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2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2021 ACC Football season

NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Football
September 2, 2021 to December 31, 2021
14
Ikem Ekwonu – (NC State)
Carolina Panthers, 6th overall
Wake Forest
NC State
Pittsburgh
Miami (FL)
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Erick Hallett (Pittsburgh)

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 69th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It began on September 2, 2021, and ended on December 31, 2021. The ACC consists of 14 members in two divisions.

The 2021 ACC Kickoff was held on July 21 and 22nd at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each team had their head coach and three players available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on ACC Network. On July 26, 2021, the ACC Preseason Media Poll was released, which projected Clemson to win its 7th consecutive ACC title.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	1,028 (146)
2	NC State	804 (1)
3	Boston College	638
4	Florida State	510
5	Wake Forest	472
6	Louisville	462
7	Syracuse	202

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	North Carolina	979 (109)
2	Miami	881 (28)
3	Virginia Tech	582 (3)
4	Pittsburgh	576 (1)
5	Virginia	540 (2)
6	Georgia Tech	340 (4)
7	Duke	218

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Media poll (ACC Championship)
1	Clemson	125
2	North Carolina	16
3	Miami	3
4	Virginia	1
Georgia Tech
NC State

Source:

Ranking	Player	Position	Team	Votes
1	Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina	114
2	D'Eriq King	QB	Miami	11
3	Bryan Bresee	DE	Clemson	8
4	DJ Uiagalelei	QB	6
5	Phil Jurkovec	QB	Boston College	3
6	Zay Flowers	WR	2
Jahmyr Gibbs	AP	Georgia Tech

Source:

Team	ESPN	Rivals	24/7	Signees
Boston College	38	32	37	29
Clemson	4	7	5	19
Duke		60	57	18
Florida State	19	30	23	24
Georgia Tech	34	48	47	23
Louisville	30	29	39	24
Miami	9	10	11	21
North Carolina	7	16	14	19
NC State	31	45	35	20
Pittsburgh	33	21	27	23
Syracuse		51	56	22
Virginia	32	31	32	24
Virginia Tech		43	45	27
Wake Forest		66	65	19

There are no coaching changes for the 2021 season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school
Jeff Hafley	2	12–11	12–11	7–11
Dabo Swinney	13	150–36	150–36	91–19
David Cutcliffe	14	121–126	77–98	35–80
Mike Norvell	2	46–28	8–13	6–10
Geoff Collins	3	24–35	9–25	7–18
Scott Satterfield	3	69–43	18–19	12–13
Manny Diaz	3	21–15	21–15	16–9
Mack Brown	13	265–139–1	90–63–1	55–47–1
Dave Doeren	9	87–53	64–49	34–40
Pat Narduzzi	7	52–37	52–37	36–22
Dino Babers	6	66–59	29–43	15–35
Bronco Mendenhall	6	135–81	36–38	22–27
Justin Fuente	6	69–54	43–31	28–21
Dave Clawson	8	141–127	51–48	26–39

Notes

Records shown after the 2021 season
Years at school includes the 2021 season

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Improvement in ranking
	Drop in ranking
	Not ranked previous week
RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

The regular season will begin on September 2 and will end on November 27. The ACC Championship game is scheduled for December 4, 2021.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 45–0	52,633
September 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 North Carolina	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	VT 17–10	65,632
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Duke	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	CBSSN	L 28–31	14,125
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 42–10	25,673
September 4	Noon	Colgate	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	W 51–0	28,991
September 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 14 Miami	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ABC	L 13–44	71,829
September 4	4:00 p.m.	UMass	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCN	W 51–7	41,486
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	CBSSN	W 29–9	23,904
September 4	7:30 p.m.	No. 5 Georgia	No. 3 Clemson	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Duke's Mayo Classic, rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 3–10	74,187
September 4	7:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	L 21–22	33,651
September 4	7:30 p.m.	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	W 43–0	42,982
September 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 38–41 OT	68,316
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Louisville	Ole Miss	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPN	L 24–43	30,709
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 45–17	18,091
September 11	11:00 a.m.	Illinois	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	W 42–14	36,036
September 11	Noon	No. 22 (FCS) Kennesaw State	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	W 45–17	35,195
September 11	Noon	Norfolk State	Wake Forest	Truist Stadium at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCNX	W 41–16	21,896
September 11	Noon	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	Volunteer Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 41–34	82,203
September 11	2:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	No. 19 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCNX	W 35–14	53,680
September 11	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	L 7–17	31,941
September 11	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (rivalry)	FloSports	W 45–28	12,118
September 11	5:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	W 49–3	78,609
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	No. 22 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 25–23	45,877
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCNX	W 30–3	39,673
September 11	7:00 p.m.	NC State	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 10–24	45,834
September 11	7:30 p.m.	Georgia State	No. 24 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	W 59–17	50,500
September 11	8:00 p.m.	No. 16 (FCS) Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	L 17–20	60,198
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	7:30 p.m.	UCF	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 42–35	39,022
September 18	Noon	Albany	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 62–24	30,156
September 18	Noon	Boston College	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W 28–3	25,290
September 18	Noon	Michigan State	No. 24 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ABC	L 17–38	46,427
September 18	Noon	No. 15 Virginia Tech	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	FS1	L 21–27	60,022
September 18	Noon	Western Michigan	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 41–44	40,581
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	WAKE 35–14	29,564
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	CLEM 14–8	81,500
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 30–23	12,323
September 18	7:30 p.m.	Furman	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCRSN	W 45–7	56,919
September 18	7:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 21 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	UNC 59–39	50,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	WAKE 37–17	38,699
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Liberty	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 24–21	29,942
September 25	Noon	Missouri	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	W 41–34 OT	44,500
September 25	Noon	No. 24 (FCS) Richmond	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	W 21–10	53,174
September 25	Noon	No. 21 (FCS) New Hampshire	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 77–7	41,048
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	W 69–0	44,019
September 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 Clemson	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	NCSU 27–21 2OT	56,919
September 25	3:30 p.m.	Louisville	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	LOU 31–23	50,964
September 25	4:00 p.m.	Kansas	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 52–33	19,128
September 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 20 North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	GT 45–22	37,450
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30	7:30 p.m.	Virginia	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	UVA 30–28	37,269
October 2	Noon	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	UNC 38–7	45,812
October 2	Noon	Pittsburgh	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	PITT 52–21	36,383
October 2	12:30 p.m.	Louisville	No. 24 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCRSN	WAKE 37–34	29,077
October 2	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	FSU 33–30	56,609
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 23 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 34–27	51,064
October 2	7:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 25 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)	ACCN	CLEM 19–13	79,159
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 2	Virginia Tech

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCRSN	GT 31–27	11,849
October 9	3:00 p.m.	Virginia	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	UVA 34–33	40,320
October 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 Wake Forest	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	WAKE 40–37 OT	38,554
October 9	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	FSU 35–25	44,805
October 9	7:30 p.m.	No. 14 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 29–32	65,632
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 9	Boston College	Clemson	Miami	No. 23 NC State	Pittsburgh

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:00 p.m.	Clemson	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN	CLEM 17–14	36,670
October 16	12:30 p.m.	Duke	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	UVA 48–0	38,489
October 16	3:30 p.m.	Miami	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	UNC 45–42	50,500
October 16	3:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	PITT 28–7	58,314
October 16	7:30 p.m.	No. 22 NC State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	NCSU 33–7	40,349
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 16	Florida State	Georgia Tech	Louisville	No. 16 Wake Forest

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	Noon	No. 16 Wake Forest	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 70–56	38,019
October 23	Noon	UMass	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	W 59–3	51,915
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Syracuse	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCRSN	SYR 41–36	57,941
October 23	3:30 p.m.	Clemson	No. 23 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	PITT 27–17	60,594
October 23	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	LOU 28–14	38,202
October 23	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	UVA 48–40	45,837
October 23	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 NC State	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	MIA 31–30	43,293
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 23	Duke	North Carolina

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 30	Noon	Miami	No. 17 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCN	MIA 38–34	46,977
October 30	Noon	Virginia Tech	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ACCRSN	VT 26–17	35,543
October 30	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	CLEM 30–20	79,097
October 30	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCRSN	SYR 21–6	32,022
October 30	4:00 p.m.	Duke	No. 13 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	WAKE 45–7	31,613
October 30	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	NCSU 28–13	53,123
October 30	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 11 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 34–44	71,018
October 30	10:15 p.m.	Virginia	No. 25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 49–66	57,685
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	BC 17–3	35,637
November 6	Noon	No. 25 Pittsburgh	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	PITT 54–29	20,693
November 6	Noon	No. 9 Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ABC	UNC 58–55	50,500
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	MIA 33–30	48,161
November 6	4:00 p.m.	No. 19 NC State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	NCSU 28–14	50,835
November 6	7:30 p.m.	Clemson	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	CLEM 30–24	51,729
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 6	Syracuse	Virginia

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 11	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 21 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	PITT 30–23 OT	41,687
November 13	Noon	UConn	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	W 44–7	77,522
November 13	Noon	Syracuse	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	LOU 41–3	43,797
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	BC 41–30	31,511
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Duke	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	VT 48–17	56,730
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Miami	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	FSU 31–28	71,917
November 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 NC State	No. 12 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	WAKE 45–42	34,503
November 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 3–28	48,584
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 18	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	LOU 62–22	8,493
November 20	Noon	Wofford	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	W 34–14	43,011
November 20	Noon	Florida State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	FSU 26–23	33,363
November 20	Noon	No. 10 Wake Forest	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN	CLEM 48–27	81,048
November 20	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 0–55	70,011
November 20	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 18 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	PITT 48–38	45,183
November 20	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 20 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	NCSU 41–17	54,083
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ACCN	MIA 38–26	40,839
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 20 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ESPN	NCSU 34–30	56,919
November 27	Noon	No. 1 Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 0–45	52,806
November 27	Noon	No. 18 Wake Forest	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	WAKE 41–10	25,854
November 27	Noon	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–24	88,491
November 27	12:30 p.m.	Miami	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCRSN	MIA 47–10	17,391
November 27	3:45 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ACCN	VT 29–24	46,445
November 27	7:30 p.m.	Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPN2	L 21–52	55,018
November 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Pittsburgh	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCN	PITT 31–14	27,939
November 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Clemson	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	SECN	W 30–0	79,897
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 4	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Pittsburgh	No. 16 Wake Forest	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ABC	PITT 45–21	57,856
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

The following games include ACC teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, BYU/Notre Dame, Pac-12 and SEC). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 4	SEC	No. 14 Miami	No. 1 Alabama	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	L 13–44
September 4	SEC	No. 3 Clemson	No. 5 Georgia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Duke's Mayo Classic/rivalry)	L 3–10
September 5	Independent	No. 9 Notre Dame	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 38–41 (OT)
September 6	SEC	Ole Miss	Louisville	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	L 24–43
September 11	SEC	NC State	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 10–24
September 11	SEC	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	W 41–34
September 11	Big Ten	Rutgers	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	L 7–17
September 11	Big Ten	Illinois	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 42–14
September 18	Big Ten	Northwestern	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 30–23
September 18	Big Ten	Michigan State	No. 24 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	L 17–38
September 18	Big 12	No. 15 Virginia Tech	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 21–27
September 25	SEC	Missouri	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 41–34
September 25	Big 12	Kansas	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 52–33
October 9	Independent	No. 14 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 29–32
October 30	Independent	Virginia	No. 25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	L 49–66
October 30	Independent	North Carolina	No. 11 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 34–44
November 13	Independent	No. 7 Notre Dame	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 3–28
November 20	Independent	Georgia Tech	No. 6 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 0–55
November 27	SEC	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	L 21–24
November 27	SEC	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–45
November 27	SEC	Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	L 21–52
November 27	SEC	Clemson	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 30–0

The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 2	American	South Florida	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 45–0
September 3	C-USA	Duke	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	L 28–31
September 3	C-USA	Old Dominion	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	W 42–10
September 4	MAC	Northern Illinois	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 21–22
September 4	MAC	Syracuse	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	W 22–9
September 11	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	No. 22 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	W 25–23
September 11	Sun Belt	Georgia State	No. 24 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 59–17
September 11	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	No. 19 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 35–17
September 17	American	UCF	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 42–35
September 18	American	Boston College	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 28–3
September 18	MAC	Western Michigan	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 41–44
October 2	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	No. 23 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 34–27

The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 4	UMass	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 51–7
September 11	Boston College	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 45–28
September 24	Liberty	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 24–21
October 23	Wake Forest	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 70–56
October 23	UMass	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 59–3
November 13	UConn	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 44–7

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 4	Colgate	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 52–10
September 4	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 43–0
September 10	North Carolina A&T	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 45–17
September 11	South Carolina State	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 49–3
September 11	Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 17–20
September 11	Kennesaw State	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	W 45–17
September 11	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 30–3
September 11	Norfolk State	Wake Forest	Truist Stadium at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	W 41–16
September 18	Furman	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 45–7
September 18	Albany	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 62–24
September 25	Central Connecticut	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	W 69–0
September 25	New Hampshire	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 77–7
September 25	Richmond	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–10
November 20	Wofford	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–14

Legend
	ACC win
	ACC loss
	Cancellation

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The ACC will have annually ten appearances in the following bowls: Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Military Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Cheez-It Bowl, Fenway Bowl, Outback Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Sun Bowl. The ACC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The ACC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	ACC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Military Bowl	December 27	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	2:30 p.m.	Boston College[1]	East Carolina	Cancelled
First Responder Bowl	December 28	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	3:15 p.m.	Louisville	Air Force	L 28–31	15,251
Holiday Bowl	December 28	Petco Park • San Diego, CA	Fox	8:00 p.m.	No. 18 NC State	UCLA	Cancelled
Fenway Bowl	December 29	Fenway Park • Boston, MA	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	Virginia[2]	SMU	Cancelled
Pinstripe Bowl	December 29	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY	ESPN	2:15 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Maryland	L 10–54	29,653
Cheez-It Bowl	December 29	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	5:45 p.m.	No. 19 Clemson	Iowa State	W 20–13	39,051
Duke's Mayo Bowl	December 30	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	North Carolina	South Carolina	L 21–38	45,520
Gator Bowl	December 31	TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	No. 17 Wake Forest	Rutgers[3]	W 38–10	28,508
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	12:30 p.m.	Miami[4]	Washington State
New Year's Six Bowls
Peach Bowl	December 30	Mercedes Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Pittsburgh	No. 10 Michigan State	L 21–31	41,230

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

^note 1 The Gator Bowl opponent for Wake Forest was originally scheduled to be Texas A&M. Due to COVID-19 issues with Texas A&M, they were replaced with Rutgers.

^note 2 The Sun Bowl originally scheduled Miami to face Washington, but Miami had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.

^note 3 The Military Bowl originally scheduled Boston College to face East Carolina, but Boston College had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.

^note 4 The Fenway Bowl originally scheduled Virginia to face SMU, but Virginia had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.

Source:

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.

Column 1	Column 2
2021 Consensus All-Americans
Ikem Ekwonu – NC State	Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
2021 AP All-Americans
Ikem Ekwonu – NC StateZion Johnson – Boston CollegeJordan Addison – Pittsburgh	Kenny Pickett – PittsburghSean Tucker – SyracuseAlec Lindstrom – Boston CollegeJahmyr Gibbs – Georgia TechJermaine Johnson II – Florida State	Calijah Kancey – Pittsburgh

Column 1	Column 2
2021 AFCA All-Americans
Ikem Ekwonu – NC StateKenny Pickett – PittsburghCal Adomitis – Pittsburgh	Jordan Addison – PittsburghZion Johnson – Boston CollegeSean Tucker – SyracuseJermaine Johnson II – Florida State

Column 1	Column 2
2021 FWAA All-Americans
Sean Tucker – SyracuseJordan Addison – PittsburghIkem Ekwonu – NC State	Kenny Pickett – PittsburghZach Tom – Wake ForestOlusegun Oluwatimi – VirginiaJermaine Johnson II – Florida State

Column 1	Column 2
2021 Sporting News All-Americans
Jordan Addison – PittsburghIkem Ekwonu – NC State	Kenny Pickett – PittsburghAlec Lindstrom – Boston College

Column 1	Column 2
2021 Walter Camp All-Americans
Jordan Addison – PittsburghIkem Ekwonu – NC StateZion Johnson – Boston CollegeKenny Pickett – PittsburghJermaine Johnson II – Florida State	Sean Tucker – Syracuse

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award: Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh

Bold – Exceeded capacity

†Season High

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
–	–	1	–	3	–	–	4
1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
1	–	–	1	–	–	–	2
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
–	–	–	–	1	3	–	4
–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2
Total	4	1	2	2	4	4	4	21

Player	Position	School	DraftRound	RoundPick	OverallPick	Team
Ikem Ekwonu	OT	NC State	1	6	6	Carolina Panthers
Zion Johnson	OG	Boston College	1	17	17	Los Angeles Chargers
Kenny Pickett	QB	Pittsburgh	1	20	20	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jermaine Johnson II	DE	Florida State	1	26	26	New York Jets
Andrew Booth Jr.	CB	Clemson	2	10	42	Minnesota Vikings
Joshua Ezeudu	OG	North Carolina	3	3	67	New York Giants
Jelani Woods	TE	Virginia	3	9	73	Indianapolis Colts
Damarri Mathis	CB	Pittsburgh	4	10	115	Denver Broncos
Zach Tom	OG	Wake Forest	4	35	140	Green Bay Packers
Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina	5	1	144	Washington Commanders
Ty Chandler	RB	North Carolina	5	26	169	Minnesota Vikings
Marcus McKethan	OG	North Carolina	5	30	173	New York Giants
James Mitchell	TE	Virginia Tech	5	34	177	Detroit Lions
Amaré Barno	LB	Virginia Tech	6	10	189	Carolina Panthers
Luke Tenuta	OT	Virginia Tech	6	30	209	Buffalo Bills
Ja'Sir Taylor	CB	Wake Forest	6	35	214	Los Angeles Chargers
Lecitus Smith	OG	Virginia Tech	6	36	215	Arizona Cardinals
Tariq Carpenter	LB	Georgia Tech	7	7	228	Green Bay Packers
Baylon Spector	LB	Clemson	7	10	231	Buffalo Bills
Jonathan Ford	DT	Miami (FL)	7	13	234	Green Bay Packers
Trenton Gill	P	NC State	7	34	255	Chicago Bears

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