Season Recap 2020 FINAL STANDINGS ACC Games Overall Team W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Notre Dame 9 0 325 171 1.000 10 2 401 236 .833 6-0 4-0 0-2 Lost 2 Clemson 8 1 411 183 .889 10 2 522 242 .833 6-0 3-1 1-1 Lost 1 Miami 7 2 309 246 .778 8 3 374 297 .727 4-1 4-1 0-1 Lost 2 North Carolina 7 3 424 303 .700 8 4 500 353 .667 5-1 3-2 0-1 Lost 1 NC State 7 3 327 313 .700 8 4 363 350 .667 5-1 3-2 0-1 Lost 1 Pitt 5 5 264 270 .500 6 5 319 270 .545 4-2 2-3 0-0 Won 1 Boston College 5 5 282 291 .500 6 5 306 312 .545 4-2 2-3 0-0 Lost 1 Virginia Tech 5 5 307 315 .500 5 6 342 353 .455 3-3 2-3 0-0 Won 1 Virginia 4 5 252 281 .444 5 5 307 296 .500 5-1 0-4 0-0 Lost 1 Wake Forest 3 4 230 239 .429 4 5 324 295 .444 3-1 1-3 0-1 Lost 3 Georgia Tech 3 6 218 319 .333 3 7 239 368 .300 2-4 1-3 0-0 Lost 2 Louisville 3 7 290 272 .300 4 7 325 293 .364 4-2 0-5 0-0 Won 1 Florida State 2 6 191 300 .250 3 6 232 324 .333 3-2 0-4 0-0 Won 1 Duke 1 9 220 400 .100 2 9 273 419 .182 1-4 1-5 0-0 Lost 4 Syracuse 1 9 175 322 .100 1 10 196 360 .091 1-5 0-5 0-0 Lost 8 ACC FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON WINS SIXTH STRAIGHT ACC TITLE; n Five ACC teams were ranked in the final CFP Top 25 n The ACC led all Power 5 conferences in points per Poll released Tuesday, Dec. 20 – No. 2 Clemson, No. 4 game (30.6) and total offense (417.5). The ACC also TWO ACC TEAMS EARN CFP BID Notre Dame, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 18 Miami and leads in sacks per game (2.67) and tackles for loss per n Clemson won its sixth consecutive ACC title in 2020 No. 23 NC State. The five ACC teams were the most from game (7.0). with a 34-10 win over Notre Dame in the ACC Football any conference. Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina. n Notre Dame is fifth all-time with 918 wins. In the ACC, Clemson and Notre Dame each earned a College Football the Irish are followed by Clemson (14th, 768), Virginia Playoff bid. It was the first time in its seven-year history, AROUND THE ACC n Tech (16th, 757), Georgia Tech (19th, 741), Pitt (21st, that the CFP featured multiple ACC teams. Clemson The ACC played 85 of a possible 90-game regular-sea- son schedule (94.4 percent) in 2020. No conference 737), Syracuse (22nd, 725) and North Carolina (29th, landed the No. 2 spot in the four-team CFP field, earning 706). a playoff spot for the sixth consecutive year. Notre Dame played more total regular-season games (85) than the made the field as the No. 4 selection and appeared in the ACC. Thirteen of the 15 teams (86.7 percent) played at CFP for the second time in three seasons. least 10 games. 2020 ACC FCG MOST-WATCHED OF ALL TIME n The 2020 ACC Championship Game between then-No. n n Four other ACC teams played in a bowl game this Nine games this season featured a matchup of AP Top 2 Notre Dame and then-No. 3 Clemson was one for the year - North Carolina in the Capital One Orange Bowl, 25 ACC teams. That equals the most ranked matchups record books, as the rematch between the Fighting Irish Miami in the Cheez-It Bowl, NC State in the TaxSlayer of any ACC season. There were also nine in 1992. Three and Tigers registered 10,180,000 viewers across all TV Gator Bowl and Wake Forest in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. It of those games were between top 10 teams, the most and streaming platforms to rank as the most-viewed con- is the 20th consecutive season in which the ACC earned matchups of top 10 ACC teams since 2004. ference championship game of the Dec. 19 weekend and at least six bowl bids. The ACC ranks second among all the most-viewed ACC Championship of all time. n conferences with 143 bowl appearances since 2005. The ACC set a scoring record in conference regu- lar-season games in 2020. The average scoring in league ACC FOOTBALL 2020 ALL-AMERICANS n Clemson’s six overall CFP selections tie Alabama for games this year was 60.4 points, just ahead of the n Twenty-two ACC football players earned at least one the most of any school in the seven-year history of the average of 59.3 points in 2012. 2020 All-America team recognition from either the Walter Playoff’s existence. The ACC has placed at least one team Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press in the Playoff in each of those seven years. The Tigers Highest Scoring Average (conference games only) (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), earned the No. 1 seed in 2015 and 2017 and were the 2020 - 60.4 points American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) or Sport- No. 2 seed in 2016 and 2018. Florida State was seeded 2012 - 59.3 ing News this season. No. 3 as the conference champion in 2014. 2018 - 57.8 2001 - 57.3 n Nine different ACC teams had at least one All-America n The ACC is one of just two conferences that has 2019 - 56.8 selection, led by Notre Dame with six players earning placed at least one team in the CFP or the BCS Champi- 2016 - 56.2 recognition. Linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah was onship in each of the last eight years. a unanimous All-America selection, while offensive tackle n Eight ACC teams – tied for the most of any conference Liam Eichenberg and offensive guard Aaron Banks were – had a .500 record-or-better: Clemson (10-2), Notre consensus picks. Safety Kyle Hamilton was named on FOUR ACC TEAMS IN FINAL AP & COACHES TOP 25 Dame (10-2), Miami (8-3), North Carolina (8-4), NC State four different teams, earning first-team honors from the RANKINGS (8-4), Boston College (6-5), Pitt (6-5) and Virginia (5-5). FWAA, second-team accolades from the AFCA and WCFF, n Four ACC teams were ranked in the final AP Top 25 and third-team honors from the AP. Offensive guard Poll, led by No. 3 Clemson. The Tigers were followed n Home teams were 44-26 in ACC play (.629) this sea- Tommy Kraemer was an AP third-team selection, and by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 18 North Carolina and No. 22 son. From 2015-19, ACC home teams won 53.9 percent running back Kyren Williams was a second-team pick by Miami. In the Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll, Clemson of the time (151-129). Sporting News. was No. 3, followed by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 22 Miami. NC State received votes in n The ACC led all Power 5 conferences with 23 wins both polls. over teams with a .500 record-or-better. The next closest conference had 19. 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