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{{Short description|American collegiate athletics conference}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Atlantic Coast Conference
| color           = #013CA6; {{box-shadow border|a|#A5A9AB|2px}}
| font_color      = #FFFFFF
| title           = Atlantic Coast Conference
| logo            = Atlantic Coast Conference logo.svg
| logo_size       = 250
| founded         = {{Start date and age|1953|5|8}}
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]
| teams           = 18
| sports          = 28<ref name=acc_tradition>{{cite web|title=This Is the ACC|url=http://www.theacc.com/this-is/tradition.html|website=TheACC.com|access-date=January 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231042216/http://www.theacc.com/this-is/tradition.html|archive-date=December 31, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| mens            = 13
| womens          = 15
| region          = * [[Southern United States|South]]
** [[South Atlantic States|South Atlantic]]
** [[East South Central States|East South Central]]
** [[West South Central states|West South Central]]
* [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]
** [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]]
** [[New England]]
* [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]
** [[East North Central States|East North Central]]
* [[Western United States|West]]
** [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| headquarters    = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| commissioner    = [[Jim Phillips (athletic administrator)|James J. Phillips]]
| since           = February 1, 2021
| TV              = [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]]/[[ESPN]]/[[ACC Network]]<br/>
[[The CW]] (via [[Raycom Sports]])
| streaming       = [[ESPN (streaming service)|ESPN]]
| website         = {{URL|https://theacc.com}}
| map             = New ACC map.svg
| map_size        = 250
}}

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

ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference's history. Generally, the ACC's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation. Additionally, the conference enjoys extensive media coverage. With the advent of the [[College Football Playoff]] in 2014, the ACC is one of the [[Power Five conferences|"Power Four" conferences]] who had contractual tie-in to a [[New Year's Six]] [[bowl game]] in the sport of football prior to the playoffs being expanded in 2024.

The ACC was founded on May 8, 1953, by seven universities located in the [[South Atlantic states]], with the [[University of Virginia]] joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight.<ref>{{cite news|title=Depression Kept Sedgefield from Intended Course|last=Schlosser|first=Jim|work=[[News & Record]]|date=June 28, 1998|page=A1}}</ref> The loss of the [[University of South Carolina]] in 1971 dropped membership to seven, but the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight, and Florida State's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine. Since 2000, with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA, ten additional schools have joined, and one original member ([[Maryland Terrapins|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 [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]], [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]], and [[Western United States|West]].

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

When Notre Dame joined the ACC, it chose to remain a [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|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 Atlantic Coast Conference football season|2020 season]], due largely to the suspension of most non-conference games by other Power Five conferences due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], the ACC reached an agreement to allow Notre Dame to play a full, 10-game conference schedule and be eligible to play for the ACC championship.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=July 30, 2020|title=ACC sets 11-game fall football schedule, includes Notre Dame|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29559987/acc-sets-fall-football-plans-includes-notre-dame|access-date=August 8, 2020|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>

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

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

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Enrollment<br />{{small|(fall 2023)}}<ref name=CollegeNavigator>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ |title=College Navigator |website=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=January 1, 2025 }}</ref>
! Endowment<br />{{nowrap|{{small|(billions – [[fiscal year|FY]]24)}}<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! class="unsortable" | Colors
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Clemson University]]'''
| [[Clemson, South Carolina]]
| 1889 
| Public
| 28,747
| $1.124
| [[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
| rowspan=6 | 1953
| {{college color boxes|Clemson Tigers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Duke University]]'''
| [[Durham, North Carolina]]
| 1838
| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=full|name=Methodist|Historically affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]].}}
| 17,112
| $11.890
| [[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
| {{college color boxes|Duke Blue Devils}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]}}'''
| [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
| 1789
| Public
| 32,234
| $5.728
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
| {{college color boxes|North Carolina Tar Heels}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[North Carolina State University]]'''
| [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
| 1887
| Public
| 37,323
| $2.220
| [[NC State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]] 
| {{college color boxes|NC State Wolfpack}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Wake Forest University]]'''
| [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| 1834
| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=full|Historically affiliated with the [[Baptist State Convention of North Carolina]].}}
| 9,121
| $1.997
| [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]] 
| {{college color boxes|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia]]}}'''
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
| 1819 
| Public
| 25,924
| $10.217
| [[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
| {{college color boxes|Virginia Cavaliers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]]'''
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 1885 
| Public
| 47,946
| $3.167
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]] 
| 1979{{efn|group=full|Although Georgia Tech joined the ACC for most sports during the 1979–80 school year, it did not compete for the league's football championship until the 1983 fall season (1983–84 school year).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/073117aab.html |title=Georgia Tech Football Timeline |work=2017 Georgia Tech Football Information Guide |date=July 31, 2017 |page=146 |access-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173056/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/073117aab.html |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Florida State University]]'''
| [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| 1851 
| Public
| 43,234
| $1.030
| [[Florida State Seminoles|Seminoles]]
| 1991{{efn|group=full|Although Florida State joined the ACC for most sports during the 1991–92 school year, it did not compete for the league's football championship until the 1992 fall season (1992–93 school year).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/b93e5e30-06_thisisfsu.pdf |title=History of FSU Football |work=2017 Florida State Football Media Guide |page=153 |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071718/http://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/b93e5e30-06_thisisfsu.pdf |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| {{college color boxes|Florida State Seminoles}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Miami|[[University of Miami]]}}'''
| [[Coral Gables, Florida]]
| 1925
| Nonsectarian
| 19,593
| $1.590
| [[Miami Hurricanes|Hurricanes]]
| rowspan=2 | 2004
| {{college color boxes|Miami Hurricanes}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]'''
| [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
| 1872
| Public
| 38,294
| $1.954
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
| {{college color boxes|Virginia Tech Hokies}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Boston College]]'''
| [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]]
| 1863
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />([[Jesuits|Jesuit]]) 
| 15,280
| $3.778
| [[Boston College Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Boston College Eagles}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Pittsburgh|[[University of Pittsburgh]]}}'''
| [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| 1787
| Public<br />{{small|([[Commonwealth System of Higher Education|State-related]])}}
| 34,525
| $5.804
| [[Pittsburgh Panthers|Panthers]]
| rowspan=3 | 2013
| {{college color boxes|Pittsburgh Panthers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Syracuse University]]'''
| [[Syracuse, New York]]
| 1870
| Nonsectarian{{efn|group=full|name=Methodist}}
| 22,948
| $2.097
| [[Syracuse Orange|Orange]] 
| {{college color boxes|Syracuse Orange}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Notre Dame|[[University of Notre Dame]]}}'''
| [[Notre Dame, Indiana]]
| 1842
| Catholic<br />{{small|([[Congregation of Holy Cross|Holy Cross]])}}
| 13,174
| $17.897
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Fighting Irish]]
| {{college color boxes|Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Louisville|[[University of Louisville]]}}'''
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1798 
| Public
| 22,139
| $1.008
| [[Louisville Cardinals|Cardinals]] 
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Louisville Cardinals}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|SMU|[[Southern Methodist University]]}}'''
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]{{efn|group=future|The SMU campus is almost entirely located in [[University Park, Texas]], which, with the adjacent town of [[Highland Park, Texas|Highland Park]], is completely surrounded by the city of Dallas. However, the U.S. Postal Service considers all locations in University Park to have a Dallas address.}}
| 1911
| [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South|Methodist]]
| 11,842
| $2.122
| [[SMU Mustangs|Mustangs]]
| rowspan=3 | 2024
| {{college color boxes|SMU Mustangs}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|California|[[University of California, Berkeley]]}}'''
| [[Berkeley, California]]
| 1868
| Public
| 45,699
| $3.112
| [[California Golden Bears|Golden Bears]]
| {{college color boxes|California Golden Bears}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Stanford University]]'''
| [[Stanford, California]]
| 1891
| Nonsectarian
| 18,446
| $37.631
| [[Stanford Cardinal|Cardinal]]
| {{college color boxes|Stanford Cardinal}}

|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=full}}

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

===Former members===
In 1971, the University of South Carolina left the ACC to become an [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|independent]], later joining the [[Metro Conference]] in 1983 and moving to its current home, the [[Southeastern Conference]], in 1991. On July 1, 2014, the University of Maryland departed for the [[Big Ten Conference]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
! class="unsortable" | Colors
! Current<br />conference
|-
| '''[[University of South Carolina]]'''
| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| 1801
| [[Public university|Public]]
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
| 1953
| 1971
| {{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| '''[[University of Maryland, College Park]]'''
| [[College Park, Maryland]]
| 1856
| Public<br />{{small|([[Land-grant university|Land-grant]])}}
| [[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
| 1953
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

===Membership map===
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| float=left
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| height=385

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===Membership timeline===
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   bar:1  color:Full from:1953 till:end text:[[Clemson University|Clemson]] (1953–present)

   bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:2  color:Full from:1953 till:end text:[[Duke University|Duke]] (1953–present)

   bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:3  color:Full from:1953 till:2014 text:[[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] (1953–2014)
   bar:3  color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
  
   bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:4  color:Full from:1953 till:end text:[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] (1953–present)

   bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:5  color:Full from:1953 till:end text:[[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]] (1953–present)

   bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:6  color:Full from:1953 till:1971 text:[[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]] (1953–1971)
   bar:6  color:Ind from:1971 till:1983 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:6  color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1991 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:6  color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:end text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]

   bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:7  color:Full from:1953 till:end text:[[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] (1953–present)

   bar:8  color:Ind from:1949 till:1953 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Indep.]]
   bar:8  color:FullxF from:1953 till:1954 text:[[University of Virginia|Virginia]] (1953–present)
   bar:8  color:Full from:1954 till:end

   bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1964 text:[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
   bar:9  color:Ind from:1964 till:1975 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:9  color:OtherC2 from:1975 till:1979 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:9  color:FullxF from:1979 till:1983 text:[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] (1979–present)
   bar:9  color:Full from:1983 till:end

   bar:10 color:Ind from:1949 till:1976 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:10 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1991 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:10 color:FullxF from:1991 till:1992 text:[[Florida State University|Florida State]] (1991–present)
   bar:10 color:Full from:1992 till:end

   bar:11 color:Ind from:1949 till:1991 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:2004 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:11 color:Full from:2004 till:end text:[[University of Miami|Miami]] (2004–present)

   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1965 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:12 color:Ind from:1965 till:1978 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2000 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2004 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:12 color:Full from:2004 till:end text:[[Virginia Tech]] (2004–present)

   bar:13 color:Ind from:1949 till:1979 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:2005 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:13 color:Full from:2005 till:end text:[[Boston College]] (2005–present)

   bar:14 color:Ind from:1949 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1995 text:[[Horizon League|Horizon]] (non-fb.; non-m.bkb.)
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] (non-football)
   bar:14 color:FullxF from:2013 till:2020 text:[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] (2013–present; non-football)
   bar:14 color:Full from:2020 till:2021
   bar:14 color:Fullxf from: 2021 till:end

   bar:15 color:Ind from:1949 till:1976 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1982 text:[[Eastern 8 Conference|Eastern 8]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:15 color:Full from:2013 till:end text:[[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]] (2013–present)

   bar:16 color:Ind from:1949 till:1979 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
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==History==

===Founding and early expansion===
The ACC was established on June 14, 1953, when seven members of the [[Southern Conference]] left to form their own conference.{{refn|group=n|It was the second major conference that evolved from the Southern Conference, following the departure of Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt to form the [[Southeastern Conference]].}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secsports.com/article/12628010/sec-history|title=SEC History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402163802/http://www.secsports.com/article/12628010/sec-history|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> These seven universities became charter members of the ACC: [[Clemson University|Clemson]], [[Duke University|Duke]], [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]], [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]], [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]], and [[Wake Forest University|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.)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30742308/maryland_and_clemson_banned_from_1952/|title=Maryland, Clemson can't play in SC: Terps, Tigers on year probation|date=December 15, 1951|work=Asheville Citizen|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061600/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30742308/maryland_and_clemson_banned_from_1952/|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> After drafting a set of bylaws for the creation of a new league, the seven withdrew from the Southern Conference at the spring meeting on the morning of May 8, 1953, at the [[Sedgefield Country Club]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. The bylaws were ratified on June 14, 1953, and the new conference was created.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theacc.com/this-is/acc-this-is.html|title=Founding of the ACC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517005705/http://www.theacc.com/this-is/acc-this-is.html|archive-date=May 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The conference officials indicated a desire to add an eighth member, and candidates mentioned were [[University of Virginia|Virginia]], [[Virginia Tech|VPI]] and [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30689763/breakup_of_southern_conference/|title=Seven schools quit SC to form own conference: Tebell says Virginia might join; No state schools in new lineup|date=May 9, 1953|work=Newport News Daily Press|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061333/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30689763/breakup_of_southern_conference/|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 4, 1953, officials convened in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], and admitted Virginia, a former Southern Conference charter member that had been independent since 1937, into the conference.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30690730/adding_virginia_turning_down_virginia/|title=Atlantic Coast Conference brings Virginia into fold: Plan to admit West Virginia is turned down; Conference decides to operate as eight-school organization for indefinite period|work=Petersburg Progress Index|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430042143/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30690730/adding_virginia_turning_down_virginia/|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Virginia's president [[Colgate Darden]] argued fiercely against joining the ACC or any conference, while UVA athletics director [[Gus Tebell]] argued in favor.<ref name="Watterson">{{cite web|last=Watterson|first=John|title=University of Virginia Football 1951–1961: A Perfect Gridiron Storm|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH2007/JSH3403/jsh3403f.pdf|work=Journal of Sports History|publisher=James Madison University|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830105848/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH2007/JSH3403/jsh3403f.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In the end, UVA's Board of Visitors approved joining the ACC by a vote of 6–3.<ref name="Watterson" />

In 1960, the ACC implemented a minimum SAT score for incoming student-athletes of 750, the first conference to do so. This minimum was raised to 800 in 1964, but was ultimately struck down by a federal court in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACC Basketball|url=http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/author_interview?title_id=2207|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208103205/http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/author_interview?title_id=2207|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=UNC Press|access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

On July 1, 1971, South Carolina left the ACC to become an [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|independent]].

====Racial integration====
Racial integration of all-white collegiate sports teams was high on the regional agenda in the 1950s and 1960s. Involved were issues of equality, racism, and the alumni demand for the top players needed to win high-profile games. The ACC took the lead.{{Vague|date=August 2022|reason=unclear when this happened and how it compares to other Southern colleges, much less Northern colleges}} 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Martin|first=Charles H.|date=1999|title=The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow in Southern College Sports: The Case of the Atlantic Coast Conference|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23522657|journal=The North Carolina Historical Review|volume=76|issue=3|pages=253–284|jstor=23522657|issn=0029-2494|access-date=January 20, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418053400/http://www.jstor.org/stable/23522657|url-status=dead}}</ref> With an alumni base that dominated local and state politics, society and business, the ACC flagship schools were successful in their endeavor—as Pamela Grundy argues, they had learned how to win:
: The widespread admiration that athletic ability inspired would help transform athletic fields from grounds of symbolic play to forces for social change, places where a wide range of citizens could publicly and at times effectively challenge the assumptions that cast them as unworthy of full participation in U.S. society. While athletic successes would not rid society of prejudice or stereotype—black athletes would continue to confront racial slurs...[—minority star players demonstrated] the discipline, intelligence, and poise to contend for position or influence in every arena of national life.<ref>{{cite web |last=Grundy |first=Pamela |title=Learning to win: Sports, education, and social change in twentieth-century North Carolina |publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]] |date=2003 |page=297 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/101457616/learning-to-win-sports-education-and-social-change |language=en |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171453/https://www.questia.com/read/101457616/learning-to-win-sports-education-and-social-change |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====1978 and 1991 expansions====
The ACC operated with seven members until the addition of [[Georgia Institute of Technology|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 University|Florida State]], also formerly from the Metro Conference, on July 1, 1991, in non-football sports and July 1, 1992, in football. The additions of those schools marked the first expansions of the conference footprint since 1953, though both schools were still located with the rest of the ACC schools in the South Atlantic States.

====2004–2005 expansion====
{{See also|2005 NCAA conference realignment}}
The ACC added three members from the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] during the [[2005 NCAA conference realignment|2005 conference realignment]]. Initially, the conference targeted Boston College, Miami, and [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]].  The expansion was controversial, as [[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]], [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]], and [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] (and, initially, Virginia Tech) filed lawsuits against the ACC, Miami, and Boston College for allegedly conspiring to weaken the Big East Conference.  Then-Virginia governor [[Mark Warner]], who feared Virginia Tech being left behind in a weakened Big East, pressured the administration of the University of Virginia to lobby on behalf of their in-state foe.  Eventually Virginia Tech replaced Syracuse in the expansion lineup and ACC expansion was agreed upon. [[University of Miami|Miami]] and [[Virginia Tech]] joined on July 1, 2004, while [[Boston College]] joined on July 1, 2005, as the league's twelfth member and the first from the Northeast.

===2010–present===
==== 2010–2022 ====
{{Further|2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment}}
{{See also|2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment|2010–2014 Big Ten Conference realignment}}
The ACC Hall of Champions opened on March 2, 2011, next to the Greensboro Coliseum arena, making the ACC the second college sports conference to have a [[hall of fame]] after the [[Southern Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ACC Hall of Champions Debuts|date=March 2, 2011|publisher=Source Interlink Magazines, LLC|work=SlamOnline.com|url=http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/college/2011/03/acc-hall-of-champions-debuts/|access-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304000357/http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/college/2011/03/acc-hall-of-champions-debuts/|archive-date=March 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=n|The [[Southern Conference Hall of Fame]] opened in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Southern Conference Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Class|publisher=Southern Conference|date=January 28, 2009|access-date=January 28, 2009|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=3655202|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723151109/http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=3655202|archive-date=July 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

On September 17, 2011, Big East Conference members Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh both applied to join the ACC.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thamel |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |title=Big East Exit Is Said to Begin for Syracuse and Pittsburgh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/sports/big-east-exit-is-said-to-begin-for-syracuse-and-pittsburgh.html |access-date=September 17, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917170548/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/sports/big-east-exit-is-said-to-begin-for-syracuse-and-pittsburgh.html |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The two schools were accepted into the conference the following day, once again expanding the conference footprint like previous expansions.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clarke |first=Liz |title=ACC expands to 14 with addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/acc-expands-to-14-with-addition-of-syracuse-pittsburgh/2011/09/18/gIQAL4aOcK_story.html |access-date=September 18, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113090300/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/acc-expands-to-14-with-addition-of-syracuse-pittsburgh/2011/09/18/gIQAL4aOcK_story.html |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor |first=John |title=Big East to force Pitt, Syracuse to stay until 2014 |url=http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/20/big-east-to-force-pitt-syracuse-to-stay-until-2014/related/ |work=College Football Talk |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925073932/http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/20/big-east-to-force-pitt-syracuse-to-stay-until-2014/related |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |date=September 20, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, in July 2012, the Big East came to an agreement with Syracuse and Pitt that allowed the two schools to leave the Big East on July 1, 2013.<ref name="SU Leaves Big East in 2013">{{cite web|title=SU, BIG EAST Reach Agreement for Orange to Move to ACC in 2013|url=http://suathletics.com/news/2012/7/16/GEN_0716123244.aspx|publisher=Syracuse Athletics|access-date=July 16, 2012|date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724024144/http://suathletics.com/news/2012/7/16/GEN_0716123244.aspx|archive-date=July 24, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/235709/big-east-conference-university-of-pittsburgh-reach-agreement-on-pittsburgh-depa.aspx|title=BIG EAST Conference, University of Pittsburgh Reach Agreement on Pittsburgh Departure From The BIG EAST|access-date=September 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722052326/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/235709/big-east-conference-university-of-pittsburgh-reach-agreement-on-pittsburgh-depa.aspx|archive-date=July 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name="espn_notre_dame">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=John|title=Sources: Notre Dame to ACC|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8369070/notre-dame-sports-football-hockey-acc|work=College Football Talk|date=September 12, 2012|publisher=ESPN|access-date=September 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912223252/http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8369070/notre-dame-sports-football-hockey-acc|archive-date=September 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 12, 2013, Notre Dame and the Big East announced they had reached a settlement allowing Notre Dame to join the ACC effective July 1, 2013.<ref name="nd_join_date">{{cite web|last=McMurphy|first=Brett|title=Big East, Notre Dame agree on exit|date=March 12, 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9042949/notre-dame-big-east-agree-irish-exit-2-years-early-join-acc|publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312211826/http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9042949/notre-dame-big-east-agree-irish-exit-2-years-early-join-acc|archive-date=March 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prewitt|first=Alex|title=Maryland moving to Big Ten|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/maryland-approves-move-to-big-ten-reports-say/|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129085728/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/maryland-approves-move-to-big-ten-reports-say/|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ACC snags Louisville as replacement for Maryland |website=[[CBS News]] |date=November 28, 2012 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acc-snags-louisville-as-replacement-for-maryland/ |access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

The ACC's presidents announced on April 22, 2013, that all 15 schools that would be members of the conference in 2014–15 had signed a grant of media rights (GOR), effective immediately and running through the 2026–27 school year, coinciding with the duration of the conference's then-current TV deal with [[ESPN]]. This move essentially prevents the ACC from being a target for other conferences seeking to expand—under the grant, if a school leaves the conference during the contract period, all revenue derived from that school's media rights for home games would belong to the ACC and not the school.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9200081/acc-media-rights-deal-lock-schools-okd-presidents |title=Media deal OK'd to solidify ACC |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |work=ESPN.com |date=April 24, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424023137/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9200081/acc-media-rights-deal-lock-schools-okd-presidents |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The move also left the [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] as the only one of the FBS [[Power Five conferences]] without a GOR.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/54697/you-want-stability-look-at-the-acc |title=You want stability? Look at the ACC |first=Andrea |last=Adelson |work=ACC Blog |publisher=ESPN.com |date=April 22, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423063747/http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/54697/you-want-stability-look-at-the-acc |archive-date=April 23, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2016, the GOR was extended through the 2035–36 school year, coinciding with the signing of a new 20-year deal with ESPN that would transform the then-current ad hoc ACC Network into a full-fledged network. The new network launched as a digital service in the 2016–17 school year and as a linear network in August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/17102933/acc-espn-agree-20-year-rights-deal-lead-2019-launch-acc-network |title=Sources: ACC Network to launch by August 2019 |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |work=ESPN.com |date=July 19, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722083947/http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/17102933/acc-espn-agree-20-year-rights-deal-lead-2019-launch-acc-network |archive-date=July 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 24, 2021, the ACC formed an alliance with the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] conferences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2021/8/24/general-acc-big-ten-and-pac-12-announce-historic-alliance.aspx|title=ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 Announce Alliance|date=August 24, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the ACC brought back old rivalries like the [[Backyard Brawl]] between the [[University of Pittsburgh]] [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Panthers]] and the [[West Virginia University]] [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|Mountaineers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Backyard Brawl sets Pittsburgh sports attendance record |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2022/09/01/backyard-brawl-pitt-west-virginia-college-football-attendance-record-broken/stories/202209010171 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref> A friendly rivalry between [[University of Pittsburgh]] [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Panthers]] and [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] in memory of the [[1956 Sugar Bowl]] and [[Bobby Grier (American football player)|Bobby Grier]], during the last game, actor [[Anthony Mackie]] appeared on field to honor Grier and the game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grier Family Announces Project and Celebrated Juneteenth in Atlanta |url=http://www.africansportsmonthly.com/news/grier-family-announces-project-and-celebrated-juneteenth-in-atlanta |website=AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grier |first1=Rob |title=Bobby Grier Enshrined in Hall of Fame at Pitt GT Game |url=https://bowlgamearmageddon.com/bobby-grier-enshrined-in-hall-of-fame-at-pitt-gt-game/ |website=Bowl Game Armageddon |date=1 October 2022}}</ref>

==== 2024 expansion ====
{{See also|2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment}}
On September 1, 2023, the conference voted to expand and add three new members: [[University of California, Berkeley|California]], [[Southern Methodist University|SMU]], and [[Stanford University|Stanford]]. The announcement was initially controversial, given the distance between the schools and its current members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2023 |title=ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/acc-votes-to-add-stanford-cal-smu-conference-presidents-approve-expansion-to-18-schools/ |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> SMU joined on July 1, 2024, from the [[American Conference (NCAA)|American Athletic Conference]], while Cal and Stanford joined the ACC on August 2, 2024, due to the fiscal year of the [[Pac-12 Conference]], their former conference, being different from most athletic conferences.

==Academics and ACC==

===Academic rankings===
Among the major NCAA athletic conferences that sponsor NCAA Division I FBS football, including the current "[[power conferences]]", the ACC has been regarded as having the highest academically ranked collection of members based on ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/where-acc-schools-rank-among-the-2017-us-news-best-colleges|title= See the Best Colleges Rankings of ACC Schools|website= US News|quote= Academically, the ACC boasts the most highly ranked schools across the Power 5 conferences, which compete at the top tier of college athletics, with Duke University leading the way for the conference in a tie at No. 8 in the 2019 U.S. News National Universities rankings.|date= May 21, 2019|first1= D.|last1= Somers|first2= J.|last2= Moody|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721080405/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/where-acc-schools-rank-among-the-2017-us-news-best-colleges|archive-date= July 21, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/us-news-rankings-of-top-six-football-conferences.php |title=U.S. News Rankings of Top Six Football Conferences|first=Clay|last=Travis|publisher=Outkick The Coverage |date=September 20, 2012|access-date=June 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507013543/http://outkickthecoverage.com/us-news-rankings-of-top-six-football-conferences.php |archive-date=May 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/sep/20/us-news-best-college-rankings-spotlight-academic-s/|title=U.S. News 'Best College' rankings spotlight academic strength of ACC|publisher=OrangeAndWhite.com|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019155701/http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/sep/20/us-news-best-college-rankings-spotlight-academic-s/|archive-date=October 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-academics-matter-to-acc-and-that-favors-public-ivy-texas-no-45-in-us-news-rankings-20110914,0,254316.story|title=Teel Time: Texas, 45th in U.S. News rankings, fits ACC's academic profile|first=David|last=Teel|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Hampton Roads, Virginia|date=September 14, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326045203/http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-academics-matter-to-acc-and-that-favors-public-ivy-texas-no-45-in-us-news-rankings-20110914,0,254316.story|archive-date=March 26, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/867510-college-football-power-rankings-the-best-bcs-conferences-based-on-academics/page/8|title=College Football Rankings: Best BCS Conferences Based on Academics|first=John|last=Bain|website=Bleacher Report|date=September 27, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024134452/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/867510-college-football-power-rankings-the-best-bcs-conferences-based-on-academics/page/8|archive-date=October 24, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theacc.com/news/2019/9/11/general-acc-continues-to-lead-fbs-conferences-in-best-colleges-rankings.aspx|title=ACC Continues to Lead FBS Conferences in 'Best Colleges' Rankings|publisher=theACC.com|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024182225/http://theacc.com/news/2019/9/11/general-acc-continues-to-lead-fbs-conferences-in-best-colleges-rankings.aspx|archive-date=October 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and by the NCAA's [[Academic Progress Rate]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/22476849/study-how-and-why-the-apr-is-improving-major-program-academics|title=Study: How and why the APR is improving major-program academics|first=Matt|last=Norlander|work=CBSSports.com|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accsports.com/blogs/jim-young/2013061215612/analyzing-the-accs-apr.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616055703/http://www.accsports.com/blogs/jim-young/2013061215612/analyzing-the-accs-apr.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2013|title= Analyzing The ACC's APR|first=Jim|last=Young|publisher=ACC Sports Journal|date=June 12, 2013 |access-date= June 24, 2013}}</ref>

Nine ACC institutions are members of the [[Association of American Universities]]: Cal, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Stanford, and Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Who-We-Are/AAU-Member-List.pdf|title=Member Institutions and Years of Admission|access-date=August 25, 2021|publisher=Association of American Universities|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026002609/http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476%2Four-members|archive-date=October 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/six-leading-research-universities-join-association-american-universities |title=Six Leading Research Universities Join the Association of American Universities |publisher=Association of American Universities |date=May 31, 2023 |access-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref> Syracuse was a member until 2011 but voluntarily withdrew over a dispute on how to count non-federal grants.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://chronicle.com/article/Syracuse-U-Facing-a-Forced/127363/ | title=Facing an Ouster From an Elite Group of Universities, Syracuse U. Says It Will Withdraw | work=Chronicle of Higher Education | date=May 2, 2011 | access-date=August 25, 2021 | author=Selingo, Jeffrey J. | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504153712/http://chronicle.com/article/Syracuse-U-Facing-a-Forced/127363/ |archive-date=May 4, 2011 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:400px;"
|+ Academics and Research
! <span style="font-size:75%">School</span>
! <span style="font-size:75%">Endowment</span><ref name="endowment21" /><br/><span style="font-size:55%">(in 2021 US$ billions)</span>
! <span style="font-size:75%">AAU Member</span>
! <span style="font-size:75%">US News US Ranking</span><ref>{{cite magazine |date= |title=2026 Best National University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities?myCollege=national-universities&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=October 12, 2025}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">Washington Monthly US Ranking</span><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/national/|title=2024 National University Rankings |magazine=Washington Monthly |year=2024 |access-date=July 15, 2025 }}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">NTU US Ranking</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/OverallRanking_Countries.aspx?query=&country=USA&pagesize=100&y=2017|title=2017 – Overall Ranking : Top Universities in USA|date=October 10, 2017|publisher=National Taiwan University|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141251/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/OverallRanking_Countries.aspx?query=&country=USA&pagesize=100&y=2017|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">CWTS Leiden US Impact Ranking</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2023/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023|publisher=Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University|location=Netherlands|year=2023|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">Scimago US Higher Education Ranking</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=USA|title=SCIMAGO Institutions Ranking|publisher=Scimago Lab|year=2017|access-date=September 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901032050/http://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=USA|archive-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">URAP US Ranking</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2017/country.php?ccode=US&rank=all|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance – United States of America|publisher=URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University|date=October 30, 2017|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141511/http://www.urapcenter.org/2017/country.php?ccode=US&rank=all|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">ARWU US Ranking</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023|publisher=ShanghaiRanking Consultancy|date=June 2023|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">QS World Rankings</span><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings 2024|publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds|date=June 23, 2023|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>
! <span style="font-size:75%">Major Faculty Awards</span><ref>{{cite book |url=https://mup.asu.edu/sites/default/files/mup-2016-top-american-research-universities-annual-report.pdf |title=The Top American Research Universities 2016 Annual Report |publisher=The Center for Measuring University Performance |first1=John V. |last1=Lombardi |first2=Elizabeth D. |last2=Capaldi Phillips |first3=Craig W. |last3=Abbey |first4=Diane D. |last4=Craig |pages=206–209 |isbn=9780985617066 |year=2017 |access-date=April 7, 2018 |quote=Faculty Awards in the Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, and Health Source: Directories or web-based listings for multiple agencies or organizations. For this category, we collect data from several prominent grant and fellowship programs in the arts, humanities, science, engineering, and health fields. (see pages 227–228) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175058/https://mup.asu.edu/sites/default/files/mup-2016-top-american-research-universities-annual-report.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><span style="font-size:55%">(total awards)</span>
! <span style="font-size:75%">Princeton Review Rating</span><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/college-ratings.aspx|title=The Princeton Review's College Ratings|publisher=The Princeton Review|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325062806/http://www.princetonreview.com/college/college-ratings.aspx|archive-date=March 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><span style="font-size:55%">(scale 60–99)</span>
|-
| '''Boston College'''
|$3.83
| {{no}}
| 36
| 50
| 138
| 157
| 174
| 145
| 118
| 631
| 6
| 85
|-
| '''California'''
| $6.91
| {{yes}}
| 15
| 13
| 7
| 30
| 13
| 5
| 4
| 10
| 
| 
|-
| '''Clemson'''
| $1.01
| {{no}}
| 75
| 177
| 138
| 108
| 140
| 123
| 145
| 851
| 3
| 78
|-
| '''Duke'''
| $12.7 
| {{yes}}
| 7
| 7
| 14
| 14
| 17
| 16
| 22
| 57
| 30
| 92
|-
| '''Florida State'''
| $0.89
| {{no}}
| 51
| 48
| 91
| 81
| 112
| 75
| 62
| 461
| 9
| 68
|-
| '''Georgia Tech'''
| $2.97
| {{yes}}
| 32
| 56
| 47
| 47
| 37
| 45
| 52
| 97
| 21
| 86
|-
| '''Louisville'''
| $0.96
| {{no}}
| 158
| 251
| 119
| 104
| 135
| 110
| 172
| 1001
| 5
| 69
|-
| '''Miami'''
| $1.39
| {{yes}}
| 64
| 243
| 59
| 57
| 68
| 54
| 83
| 278
| 7
| 78
|-
| '''North Carolina'''
| $5.17
| {{yes}}
| 26
| 19
| 20
| 23
| 19
| 21
| 21
| 132
| 19
| 77
|-
| {{sort|North Carolina State|'''NC State'''}}
| $1.95
| {{no}}
| 64
| 75
| 72
| 42
| 57
| 56
| 62
| 274
| 11
| 75
|-
| '''Notre Dame'''
|$13.3<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nd.edu/about/financial-information/|title= University of Notre Dame Financial Information|website= University of Notre Dame |quote= Notre Dame’s operating budget for the fiscal year 2021–22 is $1.5 billion, and the market value of its endowment is approximately $13.3 billion. |date= March 14, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721080405/https://www.nd.edu/about/financial-information/|archive-date= July 21, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| 20
| 10
| 101
| 101
| 105
| 87
| 100
| 304
| 14
| 80
|-
| '''Pittsburgh'''
| $5.65
| {{yes}}
| 69
| 116
| 17
| 18
| 24
| 19
| 36
| 222
| 13
| 80
|-
| '''SMU'''
| $2.0
| {{no}}
| 88
| 320
| 
| 190
| 211
| 160
| 158
| 1001
| 
| 
|-
| '''Stanford'''
| $37.8
| {{yes}}
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 
| 
|-
| '''Syracuse'''
| $1.81
| {{no}}
| 75
| 45
| 138
| 147
| 171
| 129
| 158
| 781
| 11
| 77
|-
| '''Virginia'''
| $14.5
| {{yes}}
| 26
| 37
| 53
| 51
| 53
| 46
| 62
| 260
| 15
| 87
|-
| '''Virginia Tech'''
| $1.69
| {{no}}
| 51
| 38
| 95
| 50
| 64
| 63
| 62
| 302
| 10
| 73
|-
| '''Wake Forest'''
| $1.86
| {{no}}
| 51
| 71
| 86
| 106
| 114
| 88
| 118
| 701
| 3
| 94
|}

===ACCAC and ACC academic network===
[[File:ACC Academic Consortium logo.png|right|200px|alt=ACC Academic Consortium logo]]
The members of the ACC participate in the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium (ACCAC), a consortium that provides a vehicle for inter-institutional academic and administrative collaboration between member universities. Growing out of a conference-wide doctoral student-exchange program that was established in 1999, the ACCAC has expanded its scope into other domestic and international collaborations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2006/Briefly+in+the+News/briefly%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bnews%2B-%2B3-13-06%2Bncaa%2Bnews.html|title=ACC takes worldwide approach to academic programs|first=Leilana|last=McKindra|newspaper=The NCAA News|date=March 13, 2006|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822231928/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2006/Briefly+in+the+News/briefly%2bin%2bthe%2bnews%2b-%2b3-13-06%2bncaa%2bnews.html|archive-date=August 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The stated mission of the ACCAC is to "leverage the athletic associations and identities among the 15 ACC universities in order to enrich the educational missions of member universities." To that end, the collaborative helps organize various academic initiatives, including fellowship and scholarship programs, global research initiatives, leadership conferences, and extensive study abroad programs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-07-14/sports/36903690_1_acc-recruits-north-carolina-state/2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628040734/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-07-14/sports/36903690_1_acc-recruits-north-carolina-state/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2013|title=ACC's Forward Progress Limited; Expanded Conference Rates Mixed Reviews at 5-Year Mark|first=Steve|last=Yanda|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 14, 2008|access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> Funding for its operations, 90% of which is spent on direct student support, is derived from a portion of the income generated by the [[ACC Championship Game|ACC Football Championship Game]] and by supplemental allocations by individual universities and various grants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/about-the-acciac/|title=About the ACCIAC|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217061523/http://acciac.org/about-the-acciac/|archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>

===ACCAC academic programs===
Major academic programs that have been implemented under ACCAC include:
* The annual '''Meeting of the Minds''' (MOM) undergraduate research conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/undergraduate-research-symposium/|title=MOM: Meeting of the Minds Conferences|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217061531/http://acciac.org/undergraduate-research-symposium/|archive-date=December 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The annual '''Student Leadership Conference'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/student-leadership-conference/|title=Student Leadership Conference|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217060504/http://acciac.org/student-leadership-conference/|archive-date=December 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''Creativity and Innovation Fellowship Program''' in which each university receives $12,500 to award between two and five undergraduate students ACCAC fellowships for research or creative projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/creativity-innovation-fellowships/|title=Creativity & Innovation Fellowships|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217060111/http://acciac.org/creativity-innovation-fellowships/|archive-date=December 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''Summer Research Scholars Program''' in which every ACC university will receive $5,000 to support up to two of its undergraduate students in conducting research in residence at another ACC university during a minimum 10-week period over the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/summer-research-scholars/|title=Summer Research Scholars|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2013|access-date=September 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902092829/http://acciac.org/summer-research-scholars/|archive-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref>
* The '''ACC Debate Championship'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://college.unc.edu/2016/04/15/acc-debate/|title=Second Annual ACC Debate Championship Set for April 15–17|year=2016|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419030530/http://college.unc.edu/2016/04/15/acc-debate/|archive-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''ACC Inventure Prize Competition''' is a Shark Tank-like innovation competition for teams of students from ACC universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acc.coe.gatech.edu|title=ACC Inventure Prize|publisher=Georgia Tech|year=2016|access-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412141831/http://acc.coe.gatech.edu/|archive-date=April 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''Student Federal Relations Trip''' to Washington, D.C. is an annual trip of student delegates from ACC universities to the nation's capital.<ref name="otherACCAC">{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/other-acciac-collaborative-initiatives/|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2015|title=Other Collaborative Initiatives|access-date=April 15, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422055925/http://acciac.org/other-acciac-collaborative-initiatives/|archive-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref>
* The '''Creativity Competition''' is planned to be an ACC-wide, team-based interdisciplinary competition emphasizing use of creative design and the arts to begin in 2017.<ref name="otherACCAC"/>
* The '''Distinguished Lecturers Program''' in which five ACC universities select an outstanding faculty member as The ACCAC's Distinguished Lecturer. In addition to an award stipend, the ACCAC provides financial support to enable each ACC university to sponsor a "distinguished lecture event" on their campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/distinguished-lecturers/|title=Distinguished Lecturers|website=acciac.org|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2015|access-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505075433/http://acciac.org/distinguished-lecturers/|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''Executive Leadership Series''' is a two-day skill enhancement programs designed for Deans, Vice Provosts, and Vice Chancellors of ACC universities.<ref name="otherACCAC"/>
* The annual '''Student President Conference'''.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYg37MAPrQ|title=Inaugural ACC Student President Conference|publisher=Pitt Student Affairs|type=YouTube video|date=September 12, 2013|access-date=September 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617224505/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYg37MAPrQ|archive-date=June 17, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The '''Coach for College Program''', primarily for student-athletes and run through Duke University with support from the ACCAC, that takes 32 ACC students to [[Vietnam]] for three weeks in the summer to coach hundreds of middle school children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/coach-for-college/|title=Coach for College|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217060728/http://acciac.org/coach-for-college/|archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>
* The '''Traveling Scholars Program''' which allows PhD candidates from one ACC campus to access courses, laboratories, library, or other resources at any one of the other ACC member institution campuses.<ref name="other collaborative">{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/other-acciac-collaborative-initiatives/|title=Other Collaborative Initiatives|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217064507/http://acciac.org/other-acciac-collaborative-initiatives/|archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>
* The '''Clean Energy Grant Competition''' that helps coordinate geographically defined clusters of ACC universities in competition for [[United States Department of Energy]] Clean Energy Grants.<ref name="other collaborative"/>
* The '''Study Abroad Program''' collaborative which allows cross-registration in study abroad programs enroll in programs sponsored by an ACC university other than their "home" university.<ref name="other collaborative"/> A Student Study Abroad Scholarship program that awarded two to five ACCAC scholarships for study abroad was discontinued in 2013, but is targeted for renewal in 2014–15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/student-study-abroad-scholarships/|title=Student Study Abroad Scholarships|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2013|access-date=September 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217060425/http://acciac.org/student-study-abroad-scholarships/|archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>

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 group]]s include those for International Affairs Officers, Study Abroad Directors, Teaching-Learning Center Directors, Chief Information Officers, Chief Procurement Officers, Undergraduate Research Conference Coordinators, Student Affairs Vice Presidents, Student Leadership Conference Coordinators, and Faculty Athletic Representatives To the ACC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acciac.org/about-the-acciac/other-groups-and-committees/|title=Other Groups and Committees|first=David G.|last=Brown|year=2009|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514111307/http://acciac.org/about-the-acciac/other-groups-and-committees/|archive-date=May 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

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

The following table shows institutional reporting to the [[United States Department of Education]] as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Equity in Athletics Data Analysis |work=U.S. Department of Education |url=https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:170px;"| 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics
! style="width:170px;"| 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics
|-
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
| $234,746,127
| $209,049,397
|-
| [[Stanford University]]
| $199,603,664
| $199,603,664
|-
| [[University of Miami]]
| $182,459,468
| $182,459,468
|-
| [[Clemson University]]
| $171,016,070
| $171,016,070
|-
| [[Florida State University]]
| $169,896,350
| $169,896,350
|-
| [[Duke University]]
| $166,864,316
| $166,757,447
|-
| [[University of Louisville]]
| $165,168,798
| $165,168,798
|-
| [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]]
| $157,614,732
| $149,062,850
|-
| [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| $146,563,317
| $146,563,317
|-
| [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
| $139,458,791
| $126,337,823
|-
| [[University of Pittsburgh]]
| $138,637,236
| $138,637,236
|-
| [[Boston College]]
| $136,563,473
| $136,563,473
|-
| [[University of Virginia]]
| $134,608,065
| $134,608,065
|-
| [[North Carolina State University]]
| $133,227,278
| $124,901,094
|-
| [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
| $128,210,764
| $127,823,348
|-
| [[Syracuse University]]
| $111,504,051
| $108,152,358
|-
| [[Wake Forest University]]
| $102,342,890
| $102,342,890
|-
| [[Southern Methodist University]]
| $99,506,414
| $99,506,414
|}

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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/560599082/202421369349301622/full|title=Atlantic Coast Conference; Full text of "Full Filing" for fiscal year ending June 2023|website=ProPublica|date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:230px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2022–23 Distribution
|-
| [[Clemson University]]
| $46,549,033
|-
| [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]]
| $46,850,044
|-
| [[University of Pittsburgh]]
| $45,677,735
|-
| [[Duke University]]
| $45,485,338
|-
| [[Florida State University]]
| $45,235,737
|-
| [[University of Louisville]]
| $45,208,128
|-
| [[Syracuse University]]
| $44,696,708
|-
| [[North Carolina State University]]
| $44,693,428 
|-
| [[Wake Forest University]]
| $44,516,141
|-
| [[University of Virginia]]
| $43,919,757
|-
| [[Boston College]]
| $43,775,117
|-
| [[University of Miami]]
| $43,767,525
|-
| [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
| $43,698,647
|-
| [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
| $43,294,354
|-
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
| $22,104,978
|- class=sortbottom| bgcolor="lightgrey"
| Average for 14 Schools<br>Not including [[University of Notre Dame]]
| $44,811,978
|}

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

==Facilities==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! School !! Football stadium !! Capacity !! Soccer stadium !! Capacity !! Basketball arena !! Capacity !! Baseball stadium !! Capacity !! Softball stadium !! Capacity
|-
! Boston College
| [[Alumni Stadium]] || 44,500
| [[Newton Campus Soccer Field]] || 1,100
| [[Conte Forum]] || 8,606
| [[Eddie Pellagrini Diamond]]
| 2,500
| [[Boston College Softball Field]] 
| 1,000
|-
! California
| [[California Memorial Stadium]] || 52,428<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Cal Football Record Book |url=https://calbears.com/documents/2024/8/28/2024_Cal_Football_Info_Guide.pdf |publisher=California Golden Bears |access-date=December 16, 2024 |page=3}}</ref>
| [[Edwards Stadium]] || 22,000
| [[Haas Pavilion]] || 11,858<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/facilities/haas-pavilion.html|title=CalBears.com – University of California Official Athletic Site|website=www.calbears.com|access-date=January 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119212526/http://www.calbears.com/facilities/haas-pavilion.html|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Evans Diamond]] || |2,500<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/facilities/evans-diamond.html|title=CalBears.com – University of California Official Athletic Site|website=www.calbears.com|access-date=January 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223065444/http://www.calbears.com/facilities/evans-diamond.html|archive-date=February 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Levine-Fricke Field]] || 1,204
|-
! Clemson
| [[Memorial Stadium (Clemson)|Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium]] || 82,500
| [[Riggs Field]]  || 6,500
| [[Littlejohn Coliseum]] || 9,000
| [[Doug Kingsmore Stadium]] || 6,524
| [[McWhorter Stadium]] || 1,000
|-
! Duke
| [[Wallace Wade Stadium]] || 35,018
| [[Koskinen Stadium]]  || 4,500
| [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] || 9,314
| [[Jack Coombs Field]]<br/>[[Durham Bulls Athletic Park]] || 2,000<br/>10,000

| Duke Softball Stadium || 1,300
|-
! Florida State
| [[Doak Campbell Stadium|Bobby Bowden Field<br/>at Doak Campbell Stadium]] || 67,277
| [[Seminole Soccer Complex]] || 2,000
| [[Donald L. Tucker Center]] || 11,655
| [[Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium|Mike Martin Field<br/>at Dick Howser Stadium]] || 6,700
| [[JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex]] || 1,000
|-
! Georgia Tech
| [[Bobby Dodd Stadium|Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field]] || 51,913
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-soccer school''}}
| [[Hank McCamish Pavilion]] || 8,600
| [[Russ Chandler Stadium]] || 3,718
| Shirley Clements Mewborn Field || 1,500
|-
! Louisville
| [[L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium]] || 60,800
| [[Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium]]  || 5,300
| [[KFC Yum! Center]] || 22,090
| [[Jim Patterson Stadium]] || 4,000
| [[Ulmer Stadium]]  || 2,200
|-
! Miami
| [[Hard Rock Stadium]] || 65,326
| [[Cobb Stadium]] || 500
| [[Watsco Center]] || 7,972
| [[Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field|Mark Light Field<br/>at Alex Rodriguez Park]] || 5,000
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|-
! North Carolina
| [[Kenan Memorial Stadium]] || 50,500
| [[Dorrance Field]] || 4,200
| [[Dean Smith Center]] (M)<br/>[[Carmichael Arena]] (W) || 21,750<br/>8,010
| [[Boshamer Stadium]] || 5,000
| Anderson Stadium  || 500
|-
! NC State
| [[Carter-Finley Stadium]] || 57,583
| [[Dail Soccer Field]] || 3,000
| [[Lenovo Center]] (M)<br/>[[Reynolds Coliseum]] (W) || 19,722<br/>5,500<ref>{{cite web|url = https://gopack.com/facilities/?id=20|title = James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum|website = Facilities|publisher = NC State University Athletics|access-date = March 7, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151027/https://gopack.com/facilities/?id=20|archive-date = March 7, 2018|url-status = live}}</ref>
| [[Doak Field]] || 3,000
| [[Main Campus of North Carolina State University#Derr Track and Dail Stadium|Dail Softball Stadium]]|| 630
|-
! Notre Dame
| [[Notre Dame Stadium]] || 77,569
| [[Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame)|Alumni Stadium]]  || 2,500
| [[Edmund P. Joyce Center]] || 9,149
| [[Frank Eck Stadium]] || 2,500
| Melissa Cook Stadium  || 850
|-
! Pittsburgh
| [[Acrisure Stadium]]|| 65,500
| [[Petersen Sports Complex|Ambrose Urbanic Field<br/>at Petersen Sports Complex]]  || 735
| [[Petersen Events Center]] || 12,508
| [[Petersen Sports Complex|Charles L. Cost Field<br/>at Petersen Sports Complex]] || 900
| [[Petersen Sports Complex|Vartabedian Field<br/>at Petersen Sports Complex]]  || 600
|-
! SMU
| [[Gerald J. Ford Stadium]] || 32,000
| [[Washburne Stadium]] || 2,577
| [[Moody Coliseum]] || 7,000
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-baseball school''}}
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|-
! Stanford
| [[Stanford Stadium]] || 50,424<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-stadium.html|title=Facilities Stanford Stadium – GoStanford.com – Stanford University|work=gostanford.com|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915015001/http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-stadium.html|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium|Maloney Field<br />at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium]] || 2,000
| [[Maples Pavilion]] || 7,233<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-maples.html|title=Facilities – GoStanford.com – Stanford University|work=gostanford.com|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424182736/http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-maples.html|archive-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Klein Field at Sunken Diamond]] || 4,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-sunken.html|title=GoStanford.com – Stanford Athletics|website=www.gostanford.com|access-date=January 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183154/http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-sunken.html|archive-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Smith Family Stadium]]{{efn|group=facil|Due to renovations, Stanford is playing its home games in the 2025 softball season at Stanford Stadium.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44756876/stanford-softball-draws-ncaa-record-crowd-football-stadium |title=Stanford softball draws NCAA record crowd to football stadium |agency=Associated Press |website=ESPN.com |date=April 19, 2025 |access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>}} || 1,500
|-
! Syracuse
| [[JMA Wireless Dome]] || 42,784<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Dome |url=https://cuse.com/sports/2009/2/3/GEN_0203090820 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Syracuse University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
| [[SU Soccer Stadium]]  || 1,500
| [[JMA Wireless Dome]] || 35,446
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-baseball school''}}
| Softball Stadium at Skytop || 650
|-
! Virginia
| [[Scott Stadium|The Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium]] || 61,500
| [[Klöckner Stadium]]  || 8,000
| [[John Paul Jones Arena]] || 14,593
| [[Davenport Field|Davenport Field at Disharoon Park]] || 5,500
| Palmer Park || 522
|-
! Virginia Tech
| [[Lane Stadium]] || 65,632
| [[Sandra D. Thompson Field]] || 2,500
| [[Cassell Coliseum]] || 9,847
| [[English Field]] || 1,032
| Tech Softball Park  || 1,024
|-
! Wake Forest
| [[Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium]] || 31,500
| [[W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium]]  || 3,000
| [[Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum]] || 14,407
| [[David F. Couch Ballpark]] || 3,823
| colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|}

{{notelist|group=facil}}

==Sports==
The Atlantic Coast Conference sponsors championship competition in thirteen men's and fifteen women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web |author=ACC |url=http://www.theacc.com/ |title=Official Athletics Site |publisher=ACC |date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616025510/http://www.theacc.com/ |archive-date=June 16, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> The most recently added sports are women's [[gymnastics]] and [[Collegiate fencing|fencing]]. Gymnastics was added for the 2023–24 school year with Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Pitt participating; 2024 arrivals California and Stanford also compete in that sport.<ref name=ACCWGym>{{cite press release|url=https://theacc.com/news/2021/6/17/general-acc-to-sponsor-womens-gymnastics-beginning-in-2023-24-academic-year-clemson-to-add-womens-lacrosse-and-womens-gymnastics.aspx |title=ACC to Sponsor Women's Gymnastics Beginning in 2023–24 Academic Year; Clemson to Add Women's Lacrosse and Women's Gymnastics |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=July 21, 2022}}</ref> Fencing was added for the 2014–15 school year after having been absent from the conference since 1980. Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, and Notre Dame have participated in that sport since that time, and 2024 addition Stanford also sponsors the sport.<ref name="fencing">{{cite press release|url=http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/Fencing-Back-In-ACC-Mix_09-27-13_3q5lq6|title=Fencing Back In ACC Mix|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|date=September 27, 2013|access-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002094048/http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/Fencing-Back-In-ACC-Mix_09-27-13_3q5lq6|archive-date=October 2, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since all current ACC members (including non-football member Notre Dame) field FBS football teams, they are subject to the NCAA requirement that FBS schools field at least 16 teams in NCAA-recognized varsity sports. However, the ACC itself requires sponsorship of only four sports—football, men's basketball, women's basketball, and either women's soccer or women's volleyball.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://dailyorange.com/2017/02/despite-rich-history-syracuse-baseball-is-unlikely-in-near-future/ |title=Despite rich history, Syracuse baseball is unlikely in near future |first=Matthew |last=Gutierrez |newspaper=The Daily Orange |location=[[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse, NY]] |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209182231/http://dailyorange.com/2017/02/despite-rich-history-syracuse-baseball-is-unlikely-in-near-future/ |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> All ACC members sponsor all five of the named sports except Georgia Tech, which sponsors women's volleyball but not women's soccer.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Teams in ACC conference competition'''
!Sport|| width=60 | Men's||Women's
|-
| [[Baseball]] || 16 || –
|-
| [[Basketball]] || 18 || 18
|-
| [[Cross country running|Cross country]] || 17 || 18
|-
| [[Fencing]] || 5 || 5
|-
| [[Field hockey]] || – || 9
|-
| [[American football|Football]] || 18 || –
|-
| [[Golf]] || 15 || 15
|-
| [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]] || – || 6
|-
| [[Lacrosse]] || 5 || 12
|-
| [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] || – || 12
|-
| [[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || 15 || 17
|-
| [[Softball]] || – || 15
|-
| [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|diving]] || 13.5 || 15
|-
| [[Tennis]] || 16 || 17
|-
| [[Indoor athletics|Track and field (indoor)]] || 17 || 18
|-
| [[Track and field (outdoor)]] || 17 || 18
|-
| [[Volleyball]] || – || 18
|-
| [[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]] || 7 || –
|}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:90%;"
|+
|-
! scope="col" | School
! scope="col" | Baseball
! scope="col" | Basketball
! scope="col" | Cross country
! scope="col" | Fencing 
! scope="col" | Football 
! scope="col" | Golf
! scope="col" | Lacrosse 
! scope="col" | Soccer 
! scope="col" | Swimming & diving
! scope="col" | Tennis 
! scope="col" | Track & field<br>(indoor)
! scope="col" | Track & field<br>(outdoor)
! scope="col" | Wrestling 
! scope="col" |  Total ACC men's sports
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Boston College Eagles|Boston College]] 
| {{yes}} ||  {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 11
|-
|! scope="row" | [[California Golden Bears|California]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Clemson Tigers|Clemson]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Duke Blue Devils|Duke]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Louisville Cardinals|Louisville]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Miami Hurricanes|Miami]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=ms|Miami participates in diving only. For the purposes of this chart, Miami men's diving is counted as sponsoring half of the sport of men's swimming & diving.}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 7.5
|-
|! scope="row" | [[North Carolina Tar Heels|North Carolina]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13
|-
|! scope="row" | [[NC State Wolfpack|NC State]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{efn|group=ms|name=Notre Dame|Notre Dame plays football as an independent.}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}{{efn|group=ms|Shortly before the start of the 2024–25 school year, Notre Dame suspended its men's swimming & diving program for at least that year. An external investigation found that many team members violated NCAA rules by wagering among themselves on results of their competitions.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://fightingirish.com/mens-swimming-program-suspended-for-a-minimum-of-one-academic-year/ |title=Men's Swimming Program Suspended For A Minimum Of One Academic Year |publisher=Notre Dame Fighting Irish |date=August 15, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-swim-team-suspended-gambling-7e1842a5dd23b74e25e872e29820bba0 |title=Notre Dame suspends men's swim team for one year after review finds NCAA gambling violations |first=Ralph D. |last=Russo |work=Associated Press News  |date=August 15, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref>}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 11
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Pittsburgh Panthers|Pittsburgh]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|! scope="row" | [[SMU Mustangs|SMU]] 
| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Stanford Cardinals|Stanford]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Syracuse Orange|Syracuse]] 
| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Virginia Tech Hokies|Virginia Tech]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
|! scope="row" | [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Wake Forest]] 
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9
|-
! Totals 2024–25 || 16 ||18 ||17 ||5 || 18 ||15 ||5 ||15 || 13.5 ||16 || 17 ||17 ||7 || 179.5
|}

{{notelist|group=ms}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference which are played by ACC schools:'''
|-
! School !! Gymnastics !! Ice hockey !! Rowing{{efn|group=mns|name=NonNCAA|Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.}} !! Rugby{{efn|group=mns|name=NonNCAA}} !! Sailing{{efn|group=mns|name=NonNCAA}} !! Skiing !! Squash{{efn|group=mns|name=NonNCAA|Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.}} !! Volleyball !! Water Polo !!  Total non-ACC men's sports
|-
| Boston College || no || [[Hockey East]] || no || no || [[New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association|NEISA]] || [[Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association|EISA]] || no || no || no || 3
|-
| California || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || no || [[Intercollegiate Rowing Association|IRA]] || [[Division 1-A Rugby#Independent|Independent]] || no || no || no || no || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || 4
|-
| Notre Dame || no || [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] || no || no || no || no || no || no || no || 1
|-
| Stanford || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || no || [[Intercollegiate Rowing Association|IRA]] || no || [[Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference|PCCSC]] || no || no || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || 5
|-
| Syracuse || no || no<!--club team: [[Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League|ESCHL]]{{efn|group=mns|name=NonNCAA|Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.}}{{efn|Not recognized by Syracuse University as a varsity team.}}--> || [[Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges|EARC]] || no || no || no || no || no || no || 1
|-
| Virginia || no || no || no || no || no || no || MASC<ref name="virginiasports.com">{{cite web |url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/02/09/mens-squash-no-8-virginia-wins-masc-championship-title-defeats-no-12-franklin-marshall/|title=Virginia Wins MASC Championship Title|date=February 9, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2021 }}</ref> || no || no || 1
|-
! Totals 2024–25 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 15
|}
{{Notelist|group=mns}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
Member-by-member sponsorship of the 15 women's ACC sports for the 2024–25 academic year.  The ACC began sponsoring women's gymnastics in 2023–24.<ref name=ACCWGym/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! School!! Basketball !! Cross country !! Fencing !! Field hockey !! Golf !! Gymnastics !! Lacrosse !! Rowing !! Soccer !! Softball !! Swimming & diving !! Tennis !! Track & field<br/>(indoor) !! Track & field<br/>(outdoor) !! Volleyball !! Total ACC women's sports
|-
| [[Boston College Eagles|Boston College]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 14
|-
| [[California Golden Bears|California]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 14
|-
| [[Clemson Tigers|Clemson]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12
|-
| [[Duke Blue Devils|Duke]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 14
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| [[Louisville Cardinals|Louisville]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}  || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13
|-
| [[Miami Hurricanes|Miami]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels|North Carolina]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 15
|-
| [[NC State Wolfpack|NC State]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} ||  {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Panthers|Pittsburgh]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}  || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| [[SMU Mustangs|SMU]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| [[Stanford Cardinals|Stanford]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 15
|-
| [[Syracuse Orange|Syracuse]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| [[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||  {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13
|-
| [[Virginia Tech Hokies|Virginia Tech]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
| [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Wake Forest]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
!Totals 2025–26 || 18 || 18 || 5 || 9 || 15 || 6 || 13 || 12 || 17 || 15 || 15 || 17 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 214
|}
{{Notelist|group=w}}
{{Reflist|group=w}}

'''Women's varsity sports not currently sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference which are played by ACC schools:'''
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align: center;"
|-
! School !! Artistic swimming{{efn|group=wns|name=not_ncaa|Not governed or recognized by the NCAA.}} !! Beach volleyball !! Equestrian !! Ice hockey !! style="width:70px;"|Sailing{{efn|group=wns|name=not_ncaa}} !! width=70 |Skiing !! Squash{{efn|group=wns|name=not_ncaa}} !! Water polo !! Total non-ACC women's sports
|-
| Boston College || no || no || no || [[Hockey East]] || [[New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association|NEISA]] || [[Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association|EISA]] || no || no || 3
|-
| California || no || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || no || no || no || no || no || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || 2
|-
| Florida State || no || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]|| no || no || no || no || no  || no || 1
|-
| SMU|| no  || no || Independent || no || no || no || no || no || 1
|-
| Stanford || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || no || no || [[Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference|PCCSC]] || no || Independent || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || 5
|-
| Syracuse || no  || no || no || [[Atlantic Hockey America|AHA]] || no || no || no || no || 1
|-
| Virginia || no || no || no || no || no || no|| MASC<ref name="virginiasports.com"/>  || no || 1
|-
!Totals || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 14
|}
{{Notelist|group=wns}}

===Current champions===
{| class="wikitable" style = "text-align: center"
|-
! Season !! Sport !! Men's<br/>champion !! Women's<br/>champion
|-
| rowspan = "5" | Fall 2025
| Cross country<ref>{{cite news |title=NC State Women, Virginia Men Win 2025 ACC Cross Country Championships |url=https://theacc.com/news/2025/10/31/nc-state-women-virginia-men-win-2025-acc-cross-country-championships.aspx |date=October 31, 2025 |access-date=November 6, 2025 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference}}</ref> || '''[[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]]''' || '''[[NC State Wolfpack |NC State]]'''
|-
| Field hockey<ref>{{cite news |title=North Carolina Wins Eighth Straight ACC Field Hockey Championship |url=https://theacc.com/news/2024/11/8/north-carolina-wins-eighth-straight-acc-field-hockey-championship.aspx |access-date=December 16, 2024 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=November 8, 2024}}</ref> || – || '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey|North Carolina]] (2024)'''
|-
| Football<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=David |title=Clemson tops SMU, wins ACC title on walk-off 56-yard field goal |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42845075/clemson-tops-smu-wins-acc-title-walk-56-yard-field-goal |access-date=December 16, 2024 |work=ESPN |date=December 8, 2024}}</ref> || '''[[2024 Clemson Tigers football team|Clemson]] (2024)''' || –
|-
| Soccer || '''[[2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team|Wake Forest]] (2024)'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Wake Forest Wins 2024 ACC Men's Soccer Championship |url=https://theacc.com/news/2024/11/17/wake-forest-wins-2024-acc-mens-soccer-championship.aspx |access-date=December 16, 2024 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=November 17, 2024}}</ref> || '''[[2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team|Florida State]] (2024)'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship |url=https://theacc.com/news/2024/11/10/florida-state-wins-2024-ally-acc-womens-soccer-championship.aspx |access-date=December 16, 2024 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=November 10, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Volleyball<ref>{{cite news |title=No. 1 Panthers Earn Outright ACC Championship with 3-2 Win over No. 19 Georgia Tech |url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2024/11/30/womens-volleyball-no-1-panthers-earn-outright-acc-championship-with-3-2-win-over-no-19-georgia-tech.aspx |access-date=December 16, 2024 |publisher=Pittsburgh Panthers |date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> || – || '''[[Pittsburgh Panthers women's volleyball|Pittsburgh]] (2024)'''
|-
| rowspan = "6" | Winter 2024–25
| Basketball || '''[[2024–25 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]'''|| '''[[2024–25 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team|Duke]]'''
|-
| Fencing || '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing|Notre Dame]]'''<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://admin.theacc.com/news/2025/2/23/notre-dame-captures-2025-acc-mens-fencing-team-championship.aspx |title=Notre Dame Captures 2025 ACC Men's Fencing Team Championship |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> || '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing|Notre Dame]]'''<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://admin.theacc.com/news/2025/2/23/notre-dame-wins-fourth-straight-acc-womens-fencing-team-championship.aspx |title=Notre Dame Wins Fourth Straight ACC Women's Fencing Team Championship |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=February 23, 2025 |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Gymnastics || – || '''[[Stanford Cardinal women's gymnastics|Stanford]]''' 
|-
| Swimming & diving<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://admin.theacc.com/news/2025/2/23/virginia-california-win-2025-acc-swimming-diving-championships.aspx |title=Virginia, California Win 2025 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> || '''[[California Golden Bears|California]]''' || '''[[Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving|Virginia]]'''
|-
| Track & field (Indoor)<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://admin.theacc.com/news/2025/3/3/baseball-clemson-women-virginia-tech-men-win-2025-acc-indoor-track-field-championships.aspx |title=Clemson Women, Virginia Tech Men Win 2025 ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=March 3, 2025 |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> || '''[[Virginia Tech Hokies track and field|Virginia Tech]]''' || '''[[Clemson Tigers track and field|Clemson]]'''
|-
| Wrestling || '''[[Virginia Tech Hokies|Virginia Tech]]''' || –
|-
| rowspan = "7" | Spring 2025
| Baseball || '''[[2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team|North Carolina]]''' || –
|-
| Softball || – || '''[[Clemson Tigers softball|Clemson]]'''
|-
| Golf || '''[[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]]''' || '''[[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State]]'''
|-
| Lacrosse || '''[[Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse|Syracuse]]''' || '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|North Carolina]]'''
|-
| Rowing || – || '''[[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]]'''
|-
| Tennis || '''[[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]]''' || '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis|North Carolina]]'''
|-
| Track & field (outdoor) || '''[[Duke Blue Devils track and field|Duke]]''' || '''[[Virginia Cavaliers track and field|Virginia]]'''
|}

{{notelist}}

==Football==
{{See also|Atlantic Coast Conference football champions|ACC Championship Game}}
The ACC is considered to be one of the [[Power Four conferences]], all of which receive automatic placement of their football champions into one of the six major bowl games. Seven of its members claim [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php |title=Division I-A All-Time Wins |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=July 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828063314/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php |archive-date=August 28, 2013 }}</ref> Three ACC teams, Florida State, Miami, and Clemson, are listed in the top 10 of most successful football programs since 2000.

===Divisions and scheduling===
In 2005, the ACC began divisional play in football. At the time, the ACC was the only NCAA Division I conference whose divisions were not divided geographically (e.g., north–south, East/West),<ref>{{cite web|title=2021 College Football Standings|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/standings|access-date=January 25, 2022|website=ESPN|language=en}}</ref> but rather into Atlantic and Coastal (this arrangement continues today for the sports of baseball and men's soccer). The two division leaders then competed in the [[ACC Championship Game]] to determine the conference championship, which guarantees a berth in a New Year's Six bowl game. The inaugural Championship Game was played on December 3, 2005, in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], at the venue then known as [[EverBank Stadium|Alltel Stadium]], in which Florida State defeated Virginia Tech to capture its 12th championship since it joined the league in 1992. Notre Dame began playing several ACC teams each year in 2014, but is not considered a football member and is not eligible to play in the ACC Championship Game.<ref name="notredame">{{cite news|title=Notre Dame sets ACC schedule for 2014–16|author=Chip Patterson|work=CBSSports.com|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=April 28, 2014|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24381940/notre-dame-sets-acc-schedule-for-2014-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428005428/http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24381940/notre-dame-sets-acc-schedule-for-2014-16|archive-date=April 28, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting in 2005, the division format was as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ACC Football Divisions {{nowrap|(2005–2022)}}
|-
! scope="col" | Atlantic
! scope="col" | Coastal
|-
| Boston College
| Virginia Tech
|-
| Clemson
| Georgia Tech
|-
| Florida State
| Miami
|-
| Maryland (2005-2013)<br>Louisville (2014-2022)
| Virginia
|-
| NC State
| North Carolina
|-
| Wake Forest
| Duke
|-
| Syracuse (2013-2022)
| Pittsburgh (2013-2022)
|}
* One game against a designated ''permanent rival'' from the other division (not necessarily the school's closest traditional rival, even within the conference), similar to the [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] setup.
**The permanent cross-division matchups are as follows,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.theacc.com/genrel/101804aaa.html |title=ACC Unveils Future League Seal, Divisional Names |date=October 18, 2004 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |access-date=October 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525205210/http://www.theacc.com/genrel/101804aaa.html |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref> with the Atlantic Division member listed first: [[Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry|Boston College–Virginia Tech]]; [[Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry|Clemson–Georgia Tech]]; [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Duke–Wake Forest]]; [[Florida State–Miami football rivalry|Florida State–Miami]]; [[North Carolina–NC State football rivalry|NC State–North Carolina]]; [[Maryland–Virginia football rivalry|Maryland–Virginia]] (2005-2013) replaced by Louisville-Virginia (2014-2022); [[Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry|Syracuse–Pittsburgh]] (2013-2022).
* Play every school within its division (five games from 2005-2012, and six games from 2013-2022). Play three schools from the other division from 2005-2012, and two schools from the other division from 2013-2022.
* One rotating game against a team in the other division, for a total of two cross-division games.
**Non-permanent cross-division opponents face each other in the regular season twice in a span of twelve years.
**Prior to the addition of Syracuse and Pittsburgh in 2013, teams played two rotating cross-division games (for a total of three cross-division games), with a total of eight conference games. The addition of one team to each division meant the loss of one cross-division game per year.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8456886/acc-keep-8-game-league-football-schedule | title=ACC sticks with 8-game schedule | date=October 2, 2012 | publisher=espn | access-date=October 2, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004063506/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8456886/acc-keep-8-game-league-football-schedule | archive-date=October 4, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref>

For the 2020 season, changes were made to the football schedule model due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of divisions was suspended, with conference games being scheduled on a regional basis. The top two teams by winning percentage against conference opponents advanced to the ACC Championship Game. All teams played 10 conference games and were permitted to play one non-conference game of their choice as long as the game was played in-state. In addition, Notre Dame played an ACC conference schedule and was eligible to (and ultimately did) play in the ACC Championship Game.<ref name=":0" />

On June 28, 2022, the ACC approved a new football schedule format, set to take effect in the 2023 season. Under this format, the conference will remove divisions, and instead play a 3–5–5 format, where each team plays 3 designated rivals every year along with two separate 5-team rotations that flip every other year, such that every team will have at least one home game and one away game against every other team in a four-year cycle (the standard length of a college player's career). Participation in the ACC championship game will also no longer be determined by the winners of the two divisions; the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will play instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/acc-football-schedule-league-approves-3-5-5-format-with-all-teams-in-one-division-starting-in-2023/ |title=ACC football schedule: League approves 3–5–5 format with all teams in one division starting in 2023|work=CBS Sports|date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://theacc.com/news/2022/6/28/acc-announces-football-schedule-model-for-2023-26.aspx |title=ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> The designated rivals under this system were as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ ACC permanent matchups (2023 only)
|-
! scope="col" | School
! scope="col" | Rival 1
! scope="col" | Rival 2
! scope="col" | Rival 3
|-
| '''Boston College'''
| Miami
| Pittsburgh
| Syracuse
|-
| '''Clemson'''
| Florida State
| Georgia Tech
| NC State
|-
| '''Duke'''
| North Carolina
| NC State
| Wake Forest
|-
| '''Florida State'''
| Clemson
| Miami
| Syracuse
|-
| '''Georgia Tech'''
| Clemson
| Louisville
| Wake Forest
|-
| '''Louisville'''
| Georgia Tech
| Miami
| Virginia
|-
| '''Miami'''
| Boston College
| Florida State
| Louisville
|-
| '''North Carolina'''
| Duke
| NC State
| Virginia
|-
| '''NC State'''
| Clemson
| Duke
| North Carolina
|-
| '''Pittsburgh'''
| Boston College
| Syracuse
| Virginia Tech
|-
| '''Syracuse'''
| Boston College
| Florida State
| Pittsburgh
|-
| '''Virginia'''
| Louisville
| North Carolina
| Virginia Tech
|-
| '''Virginia Tech'''
| Pittsburgh
| Virginia
| Wake Forest
|-
| '''Wake Forest'''
| Duke
| Georgia Tech
| Virginia Tech
|}

Additionally, this allows for each team to schedule four non-conference games. Since the 2014 season, one of the four non-conference games is against Notre Dame every two to three years, as Notre Dame plays against five ACC opponents in non-conference games each season. ACC members are also required to play at least one non-conference game each season against a team in the "[[Power Five conferences|Power 5]]" conferences since 2017. Games against Notre Dame also meet the requirement. In January 2015, the conference announced that games against another [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|FBS independent]], [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]], would also count toward the requirement.{{efn|With BYU's move to the [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] in 2023, it will no longer be an independent.}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12247690/acc-count-games-byu-cougars-nonleague-power-5-opponent |title=ACC: BYU to count as Power 5 team |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |work=ESPN.com |date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203060353/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12247690/acc-count-games-byu-cougars-nonleague-power-5-opponent |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> This requirement can also be met by scheduling other ACC teams in non-conference games; the first example of this was also announced in January 2015, when North Carolina and Wake Forest announced that they would play a home-and-home non-conference series in 2019 and 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12230742/acc-rivals-north-carolina-tar-heels-wake-forest-demon-deacons-agree-nonconference-series |title=UNC, Wake agree to non-ACC series |first=Andrea |last=Adelson |work=ESPN.com |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204070424/http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12230742/acc-rivals-north-carolina-tar-heels-wake-forest-demon-deacons-agree-nonconference-series |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the 2024 arrival of California, SMU, and Stanford, the ACC adopted a new scheduling model effective that season and running through the 2030 season. A total of 16 matchups will be protected, with 11 retained from the 2023 model, two (Miami–Virginia Tech and NC State–Wake Forest) restored from the former divisional format, and the three new members filling the remaining three slots. All teams will play each other at least twice in the cycle (once home, once away). Each of the pre-2024 members will play three times in California during the cycle, and none will travel to California in back-to-back seasons.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://theacc.com/news/2023/10/30/acc-announces-future-conference-football-schedule-model.aspx |title=ACC Announces Future Conference Football Schedule Model |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ ACC permanent matchups (2024–present)
|-
! scope="col" | School
! scope="col" | Rival 1
! scope="col" | Rival 2
! scope="col" | Rival 3
|-
| '''Boston College'''
| Pittsburgh
| Syracuse
|
|-
| '''California'''
| SMU
| Stanford
|
|-
| '''Clemson'''
| Florida State
| 
| 
|-
| '''Duke'''
| North Carolina
| NC State
| Wake Forest
|-
| '''Florida State'''
| Clemson
| Miami
| 
|-
| '''Georgia Tech'''
| colspan=3 | ''None''
|-
| '''Louisville'''
| colspan=3 | ''None''
|-
| '''Miami'''
| Florida State
| Virginia Tech
| 
|-
| '''North Carolina'''
| Duke
| NC State
| Virginia
|-
| '''NC State'''
| Duke
| North Carolina
| Wake Forest
|-
| '''Pittsburgh'''
| Boston College
| Syracuse
| 
|-
| '''SMU'''
| California
| Stanford
|
|-
| '''Stanford'''
| California
| SMU
|
|-
| '''Syracuse'''
| Pittsburgh
| Boston College
| 
|-
| '''Virginia'''
| North Carolina
| Virginia Tech
| 
|-
| '''Virginia Tech'''
| Miami
| Virginia
| 
|-
| '''Wake Forest'''
| Duke
| NC State
| 
|}

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

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

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Order of selection for ACC bowl participants<ref name="theacc2">{{cite web|url = https://theacc.com/news/2019/7/11/football-acc-announces-bowl-agreements-for-2020-25.aspx |title = ACC Announces Bowl Agreements for 2020–25| date=July 11, 2019 }}</ref>
|-
! Pick
! Tier
! Name
! Location
! Opposing Conference
! Opposing Pick
|-
| 1{{Efn|group=Tiers|If the ACC Champion is not in one of the semifinal games it will appear in the Orange Bowl or, if the Orange Bowl is a semifinal site, either the [[Peach Bowl]] or the [[Fiesta Bowl]]. There is no limit on how many teams the College Football Playoff may choose from a particular conference.}}
| –
| [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]]
| [[Miami Gardens, Florida]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]], [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] or [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| –
|-
| rowspan = 9 | 2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9
| rowspan = 9 |Tier 1{{efn|group=Tiers|All have equal selection status.}}
| [[ReliaQuest Bowl]]{{Efn|group=Tiers|Only if the ACC opponent in the Orange Bowl, in a non-semifinal year is a team from the Big Ten, a maximum of three times in six years.}}
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| | TBD <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/18165241/bowl-selection-process |title=Bowl Selection Process |publisher=SECSports.com }}</ref>
|-
| [[Pop-Tarts Bowl]]
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| {{sort|Big 12 Conference|[[Big 12]]}}
| 3<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/8/7/4600306/acc-finalizes-bowl-lineup-for-2014-through-2019 |title=ACC finalizes bowl lineup for 2014 through 2019 |publisher=Card Chronicle |date= August 8, 2013|access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711075027/http://www.cardchronicle.com/2013/8/7/4600306/acc-finalizes-bowl-lineup-for-2014-through-2019 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Duke's Mayo Bowl]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] or [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| rowspan = 6|TBD<ref name="theacc2"/>
|-
| [[Fenway Bowl]]
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| [[Gator Bowl]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| [[Holiday Bowl]]
| [[San Diego, California]]
| [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|-
| [[Military Bowl]]
| [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| [[Pinstripe Bowl]]
| [[The Bronx|The Bronx, New York]]
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[Sun Bowl]]
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
| 5<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/350165 |title=Pac-12 Conference – 2014 Football Media Guide |publisher=Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218003235/http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/350165 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = 4 | 10
| rowspan = 4 |Tier 2{{efn|group=Tiers|One ACC school will be selected to play in one of the following games.}}
|-
| [[Birmingham Bowl]]
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| [[Conference USA|C-USA]], [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
| TBD
|-
| [[First Responder Bowl]]
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| [[Gasparilla Bowl]]
| [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
| TBD
|}
{{notelist|group=Tiers}}

===National championships===
Although the NCAA does not determine an official [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|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''.<ref name="full list">{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/FBS.pdf | title=2011 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | pages=70–75 | publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2011 | location=Indianapolis | access-date=October 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719183250/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/FBS.pdf | archive-date=July 19, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1936 and 1950 respectively, these include what are now the most pervasive and influential selectors, the [[Associated Press]] poll and [[Coaches Poll]]. In addition, from 1998 to 2013 the [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) used a mathematical formula to match the top two teams at the end of the season. The winner of the BCS was contractually awarded the Coaches' Poll national championship and its [[AFCA National Championship Trophy]] as well as the [[MacArthur Trophy]] from the [[National Football Foundation]]. Maryland won one championship as a member of the ACC in 1953.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:110px;"| School
! style="width:150px;"| Claims of non-poll<br/>"major selectors"
! style="width:150px;"| Associated Press
! style="width:150px;"| Coaches Poll
! style="width:150px;"| Bowl Championship Series
! style="width:150px;"| College Football Playoff
|-
| California
| ''1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937''
| 
| 
|
| 
|-
| Clemson
|
| 1981, 2016, 2018
| 1981, 2016, 2018
|
| 2016, 2018
|-
| Duke
| ''1936''{{efn| Duke has an NCAA recognized football National Championship from major selector Berryman(QPRS) from 1936, though Duke does not recognize the championship.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/FBS.pdf | title=2012 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | pages=71–73 | publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2012 | location=Indianapolis, IN | access-date=December 28, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004213318/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf | archive-date=October 4, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| Florida State
|
| 1993, 1999, 2013
| 1993, 1999, 2013
| 1999, 2013
|
|-
| Georgia Tech
| ''1917, 1928, 1952''
|
| 1990
|
|
|-
| Miami
|
| ''1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001''
| ''1983, 1987, 1989, 2001''
| ''2001''
|
|-
| Pittsburgh
| ''1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936''{{efn|A "list of college football's mythical champions as selected by every recognized authority since 1924" was printed in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in 1967.<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Jenkins | first = Dan | title = This Year The Fight Will Be In The Open | magazine = Sports Illustrated | date = September 11, 1967 | pages = 30–33 | volume = 27 | issue = 11 | publisher = Time, Inc. | location = Chicago | url = https://www.si.com/vault/issue/43168/36/2 | access-date = March 4, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160602011648/http://www.si.com/vault/issue/43168/36/2 | archive-date = June 2, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Together with the 1976 national championship which would come later, the national championship selections listed by ''Sports Illustrated'' have since served as the historical basis of the university's national championship claims.<ref name="2008 Pitt Football Media Guide">{{Cite book | editor1-last = Borghetti | editor1-first = E.J. | editor2-last = Nestor | editor2-first = Mendy | editor3-last = Welsh | editor3-first = Celeste | title = 2008 Pitt Football Media Guide | publisher = University of Pittsburgh | year = 2008 | location = Pittsburgh | page = 156 | url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf | access-date = July 7, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110523130245/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf | archive-date = May 23, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> For the 1934 season, the ''Sports Illustrated'' article included a selection by [[Parke H. Davis|Parke Davis]], then deceased, which had appeared the 1935 edition of the annual ''Spalding's Football Guide'' under Davis' byline. The 1934 selection is not documented in the ''Official [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Football Records Book'' with the rest of Pitt's claimed seasons, although additional major selections for Pitt, which are not claimed by the university, are listed in 1910, 1980, and 1981.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/FBS.pdf | title=2012 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | pages=71–73 | publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2012 | location=Indianapolis, IN | access-date=December 28, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004213318/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf | archive-date=October 4, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> College Football Data Warehouse recognizes nine championships for Pitt (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, and 1976)<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/national_champs.php | publisher=College Football Data Warehouse| title=Pittsburgh Recognized National Championships| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819085537/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/national_champs.php| archive-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> out of the 16 years which it has documented that Pitt was named as a national champion by various selectors.<ref name="cfbdwPittrecognized">{{cite web | url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/all_national_champs.php | publisher=College Football Data Warehouse | title=Pittsburgh Total National Championships | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105101701/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pittsburgh/all_national_champs.php | archive-date=November 5, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| ''1937, 1976''
| ''1976''
| 
|
|-
| SMU
| ''1935, 1981, 1982''
| 
| 
|
| 
|-
| Stanford
| ''1926, 1940''
| 
| 
|
| 
|-
| Syracuse
|
| ''1959''
| ''1959''
| 
|
|}
* ''Italics'' denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.
* In addition, non-football member Notre Dame claims 11 national titles. Many sources, however, credit the Fighting Irish with 13. See [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football#National championships|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football national championships]] for more details.

{{reflist|group=o}}
{{notelist}}

===Intra-conference football rivalries===
The members of the ACC have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. The following is a list of active rivalries and protected annual matchups in the ACC with totals & records through the completion of the [[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024 season]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Teams
! scope="col" | Rivalry name
! scope="col" | Trophy
! scope="col" | Meetings
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Series leader
! scope="col" | Current streak
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
| Clemson
| [[O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy|Boston College–Clemson football rivalry]]
| [[O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy]]
| 31
| 9–21–2
| Clemson
| Clemson won 12
|-
| Pittsburgh
| Boston College–Pittsburgh football rivalry
| rowspan="4" | None
| 34
| 16–18
| Pittsburgh
| Boston College won 1
|-
| Syracuse
| Boston College–Syracuse football rivalry
| 58
| 24–34
| Syracuse
| Boston College won 2
|-
| Virginia Tech
| [[Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| 33
| 11–22
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 3
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[California Golden Bears football|California]]
| SMU
| California–SMU football rivalry
| 2
| 0–2
| SMU
| SMU won 2
|-
| Stanford
| [[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]
| [[Stanford Axe]]
| 127
| 51–65–11
| Stanford
| California won 4
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| Boston College
| [[O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy|Boston College–Clemson football rivalry]]
| [[O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy]]
| 31
| 21–9–2
| Clemson
| Clemson won 12
|-
| Florida State
| [[Clemson–Florida State football rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" | None
| 37
| 16–21
| Florida State
| Clemson won 1
|-
| Georgia Tech
| [[Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| 89
| 56–50–2
| Georgia Tech
| Clemson won 9
|-
| NC State
| [[Textile Bowl]]
| [[Textile Bowl]]
| 92
| 61–30–1
| Clemson
| Clemson won 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]]
| North Carolina
| [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Duke–North Carolina football rivalry]]
| [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Victory Bell]]
| 108
| 39–65–4
| North Carolina
| Duke won 1
|-
| NC State
| [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Tobacco Road]]
| rowspan="3" | None
| 85
| 43–37–5
| Duke
| Duke won 2
|-
| Wake Forest
| [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Tobacco Road]]
| 102
| 60–40–2
| Duke
| Duke won 3
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| Clemson
| [[Clemson–Florida State football rivalry]]
| 37
| 21–16
| Florida State
| Clemson won 1
|-
| Miami
| [[Florida State–Miami football rivalry]]
| [[Florida Cup]]
| 69
| 33–36
| Miami
| Miami won 1
|-
| Virginia
| [[Jefferson-Eppes Trophy|Florida State–Virginia football rivalry]]
| [[Jefferson-Eppes Trophy]]
| 19
| 15–4
| Florida State
| Virginia won 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| Clemson
| [[Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" | None
| 89
| 51–36–2
| Georgia Tech
| Georgia Tech won 1
|-
| Virginia Tech
| [[Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| 20
| 8–12
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 1
|-
| [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]
| Miami
| [[Louisville–Miami football rivalry]]
| Schnellenberger Trophy
| 17
| 4–12–1
| Miami
| Miami won 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]]
| Florida State
| [[Florida State–Miami football rivalry]]
| [[Florida Cup]]
| 69
| 36–33
| Miami
| Miami won 1
|-
| Louisville
| [[Louisville–Miami football rivalry]]
| Schnellenberger Trophy
| 17
| 12–4–1
| Miami
| Miami won 1
|-
| Virginia Tech
| [[Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| None
| 41
| 26–15
| Miami
| Miami won 4
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
| Duke
| [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Duke–North Carolina football rivalry]]
| [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Victory Bell]]
| 108
| 65–39–4
| North Carolina
| Duke won 1
|-
| NC State
| [[North Carolina–NC State football rivalry]]
| rowspan="3" | None
| 114
| 68–40–6
| North Carolina
| NC State won 4
|-
| Virginia
| [[South's Oldest Rivalry]]
| 129
| 66–60–4
| North Carolina
| North Carolina won 1
|-
| Wake Forest
| [[North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry]]
| 111
| 73–36–2
| North Carolina
| North Carolina won 4
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]
| Clemson
| [[Textile Bowl]]
| [[Textile Bowl]]
| 92
| 30–61–1
| Clemson
| Clemson won 1
|-
| Duke
| [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Tobacco Road]]
| rowspan="7" | None
| 85
| 37–43–5
| Duke
| Duke won 2
|-
| North Carolina
| [[North Carolina–NC State football rivalry]]
| 114
| 40–68–6
| North Carolina
| NC State won 4
|-
| Wake Forest
| [[NC State–Wake Forest rivalry]]
| 118
| 69–43–6
| NC State
| Wake Forest won 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]
| Boston College
| Boston College–Pittsburgh football rivalry
| 34
| 18–16
| Pittsburgh
| Boston College won 1
|-
| Syracuse
| [[Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry]]
| 80
| 44–33–3
| Pittsburgh
| Pittsburgh won 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]]
| California
| California–SMU football rivalry
| 2
| 2–0
| SMU
| SMU won 2
|-
| Stanford
| SMU–Stanford football rivalry
| 2
| 1–1
| Even
| SMU won 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]
| California
| [[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]
| [[Stanford Axe]]
| 127
| 65–51–11
| Stanford
| California won 4
|-
| SMU
| SMU–Stanford football rivalry
| rowspan="3" | None
| 2
| 1–1
| Even
| SMU won 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]
| Boston College
| Boston College–Syracuse football rivalry
| 58
| 34–24
| Syracuse
| Boston College won 2
|-
| Pittsburgh
| [[Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry]]
| 80
| 34–43–3
| Pittsburgh
| PIttsburgh won 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]]
| Florida State
| [[Jefferson-Eppes Trophy|Florida State–Virginia football rivalry]]
| [[Jefferson-Eppes Trophy]]
| 19
| 4–15
| Florida State
| Virginia won 1
|-
| North Carolina
| [[South's Oldest Rivalry]]
| None
| 129
| 60–66–4
| North Carolina
| North Carolina won 1
|-
| Virginia Tech
| [[Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry|Commonwealth Clash]]
| Commonwealth Cup
| 105
| 38–62–5
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 4
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]
| Boston College
| [[Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| rowspan="3" | None
| 33
| 22–11
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 3
|-
| Georgia Tech
| [[Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| 20
| 12–8
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 1
|-
| Miami
| [[Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| 41
| 15–26
| Miami
| Miami won 4
|-
| Virginia
| [[Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry|Commonwealth Clash]]
| Commonwealth Cup
| 105
| 62–38–5
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 4
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]
| Duke
| [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Tobacco Road]]
| rowspan="3" | None
| 102
| 40–60–2
| Duke
| Duke won 3
|-
| North Carolina
| [[North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry]]
| 111
| 36–73–2
| North Carolina
| North Carolina won 4
|-
| NC State
| [[NC State–Wake Forest rivalry]]
| 118
| 43–69–6
| NC State
| Wake Forest won 1
|}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Teams
! scope="col" | Rivalry name
! scope="col" | Trophy
! scope="col" | Meetings
! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Series leader
! scope="col" | Current streak
! scope="col" | Opposing conference
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
| [[Boston University Terriers football|Boston University]]
| [[Green Line Rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" | None
| 32
| 27–4–1
| Boston College
| Boston College won 3
| Program defunct since 1997
|-
| [[Holy Cross Crusaders football|Holy Cross]]
| [[Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry]]
| 84
| 50–31–3
| Boston College
| Boston College won 10
| [[Patriot League]]<br/>([[NCAA Division I FCS|FCS]])
|-
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| [[Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)|Holy War]]
| Ireland Trophy<br/>Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl
| 27
| 9–17
| Notre Dame
| Notre Dame won 8
| [[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
|-
| [[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]]
| [[Boston College–UMass football rivalry]]
| rowspan="5" | None
| 27
| 22–5
| Boston College
| Boston College won 11
| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[California Golden Bears football|California]]
| [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]]
| [[California–UCLA football rivalry]]
| 94
| 35–57–1
| UCLA
| California won 1
| |[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| [[Alabama–Clemson football rivalry]]
| 19
| 5–14
| Alabama
| Clemson won 1
| rowspan="10" | [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]
| [[Auburn–Clemson football rivalry]]
| 51
| 15–34–2
| Auburn
| Clemson won 4
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Clemson–Georgia football rivalry]]
| 66
| 18–44–4
| Georgia
| Georgia won 3
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| [[Clemson–South Carolina rivalry#Football|Clemson–South Carolina football rivalry]]
| Palmetto Trophy
| 121
| 73–44–4
| Clemson
| South Carolina won 1
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Florida–Florida State football rivalry]]
| Makala Trophy
| 68
| 28–38–2
| Florida
| Florida won 1
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| [[Alabama–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| rowspan="5" | None
| 52
| 21–28–3
| Alabama
| Georgia Tech won 1
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]
| [[Auburn–Georgia Tech football rivalry]]
| 92
| 41–47–4
| Auburn
| Georgia Tech won 2
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| [[Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate]]
| 118
| 41–72–5
| Georgia
| Georgia won 7
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
| [[Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry]]
| 44
| 17–25–2
| Tennessee
| Tennessee won 2
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| [[Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt football rivalry]]
| 39
| 20–16–3
| Georgia Tech
| Vanderbilt won 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]
| [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]]
| [[The Keg of Nails|Cincinnati–Louisville football rivalry]]
| [[The Keg of Nails]]
| 54
| 23–30–1
| Cincinnati
| Louisville won 1
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| [[Governor's Cup (Kentucky)|Kentucky–Louisville football rivalry]]
| [[Governor's Cup (Kentucky)|Governor's Cup]]
| 36
| 16–19
| Kentucky
| Louisville won 1
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| [[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]]
| [[Louisville–Memphis rivalry|Louisville–Memphis football rivalry]]
| None
| 43
| 24–19
| Louisville
| Louisville won 4
| [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]]
| [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| [[Florida–Miami football rivalry]]
| Seminole War Canoe Trophy
| 57
| 30–27
| Miami
| Miami won 1
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| [[Miami–Nebraska football rivalry]]
| rowspan="2" | None
| 12
| 6–6
| Even
| Miami won 1
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks|South Carolina]]
| [[North Carolina–South Carolina football rivalry]]
| 60
| 36–20–4
| North Carolina
| North Carolina won 1
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]
| [[East Carolina Pirates football|East Carolina]]
| [[East Carolina–NC State rivalry#Football|East Carolina–NC State football rivalry]]
| Victory Barrel
| 33
| 19–14
| NC State
| East Carolina won 1
| [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]
| [[Duquesne Dukes football|Duquesne]]
| [[City Game#Football|City Game]]
| rowspan="5" | None
| 8
| 5–3
| Pittsburgh
| Duquesne won 1
| [[Northeast Conference]]<br/>([[NCAA Division I FCS|FCS]])
|-
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| [[Notre Dame–Pittsburgh football rivalry]]
| 73
| 21–50–1
| Notre Dame
| Notre Dame won 4
| [[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
|-
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]
| [[Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry]]
| 100
| 43–53–4
| Penn State
| Penn State won 3
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| [[Backyard Brawl]]
| 107
| 63–41–3
| Pittsburgh
| Pittsburgh won 1
| rowspan="2" | [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]]
| [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]]
| [[Houston–SMU rivalry#Football|Houston–SMU football rivalry]]
| 37
| 14–22–1
| Houston
| SMU won 1
|-
| [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]]
| [[Gansz Trophy|Navy–SMU football rivalry]]
| [[Gansz Trophy]]
| 25
| 12–13
| Navy
| SMU won 4
| rowspan="3" | [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
|-
| [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]
| [[Safeway Bowl]]
| None
| 43
| 36–6–1
| SMU
| SMU won 5
|-
| [[Rice Owls football|Rice]]
| [[Rice–SMU football rivalry]]
| Mayor's Cup
| 91
| 49–41–1
| SMU
| SMU won 1
|-
| [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| [[SMU–TCU football rivalry]]
| Iron Skillet
| 103
| 43–53–7
| TCU
| SMU won 1
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| [[Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry]]
| Legends Trophy
| 38
| 14–23
| Notre Dame
| Notre Dame won 2
| [[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
|-
| [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]
| [[Bill Walsh Legacy Game]]
| rowspan="8" | None
| 68
| 52–15–1
| Stanford
| San Jose State won 1
| [[Mountain West Conference|MWC]]
|-
| [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
| [[Stanford–USC football rivalry]]
| 103
| 34–65–3
| USC
| USC won 2
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]
| [[Colgate Raiders football|Colgate]]
| [[Colgate–Syracuse football rivalry]]
| 68
| 32–31–5
| Syracuse
| Syracuse won 17
| [[Patriot League]]<br/>([[NCAA Division I FCS|FCS]])
|-
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]
| [[Penn State–Syracuse football rivalry]]
| 71
| 23–43–5
| Penn State
| Penn State won 5
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[UConn Huskies football|UConn]]
| [[Syracuse–UConn rivalry#Football|Syracuse–UConn football rivalry]]
| 13
| 6–5
| UConn
| Syracuse won 5
| [[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
|-
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| [[Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry]]
| 61
| 34–27
| Syracuse
| Syracuse won 4
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]]
| [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| [[Maryland–Virginia football rivalry]]
| 80
| 32–46–2
| Maryland
| Maryland won 4
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]
| [[VMI Keydets football|VMI]]
| [[VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry]]
| 79
| 49–25–5
| Virginia Tech
| Virginia Tech won 3
| [[Southern Conference|SoCon]]<br/>([[NCAA Division I FCS|FCS]])
|-
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| [[Virginia Tech–West Virginia football rivalry]]
| Black Diamond Trophy
| 54
| 23–30–1
| West Virginia
| West Virginia won 2
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|}

==Basketball==
{{main|Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball}}

===History===
{{more citations needed section|date=November 2017}}

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

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

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

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

===Tournament as championship===
{{main|ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC women's basketball tournament|List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions}}

Possibly Case's most lasting contribution is the [[ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC tournament]], which was first played in 1954 and decides the winner of the ACC title. The ACC is unique in that it is the only Division I college basketball conference that does not recognize a regular season champion. This started when only one school per conference made the NCAA tournament. The ACC representative was determined by conference tournament rather than the regular season result. Therefore, the league eliminated the regular season title in 1961, choosing to recognize only the winner of the ACC tournament as conference champion. Fans and media do claim a regular-season title for the team that finishes first, and the NCAA recognizes a regular-season title winner in order to maintain its system of choosing [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] and NCAA tournament berths based on regular season placement.<ref>{{cite web|title=March Madness Swells as NCAA Pumps Up NIT Tournament|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aMw7OarRcGLI|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=March 21, 2013|date=March 14, 2006}}</ref> For the ACC, recognition of a regular season champion is insignificant as a 1975 NCAA rule change allowed more than one team per conference to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. As a result, the team finishing atop the ACC regular-season standings has invariably been invited to the NCAA tournament even if it did not win the ACC Tournament. Even so, any claim to a regular season "title" remains unofficial and carries no reward other than top seed in the ACC tournament.

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

===Present-day schedule===
{{See also|ACC–Big Ten Challenge|ACC–SEC Challenge}}
For 53 years, the ACC employed a double round-robin schedule in the regular season, in which each team played the others twice a season. With the expansion to 12 members by the 2005–2006 season, the ACC schedule could no longer accommodate this format. In the new scheduling format that was agreed to, each team was assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners over a three-year period.<ref>The Triangle teams' original partners, which have since been varied (for example, Duke's original partners were North Carolina and Maryland and, as reflected in the table in the body of the article, are now North Carolina and Wake Forest) can be found here: {{cite web|title=USATODAY.com – ACC releases 12-team basketball schedule|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2005-02-25-12-team-schedule_x.htm|access-date=January 25, 2022|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com |date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> Teams played their permanent partners in a home-and-away series each year. The rotating partners were split into three groups: three teams played in a home-and-away series, three teams played at home, and three teams played on the road. The rotating partner groups were rotated so that a team would play each permanent partner six times, and each rotating partner four times, over a three-year period.

For the 2012–13 season, the 12-team in-conference schedule expanded to 18. Originally for the 2013–14 season, the expanded 14-team, 18-game schedule was to consist of a home and away game with a "primary partner" while the remaining conference opponents would have rotated in groups of three: one year both home and away, one year at home only, and one year away only.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACC Announces Future Regular-Season Scheduling Formats|url=http://www.theacc.com/genrel/020312aaa.html|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=February 7, 2012|date=February 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519084816/http://www.theacc.com/genrel/020312aaa.html|archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> However, when Notre Dame was also added for the 2013–14 season, the now 15-team, 18-game schedule was modified so each school played two "Partners" home and away annually, two home and away, five home, and the other five away.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/8460836/acc-gets-right-new-scheduling-format-men-college-basketball |title=Expanding ACC sets primary partners |first=Andy |last=Katz |author-link=Andy Katz |work=ESPN.com |date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921062238/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/8460836/acc-gets-right-new-scheduling-format-men-college-basketball |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013–14, after 1 year at 18 games, women's basketball went back to a 16-game schedule where each team only plays 2 teams twice, rotating opponents each year over seven years and has no permanent partners. In 2019–2020, with the launch of the ACC Network, the men's schedule expanded to 20 games and the women's schedule expanded to 18 games.

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

===National championships and Final Fours===
Over the course of its existence, ACC schools have captured 15 NCAA men's basketball championships while members of the conference. [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] has won six, [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] has won five, [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] has won two, and [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] and [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia]] have each won one. Four more national titles were won by current ACC members while in other conferences—three by 2014 arrival [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] and one by 2013 arrival [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse]]; Louisville was forced to vacate the third national title due to [[2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal|NCAA sanctions]]. Seven of the 12 pre-2013 members have advanced to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four|Final Four]] at least once while members of the ACC. Another pre-2013 member, [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Florida State]], made the Final Four once before joining the ACC. All three schools that entered the ACC in 2013, as well as Louisville, advanced to the Final Four at least once before joining the conference. Two of the three schools that joined in 2024, [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] rivals [[California Golden Bears men's basketball|California]] and [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford]], have each won one NCAA title.

Also notable are earlier national championships from historical eras prior to the dominance of the NCAA-administered championship. The ACC is often credited with forcing the NCAA tournament to expand to allow more than one team per conference, creating the at-large NCAA field common today.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/02/09/this-overtime-lasts-25-years-nc-state-terps-the-1974-acc-tourney-final-remains-a-fresh-memory-for-players-of-both-teams-after-all-the-classic-decided-a-national-title/|title = This overtime lasts 25 years; N.C. State-Terps: The 1974 ACC tourney final remains a fresh memory for players of both teams. After all, the classic decided a national title|work = The Baltimore Sun|first = Bill|last = Free|date = February 9, 1999|access-date = March 31, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234511/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-02-09/sports/9902090157_1_nba-draft-picks-david-thompson-burleson|archive-date = September 12, 2017|url-status = live}}</ref> The [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] selected national champions for seasons predating the beginning of the NCAA tournament (1939), including North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pitt, Stanford, and Syracuse. Prior to the at-large era (1975), the [[National Invitation Tournament]] championship had prestige comparable to the NCAA championship, and Louisville, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia Tech won titles during this period (later NIT titles are not considered consensus national championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nabc.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031103aaa.html|title=MARCH MADNESS: Growth of NCAA Tournament|date=March 11, 2003|access-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320004831/http://www.nabc.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031103aaa.html|archive-date=March 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:125px;"| School
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:90%">Pre-NCAA Helms Champ{{shy}}ionships</span>
! style="width:125px;"| NCAA Men's Champ{{shy}}ionships
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Men's NCAA Final Fours</span>
! style="width:125px;"| NCAA Women's Champ{{shy}}ionships
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Women's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Women's NCAA Final Fours</span>
|-
| California
| 
| 1<br/>''(1959)''
| 1<br/>''(1960)''
| 3<br/>''(1946, 1959, 1960)''
|
|
| 1<br/>''(2013)''
|-
| Duke
|
| 5<br/>(1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
| 6<br/>{{refn|group=o|Duke has been the men's NCAA runner-up 6 times (1964, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1999)}}
| 18<br/>{{refn|group=o|Duke has reached the men's Final Four 18 times (1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2022, 2025)}}
|
| 2<br/>(1999, 2006)
| 4<br/>(1999, 2002, 2003, 2006)
|-
| Florida State
|
| 
| 1<br/>''(1972)''
| 1<br/>''(1972)''
| 
|
|
|-
| Georgia Tech
|
| 
| 1<br/>(2004)
| 2<br/>(1990, 2004)
| 
|
|
|-
| Louisville
|
| 2<br/>''(1980, 1986)''{{refn|group=o|Louisville's third national title, in ''2013'', was vacated due to NCAA sanctions.}}
| 
| 8<br/>{{refn|group=o|Louisville has reached the men's Final Four 8 times ''(1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005)''. Two Final Four appearances (''2012, 2013'') were vacated due to NCAA sanctions.}}
| 
| 2<br/>''(2009, 2013)''
| 4<br/>(''2009, 2013'', 2018, 2022)
|-
| North Carolina
| 1<br/>''(1924)''
| 6<br/>{{refn|group=o|North Carolina has won the NCAA men's championship six times (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)}}
| 6<br/>(''1946'', 1968, 1977, 1981, 2016, 2022)
| 21<br/>{{refn|group=o|North Carolina has reached the men's Final Four 21 times (''1946'', 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022)}}
| 1<br/>(1994)
|
| 3<br/>(1994, 2006, 2007)
|-
| NC State
|
| 2<br/>(1974, 1983)
|
| 4<br/>(''1950'', 1974, 1983, 2024)
|
|
| 2<br/>(1998, 2024)
|-
| Notre Dame
| 2<br/>''(1927, 1936)''
| 
|
| 1<br/>''(1978)''
| 2<br/>(''2001'', 2018)
| 5<br/>(''2011, 2012'', 2014, 2015, 2019)
| 7<br/>{{refn|group=o|Notre Dame has reached the women's Final Four 7 times (''1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013'', 2014, 2015, 2018)}}
|-
| Pittsburgh
| 2<br/>''(1928, 1930)''
|
|
| 1<br/>''(1941)''
|
|
|
|-
| SMU
| 
| 
| 
| 1<br/>''(1956)''
|
|
|
|-
| Stanford
| 1<br/>''(1939)''
| 1<br/>''(1942)''
| 
| 2<br/>''(1942, 1998)''
| 3<br/>''(1990, 1992, 2021)''
| 2<br/>''(2008, 2010)''
| 15<br/>{{refn|group=o|Stanford has reached the women's Final Four 15 times ''(1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022)''}}
|-
| Syracuse
| 2<br/>''(1918, 1926)''
| 1<br/>''(2003)''
| 2<br/>''(1987, 1996)''
| 6<br/>{{refn|group=o|Syracuse has reached the men's Final Four six times ''(1975, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013'', 2016)}}
|
| 1<br/>(2016) 
| 1<br/>(2016)
|-
| Virginia
|
| 1<br/>(2019)
| 
| 3<br/>(1981, 1984, 2019)
| 
| 1<br/>(1991)
| 3<br/>(1990, 1991, 1992)
|-
| Wake Forest
| 
|
|
| 1<br/>(1962)
|
|
|
|}
''Italics denotes honors earned before the school joined the ACC.'' Women's national championship tournaments prior to 1982 were run by the [[AIAW women's basketball tournament|AIAW]].

{{reflist|group=o}}

==Baseball==
{{See also|Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament}}

Nine ACC teams were selected to play in the [[2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament]]. The ACC has won the Men's College World Series twice: by [[2015 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia in 2015]] and [[1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team|Wake Forest in 1955]]. In addition, Miami won four titles before joining the ACC,<ref>{{cite web|title=Virginia's 4–2 Win Over Vandy Gives ACC 1st Title Since 1955|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/virginias-win-vandy-acc-1st-title-1955-32013910|website=ABC News|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627224011/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/virginias-win-vandy-acc-1st-title-1955-32013910|archive-date=June 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and South Carolina has won two titles since leaving the league. Current member schools have appeared in the [[College World Series|Men's College World Series]] a combined total of 97 times (including appearances before joining the conference). In 2008 and 2016, the ACC was ranked as the top baseball conference by [[Rating Percentage Index]] (RPI); the conference has ranked among the top three by this measure each of the past 14 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://WarrenNolan.com/baseball/2016/conferencerpi|title=Conference RPI|publisher=WarrenNolan.com|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721124538/http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2016/conferencerpi|archive-date=July 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Men's College World Series / NCAA Tournament History
! School
! Men's College<br/>World Series<br/>Championships
! Men's College<br/>World Series<br/>Appearances
! Last MCWS<br/>Appearance
! NCAA<br /> tournament<br/>Appearances
! Last NCAA<br/>Appearance
|-
| Miami †
| ''1982, 1985,<br/>1999, 2001''
| 25
| 2016
| 50
| 2025
|-
| Stanford †
| ''1987, 1988''
| 19
| 2023
| 37
| 2023
|-
| California †
| ''1947, 1957''
| 6
| 2011
| 14
| 2019
|-
| Virginia
| '''2015'''
| 6
| 2024
| 21
| 2024
|-
| Wake Forest
| '''1955'''
| 2
| 2023
| 18
| 2025
|-
| Florida State †
|
| 24
| 2024
| 61
| 2025
|-
| Clemson
|
| 12
| 2010
| 47
| 2025
|-
| North Carolina
|
| 12
| 2024
| 37
| 2025
|-
| Louisville †
|
| 5
| 2019
| 15
| 2025
|-
| Boston College †
|
| 4
| 1967
| 9
| 2023
|-
| Georgia Tech
|
| 3
| 2006
| 35
| 2025
|-
| Duke
|
| 3
| 1961
| 12
| 2025
|-
| NC State
|
| 4
| 2024
| 35
| 2025
|-
| Notre Dame †
|
| 3
| 2022
| 24
| 2022
|-
| Virginia Tech
|
| 0
| n/a
| 11
| 2022
|-
| Pittsburgh
|
| 0
| n/a
| 3
| 1995
|}
^ Syracuse does not currently field a baseball team but has one appearance in the NCAA baseball tournament prior to joining the conference.<br/>
† The count of Men's College World Series appearances includes those made by the school prior to joining the ACC:
* Boston College: 4 appearances
* California: 6 appearances<!-- As of 2023 -->
* Florida State: 11 appearances
* Louisville: 3 appearances
* Miami: 21 appearances
* Notre Dame: 2 appearances
* Stanford: 19 appearances<!-- As of 2023 -->
* Syracuse: 1 appearance

==Field hockey==
The ACC has won 22 of the 42<!--through 2022--> [[NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship|NCAA Championships]] in field hockey. Maryland won 8 as a member of the ACC.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ National Championships
! style="width:125px;"| School
! style="width:65px;"| Total
! style="width:280px;"| NCAA Women's<br/>Championships
|-
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey|North Carolina]]
| 11
| 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
|-
| [[Maryland Terrapins field hockey|Maryland]]
| 8
| 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
|-
| [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Wake Forest]]
| 3
| 2002, 2003, 2004
|-
| [[Syracuse Orange field hockey|Syracuse]]
| 1
| 2015
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ National Championships
! style="width:175px;"| School
! style="width:150px;"| Men's Team NCAA
! style="width:200px;"| Men's Individual NCAA
! style="width:175px;"| Women's Team NCAA
! style="width:215px;"| Women's Individual NCAA
|-
| California
| ''2004''
| ''[[Max Homa]] 2013''
|
| ''Sarah Huarte 2004''
|-
| Clemson
| '''2003'''
| [[Charles Warren (golfer)|Charles Warren]] 1997<br/>[[Turk Pettit]] 2021
|
|
|-
| Duke
|
|
| '''7'''<br/>{{refn|group=g|Duke has won the women's golf championship 7 times ('''1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2019''')}}
| Candy Hannemann 2001,<br/>[[Virada Nirapathpongporn]] 2002,<br/>Anna Grzebian 2005,<br/>Virginia Elana Carta 2016
|-
| Georgia Tech
|
| ''Watts Gunn 1927,<br/>Charles Yates 1934,''<br/>[[Troy Matteson]] 2002, <br/>Hiroshi Tai 2024
|
|
|-
| Miami
|
|
| ''1984''
| ''[[Penny Hammel]] 1983''
|-
| North Carolina
|
| ''[[Harvie Ward]] 1949,''<br/>[[John Inman (golfer)|John Inman]] 1984
|
|
|-
| NC State
|
|[[Matt Hill (golfer)|Matt Hill]] 2009
|
|
|-
| Notre Dame
| ''1944''
| 
|
|
|-
| SMU
| ''1954''
| ''[[Bryson DeChambeau]] 2015''
|
|
|-
| Stanford
| ''8''<br/>{{refn|group=g|Stanford has won the men's golf championship 8 times (''1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007, 2019'')}}
| ''[[Frank Tatum]] 1942,<br/>[[Tiger Woods]] 1996,<br/>[[Cameron Wilson (golfer)|Cameron Wilson]] 2014''
| ''2015, 2022''
| ''[[Rachel Heck]] 2021,<br/>[[Rose Zhang]] 2022, 2023''
|-
| Virginia
|
| ''Dixon Brooke 1940''
|
|
|-
| Wake Forest
| '''1986, 1975, 1974'''
| [[Curtis Strange]] 1974,<br/>[[Jay Haas]] 1975,<br/>[[Gary Hallberg]] 1979
|2023
|
|}
* ''Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.''

{{reflist|group=g}}

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

[[Women's lacrosse]] has awarded a [[NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|national championship since 1982]], and the ACC has won more titles than any other conference. In all, the ACC has won 14 women's national championships since the conference began sponsoring the sport in 1997: former ACC member [[Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse|Maryland]] won seven, [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|North Carolina]] has won four, [[Boston College Eagles women's lacrosse|Boston College]] has won two, and [[Virginia Cavaliers women's lacrosse|Virginia]] has won one. Additionally, Maryland won four (plus one [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Lacrosse|AIAW title in 1981]]) and Virginia two before 1997.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ National Championships & Runner-Up Finishes
! style="width:90px;"|  University
! style="width:145px;"| Men's NCAA<br/>Championships
! style="width:125px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:145px;"| <span style="font-size:90%">Pre-NCAA Men's Championships</span>
! style="width:120px;"| Women's NCAA<br/>Championships
! style="width:120px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Women's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:145px;"| <span style="font-size:90%">Pre-NCAA Women's Championships</span>
|-
|[[Boston College Eagles|Boston College]]
|
|
|
|'''[[2024 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2024]], [[2021 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2021]]'''
| [[2023 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2023]], [[2022 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2022]], [[2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2019]], [[2018 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2018]], [[2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2017]]
|
|-
| [[Duke Blue Devils|Duke]]
| '''[[2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2014]], [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2013]], [[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2010]]'''
| [[2023 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2023]], [[2018 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2018]], [[2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2007]], [[2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2005]]
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Maryland Terrapins|Maryland]]
| '''[[1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1975]], [[1973 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1973]]'''
| [[2012 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2012]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2011]],<br/>[[1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1998]], [[1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1997]],<br/>[[1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1995]], [[1979 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1979]],<br/>[[1976 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1976]], [[1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1974]],<br/>[[1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1971]]
| ''1967, 1959, 1956,<br/>1959, 1940, 1939,<br/>1937, 1936, 1928''
| '''[[2014 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2014]], [[2010 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2010]], [[2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2001]],<br/>[[2000 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2000]], [[1999 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1999]], [[1998 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1998]],<br/>[[1997 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1997]], ''[[1996 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1996]], [[1995 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1995]],<br/>[[1992 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1992]], [[1986 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1986]]'''''
| [[2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2013]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2011]],<br/>''[[1994 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1994]], [[1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1991]],<br/>[[1990 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1990]], [[1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1985]],<br/>[[1984 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1984]]''
| ''1981''
|-
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels|North Carolina]]
| '''[[2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2016]], [[1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1991]], [[1986 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1986]],<br/>[[1982 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1982]], [[1981 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1981]]'''
| [[1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1993]]
| 
| '''[[2025 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2025]], [[2022 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2022]], [[2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2016]], [[2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2013]]'''
|[[2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2009]]
|
|-
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]]
| '''[[2023 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2023]], [[2024 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament|2024]]'''
| [[2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2014]], ''[[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2010]]''
|
| 
|
|
|-
| [[Syracuse Orange|Syracuse]]
| '''''[[2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2009]], [[2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2008]], [[2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2004]],<br/>[[2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2002]], [[2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2000]], [[1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1995]],<br/>[[1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1993]], [[1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1990]]*, [[1989 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1989]],<br/>[[1988 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1988]], [[1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1983]]'''''
| ''[[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2013]], [[2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2001]], [[1999 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1999]], [[1992 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1992]],<br/>[[1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1985]], [[1984 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1984]]''
| ''1925, 1924, 1922,<br/>1920''
|
| [[2021 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2021]], [[2014 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2014]], ''[[2012 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2012]]'' 
|
|-
| [[Virginia Cavaliers|Virginia]]
| '''[[2021 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2021]], [[2019 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2019]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2011]],<br/>[[2006 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2006]], [[2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2003]], [[1999 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1999]],<br/>[[1972 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1972]]'''
| [[1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1996]], [[1994 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1994]], [[1986 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1986]], [[1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1980]]
| ''1970'', ''1952''
| '''[[2004 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2004]], ''[[1993 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1993]], [[1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1991]]'''''
|[[2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2007]], [[2005 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2005]],<br/>[[2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|2003]], [[1999 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1999]],<br/>[[1998 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1998]], ''[[1996 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship|1996]]''
|
|}

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

{{reflist|group=o}}

==Soccer==
{{see also|ACC men's soccer tournament}}

Before the 2024 arrival of California, SMU, and Stanford, all of which sponsor men's soccer, that sport was one of the two ACC sports split into divisions. The divisional split was eliminated for 2024 and beyond. The final divisional setup was:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ACC Men's Soccer Divisions
|-
! scope="col" | Atlantic
! scope="col" | Coastal
|-
| Boston College
| Duke
|-
| Clemson
| Notre Dame
|-
| Louisville
| North Carolina
|-
| NC State
| Pittsburgh
|-
| Syracuse
| Virginia
|-
| Wake Forest
| Virginia Tech
|}

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

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ National Championships & Runner-Up Finishes
! style="width:95px;"| School
! style="width:110px;"| Men's NCAA Championships
! style="width:105px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:125px;"| Women's NCAA<br/>Championships
! style="width:105px;"| <span style="font-size:85%">Women's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up</span>
! style="width:50px;"| AIAW
|-
| Clemson
| '''1984, 1987, 2021, 2023'''
| 1979, 2015
|
|
|
|-
| Duke
| '''1986'''
| 1982, 1995
|
| 1992, 2011
|
|-
| North Carolina
| '''2001, 2011'''
| 2008
| '''22'''<br/>{{refn|group=o|North Carolina has won 22 NCAA Championships (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2024)}}
| 1985, 1998, 2001
| 1981
|-
| Florida State
| 
|  
| '''2014, 2018, 2021, 2023'''
| 2007, 2013, 2020
|
|-
| Louisville
| 
| ''2010''
|
|
|
|-
| NC State
| 
|  
|
| 1988
|
|-
| Notre Dame
| '''2013'''
|
| ''1995, 2004, 2010, ''
| ''1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008''
| 
|-
| Stanford
| ''2015, 2016, 2017''
| ''1998, 2002''
| ''2011, 2017, 2019''
| ''2009, 2010, 2023''
|
|-
| Syracuse
| '''2022'''
| 
|
| 
|
|-
| Virginia
| '''1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014'''
| 1997, 2019
|
| 2014
|
|-
| Wake Forest
| '''2007'''
| 2016
|
| 2024
|
|}
* ''Italics denote championships before the school was part of the ACC.''
{{reflist|group=o}}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ National Championships
! style="width:175px;"| School
! style="width:150px;"| Men's Team NCAA
! style="width:200px;"| Men's Individual NCAA
! style="width:200px;"| Men's Doubles NCAA
! style="width:175px;"| Women's Team NCAA
! style="width:215px;"| Women's Individual NCAA
! style="width:200px;"| Women's Doubles NCAA
|-
| California
|
|
| ''[[Clifton Mayne]] / [[Hugh Ditzler]] 1952,<br>[[Doug Eisenman]] / [[Matt Lucena]] 1990,<br>[[Matt Lucena]] / [[Bent-Ove Pedersen]] 1991''
|
| ''Suzi Babos 2006,<br/>[[Jana Juricova]] 2011''
| ''[[Amanda Augustus]] / [[Amy Jensen]] 1998, 1999,<br/>[[Claire Curran]] / [[Amy Jensen]] 2000,<br/>[[Christina Fusano]] / [[Raquel Atawo|Raquel Kops-Jones]] 2003,<br/>[[Mari Andersson]] / [[Jana Juricová]] 2009''
|-
| Duke
|
|
|
| '''2009'''
| [[Mallory Cecil]] 2009
|
|-
| Georgia Tech
|
|
|
| '''2007'''
| Amanda McDowell 2008
|
|-
| Miami
|
| ''[[Andrew Burrow]] 1987''
| ''[[Pat Cramer]] / [[Luis-Augusto García|Luis García]] 1970''
|
| [[Audra Cohen]] 2007,<br/>[[Estela Perez-Somarriba]] 2019,<br/>[[Alexa Noel]] 2024
| ''[[Lise Gregory]] / [[Ronni Reis]] 1986''
|-
| North Carolina
|
|
|
| '''2023'''
| [[Jamie Loeb]] 2015
| [[Sara Anundsen]] / [[Jenna Long]] 2007,<br/>[[Makenna Jones]] / [[Elizabeth Scotty]] 2021,<br/>[[Fiona Crawley]] / [[Carson Tanguilig]] 2023
|-
| NC State
|
|
|
|
|
| [[Jaeda Daniel]] / [[Nell Miller]] 2022
|-
| Notre Dame
| ''1959''
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stanford
| ''17''<br/>{{refn|group=g|Stanford has won the men's tennis championship 17 times (''1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000'')}}
| ''[[Sandy Mayer|Alex Mayer]] 1973,<br/>[[John Whitlinger]] 1974,<br/>[[Matt Mitchell (tennis)|Matt Mitchell]] 1977,<br/>[[John McEnroe]] 1978,<br/>[[Tim Mayotte]] 1981,<br/>[[Dan Goldie]] 1986,<br/>[[Jared Palmer]] 1991,<br/>[[Alex O'Brien]] 1992,<br/>[[Bob Bryan]] 1998,<br/>[[Alex Kim]] 2000,<br/>[[Bradley Klahn]] 2010''
| ''[[Sandy Mayer|Alex Mayer]] / [[Roscoe Tanner]] 1972,<br>[[Sandy Mayer|Alex Mayer]] / [[James Delaney (tennis)|Jim Delaney]] 1973,<br>[[John Whitlinger]] / [[James Delaney (tennis)|Jim Delaney]] 1974,<br>[[Chris Cocotos]] / [[Alex O'Brien]] 1992,<br>[[Bob Bryan]] / [[Mike Bryan]] 1998,<br>[[K. J. Hippensteel]] / [[Ryan Wolters]] 1999,<br>[[Sam Warburg]] / [[KC Corkery]] 2004''
| ''20''<br/>{{refn|group=g|Stanford has won the women's tennis championship 20 times (''1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019'')}}
| ''[[Alycia Moulton]] 1982,<br/>[[Linda Gates]] 1985,<br/>[[Patty Fendick]] 1986, 1987,<br/>[[Sandra Birch]] 1989, 1991,<br/>[[Debbie Graham]] 1990,<br/>[[Lilia Osterloh]] 1997,<br/>[[Laura Granville]] 2000, 2001,<br/>[[Amber Liu (tennis)|Amber Liu]] 2003, 2004,<br/>[[Nicole Gibbs]] 2012, 2013''
| ''[[Elise Burgin]] / [[Linda Gates]] 1984,<br/>[[Leigh-Anne Eldredge]] / [[Linda Gates]] 1985,<br/>[[Meredith McGrath]] / [[Teri Whitlinger]] 1990,<br/>[[Lauren Kalvaria]] / [[Gabriela Lastra]] 2002,<br/>Alice Barnes / [[Erin Burdette]] 2005,<br/>[[Hilary Barte]] / [[Lindsay Burdette]] 2010,<br/>[[Hilary Barte]] / [[Mallory Burdette]] 2011,<br/>[[Mallory Burdette]] / [[Nicole Gibbs]] 2012''
|-
| Virginia
| '''2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023'''
| [[Somdev Devvarman]] 2007, 2008,<br/>[[Ryan Shane]] 2015,<br/>[[Thai-Son Kwiatkowski]] 2017
| [[Dominic Inglot]] / [[Michael Shabaz]] 2009,<br>[[Drew Courtney]] / [[Michael Shabaz]] 2010,<br/>[[Jarmere Jenkins]] / [[Mac Styslinger]] 2013
|
| [[Danielle Collins]] 2014, 2016,<br/>[[Emma Navarro]] 2021
| [[Melodie Collard]] / Elaine Chervinsky 2025
|-
| Wake Forest
| '''2018, 2025'''
| [[Petros Chrysochos]] 2018
|
|
| [[Bea Bielik]] 2002
|
|}
* ''Italics denote championships won before the school joined the ACC.''

{{reflist|group=g}}

== Commissioners ==
[[File:John Swofford.JPG|thumb|right|140px|Former Commissioner [[John Swofford]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:175px;" | Name
! style="width:150px;" | Term
|-
|[[Jim Weaver (sportsperson)|Jim Weaver]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19700711&id=epNYAAAAIBAJ&pg=2840,3154544|title=Athletic Official Taken by Death|date=July 11, 1970|website=Spokane Daily Chronicle.Associated Press|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>
| 1954–1970
|-
| Bob James<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/b09015213ff9885b3aa903e8498ae310|title=Robert James, ACC Commissioner, Dead at 66|website=AP NEWS|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>
| 1971–1987
|-
|[[Gene Corrigan]]
| 1987–1997
|-
|[[John Swofford]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ensslin |first1=Paul |last2= Asher |first2=Mark |title=North Carolina Coach Dean Smith to Retire Today |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/10/09/north-carolina-coach-dean-smith-to-retire-today/30e1563a-4c8b-4356-9529-64b37b22931e/ |access-date=July 2, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 9, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=ACC Commissioner John Swofford Announces Plans for Retirement |url=https://theacc.com/news/2020/6/25/general-acc-commissioner-john-swofford-announces-plans-for-retirement.aspx |publisher=theacc.com |access-date=July 1, 2020 |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |language=en |date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>
| 1997–2021
|-
| [[Jim Phillips (athletic administrator)|James J. Phillips]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ACC Selects James J. Phillips as Conference's Next Commissioner|url=https://theacc.com/news/2020/12/14/general-acc-selects-james-j-phillips-as-conferences-next-commissioner.aspx|access-date=December 17, 2020|website=www.theacc.com|date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=DeCock |first1=Luke |title=In hiring Jim Phillips, the ACC broke with 70 years of tradition. It was time. |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article247828500.html |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=[[The News & Observer]] |date=December 14, 2020}}</ref>
|2021–present
|}

==NCAA team championships==
{{See also|List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships|List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships|NCAA Division I#Conferences|NCAA Division I FBS Conferences}}

The [[Stanford Cardinal]] have the most [[NCAA]] titles [[List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships|of any program in the nation]], and hold both the most men's and women's NCAA titles in the ACC. The [[California Golden Bears]] and [[Virginia Cavaliers]] hold the second- and third-most men's NCAA titles while the [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] and Virginia Cavaliers hold the second- and third-most women's NCAA titles in the conference. The [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] hold the most&mdash;and only&mdash;co-ed NCAA titles in the conference.

Excluded from these totals and list are any national titles earned [[List of college athletics championship game outcomes|outside the scope of NCAA competition]], including [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|Division I FBS football titles]], women's [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships|AIAW championships]], [[National Collegiate Equestrian Association|equestrian titles]], and retroactive [[Helms Athletic Foundation|Helms Athletic Foundation titles]]. ''Unofficial'' [[NCAA Boxing Championship#Championships|NCAA boxing championships]] are also excluded, though they were earned inside the scope of NCAA competition.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=150| School
!width=45| Total
!width=45| Men
!width=45| Women
!width=45| Co-ed
!width=120| Nickname
!width=300| Most successful sport (titles)
|-
| [[Stanford University|Stanford]]
|[[Stanford Cardinal#NCAA team championships|136]]
|71
|65
|0
|[[Stanford Cardinal|Cardinal]]
| [[NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship#Team titles|Women's tennis (20)]]
|-
| {{sort|North Carolina|[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]]}}
|[[North Carolina Tar Heels#NCAA team championships|52]]
|13
|39
|0
|[[North Carolina Tar Heels|Tar Heels]]
| [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship#Team titles|Women's soccer (22)]]
|-
| {{sort|California|[[University of California, Berkeley|California]]}}
|[[California Golden Bears#NCAA team championships|43]]
|34
|9
|0
|[[California Golden Bears|Golden Bears]]
| [[NCAA men's water polo championship#Team titles|Men's water polo (17)]]
|-
| {{sort|Virginia|[[University of Virginia|Virginia]]}}
|[[Virginia Cavaliers#NCAA team championships|35]]
|23
|12
|0
|[[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Team titles|Men's soccer (7)]], [[NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship#Team titles|Men's lacrosse (7)]]
|-
| {{sort|Notre Dame|[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]}}
|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish#Championships|19]]
|7
|6
|6
|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Fighting Irish]]
| [[NCAA Fencing Championships#Team Titles|Fencing (6)]]
|-
|[[Duke University|Duke]]
|[[Duke Blue Devils#NCAA team championships|17]]
|9
|8
|0
|[[Duke Blue Devils#|Blue Devils]]
| [[NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships#Team titles|Women's golf (7)]]
|-
|[[Syracuse University|Syracuse]]
|[[Syracuse Orange#NCAA team championships|15]]
|14
|1
|0
|[[Syracuse Orange|Orange]]
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship#Team titles|Men's lacrosse (10)]]
|-
|[[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]]
|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons#NCAA team championships|11]]
|7
|4
|0
|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons|Demon Deacons]]
| [[NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship#Team titles|Field hockey (3)]], [[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships#Team titles|Men's golf (3)]]
|-
|[[Florida State University|Florida State]]
||[[Florida State Seminoles#NCAA team championships|9]]
|4
|5
|0
|[[Florida State Seminoles|Seminoles]]
| [[NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships#Team titles|Men's gymnastics (2)]], [[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Men's outdoor track (2)]]
|-
|[[Clemson University|Clemson]]
|[[Clemson Tigers#Championships|8]]
|8
|0
|0
|[[Clemson Tigers|Tigers]]
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Team titles|Men's soccer (4)]]
|-
|[[Boston College]]
|[[Boston College Eagles#NCAA team championships|6]]
|5
|1
|0
|[[Boston College Eagles|Eagles]]
| [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions#Team titles|Men's ice hockey (5)]]
|-
| {{sort|Miami|[[University of Miami|Miami]]}}
|[[Miami Hurricanes#NCAA team championships|5]]
|4
|1
|0
|[[Miami Hurricanes|Hurricanes]]
| [[College World Series#Team appearances|Baseball (4)]]
|-
|[[North Carolina State University|NC State]]
|[[North Carolina State Wolfpack#NCAA team championships|5]]
|2
|3
|0
|[[North Carolina State Wolfpack|Wolfpack]]
| [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Titles by school|Men's basketball (2)]], [[NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship#Team titles|Women's cross country (3)]]
|-
|[[Southern Methodist University|Southern Methodist]]
|[[SMU Mustangs#NCAA team championships|4]]
|4
|0
|0
|[[SMU Mustangs|Mustangs]]
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Titles by school|Men's outdoor track (2)]]
|-
| {{sort|Louisville|[[University of Louisville|Louisville]]}}
|[[Louisville Cardinals#NCAA team championships|2]]
|2
|0
|0
|[[Louisville Cardinals|Cardinals]]
| [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Titles by school|Men's basketball (2)]]
|-
| [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] 
|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets#NCAA team championships|1]]
|0
|1
|0
|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]]
| [[NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship#Teams titles|Women's tennis (1)]]
|-
| {{sort|Pittsburgh|[[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]]}}
|0
|0
|0
|0
|[[Pittsburgh Panthers|Panthers]]
| N/A
|-
| {{sort|Virginia Tech|[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]]}}
|0
|0
|0
|0
|[[Virginia Tech Hokies|Hokies]]
| N/A
|-
!Total
!366
!206
!154
!6
!
!
|}

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

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

The following table displays ACC top 25 finishes in the Capital One Cup, counting teams that participated in the ACC during that ranking year. T = tie.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!School Year!!Men!!Women
|-
|2010–11<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2010–2011 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2010-2011_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611094334/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2010-2011_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Virginia Cavaliers]] (2nd place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (11th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (12th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (13th place)<br/>[[Maryland Terrapins]] (21st place)
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (9th place)<br/>[[Maryland Terrapins]] (12th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (16th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (21st place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (25th place)
|-
|2011–12<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2011–2012 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2011-2012_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611094339/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2011-2012_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (5th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (14th place)<br/>[[Maryland Terrapins]] (T19th place)
| [[Duke Blue Devils]] (5th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (T14th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (16th place)
|-
|2012–13<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2012–2013 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2012-2013_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611094412/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2012-2013_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Duke Blue Devils]] (5th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (T9th place)
| '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (11th place)<br/>[[Maryland Terrapins]] (20th place)
|-
|2013–14<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2013–2014 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2013-2014_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611094313/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2013-2014_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (4th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (5th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (8th place)<br/>[[Maryland Terrapins]] (T9th place)<br/>
| [[Maryland Terrapins]] (4th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (10th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (12th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (13th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (T14th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (19th place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (21st place)
|-
|2014–15<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2014–2015 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2014-2015_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611094859/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2014-2015_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| '''[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (6th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (T9th place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (21st place)
| [[Florida State Seminoles]] (4th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (7th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (11th place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (17th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (T18th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (T18th place)
|-
|2015–16<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2015–2016 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2015-2016_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060407/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2015-2016_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (2nd place)<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (5th place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (11th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (15th place)
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (T4th place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (T4th place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (10th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (13th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (T17th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (T24th place)
|-
|2016–17<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2016–2017 Full Standings|url=http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2016-2017_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112407/http://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/2016-2017_COC_CompleteStandings.pdf|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (3rd place)<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (6th place)<br/>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (11th place) 
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (9th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (12th place)
|-
|2017–18<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2017–2018 Full Standings|url=https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/complete-capital-one-cup-standings.pdf|access-date=October 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034758/https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/complete-capital-one-cup-standings.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Duke Blue Devils]] (3rd place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (13th place)<br/>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (20th place)
| [[Florida State Seminoles]] (5th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (7th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (10th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (15th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (17th place)
|-
|2018–19<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2018–2019 Full Standings|url=https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/complete-capital-one-cup-standings.pdf|access-date=October 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034758/https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/complete-capital-one-cup-standings.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| '''[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (T6th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (14th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (17th place)<br/>[[Louisville Cardinals]] (T20th place)<br/>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (T23rd place)
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (3rd place)<br/>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (4th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (T10th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (16th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (17th place)
|-
|2020–21<ref>{{cite web|title=Download 2020–2021 Full Standings|url=https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/Complete_Standings_2021.pdf|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603191916/https://www.capitalonecup.com/docs/Complete_Standings_2021.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Virginia Cavaliers]] (T4th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (6th place)<br/>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (7th place)<br/>[[North Carolina State Wolfpack]] (17th place)<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (T19th place)
| [[Florida State Seminoles]] (5th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (6th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (11th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (16th place)<br/>[[North Carolina State Wolfpack]] (18th place)<br/>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (T21st place)<br/>[[Syracuse Orange]] (T23rd place)
|-
|2021–22<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMPLETE CAPITAL ONE CUP STANDINGS |url=https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/complete-standings-6_28_22.pdf |website=ecm.capitalone.com}}</ref>
| '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (T5th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (T17th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (T17th place)
| [[Florida State Seminoles]] (5th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (6th place)<br/>[[Louisville Cardinals]] (9th place)<br/>[[North Carolina State Wolfpack]] (14th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (T17th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (T20th place)
|-
|2022–23<ref>"[https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/coc-complete-standings---final---6_28_23.pdf COMPLETE CAPITAL ONE CUP STANDINGS]". [[Capital One]], June 28, 2023. Accessed March 24, 2025.</ref>
| [[Virginia Cavaliers]] (5th place)<br>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (T6th place)<br>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (9th place)<br>[[Syracuse Orange]] (T10th place)<br>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (21st place)<br>[[Miami Hurricanes]] (25th place)
| [[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (3rd place)<br>[[Florida State Seminoles]] (T6th place)<br>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (11th place)<br>[[Louisville Cardinals]] (12th place)<br>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (16th place)<br>[[North Carolina State Wolfpack]] (17th place)<br>[[Boston College Eagles]] (23rd place)<br>[[Syracuse Orange]] (25th place)
|-
|2023–24<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMPLETE CAPITAL ONE CUP STANDINGS |url=https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/coc-complete-standings-6_12.pdf |website=ecm.capitalone.com}}</ref>
| '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (1st place)'''<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (T3rd place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (9th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (11th place)
| [[Florida State Seminoles]] (6th place)<br/>[[Boston College Eagles]] (T7th place)<br/>[[North Carolina State Wolfpack]] (14th place)<br/>[[Pittsburgh Panthers]] (T17th place)<br/>[[Clemson Tigers]] (T20th place)<br/>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (T20th place)<br/>[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (23rd place)
|-
|2024–25<ref>"[https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/coc-complete-standings-6_23.pdf]". [[Capital One]], June 23, 2025. Accessed July 7, 2025.</ref>
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (7th place)<br>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (T15th place)<br>[[Stanford Cardinal]] (23rd place)<br>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (24th place)
| '''[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] (1st place)'''<br>[[Stanford Cardinal]] (2nd place)<br>[[Duke Blue Devils]] (11th place)<br>[[Louisville Cardinals]] (T15th place)<br>[[Virginia Cavaliers]] (17th place)<br>[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] (20th place)<br>[[Boston College Eagles]] (T21st place)<br>[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] (24th place)<br>[[Pittsburgh Panthers]] (T25th place)
|}

==Media==

===Former===
*[[Raycom Sports]] (1982–2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://raycomsportshistory.com/raycom-sports-an-illustrated-history-from-1979-2015/|title=Raycom Sports: An Illustrated History|website=Raycom Sportshistory.com|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref>
*[[ACC Network (syndication package)]] (1982–2019)
*[[ACC on Regional Sports Networks]] (2011–2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/sports/2017/9/8/acc-on-rsn.aspx|title=ACC on Regional Sports Networks Schedule|website=TheACC.com|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206133921/http://www.theacc.com/sports/2017/9/8/acc-on-rsn.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Current===
*[[ESPN]] 
*[[ACC Network]] (Launched in 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2019/8/19/general-acc-network-launch-week-accn-flips-the-switch-at-7-pm-august-22.aspx#:~:text=Owned%20and%20operated%20by%20ESPN,launching%20on%20August%2022%2C%202019.|title=ACC Network Launches Tonight at 7 p.m.|date=August 19, 2017|website=TheACC.com|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref>
*[[CW Football Saturday]] (Started 2023;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2023/7/13/general-acc-football-and-basketball-coming-to-the-cw-network-this-fall.aspx|title=ACC Football and Basketball Coming to The CW Network This Fall|date=July 13, 2023|website=TheACC.com|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=July 14, 2023}}</ref> signed through spring 2027<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontofficesports.com/acc-inks-media-deal-with-the-cw-network-for-football-basketball/ |title=ACC Inks Media Deal with the CW for Football, Basketball |date=July 13, 2023 }}</ref>)

==See also==
* [[ACC Athlete of the Year]]
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year]]
* [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions]]
* [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions]]
* [[List of NCAA conferences]]
* [[ACC Women's Basketball regular season]]
* [[Atlantic Coast Rugby League]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Walker, J. Samuel, ''ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference.'' Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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