2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 65th season of College Football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was played from August 31, 2017, to January 1, 2018. The Atlantic Coast Conference consisted of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The entire 2017 schedule was released on January 24, 2017. The defending ACC Champions were the Clemson Tigers. The Atlantic Division regular season champions were Clemson, and the Coastal Division regular season champions were Miami. The 2017 ACC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson defeated Miami by a score of 38–3.

Preseason

ACC Media days Preseason Poll The 2017 ACC Preseason Poll was announced following the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 13–14. Florida State and Miami were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. Lamar Jackson of Louisville was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year. It was voted on by 167 media members, all of which were in attendance for the ACC Football Kickoff.

ACC Championship Votes

Florida State – 118 Clemson – 35 Louisville – 7 Virginia Tech – 3 Miami – 3 Duke – 1

Atlantic Division Florida State – 1,108 (121 First place votes) Clemson – 1,007 (37) Louisville – 843 (9) NC State – 658 Wake Forest – 415 Syracuse – 362 Boston College – 283

Coastal Division Miami – 1,065 (103) Virginia Tech – 932 (40) Georgia Tech – 708 (9) Pittsburgh – 673 (7) North Carolina – 606 (4) Duke – 473 (4) Virginia – 219

Preseason ACC Player of the year

Lamar Jackson, LOU – 113 Deondre Francois, FSU – 23 Christian Wilkins, CLEM – 11 Harold Landry, BC – 8 Jaylen Samuels, NCST – 7 Eric Dungey, CUSE–- 2 Shaquille Quarterman MIA, Ahmmon Richards MIA, Daniel Jones, DUKE – 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense Position Player Class School Wide receiver Deon Cain Junior Clemson Ahmmon Richards Sophomore Miami Cam Phillips Senior Virginia Tech Tight end Cam Serigne Senior Wake Forest Tackle Mitch Hyatt Junior Clemson Brian O'Neill Junior Pittsburgh Guard Tyrone Crowder Senior Clemson Wyatt Teller Senior Virginia Tech Center Alec Eberle Junior Florida State Quarterback Lamar Jackson Junior Louisville Running back Mark Walton Junior Miami Dedrick Mills Sophomore Georgia Tech

Defense Position Player Class School Defensive end Harold Landry Senior Boston College Bradley Chubb Senior NC State Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence Sophomore Clemson Christian Wilkins Junior Clemson Linebacker Micah Kiser Senior Virginia Shaquille Quarterman Sophomore Miami Tremaine Edmunds Junior Virginia Tech Cornerback Tarvarus McFadden Junior Florida State Jaire Alexander Junior Louisville Safety Derwin James Sophomore Florida State Quin Blanding Senior Virginia

Specialist Position Player Class School Placekicker Michael Badgley Junior Miami Punter A. J. Cole III Junior NC State Specialist Quadree Henderson Junior Pittsburgh

Source:

Recruiting classes + Rankings Team ESPN Rivals Scout 24/7Signees Boston College 63 66 68 66 21 Clemson 10 22 26 16 14 Duke 34 46 55 48 22 Florida State 4 5 8 6 23 Georgia Tech 43 41 52 47 24 Louisville 29 29 31 33 24 Miami 12 11 13 13 24 North Carolina 28 30 32 30 20 NC State 51 53 61 52 20 Pittsburgh 31 38 43 37 24 Syracuse 49 57 54 54 24 Virginia 48 57 57 54 25 Virginia Tech 25 28 18 25 26 Wake Forest 65 74 73 67 20

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Steve Addazio 5 34-29 21-18 10-22 Clemson Dabo Swinney 10 75-35 75-35 55-15 Duke David Cutcliffe 10 88-85 44-56 25-47 Florida State Jimbo Fisher 7 68-14 68-14 45-11 Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 10 175-78 67-39 42-30 Louisville Bobby Petrino 8 113-43 71-22 19-7 Miami Mark Richt 2 154-55 9-4 5-3 North Carolina Larry Fedora 6 63-41 29-22 26-14 NC State Dave Doeren 5 41-24 18-20 9-23 Pittsburgh Pat Narduzzi 3 16-10 16-10 11-5 Syracuse Dino Babers 2 41-20 4-8 2-6 Virginia Bronco Mendenhall 2 101-53 2-10 1-7 Virginia Tech Justin Fuente 2 36-27 10-4 6-2 Wake Forest Dave Clawson 4 100-94 10-15 5-19

Rankings

+ Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

  Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalBoston College AP C CFP Not released   Clemson AP 5 3 3 (1) 2 (15) 2 (8) 2 (17) 2 (18) 7 7 6 4 4 4 1 (27) 1 (43) 4C 5 (7) 3 (3) 2 (2) 2 (6) 2 (4) 2 (6) 2 (8) 8 7 5 4 3 3 1 (25) 1 (49) 4CFP Not released 4 4 2 3 1 1 Duke AP RV RV C RV RV RV CFP Not released   Florida State AP 3 (4) 10 11 12 RV RV RV C 3 (4) 9 10 11 25 RV CFP Not released   Georgia Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released   Louisville AP 16 17 14 19 17 17 RV RV RV C 17 16 14 20 18 17 RV RV RV CFP Not released   Miami AP 18 16 17 14 14 13 11 8 8 9 7 2 2 7 11 13C 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 7 8 6 6 2 2 7 11 13CFP Not released 10 7 3 2 7 10 North Carolina AP C RV CFP Not released   NC State AP RV RV 24 20 16 14 20 RV 25 RV RV RV 23C RV RV RV RV RV 24 20 17 15 19 24 22 RV RV RV 23CFP Not released 20 23 19 24 24Pittsburgh AP RV RV C RV RV CFP Not released   Syracuse AP C RV RV CFP Not released   Virginia AP RV RV C RV CFP Not released   Virginia Tech AP 21 18 16 13 12 16 15 14 13 13 17 RV 24 22 22 24C 22 18 16 13 12 19 17 14 13 13 17 RV 25 21 22 25CFP Not released 13 17 25 22 22 Wake Forest AP RV RV RV C RV RV RV RVCFP Not released  

Schedule Index to colors and formattingACC member wonACC member lostACC teams in bold

† denotes Homecoming game

Regular season Week 1

Week 2

|-bgcolor="#F2F2F2" | September 9 | 2:30 p.m. | #16 Miami | Arkansas State | Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | | Canceled | |-≈

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The game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes. The game between Florida State and Louisiana-Monroe, originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m., was moved up to 12:00 p.m. in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, and later cancelled due to inclement weather.

Week 3

|-bgcolor="#F2F2F2" | September 16 | | Georgia Tech | UCF | Spectrum Stadium • Orlando, FL | | Canceled | |-≈

The game between Georgia Tech and UCF was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to UCF using their stadium for recovery efforts.

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

The game between Florida State and Miami, originally scheduled to be played on September 16, was moved to October 7 due to the effects of Hurricane Irma.

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Championship game

Week 14 (2017 ACC Championship Game) Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Broadcast Result Attendance ReferenceDecember 2 8:00 p.m. #7 Miami #1 Clemson Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ABC CLEM 38–3 74,372

ACC vs other conferences ACC vs Power 5 matchups This is a list of the power conference teams (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the ACC considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. The ACC plays in the non-conference games. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score September 2 NC State South Carolina Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC Belk Kickoff Game L 28–35 September 2 California North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 30–35 September 2 #1 Alabama #3 Florida State Mercedes Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game L 7–24 September 2 Purdue #16 Louisville Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN W 35–28 September 3 #22 West Virginia #21 Virginia Tech FedEx Field • Landover, MD Virginia Tech–West Virginia football rivalry W 31–24 September 4 #25 Tennessee Georgia Tech Mercedes Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game L 41–42 (2OT) September 9 Indiana Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 17–34 September 9 Pittsburgh #4 Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry L 14–33 September 9 #13 Auburn #3 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC Auburn–Clemson football rivalry W 14–6 September 16 Notre Dame Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA L 20–49 September 16 #9 Oklahoma State Pittsburgh Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 21–59 September 16 Baylor Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 34–20 September 23 Syracuse LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 26–35 October 7 #21 Notre Dame North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 10–30 October 28 # 14 North Carolina State #9 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN L 14–35 November 4 Wake Forest #5 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN L 37–48 November 11 #3 Notre Dame #7 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL Catholics vs. Convicts rivalry W 41–8 November 25 #7 Georgia Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate L 7–38 November 25 Louisville Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY Governor's Cup W 44–17 November 25 #4 Clemson South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC Battle of the Palmetto State W 34–10 November 25 Florida State Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL Florida–Florida State football rivalry W 38–22

Records against other conferences 2017 records against non-conference foes (as of January 2, 2018):

Regular Season

Power 5 ConferencesRecordBig Ten1–2Big 122–1Notre Dame1–4Pac-120–1SEC4–5Power 5 Total8–13Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican3–0C-USA3–1MAC6–0Mountain West2–0Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)0–1Sun Belt2–0Other FBS Total16–2FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision11–0Total Non-Conference Record35–15

Post Season

Power Conferences 5RecordBig Ten0–2Big 120–1Notre Dame0–0Pac-121–0SEC1–2Power 5 Total2–5Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican0–1C–USA1–0MAC1–0Other FBS Total2–1Total Bowl Record4–6

Postseason

Bowl games Legend ACC win ACC loss

Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime (EST)ACC teamOpponentScoreAttendance2017 Quick Lane BowlDecember 26Ford Field • Detroit, MIESPN5:15 p.m. Duke Northern Illinois W 36–14 20,2112017 Independence BowlDecember 27Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LAESPN1:30 p.m.Florida StateSouthern Miss W 42–1333,6012017 Pinstripe BowlDecember 27Yankee Stadium • New York, NYESPN5:15 p.m.Boston CollegeIowa L 20–2737,6672017 Military Bowl December 28 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN 1:30 p.m. Virginia Navy L 7–49 35,921 2017 Camping World Bowl December 28 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 5:15 p.m. #22 Virginia Tech #19 Oklahoma State L 21–30 39,610 2017 Belk Bowl December 29 Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN 1:00 p.m. Wake Forest Texas A&M W 55-52 32,784 2017 Sun Bowl December 29 Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX CBS 3:00 p.m. #24 NC State Arizona State W 52-31 39,897 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl December 30 EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL ESPN 12:00 p.m. Louisville #23 Mississippi L 27–31 41,310New Year's Six Bowls 2017 Orange Bowl December 30 Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN 8:00 p.m. #10 Miami #6 Wisconsin L 24–34 65,326Sugar Bowl (Semifinal)January 1Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LAESPN8:45 p.m. #1 Clemson #4 Alabama L 6–24 72,360

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. ACC teams shown in bold.

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors