2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2016 ACC football season
League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
Duration September 2016 to January 2017
Number of teams 14
Regular season
ACC Championship Game
2016 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 3 Clemson xy$   7 – 1         12 – 1  
No. 15 Louisville x   7 – 1         9 – 3  
No. 10 Florida State   5 – 3         9 – 3  
NC State   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Boston College   2 – 6         6 – 6  
Syracuse   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Coastal Division
No. 18 Virginia Tech xy   6 – 2         9 – 4  
North Carolina   5 – 3         8 – 4  
Miami   5 – 3         8 – 4  
No. 22 Pittsburgh   5 – 3         8 – 4  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4         8 – 4  
Duke   1 – 7         4 – 8  
Virginia   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season will be the 64th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It will be 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 will meet on December 3rd 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 will 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]

Preseason

Preseason Poll

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.

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Clemson – 1,293 (148 first place votes)
  2. Florida State – 1,176 (42)
  3. Louisville – 961 (1)
  4. North Carolina State - 704
  5. Boston College – 441
  6. Syracuse – 426
  7. Wake Forest – 347

Coastal Division poll

  1. North Carolina – 1,238 (121)
  2. Miami – 1,108 (50)
  3. Pittsburgh - 859 (14)
  4. Virginia Tech – 697 (3)
  5. Duke – 597 (2)
  6. Georgia Tech – 588 (1)
  7. Virginia – 261

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Deshaun Watson, CLEM - 164
  2. Dalvin Cook, FSU - 18
  3. Elijah Hood, UNC - 4
  4. Brad Kaaya, MIA - 2
  5. Lamar Jackson, LOU - 2
  6. DeVon Edwards, DU - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams[4]

Offense

Position Player School
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 Guillerm Clemson
Quarterback Deshaun Watson Clemson
Running Back Dalvin Cook Florida State
Elijah Hood North Carolina

Defense

Position Player School
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

Specialist

Position Player School
Placekicker Greg Huegel Clemson
Punter Justin Vogel Miami
Specialist Ryan Switzer North Carolina

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
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

Rankings

Legend
    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
Boston College AP
C
CFP Not released  
Clemson AP 2 (16) 2 (2) 5 5 5 3 (1) 3 (2) 4 3 3 3
C 2 (7) 2 (2) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (2) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (2)
CFP Not released 2 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
C 4 (1) 3 2 (1) 14 12 23 16 15 14 19 18
CFP Not released 22 18
Georgia Tech AP RV
C RV
CFP Not released  
Louisville AP 19 13 10 3 (6) 3 (6) 7 7 7 5 5 5
C 23 15 10 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 6
CFP Not released 7 6
Miami AP RV 25 25 15 14 10 16 RV
C RV RV 25 19 14 10 17 RV RV
CFP Not released  
North Carolina AP 22 RV RV RV RV 17 RV 22 21 18 15
C 20 RV RV RV 23 16 RV 21 20 17 13
CFP Not released 21 17
NC State AP RV RV
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released  
Pittsburgh AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released  
Syracuse AP
C
CFP Not released  
Virginia AP
C
CFP Not released  
Virginia Tech AP RV RV 25 17 RV 25 23 18
C RV RV 19 RV 25 17 22
CFP Not released 19 14
Wake Forest AP RV RV
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released  

Postseason

Bowl Games

Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) ACC team Opponent Score Attendance
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 30 Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX CBS 1:00 PM
New Era Pinstripe Bowl December 26 Yankee Stadium • New York, NY ESPN 2:00 PM
Camping World Independence Bowl December 26 Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA ESPN2 5:00 PM
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman December 28 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN 3:30 PM
Russell Athletic Bowl December 29 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 5:30 PM
Belk Bowl December 30 Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN 5:30 PM
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl December 30 Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPN 3:30 PM
College Football Playoff bowl games
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ
CFP National Championship January 9 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL

* Rankings based on CFP rankings

All Conference Teams

First Team

Position Player Class Team

Second Team

Position Player Class Team

^ - indicates that there was a tie in the voting

ACC Individual Awards

ACC Player of the Year

Lamar Jackson, Louisville [5]

Rookie of the Year

Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech

Coach of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year

Lamar Jackson [6]

Offensive Rookie of the Year

Jacobs Blocking Trophy

Defensive Player of the Year

DeMarcus Walker, Florida State [7]

Defensive Rookie of the Year

Dexter Lawrence

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Boston College Alumni Stadium 44,500[8] 22,728 24,203 44,500† 34,647 30,644 36,220 – 192,942 32,157 72.27%
Clemson Memorial Stadium 81,500[9] 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[10] 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[11] 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[12] 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[13] 53,127 55,632† 55,121 55,218 51,218 54,075 – 324,391 54,065 98.30%
Miami Hard Rock Stadium 65,326[14] 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[15] 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[16] 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[17] 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[18] 31,336 32,184 32,288 33,838 34,842† 32,340 – 196,828 32,804 66.59%
Virginia Scott Stadium 61,500[19] 49,270† 35,211 39,522 40,882 34,824 39,867 – 239,576 39,929 64.92%
Virginia Tech Lane Stadium 66,233[20] 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[21] 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

References

  1. ↑ Chip Patterson (September 14, 2016). "ACC to relocate 2016 football championship from North Carolina due to HB2 law". CBS Sports.
  2. ↑ "ACC Announces Student-Athletes Attending the 2016 ACC Football Kickoff". TheACC.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Clemson Leads ACC Football Kickoff Preseason Poll". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 Preseason All-ACC Team". USA Today. 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.tigernet.com/update/player/Deshaun-Watson-voted-2nd-ACC-POTY-Award-25165?ref=fb
  6. ↑ http://www.tigernet.com/update/player/Deshaun-Watson-voted-2nd-ACC-POTY-Award-25165?ref=fb
  7. ↑ http://www.tigernet.com/update/player/Deshaun-Watson-voted-2nd-ACC-POTY-Award-25165?ref=fb
  8. ↑ "Alumni Stadium: A to Z". bceagles.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Memorial Stadium-Death Valley-Denny Stadium". ClemsonTigers.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium". goduke.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium". Seminoles.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field". RamblinWreck.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium". Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Hard Rock Stadium FAQs". HardRockStadium.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Kenan Stadium". goheels.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Facilties". gopack.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Heinz Field Facts". HeinzField.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Carrier Dome". cuse.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium". virginiasports.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Lane Stdium/Worsham Field". vt.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Wake Forest Facilities". wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
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