2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

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
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 2016 to January 2017
Number of teams14
2017 NFL Draft
Top draft pickMitchell Trubisky (North Carolina)
Picked byChicago Bears, 2nd overall
Regular season
Season MVPLamar Jackson (Louisville)
Top scorerLamar Jackson (126 points)
Atlantic championsClemson
  Atlantic runners-upLouisville
Coastal championsVirginia Tech
  Coastal runners-upNorth Carolina
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsClemson
  Runners-upVirginia Tech
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
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

Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
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
PositionPlayerSchool
Placekicker Greg Huegel Clemson
Punter Justin Vogel Miami
Specialist Ryan Switzer North Carolina

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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
See also: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
 PreWk
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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 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  

Postseason

Bowl games
Legend
 ACC win
 ACC loss
See also: 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) ACC team Opponent Score Attendance
New Era Pinstripe Bowl December 26 Yankee Stadium • New York, NY ESPN 2:00 p.m. No. 23 Pittsburgh Panthers Northwestern Wildcats L 24–31 37,918
Quick Lane Bowl December 26 Ford Field • Detroit, MI ESPN 2:30 p.m. Boston College Maryland W 36–30 19,117
Camping World Independence Bowl December 26 Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA ESPN2 5:00 p.m. North Carolina State Wolfpack Vanderbilt Commodores W 41–17 28,995
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman December 28 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN 3:30 p.m. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Temple Owls W 34–26 26,656
Russell Athletic Bowl December 29 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 5:30 p.m. Miami Hurricanes No. 16 West Virginia W 31–14 48,625
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 30 Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX CBS 2:00 p.m. North Carolina Tar Heels No. 18 Stanford Cardinal L 25–23 42,166
Belk Bowl December 30 Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN 5:30 p.m. No. 22 Virginia Tech Hokies Arkansas Razorbacks W 35–24 46,902
Orange Bowl December 30 Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida ESPN 8:00 p.m. Florida State Seminoles Michigan Wolverines W 33–32 67,432
Taxslayer Bowl December 31 EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL ESPN 11:00 a.m. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Kentucky Wildcats W 33–18 43,102
College Football Playoff bowl games
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ ESPN 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Clemson Tigers No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes W 31–0 70,236
CFP National Championship January 9 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN 8:00 p.m. No. 2 Clemson Tigers No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide W 35–31 74,512

* Rankings based on CFP rankings

All-conference teams

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ACC individual awards

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[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

NFL Draft
Main article: 2017 NFL Draft
Round #Pick #NFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
12 Chicago Bears(from San Francisco)Mitchell TrubiskyQuarterbackNorth Carolina
17 Los Angeles ChargersMike WilliamsWide receiverClemson
112 Houston Texans(from Philadelphia via Cleveland)Deshaun WatsonQuarterbackClemson
129 Cleveland Browns(from Green Bay)David NjokuTight endMiami
241 Minnesota Vikings(from Cincinnati)Dalvin CookRunning backFlorida State
251 Denver BroncosDeMarcus WalkerDefensive endFlorida State
261 Green Bay PackersJosh JonesSafetyNC State
391 Los Angeles Rams(from Kansas City via Buffalo)John JohnsonSafetyBoston College
397 Miami DolphinsCordrea TankersleyCornerbackClemson
3102 Seattle SeahawksNazair JonesDefensive tackleNorth Carolina
3105 Pittsburgh SteelersJames ConnerRunning backPittsburgh
4113 Los Angeles ChargersRayshawn JenkinsSafetyMiami
4115 Arizona Cardinals(from Carolina)Dorian JohnsonGuardPittsburgh
4118 Philadelphia EaglesMack HollinsWide receiverNorth Carolina
4133 Dallas CowboysRyan SwitzerWide receiverNorth Carolina
4140 New York GiantsWayne GallmanRunning backClemson
4142 Houston Texans(from Cleveland)Carlos WatkinsDefensive tackleClemson
5150 New York JetsJordan LeggettTight endClemson
5152 Carolina PanthersCorn ElderCornerbackMiami
5160 Cleveland Browns(from Minnesota via NY Jets)Roderick JohnsonTackleFlorida State
5163 Buffalo Bills(from Denver via New England)Matt MilanoLinebackerBoston College
5168 Oakland RaidersMarquel LeeLinebackerWake Forest
5171 Buffalo Bills(from Dallas)Nathan PetermanQuarterbackPittsburgh
5179 Arizona CardinalsT. J. LoganRunning backNorth Carolina
5180 Minnesota Vikings(from Kansas City)Danny IsidoraGuardMiami
6186 Baltimore Ravens(from San Francisco)Chuck ClarkSafetyVirginia Tech
6196 New Orleans SaintsAl-Quadin MuhammadDefensive endMiami
6200 New York Giants(from Indianapolis via New England and Tennessee)Adam BisnowatyTacklePittsburgh
6201 Minnesota Vikings(from Washington)Bucky HodgesTight endVirginia Tech
6206 Los Angeles Rams(from Miami)Sam RogersFullbackVirginia Tech
6213 Pittsburgh SteelersColin HolbaLong snapperLouisville
6215 Detroit Lions(from New England)Brad KaayaQuarterbackMiami
6216 Dallas Cowboys(from Kansas City via New England)Marquez WhiteCornerbackFlorida State
7219 Minnesota Vikings(from Cleveland via San Francisco)Stacy ColeyWide receiverMiami
7229 San Francisco 49ers(from New Orleans)Adrian ColbertCornerbackMiami
7230 Washington Redskins(from Philadelphia via Minnesota)Josh Harvey-ClemonsSafetyLouisville
7233 Carolina Panthers(from Indianapolis via Cleveland)Harrison ButkerKickerGeorgia Tech
7234 Los Angeles Rams(from Baltimore)Ejuan PriceLinebackerPittsburgh
7237 Miami Dolphins(from Tampa Bay)Isaiah FordWide receiverVirginia Tech
7240 Jacksonville Jaguars(from Miami)Marquez WilliamsFullbackMiami
7242 Oakland RaidersElijah HoodRunning backNorth Carolina
7245 Minnesota Vikings(from Kansas City)Jack TochoCornerbackNC State
7252 Cleveland Browns(from Denver)Matthew DayesRunning backNC State

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