The Atlantic Coast Conference awards championships in 26 sports—12 men's, 14 women's (women's gymnastics was added for the 2023-24 school year with the addition of Clemson), and one coeducational (fencing, which was relaunched as an official conference sport in 2014–15 after having been absent since 1980). In all sports except football and volleyball, champions are determined by a post-season tournament or meet. In football, the teams with the best conference records play in the ACC Championship Game for the conference title. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.
The ACC Baseball champion was determined by regular season finish from 1954 until 1972 and in 1979. The ACC Tournament has determined the champion since 1973.[2] All schools but Syracuse field a baseball team. Syracuse last sponsored baseball in the 1972 season, more than 40 years before joining the ACC in 2013.
All 15 full members sponsor women's basketball. The ACC began sponsoring women's basketball in the 1977–78 season.[4]
Year
Regular Season champion
Tournament champion
1977–78
NC State
Maryland†
1978–79
Maryland†
1979–80
NC State
1980–81
Clemson
Maryland†
1981–82
Maryland†
1982–83
NC State
Maryland†
1983–84
Virginia
North Carolina
1984–85
NC State
1985–86
Virginia
Maryland†
1986–87
Virginia
NC State
1987–88
Virginia
Maryland†
Maryland†
1988–89
Maryland†
1989–90
NC State
Virginia
1990–91
Virginia
NC State
1991–92
Virginia
1992–93
Virginia
1993–94
Virginia
North Carolina
1994–95
Virginia
North Carolina
1995–96
Virginia
Clemson
1996–97
North Carolina
1997–98
Duke
North Carolina
1998–99
Duke
Clemson
1999–00
Virginia
Duke
2000–01
Duke
2001–02
Duke
2002–03
Duke
2003–04
Duke
2004–05
North Carolina
North Carolina
Duke
2005–06
North Carolina
2006–07
Duke
North Carolina
2007–08
North Carolina
2008–09
Maryland†
Maryland†
Florida State
2009–10
Duke
Duke
Florida State
2010–11
Duke
Duke
Miami
2011–12
Duke
Maryland†
2012–13
Duke
2013–14
Notre Dame
2014–15
Notre Dame
2015–16
Notre Dame
2016–17
Notre Dame
2017–18
Louisville
Louisville
Notre Dame
2018–19
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Louisville
2019–20
Louisville
NC State
2020–21
Louisville
NC State
2021–22
NC State
2022–23
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
2023–24
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
School
Last conference title
Regular season
Tournament
Total
Boston College
never
0
0
0
Clemson
1998-99
1
2
3
Duke
2012-13
12
8
20
Florida State
2009-10
2
0
2
Georgia Tech
never
0
0
0
Louisville
2020-21
4
1
5
Maryland
2011-12
5
10
15
Miami
2010-11
1
0
1
North Carolina
2007-08
4
9
13
NC State
2021-22
6
7
13
Notre Dame
2023-24
7
6
13
Pittsburgh
never
0
0
0
Syracuse
never
0
0
0
Virginia
1999-00
11
3
14
Virginia Tech
2022-23
1
1
1
Wake Forest
never
0
0
0
Cross countryedit
Men'sedit
The 1953 and 1955 champions were determined based on regular season standings; all others have been determined at a post-season meet. All schools sponsor men's cross country.[5][6][7]
^ abFlorida State's 2007 season was vacated by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.
Fencingedit
Four schools—Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, and Notre Dame—relaunched ACC fencing in the 2014–15 school year after the sport had been absent from the conference since 1980. Fencing was a men's sport during the first era of ACC fencing from 1971 to 1980. Today, ACC fencing is a coeducational sport, with teams fielding separate men's and women's squads and all bouts involving a single sex. Although the NCAA Fencing Championships award only a single team title, the ACC Fencing Championships award separate men's and women's team titles.[9]
^ abClemson and Virginia sponsored fencing in the 1971–80 period, but no longer do so.
Field hockeyedit
Seven schools—Boston College, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, and Wake Forest—sponsor women's field hockey.[10][11]
Year
Champion
1983
North Carolina
1984
North Carolina
1985
North Carolina
1986
North Carolina
1987
North Carolina
1988
North Carolina
1989
North Carolina
1990
North Carolina
1991
North Carolina
1992
Maryland†
1993
North Carolina
1994
North Carolina
1995
North Carolina
1996
North Carolina
1997
North Carolina
1998
Maryland†
1999
Maryland†
2000
Maryland†
2001
Maryland†
2002
Wake Forest
2003
Wake Forest
2004
North Carolina
2005
Maryland†
2006
Wake Forest
2007
North Carolina
2008
Maryland†
2009
Maryland†
2010
Maryland†
2011
North Carolina
2012
North Carolina
2013
Maryland†
2014
Wake Forest
2015
North Carolina
2016
Virginia
2017
North Carolina
2018
North Carolina
2019
North Carolina
2020
North Carolina
2021
North Carolina
2022
North Carolina
2023
North Carolina
School
Last conference title
Number of ACC titles
Boston College
never
0
Duke
never
0
Louisville
never
0
Maryland
2013
10
North Carolina
2023
26
Syracuse
never
0
Virginia
2016
1
Wake Forest
2014
4
Footballedit
The ACC football champion was determined based on regular season finish from 1953 until 2004. In 2005, the conference split into two divisions, and the division winners meet in the ACC Championship Game.[12] Notre Dame is not an ACC member in football. They remain independent but have a yearly 5-game scheduling agreement with the ACC.
All schools except Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse sponsor women's golf.[15] The most recent additions to ACC women's golf were Clemson, which added the sport in 2013–14 (2014 season),[16] and Virginia Tech, which added it in 2015–16 (2016 season).[17]
The ACC sponsored women's gymnastics for one season, 1984. Duke discontinued their program following the season, and the conference stopped sponsoring the sport until renewing the competition in the 2024 season.[18] The conference initially planned to resume sponsoring gymnastics once Pittsburgh joined in 2013–14,[19] but backed away from those plans once Maryland announced its 2014 departure for the Big Ten.
Year
Champion
1984
NC State
School
Last conference title
Number of ACC titles
Clemson
never
0
Duke
never
0
Maryland
never
0
North Carolina
never
0
NC State
1984
1
Pittsburgh
never
0
Lacrosseedit
Men'sedit
Champions were determined through regular-season standings until 1988, after which time an ACC Lacrosse Championship tournament was held to determine the conference champion (with exceptions being in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, which again used conference standings). Five schools—Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Virginia—sponsor men's lacrosse[20] with the most recent additions being Notre Dame and Syracuse, both added in the 2014 season (2013-14 school year). Former ACC school Maryland moved to the Big Ten Conference in 2015. North Carolina State sponsored men's lacrosse from 1973 to 1982.
Eight schools—Boston College, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia, and Virginia Tech—sponsor women's lacrosse. Maryland left the ACC in 2015 to join the Big Ten Conference.[21]
All schools except Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami sponsor men's soccer.[27]
Year
Champion
1953
Maryland†
1954
Maryland†
1955
Maryland†
1956
Maryland†
1957
Maryland†
1958
Maryland†
1959
Maryland†
1960
Maryland†
1961
Maryland†
1962
Maryland†
1963
Maryland†
1964
Maryland†
1965
Maryland†
1966
Maryland†
North Carolina
1967
Maryland†
1968
Maryland†
1969
Virginia
1970
Virginia
1971
Maryland†
1972
Clemson
1973
Clemson
1974
Clemson
1975
Clemson
1976
Clemson
1977
Clemson
1978
Clemson
1979
Clemson
1980
Duke
1981
Clemson
1982
Clemson
1983
Virginia
1984
Virginia
1985
Clemson
1986
Virginia
1987
North Carolina
1988
Virginia
1989
Wake Forest
1990
NC State
1991
Virginia
1992
Virginia
1993
Virginia
1994
Virginia
1995
Virginia
1996
Maryland†
1997
Virginia
1998
Clemson
1999
Duke
2000
North Carolina
2001
Clemson
2002
Maryland†
2003
Virginia
2004
Virginia
2005
Duke
2006
Duke
2007
Boston College
2008
Maryland†
2009
Virginia
2010
Maryland†
2011
North Carolina
2012
Maryland†
2013
Maryland†
2014
Clemson
2015
Syracuse
2016
Wake Forest
2017
Wake Forest
2018
Louisville
2019
Virginia
2020
Clemson
2021
Notre Dame
2022
Syracuse
2023
Clemson
School
Last conference title
Number of ACC titles
Boston College
2007
1
Clemson
2023
16
Duke
2006
4
Louisville
2018
1
Maryland
2013
23
North Carolina
2011
4
NC State
1990
1
Notre Dame
2021
1
Pittsburgh
never
0
South Carolina
never
0
Syracuse
2022
2
Virginia
2019
16
Virginia Tech
never
0
Wake Forest
2017
3
Women'sedit
All schools except Georgia Tech currently sponsor women's soccer.[28]
Year
Champion
1987
North Carolina
1988
NC State
1989
North Carolina
1990
North Carolina
1991
North Carolina
1992
North Carolina
1993
North Carolina
1994
Duke
1995
North Carolina
1996
North Carolina
1997
North Carolina
1998
North Carolina
1999
North Carolina
2000
Clemson
2001
North Carolina
2002
North Carolina
2003
North Carolina
2004
North Carolina
2005
North Carolina
2006
North Carolina
2007
North Carolina
2008
North Carolina
2009
Florida State
2010
North Carolina
2011
Duke
2012
Florida State
2013
Virginia
2014
Florida State
2015
Virginia
2016
Notre Dame
Clemson
2017
Duke
2018
North Carolina
2019
North Carolina
2020
Florida State
2021
Virginia
2022
Florida State
2023
Florida State
School
Last conference title
Number of ACC titles
Boston College
never
0
Clemson
2016
2
Duke
2017
3
Florida State
2023
6
Louisville
never
0
Maryland
never
0
Miami
never
0
North Carolina
2019
22
NC State
1988
1
Notre Dame
2016
1
Pittsburgh
never
0
Syracuse
never
0
Virginia
2021
3
Virginia Tech
never
0
Wake Forest
never
0
Softballedit
All schools except Miami and Wake sponsor softball.[29] Duke added softball beginning in the 2018 season (2017–18 school year), and Clemson has announced it will add the sport in the 2020 season.
From 1954 until 1961, the champion was determined by regular season competition. From 1962 to 1964, the champion was determined by a combination of the regular-season finish and placement in the championship meet. Starting with the 1965 season, the champion has been determined by the championship meet.[30] Miami currently competes in diving only, and Clemson, Syracuse, and Wake Forest do not compete in swimming or diving.[31][5]
Syracuse and Wake Forest do not sponsor women's swimming or diving.[5][31][32] Clemson dropped women's swimming after the 2011–12 season, and dropped women's diving after the 2016–17 season.[33]
^ abFlorida State's 2006–2007 season was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
^ abMaryland dropped men's and women's swimming and diving in 2012, two years before it left for the Big Ten.
^Wake Forest has dropped men's swimming and diving.
Tennisedit
Men'sedit
Before 1964, the team champion was based on regular season performance. Thirteen current members sponsor men's tennis, Pittsburgh and Syracuse the exceptions.[34][35]
The women's volleyball championship was determined through a tournament from 1980 until 2004. Since 2005, champions have been based on the regular season.[38]
Year
Champion
1980
North Carolina
1981
North Carolina
1982
North Carolina
1983
North Carolina
1984
Duke
1985
Duke
1986
Duke
1987
NC State
1988
North Carolina
1989
North Carolina
1990
Maryland†
1991
Duke
1992
Duke
1993
Duke
1994
Duke
1995
Georgia Tech
1996
Maryland†
1997
Clemson
1998
Florida State
1999
North Carolina
2000
North Carolina
2001
North Carolina
2002
Georgia Tech
2003
Maryland†
2004
Maryland†
2005
Maryland†
North Carolina
2006
Duke
2007
Clemson
2008
Duke
North Carolina
2009
Florida State
2010
Duke
2011
Florida State
2012
Florida State
2013
Duke
2014
North Carolina
2015
Louisville
2016
North Carolina
2017
Louisville
Pittsburgh
2018
Pittsburgh
2019
Pittsburgh
2020
Louisville
2021
Louisville
2022
Louisville
Pittsburgh
2023
Florida State
Pittsburgh
School
Last conference title
Number of ACC titles
Boston College
never
0
Clemson
2007
2
Duke
2013
11
Florida State
2023
5
Georgia Tech
2002
2
Louisville
2022
5
Maryland
2005
5
Miami
never
0
North Carolina
2016
13
NC State
1987
1
Notre Dame
never
0
Pittsburgh
2023
5
Syracuse
never
0
Virginia
never
0
Virginia Tech
never
0
Wake Forest
never
0
Wrestlingedit
The championship was determined on dual meets in 1954 and 1955, with the tournament beginning in 1956. Six schools (Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech) currently compete in wrestling.[39] The most recent changes to the ACC include the entry of Pitt in 2013 and departure of Maryland in 2014.
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