List of Atlantic Coast Conference national championships

The list of ACC national champions begins in the Atlantic Coast Conference's first full academic year of competition in 1953 and, through the 2023-2024 academic year, totals 144 NCAA team national championships and 8 FBS national championships in football. ACC members won a total of six national championships in the 2023-24 school year—in women's cross country (NC State), field hockey (North Carolina), men's soccer (Clemson), women's soccer (Florida State), women's swimming and diving (Virginia), and men's lacrosse (Notre Dame).

Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football, which is not an official NCAA-sanctioned championship. Up to 1982, teams representing member schools also claimed five Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships.

Totals by school

The following table ranks ACC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won as an ACC member. This does not include Division I-A/FBS football championships, or Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships. This list also does not include national championships won by new ACC members Stanford, Cal or SMU.

Fall sports

Men's cross country (1)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA team title in 1951.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA team title in 1957.

Women's cross country (8)

Field hockey (23)

Football (8)

The NCAA does not name an official champion for Division I-A/FBS football. The following table lists national titles that are reported by the NCAA's web page.

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2024, SMU was named national champion in 1935 (Berryman (QPRS), Dickinson System, Houlgate System, Sagarin Ratings), 1981 (National Championship Foundation), and 1982 (Helms Athletic Foundation).
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won a national championship in 1959.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Pittsburgh claims national championships in 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1976. Other sources credit the Panthers with up to 8 additional national championships. See Pitt football national championships for more details.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2005, Boston College claims a national championship in 1940.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami was named national champion in 1983 (AP & UPI), 1987 (AP & UPI), 1989 (AP & Coaches), 1991 (AP), and 2001 (AP, Coaches, BCS).
• Prior to joining the ACC in 1978, Georgia Tech was named national champion in 1917, 1928, and 1952 by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
• Notre Dame, which joined the ACC in non-football sports in 2013 but remains an FBS independent, officially claims 11 national titles. Many sources, however, credit the Fighting Irish with 13 titles. See Notre Dame Fighting Irish football national championships for more details.

Men's soccer (20)

Women's soccer (26)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won three national titles (1995, 2004, 2010).

Winter sports

Men's basketball (15)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA title (2003).
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2014, Louisville won two NCAA titles (1980, 1986). A third title in 2013 was vacated due to NCAA sanctions stemming from a major sex scandal.
• Prior to 1939 the NCAA did not sanction a post-season tournament to determine a national champion. Some schools claim basketball national championships based on polls from this era. Four current ACC schools claim pre-1939 national titles:
• North Carolina (1924)
• Notre Dame (1927, 1936)
• Pittsburgh (1928, 1930)
• Syracuse (1918, 1926)

Women's basketball (3)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA title (2001).

Men's ice hockey (3)

• The ACC does not sanction men's ice hockey. Boston College competes as a member of Hockey East. The Eagles also won national championships in 1949 and 2001 prior to their joining the ACC in 2005.

Women's indoor track and field (1)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won one NCAA team title in 1985.

Women's swimming and diving (4)

Fencing (5)

• The ACC reinstated fencing as a sponsored sport in the 2014–15 school year.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won a total of eight national team titles: three men's (1977, 1978, 1986), one women's (1987), and four combined titles (1994, 2003, 2005, 2011).

Men's Gymnastics

The ACC does not currently sponsor men's gymnastics as a conference sport. However, current ACC schools have won national championships.

• Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won national championships in men's gymnastics in 1951 and 1952.

Spring sports

Baseball (2)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami won national championships in baseball in 1982, 1985, 1999, and 2001.

Men's golf (4)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won an NCAA national championship in men's golf in 1944.

Women's golf (8)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami won the DGWS championship in 1970, AIAW championships in 1972, 1977, and 1978, and an NCAA national championship in 1984.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won the AIAW championship in 1981.

Men's lacrosse (24)

• Note: the NCAA began sanctioning men's lacrosse in 1971. Prior championships were awarded by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.
• Prior to becoming a charter member of the ACC in 1953, Maryland won non-NCAA national championships in 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, and 1940.
• Prior to becoming a charter member of the ACC in 1953, Virginia won a non-NCAA national championship in 1952.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won four non-NCAA national championships (1920, 1922, 1924, 1925) and 10 NCAA national championships (1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009). Another championship in 1990 was vacated due to NCAA violations.

Women's lacrosse (17)

Men's outdoor track and field (2)

• Florida State's 2007 national championship was vacated by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.

Women's outdoor track and field

• Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won one NCAA team title in 1984.

Women's rowing (2)

Softball (1)

Women's tennis (3)

Men's tennis (7)

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA team title (1959, shared with Tulane).

Discontinued Sports

Boxing

Source:

• Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA team title in 1936.
• Prior to joining the ACC in 1953, Virginia won one NCAA team title in 1938.

See also

• List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships

References