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Final 2019 Notes 2019 STANDINGS ACC FOOTBALL SUMMARY ACC Games Overall ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak CLEMSON WINS ACC TITLE, RETURNS TO CFP Clemson 8 0 370 84 1.000 14 1 659 203 .933 7-0 5-0 2-1 Lost 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Louisville 5 3 282 305 .625 8 5 430 434 .615 4-2 2-3 2-0 Won 1 n Clemson won its fifth consecutive ACC title in 2019 Wake Forest 4 4 241 270 .500 8 5 414 378 .615 6-1 2-3 0-1 Lost 2 with a 62-17 win over Virginia in the ACC Football Boston College 4 4 265 263 .500 6 7 377 418 .462 3-3 3-3 0-1 Lost 1 Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Florida State 4 4 207 210 .500 6 7 363 362 .462 5-2 1-4 0-1 Lost 2 Tigers earned a berth in the CFP semifinals, where Syracuse 2 6 202 269 .250 5 7 339 368 .417 3-3 2-4 0-0 Won 1 they defeated Ohio State, 29-23, before falling to No. 1 NC State 1 7 129 288 .125 4 8 265 361 .333 4-3 0-5 0-0 Lost 6 LSU, 42-25, In the CFP National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Tigers finished 14-1 ACC Games Overall overall and No. 2 in the final AP Top 25 poll. COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Virginia 6 2 249 186 .750 9 5 449 380 .643 7-0 2-3 0-2 Lost 2 VIRGINIA COMPLETES COASTAL CYCLE Virginia Tech 5 3 262 212 .625 8 5 401 321 .615 6-1 2-3 0-1 Lost 2 n Virginia became the seventh different team in the Pitt 4 4 159 187 .500 8 5 275 292 .615 4-3 3-2 1-0 Won 1 last seven years to win the Coastal Division. The North Carolina 4 4 246 210 .500 7 6 430 308 .538 3-3 2-3 2-0 Won 3 Cavaliers earned their first bid to the ACC Football Miami 4 4 210 183 .500 6 7 334 263 .462 4-2 2-2 0-3 Lost 3 Championship Game and played in the Capital One Duke 3 5 207 239 .375 5 7 303 350 .417 3-3 2-3 0-1 Won 1 Orange Bowl. Virginia is the 11th different ACC team to Georgia Tech 2 6 153 276 .250 3 9 200 389 .250 2-5 1-4 0-0 Lost 1 play in the championship game since the game began in 2005. 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF n Coastal Division winners over the last seven years Date Result Bowl Game are: Virginia (2019), Pitt (2018), Miami (2017), Virgin- Dec. 28 Clemson 29, Ohio State 23 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) ia Tech (2016), North Carolina (2015), Georgia Tech (2014) and Duke (2013). Jan. 13 LSU 42, Clemson 25 CFP National Championship Game (New Orleans, La.) ACC LEADS THE NATION WITH 10 BOWL TEAMS 2019 ACC BOWLS n Defending national champion Clemson’s return to the College Football Playoff for the fifth consecutive Date Result Bowl Game year highlighted a postseason in which the ACC landed a Dec. 26 Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0 Walk-On's Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.) nation-leading 10 bowl bids. This was the second consec- Pitt 34, Eastern Michigan 30 Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, Mich.) utive season the ACC has had the most bowl teams of any Dec. 27 North Carolina 55, Temple 13 Military Bowl presented by Nothrop Grumman (Annapolis, Md.) conference (11 in 2018). Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21 New Era Pinstripe Bowl (The Bronx, N.Y.) n Highest Percent of Bowl Eligible Teams – Power 5 Dec. 30 Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.) ACC 71 pct. 10 of 14 teams Florida 36, Virginia 28 Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.) SEC 64 pct. 9 of 14 teams Big Ten 64 pct. 9 of 14 teams Dec. 31 Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30 Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) Big 12 60 pct. 6 of 10 teams Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) Pac-12 58 pct. 7 of 12 teams Jan. 2 Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6 TicketSmarter Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) n Clemson’s five overall CFP selections tie Alabama for the most of any school in the six-year history of the ACC NOTES Playoff’s existence. The ACC has placed a team in the t The ACC has won three of the last seven football national championships, which ties for the most in the country – Playoff in each of those six years. The Tigers earned Clemson in 2016 and 2018; Florida State in 2013. the No. 1 seed in 2015 and in 2017, and were the No. 2 seed in 2016 and 2018. Florida State was seeded No. t The ACC is one of just two conferences that has placed a team in the CFP or the BCS Championship Game in each 3 as the conference champion in 2014. of the last seven years. t The ACC led the country with 10 bowl teams in 2019 – Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, n The ACC has the most bowl teams (42) among all North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. conferences over the last four years (11 in 2016, 10 in 2017, 11 in 2018, 10 in 2019). t The ACC is the only conference to send every team to at least one bowl game over the previous four seasons (2016-19). n The ACC is the only conference to send every team t The ACC has won seven national championships in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball to at least one bowl game over the previous four since 2015. That is the most of any conference. The ACC is the only conference to win each of those four titles over seasons (2016-19). that stretch. t Clemson's 29-game win streak, which came to an end in the CFP National Championship Game vs. LSU, ties Most Bowl Teams in 2019 ACC........................................................ 10 Florida State (2012-14) for the longest streak in ACC history and is the 12th longest in NCAA history. Big Ten ........................................................................9 t The ACC led all Power 5 conferences with 24 games decided by one possession (8 points or less) in 2019. The Big SEC .............................................................................9 12 was second with 23, followed by the Pac-12 (21), Big Ten (20) and SEC (17). C-USA .........................................................................8 t North Carolina and Pitt led the nation in one-possesion games with nine each. Miami was second with eight. American .....................................................................7 MAC ............................................................................7 t In three seasons at Clemson, running back Travis Etienne holds ACC career marks for total touchdowns (62), rush- Mountain West ............................................................7 ing touchdowns (56) and points by a non-kicker (372). In addition, he is seventh in career rushing yards (4,038). Pac-12 ........................................................................7 Big 12 .........................................................................6 Sun Belt ......................................................................5 Independent ................................................................3 CFP National Championship Game Release | 2019 Football • 1 ACC NOTES COACHING NOTES ACC record for TD passes through a sophomore season, n Eleven ACC head coaches have won at least 50 career ACC Career Scoring (excludes place-kickers) which also ranks 11th in ACC career history. games, including five with more than 100 victories. The 1. Travis Etienne, CU 2017-present 372 five 100-win coaches are North Carolina's Mack Brown 2. James Conner, UP 2013-16 338 WAKE'S SCIBA SETS NCAA RECORD (251), Clemson's Dabo Swinney (130), Wake Forest's 3. Ted Brown, NCS 1975-78 312 n Wake Forest place-kicker Nick Sciba made an NCAA-re- Dave Clawson (126), Virginia's Bronco Mendenhall (124) cord 34 consecutive field goals dating back to last season. and Duke's David Cutcliffe (116). No other conference has VIRGINIA'S JOE REED SECOND IN ACC KOR YARDS The streak came to an end at Syracuse on Nov. 30. Sciba as many coaches with 100 career wins. n Virginia kick returner Joe Reed (2016-19) became the made his last 11 attempts of 2018 and the first 23 in 2019 second player in ACC history with 3,000 kickoff return to surpass the previous mark of 30 straight held by Chuck n Among active coaches, ACC head coaches Dabo yards. Reed finished with 3,042 kickoff return yards to Nelson of Washington from 1981-82. Swinney of Clemson, Scott Satterfield of Louisville rank second behind ACC record-holder T.J. Graham of NC and North Carolina’s Brown rank among the top 25 State (2008-11), who had 3,195. Syracuse's Sean Riley ACC QUARTERBACKS MAKE MOST STARTS IN NFL in the nation in career winning percentage. Swinney’s finished sixth with 2,433 kickoff return yards. n Twelve different quarterbacks with ACC ties made at .807 winning percentage leads the nation. least one NFL start this season. NC State led all schools ACC Career Kickoff Return Yards with four starters – Jacoby Brissett (Colts), Philip Rivers n Two of the five active coaches to win a national title 1. T.J. Graham, NCS 2008-11 3,195 (Chargers), Russell Wilson (Seahawks) and Ryan Finley reside in the ACC. Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national 2. Joe Reed, UVA 2016-19 3,042 (Bengals).