The list of ACC national champions begins in the Atlantic Coast Conference's first full academic year of competition in 1953 and totals 153 NCAA team national championships and 8 FBS national championships in football. ACC members won a total of five national championships in the 2020–21 school year—in fencing (Notre Dame), field hockey (North Carolina), men's lacrosse (Virginia), women's lacrosse (Boston College) and in women's swimming and diving (Virginia).
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.
The following table ranks the current 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.
Year | School | Notes |
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1979 | NC State | AIAW |
1980 | NC State | AIAW |
1981 | Virginia | |
1982 | Virginia | |
2021 | NC State | |
2022 | NC State | |
2023 | NC State |
Year | School |
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1987 | Maryland |
1989 | North Carolina |
1993 | Maryland |
1995 | North Carolina |
1996 | North Carolina |
1997 | North Carolina |
1999 | Maryland |
2002 | Wake Forest |
2003 | Wake Forest |
2004 | Wake Forest |
2005 | Maryland |
2006 | Maryland |
2007 | North Carolina |
2008 | Maryland |
2009 | North Carolina |
2010 | Maryland |
2011 | Maryland |
2015 | Syracuse |
2018 | North Carolina |
2019 | North Carolina |
2020 | North Carolina |
2022 | North Carolina |
2023 | North Carolina |
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.[2]
Year | School | Notes |
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1953 | Maryland | AP, Coaches, UPI |
1981 | Clemson | AP, Coaches, UPI |
1990 | Georgia Tech | Coaches |
1993 | Florida State | AP, Coaches |
1999 | Florida State | AP, BCS, Coaches |
2013 | Florida State | AP, BCS, Coaches |
2016 | Clemson | AP, CFP, Coaches |
2018 | Clemson | AP, CFP, Coaches |
Year | School | Notes |
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1968 | Maryland | Shared with Michigan State; championship match was tied after two overtime periods. |
1984 | Clemson | |
1987 | Duke | |
1988 | Clemson | |
1989 | Virginia | Shared with Santa Clara; championship match was stopped after two overtime periods due to weather. |
1991 | Virginia | |
1992 | Virginia | |
1993 | Virginia | |
1994 | Virginia | |
2001 | North Carolina | |
2005 | Maryland | |
2007 | Wake Forest | |
2008 | Maryland | |
2009 | Virginia | |
2011 | North Carolina | |
2013 | Notre Dame | |
2014 | Virginia | |
2021 | Clemson |
Year | School | Notes |
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1981 | North Carolina | AIAW |
1982 | North Carolina | |
1983 | North Carolina | |
1984 | North Carolina | |
1986 | North Carolina | |
1987 | North Carolina | |
1988 | North Carolina | |
1989 | North Carolina | |
1990 | North Carolina | |
1991 | North Carolina | |
1992 | North Carolina | |
1993 | North Carolina | |
1994 | North Carolina | |
1996 | North Carolina | |
1997 | North Carolina | |
1999 | North Carolina | |
2000 | North Carolina | |
2003 | North Carolina | |
2006 | North Carolina | |
2008 | North Carolina | |
2009 | North Carolina | |
2012 | North Carolina | |
2014 | Florida State | |
2018 | Florida State | |
2021 | Florida State |
Year | School | Notes |
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1957 | North Carolina | |
1974 | NC State | |
1982 | North Carolina | |
1983 | NC State | |
1991 | Duke | |
1992 | Duke | |
1993 | North Carolina | |
2001 | Duke | |
2002 | Maryland | |
2005 | North Carolina | |
2009 | North Carolina | |
2010 | Duke | |
2015 | Duke | |
2017 | North Carolina | |
2019 | Virginia |
Year | School |
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1994 | North Carolina |
2006 | Maryland |
2018 | Notre Dame |
Year | School |
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2008 | Boston College |
2010 | Boston College |
2012 | Boston College |
Year | School | Notes |
---|---|---|
1981 | Virginia | AIAW |
Year | School |
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2021 | Virginia |
2022 | Virginia |
Year | School |
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2017 | Notre Dame |
2018 | Notre Dame |
2021 | Notre Dame |
Year | School |
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1955 | Wake Forest |
2015 | Virginia |
Year | School |
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1974 | Wake Forest |
1975 | Wake Forest |
1986 | Wake Forest |
2003 | Clemson |
Year | School |
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1999 | Duke |
2002 | Duke |
2005 | Duke |
2006 | Duke |
2007 | Duke |
2014 | Duke |
2019 | Duke |
Year | School | Notes |
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1955 | Maryland | Wingate Memorial Trophy |
1956 | Maryland | Wingate Memorial Trophy |
1959 | Maryland | Wingate Memorial Trophy |
1967 | Maryland | Wingate Memorial Trophy |
1970 | Maryland | Wingate Memorial Trophy |
1972 | Virginia | |
1973 | Maryland | |
1975 | Maryland | |
1981 | North Carolina | |
1982 | North Carolina | |
1986 | North Carolina | |
1991 | North Carolina | |
1999 | Virginia | |
2003 | Virginia | |
2006 | Virginia | |
2010 | Duke | |
2011 | Virginia | |
2013 | Duke | |
2014 | Duke | |
2016 | North Carolina | |
2019 | Virginia | |
2021 | Virginia |
Year | School | Notes |
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1981 | Maryland | AIAW |
1986 | Maryland | |
1991 | Virginia | |
1992 | Maryland | |
1993 | Virginia | |
1995 | Maryland | |
1996 | Maryland | |
1997 | Maryland | |
1998 | Maryland | |
1999 | Maryland | |
2000 | Maryland | |
2001 | Maryland | |
2004 | Virginia | |
2010 | Maryland | |
2013 | North Carolina | |
2014 | Maryland | |
2016 | North Carolina | |
2021 | Boston College | |
2022 | North Carolina |
Year | School |
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2006 | Florida State |
2008 | Florida State |
Year | School |
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2010 | Virginia |
2012 | Virginia |
Year | School |
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2018 | Florida State |
Year | School |
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2007 | Georgia Tech |
2009 | Duke |
2023 | North Carolina |
Year | School |
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2013 | Virginia |
2015 | Virginia |
2016 | Virginia |
2017 | Virginia |
2018 | Wake Forest |
2023 | Virginia |