSN package, amid the bankruptcy of parent company Diamond Sports Group . The following month, Raycom announced that it had sold
2030-447: The 2023 season with two new head football coaches: The regular season began on Thursday, August 31, 2023, and will end on Saturday, November 25, 2023. The ACC Championship Game will be played on Saturday December 2, 2023, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina . × – Matchup not played in 2023 Updated after the season. The following games include ACC teams competing against "Power Five" conference teams from
2100-710: The 2024 season. The games are produced by the Pac-12's media department, which CW Sports also subcontracted to produce studio programming for its college football coverage. After Nexstar Media Group acquired a majority stake in The CW, the company began efforts to broaden the network's demographic reach to encompass older viewers within the key demographic and linear television viewership, citing preferences towards streaming platforms by younger viewers. This would include an increased focus on imported programs from other countries, and sports programming. The network began to establish
2170-466: 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
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2240-653: 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
2310-582: The ACC and not the school. The move also left the SEC as the only one of the FBS Power Five conferences without a GOR. 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
2380-494: 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. 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 and by
2450-601: The ACC's X account quipped "'Thank goodness it was only on The CW' – TCU fans, probably." Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located 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
2520-557: 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
2590-577: 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
2660-475: The ACC. 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
2730-487: 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.) After drafting
2800-579: The Big East announced they had reached a settlement allowing Notre Dame to join the ACC effective July 1, 2013. 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. 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. The ACC's presidents announced on April 22, 2013, that all 15 schools that would be members of
2870-584: The Big East on July 1, 2013. 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. On March 12, 2013, Notre Dame and
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2940-490: 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. All ACC members sponsor all five of the named sports except Georgia Tech, which sponsors women's volleyball but not women's soccer. Member-by-member sponsorship of
3010-592: The NCAA's Academic Progress Rate . Nine ACC institutions are members of the Association of American Universities : Cal, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Stanford, and Virginia. Syracuse was a member until 2011 but voluntarily withdrew over a dispute on how to count non-federal grants. The members of the ACC participate in the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium (ACCAC),
3080-659: The Power Five section above). The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs. Regular season Post Season The bowl games will begin on December 16, 2023, and will end with the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 8, 2024. For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The ACC will have annually ten appearances in the following bowls: Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by
3150-689: The Year Jacobs Blocking Trophy ACC Defensive Player of the Year ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected
3220-523: 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
3290-508: The bowl after 2023, CW Sports acquired rights to the 2024 Arizona Bowl. With the limited turnaround time between the announcement and the start of the 2023 ACC football season , Raycom and The CW subcontracted resources from other broadcasters for its initial season of college football broadcasts, including ESPN (the conference's main rightsholder) temporarily allowing use of the ESPN College Football on-air graphics (pending
3360-478: 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
3430-470: The conference the following day, once again expanding the conference footprint like previous expansions. 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. However, in July 2012, the Big East came to an agreement with Syracuse and Pitt that allowed the two schools to leave
3500-415: 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 with a contractual tie-in to a New Year's Six bowl game in
3570-435: The cycle, and none will travel to California in back-to-back seasons. 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
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#17328017730713640-401: The development of a dedicated CW Sports graphics package in time for basketball season), and its first game at Pitt sharing resources with Fox Sports (which was already at Acrisure Stadium for an NFL broadcast the following afternoon). Notably, the games are not available on streaming-specific services like The CW app but are available through streaming TV providers. For the 2024 season,
3710-514: The expansion, The CW also rebranded its coverage as CW Football Saturday , adding a new pre-game show hosted by Mike Yam , and former Fox Sports personality Thom Brennaman as lead commentator for ACC games and selected Pac-12 games. The Pac-12 games, as well as the new studio show, are being produced by the Pac-12's in-house media department Pac-12 Enterprises (which consists of the remainder of Pac-12 Network 's staff). On May 29, 2024, with Barstool ending its title sponsorship and broadcast rights to
3780-450: 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. On July 1, 1971, South Carolina left the ACC to become an independent . 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
3850-634: 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. 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
3920-615: 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. 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
3990-422: The lead. 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. 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 ACC operated with seven members until
4060-565: The league's twelfth member and the first from the Northeast. 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 . On September 17, 2011, Big East Conference members Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh both applied to join the ACC. The two schools were accepted into
4130-489: 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 . The ACC has 18 member institutions from 12 states. Listed in alphabetical order, these 12 states within
4200-725: 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
4270-433: 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
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#17328017730714340-461: The package to The CW, consisting of 13 football games, 28 men's basketball games, and 9 women's basketball games per-season. The CW aired its first ACC football broadcast on September 9, 2023, featuring Cincinnati at Pittsburgh . On November 30, 2023, The CW reached an agreement with Barstool Sports to simulcast its coverage of the Arizona Bowl , which was previously exclusive to Barstool’s social media platforms since 2021. On March 26, 2024, it
4410-581: The production was rebranded as CW Football Saturday with a dedicated on-air presentation; Raycom continues to produce the ACC games under the new banner, while the Pac-12 portion of the package, as well as studio coverage, is produced from the new Pac-12 Studios in San Ramon, California (which had opened as a new facility for Pac-12 Network the previous season). Sister cable network NewsNation began to also be used as an overflow during doubleheaders. The TCU Horned Frogs ' Iron Skillet rivalry game against
4480-450: 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. Three ACC teams, Florida State, Miami, and Clemson, are listed in
4550-451: 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
4620-563: The sport of football. 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. The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven, while 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
4690-414: The top 10 of most successful football programs since 2000. 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), 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
4760-419: Was added for the 2023–24 school year with Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Pitt participating. 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 participate in that sport. Since all current ACC members (including non-football member Notre Dame) field FBS football teams, they are subject to
4830-633: Was held on July 25 through 27 at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina . This year was the first year where the event expanded to three full interview days. Each team had their head coach and three players available to talk to the media. Coverage of the event was televised by the ACC Network . The preseason poll and preseason All-ACC Teams were released after the event, with the preseason poll being released on August 1, 2023. Source: Source: The ACC entered
4900-469: Was reported by sports columnist John Canzano that CW Sports was nearing an agreement with the Pac-12 Conference —whose membership had been reduced to Oregon State and Washington State as a result of realignment —to televise the two teams' home games during the 2024 season . The deal was officially announced on May 14, under which The CW will air 11 broadcasts between the two teams (the remaining two will be aired by Fox College Football ). As part of
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