The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 72nd season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was the ACC's first season with 17 members, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford. The entire schedule was released on January 24, 2024.
SMU finished as regular season champions with a perfect 8âÂÂ0 conference record. Clemson finished second with a 7âÂÂ1 conference record. Clemson prevailed in the Championship Game 34âÂÂ31. Both Clemson and SMU were selected to the College Football Playoff and eleven other teams qualified for bowl games. The ACC was tied with the SEC for the conference with the most bowl participants as both conferences had thirteen teams qualifying for bowl games. However, the bowl season did not proceed well for the ACC, as they finished a collective 2âÂÂ11 in bowl games. Their .154 winning percentage was the lowest of conferences sending more than one team to bowl games.
The 2024 ACC Kickoff was held from July 22 through 25 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. With the addition of three new schools, the event expanded for the second time in two years adding an additional interview day for a total of four. Coverage of the event was televised by the ACC Network. Preseason media polls were released after the event on July 31.
The schedule for the teams is as follows:
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Syracuse head coach Dino Babers was fired during the 2023 season. On November 28, 2023, Georgia defensive backs coach, Fran Brown, was hired as his replacement.
Texas A&M hired Duke head coach Mike Elko to replace Jimbo Fisher. On December 7, 2023, he was replaced by Manny Diaz, Penn State's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
Boston College's Jeff Hafley was hired as the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator on January 31, 2024. On February 9, 2024, Bill O'Brien was announced as Boston College's new head coach.
The schedule was released on January 24, 2024. The season began on August 29, 2024, but three ACC teams played games in Week 0. The regular season ended with the ACC Championship Game on December 7, 2024.
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The following games include ACC teams competing against "Power Four" conference teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC, as well as Notre Dame. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.
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The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt, as well as the Pac-12.
The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS independents UConn or UMass (but excluding independent Notre Dame, which appears in the Power Four section above).
The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.
Regular season
Post Season
For the 2020âÂÂ2025 bowl cycle, The ACC will have annually ten appearances in the following bowls: Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Military Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Pop-Tarts Bowl, Fenway Bowl, ReliaQuest Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Sun Bowl.
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First team
Second team
Third team
ACC Player of the Year
ACC Rookie of the Year
ACC Coach of the Year
ACC Offensive Player of the Year
ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year
ACC Defensive Player of the Year
ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.
The 2025 NFL draft was held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all ACC players in the draft.