List of Atlantic Coast Conference champions

Summary

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.

Summary edit

Through March 16, 2024

School Joined ACC Total Baseball Men's
Basketball
Women's
Basketball
Men's
Cross Country
Women's
Cross Country
Men's
Fencing
Women's
Fencing
Field Hockey Football Men's
Golf
Women's
Golf
Women's
Gymnastics
Men's
Indoor Track
Women's
Indoor Track
Men's
Lacrosse
Women's
Lacrosse
Men's
Outdoor Track
Women's
Outdoor Track
Rowing Men's
Soccer
Women's
Soccer
Softball Men's
Swimming
Women's
Swimming
Men's
Tennis
Women's
Tennis
Women's
Volleyball
Wrestling Total School
Boston College 2005 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Boston College
Clemson 1953 144 18 0 2 7 1 1 21 11 1 0 12 6 12 7 1 16 0 1 4 11 8 2 0 144 Clemson
Duke 1953 143 4 22 8 7 2 2 1 0 7 8 22 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 18 11 0 143 Duke
Florida State 1991 101 8 2 0 1 6 16 1 0 12 3 15 6 6 19 0 1 0 0 5 101 Florida State
Georgia Tech 1979 45 9 4 0 0 0 2 19 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 45 Georgia Tech
Louisville 2014 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 8 Louisville
Maryland 1953-2014 198 3 3 10 11 0 1 10 9 0 0 0 26 0 26 11 26 0 22 0 1 7 1 2 0 5 24 198 Maryland
Miami 2004 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Miami
North Carolina 1953 292 12 18 9 10 4 9 1 26 5 10 2 0 4 15 14 7 4 14 0 4 22 3 17 16 25 11 13 17 292 North Carolina
North Carolina State 1953 149 5 11 7 16 29 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 33 4 2 1 1 21 149 North Carolina State
Notre Dame 2013 29 0 1 6 3 0 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 2013 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 Pittsburgh
South Carolina 1953–1971 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 South Carolina
Syracuse 2013 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 Syracuse
Virginia 1953 151 4 3 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 19 5 0 5 22 16 3 0 16 20 15 2 0 5 151 Virginia
Virginia Tech 2004 36 0 1 1[1] 1 0 4 1 0 7 6 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 36 Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 1953 54 7 4 0 5 0 4 2 19 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 54 Wake Forest
Total 71 71 47 71 45 20 10 41 76 70 34 1 63 37 72 26 68 40 23 72 33 31 76 46 70 45 47 71 Total

Baseball edit

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.

  1. ^ No tournament; the champion was determined by regular season finish.
  2. ^ No tournament due to conflict with exams; the champion was determined by regular season finish.

Men's basketball edit

All 15 full members sponsor men's basketball.[3]

Women's basketball edit

All 15 full members sponsor women's basketball. The ACC began sponsoring women's basketball in the 1977–78 season.[4]

Cross country edit

Fencing edit

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]

Field hockey edit

Seven schools—Boston College, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, and Wake Forest—sponsor women's field hockey.[10][11]

Football edit

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.

  1. ^ Georgia Tech's 2009 championship was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions[13]

Golf edit

Gymnastics edit

Women's edit

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.

Lacrosse edit

Indoor track and field edit

  1. ^ a b Florida State's 2006–2007 season was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Outdoor track and field edit

Rowing edit

Nine schools—Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Virginia—sponsor women's rowing.[26]

Soccer edit

Softball edit

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.

Swimming and diving edit

  1. ^ a b Florida State's 2006–2007 season was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
  2. ^ a b Maryland dropped men's and women's swimming and diving in 2012, two years before it left for the Big Ten.
  3. ^ Wake Forest has dropped men's swimming and diving.

Tennis edit

Volleyball edit

Women's edit

All 15 ACC members sponsor women's volleyball. No member sponsors the sport for men.

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]

Wrestling edit

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.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References edit

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