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The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 64th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), played from September 2016 to January 2017. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 14 members in two divisions. The Atlantic Division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. The Coastal Division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The two division champions met on December 3 in the 2016 ACC Championship Game. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, but on September 14 the conference announced that the game would be moved to a neutral venue outside of North Carolina due to the controversy surrounding the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (commonly known as House Bill 2, or HB2).[1]
2016 ACC football season | |
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League | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
Sport | Football |
Duration | September 2016 to January 2017 |
Number of teams | 14 |
2017 NFL Draft | |
Top draft pick | Mitchell Trubisky (North Carolina) |
Picked by | Chicago Bears, 2nd overall |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Lamar Jackson (Louisville) |
Top scorer | Lamar Jackson (126 points) |
Atlantic champions | Clemson |
Atlantic runners-up | Louisville |
Coastal champions | Virginia Tech |
Coastal runners-up | North Carolina |
ACC Championship Game | |
Champions | Clemson |
Runners-up | Virginia Tech |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Clemson xy$# | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Louisville x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Florida State | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Miami (FL) | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 ACC Preseason Poll was announced following the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 21–22.[2] North Carolina and Clemson were each selected to repeat in their respective divisions. Deshaun Watson of Clemson was once again voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.[3] It was voted on by 191 media members, all of which were in attendance for the ACC Football Kickoff.
Position | Player | School |
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Wide receiver | Artavis Scott | Clemson |
Isaiah Ford | Virginia Tech | |
Travis Rudolph | Florida State | |
Tight end | Jordan Leggett | Clemson |
Tackle | Roderick Johnson | Florida State |
Mitch Hyatt | Clemson | |
Guard | Dorian Johnson | Pittsburgh |
Tyrone Crowder | Clemson | |
Center | Jay Guillermo | Clemson |
Quarterback | Deshaun Watson | Clemson |
Running back | Dalvin Cook | Florida State |
Elijah Hood | North Carolina | |
Position | Player | School |
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Defensive end | DeMarcus Walker | Florida State |
Ejuan Price | Pittsburgh | |
Defensive tackle | Carlos Watkins | Clemson |
DeAngelo Brown | Louisville | |
Linebacker | Ben Boulware | Clemson |
Keith Kelsey | Louisville | |
Devonte Fields | Louisville | |
Cornerback | Cordrea Tankersley | Clemson |
Des Lawrence | North Carolina | |
Safety | Derwin James | Florida State |
Quin Blanding | Virginia | |
Position | Player | School |
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Placekicker | Greg Huegel | Clemson |
Punter | Justin Vogel | Miami |
Specialist | Ryan Switzer | North Carolina |
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
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Boston College | Steve Addazio | 4 | 27–23 | 14–12 | 8–16 |
Clemson | Dabo Swinney | 9 | 61–26 | 61–26 | 48–14 |
Duke | David Cutcliffe | 9 | 84–77 | 40–48 | 24–40 |
Florida State | Jimbo Fisher | 6 | 58–11 | 58–11 | 40–8 |
Georgia Tech | Paul Johnson | 9 | 166–74 | 58–35 | 38–26 |
Louisville | Bobby Petrino | 7 | 104–39 | 62–18 | 12–6 |
Miami | Mark Richt | 1 | 145–51 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
North Carolina | Larry Fedora | 5 | 55–36 | 21–17 | 21–11 |
NC State | Dave Doeren | 4 | 34–18 | 11–14 | 6–18 |
Pittsburgh | Pat Narduzzi | 2 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–2 |
Syracuse | Dino Babers | 1 | 37–16 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Virginia | Bronco Mendenhall | 1 | 99–43 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Virginia Tech | Justin Fuente | 1 | 26–23 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Wake Forest | Dave Clawson | 3 | 93–88 | 3–9 | 2–14 |
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | ||
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Boston College | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Clemson | AP | 2 (16) | 2 (2) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 (1) | 3 (2) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 (60) |
C | 2 (7) | 2 (2) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 2 (2) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
CFP | Not released | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Duke | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Florida State | AP | 4 (5) | 3 (4) | 2 (4) | 13 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
C | 4 (1) | 3 | 2 (1) | 14 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
CFP | Not released | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||
Georgia Tech | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Louisville | AP | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 21 |
C | 23 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 20 | |
CFP | Not released | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
Miami | AP | RV | 25 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | RV | 20 | |||||||
C | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 17 | RV | RV | 23 | |||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | AP | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 17 | RV | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | RV | ||||
C | 20 | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 16 | RV | 21 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 25 | RV | |||
CFP | Not released | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
NC State | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | RV | ||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||
CFP | Not released | 25 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
Syracuse | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Virginia | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 17 | RV | 25 | 23 | 18 | RV | RV | 19 | 18 | 16 | |||
C | RV | RV | 19 | RV | 25 | 17 | 22 | RV | RV | 18 | 19 | 16 | |||||
CFP | Not released | 19 | 14 | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Wake Forest | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released |
Legend | |
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ACC win | |
ACC loss |
* Rankings based on CFP rankings
First Team
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Second Team
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Third Team
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ACC Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Coach of the Year
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Offensive Player of the Year Offensive Rookie of the Year
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Defensive Player of the Year
Defensive Rookie of the Year
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Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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Boston College | Alumni Stadium | 44,500[12] | 22,728 | 24,203 | 44,500† | 34,647 | 30,644 | 36,220 | – | 192,942 | 32,157 | 72.27% |
Clemson | Memorial Stadium | 81,500[13] | 78,532 | 79,590 | 83,362† | 81,200 | 80,609 | 81,048 | 81,542 | 565,883 | 80,840 | 99.19% |
Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium | 40,000[14] | 35,049 | 21,077 | 25,201 | 20,613 | 38,217 | 39,212† | – | 179,369 | 29,894 | 74.74% |
Florida State | Doak Campbell Stadium | 79,560[15] | 75,831 | 77,584 | 77,102 | 78,025 | 73,917 | 78,342† | – | 460,801 | 76,800 | 96.53% |
Georgia Tech | Bobby Dodd Stadium | 55,000[16] | 49,992 | 41,916 | 53,932† | 53,047 | 47,609 | 43,886 | 42,136 | 332,518 | 47,502 | 86.37% |
Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium | 55,000[17] | 53,127 | 55,632† | 55,121 | 55,218 | 51,218 | 54,075 | – | 324,391 | 54,065 | 98.30% |
Miami | Hard Rock Stadium | 65,326[18] | 60,703 | 57,123 | 65,685† | 58,731 | 51,796 | 57,396 | – | 351,434 | 58,572 | 89.66% |
North Carolina | Kenan Memorial Stadium | 63,000[19] | 56,000 | 54,500 | 33,000 | 58,000 | 41,000 | 59,000† | – | 301,500 | 50,250 | 79.76% |
NC State | Carter–Finley Stadium | 57,583[20] | 57,774 | 57,810 | 58,200† | 58,200† | 56,443 | 57,789 | 56,263 | 402,479 | 57,497 | 99.85% |
Pittsburgh | Heinz Field | 68,400[21] | 50,149 | 69,983† | 45,246 | 47,425 | 40,254 | 35,425 | 34,049 | 322,531 | 46,075 | 67.36% |
Syracuse | Carrier Dome | 49,262[22] | 31,336 | 32,184 | 32,288 | 33,838 | 34,842† | 32,340 | – | 196,828 | 32,804 | 66.59% |
Virginia | Scott Stadium | 61,500[23] | 49,270† | 35,211 | 39,522 | 40,882 | 34,824 | 39,867 | – | 239,576 | 39,929 | 64.92% |
Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium | 66,233[24] | 62,234 | 60,054 | 63,712 | 63,507 | 65,632† | 63,120 | – | 378,259 | 63,043 | 95.18% |
Wake Forest | BB&T Field | 31,500[25] | 24,398 | 25,972 | 25,162 | 27,938 | 25,334 | 31,152† | 24,866 | 184,822 | 26,403 | 83.82% |
Bold – Exceeded capacity
†Season High
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