The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 72nd season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was the ACC's first season with 17 members, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford. The entire schedule was released on January 24, 2024.
SMU finished as regular season champions with a perfect 8–0 conference record. Clemson finished second with a 7–1 conference record. Clemson prevailed in the Championship Game 34–31. Both Clemson and SMU were selected to the College Football Playoff and eleven other teams qualified for bowl games. The ACC was tied with the SEC for the conference with the most bowl participants as both conferences had thirteen teams qualifying for bowl games. However, the bowl season did not proceed well for the ACC, as they finished a collective 2–11 in bowl games. Their .154 winning percentage was the lowest of conferences sending more than one team to bowl games.
Preseason
Recruiting classes +National rankingsTeamESPNRivals24/7On3 RecruitsTotal signeesBoston College NR 97 94 86 13California 63 52 55 56 20Clemson 15 10 11 14 22Duke 58 51 62 60 19Florida State 13 12 12 12 23Georgia Tech 34 29 33 35 23Louisville 55 59 58 55 15Miami 6 5 4 5 27North Carolina 30 23 26 27 27NC State 27 28 27 29 24Pittsburgh 44 37 41 45 21Stanford 31 27 30 37 25SMU NR NR 107 98 10Syracuse 42 36 38 38 24Virginia NR 92 87 79 13Virginia Tech 40 46 45 32 16Wake Forest 52 49 52 54 21
ACC Kickoff The 2024 ACC Kickoff was held from July 22 through 25 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. With the addition of three new schools, the event expanded for the second time in two years adding an additional interview day for a total of four. Coverage of the event was televised by the ACC Network. Preseason media polls were released after the event on July 31.
The schedule for the teams is as follows:
July 22Florida StateGeorgia TechSMU
July 23CaliforniaPittsburghStanfordVirginiaVirginia Tech
July 24Boston CollegeDukeLouisvilleMiamiWake Forest
July 25ClemsonNorth CarolinaNC StateSyracuse
Preseason media polls
1Florida State 2,708 (81) 2Clemson 2,657 (55) 3Miami 2,344 (17) 4NC State 2,318 (8) 5Louisville 1,984 6Virginia Tech 1,968 (5) 7SMU 1,798 8North Carolina 1,712 9Georgia Tech 1,539 (1) 10California 1,095 (2) 11Duke 1,056 12Syracuse 1,035 13Pittsburgh 1,016 14Boston College 890 (1) 15Wake Forest 784 16Virginia 629 17Stanford 477
Preseason ACC Player of the year
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1 Cam Ward QB Miami (FL) 71 2 Omarion Hampton RB North Carolina 38 3 Barrett Carter LB Clemson 15 4 Kyron Drones QB Virginia Tech 13 5 Haynes King QB Georgia Tech 12 6 Jaydn Ott RB California 8 7 Ashton Gillotte DL Louisville 5 8 Jordan Moore WR Duke 3 9 Preston Stone QB SMU 2 Bhayshul Tuten RB Virginia Tech 11 Antwaun Powell-Ryland DL 1
Preseason all-conference teams
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Offense
Quarterback Cam Ward Miami 85 Running back Omarion Hampton North Carolina 114 Jaydn Ott California 70 Wide receiver Kevin Concepcion NC State 119 Xavier Restrepo Miami 93 Elic Ayomanor Stanford 42 Tight end Oronde Gadsden II Syracuse 48 All-Purpose Jaydn Ott California 49 Tackle Darius Washington Florida State 93 Blake Miller Clemson 53 Guard Willie Lampkin North Carolina 64 Michael Gonzalez Louisville 56 Center Maurice Smith Florida State 62
Defense
Defensive end Ashton Gillotte Louisville 52 Rueben Bain Jr. Miami 49 Defensive tackle Joshua Farmer Florida State 75 Aeneas Peebles Virginia Tech 64 Linebacker Barrett Carter Clemson 129 Francisco Mauigoa Miami 72 Marlowe Wax Syracuse 67 Cornerback Dorian Strong Virginia Tech 65 Aydan White NC State 56 Safety Jonas Sanker Virginia 73 R.J. Mickens Clemson 44
Specialist Placekicker Andy Borregales Miami 92 Punter Alex Mastromanno Florida State 81 Specialist Brashard Smith SMU 36
Preseason awards
All–American Teams
AP 1st TeamAP 2nd TeamAS 1st TeamAS 2nd TeamAS 3rd TeamAS 4th TeamWCFF 1st TeamWCFF 2nd Team ESPNCBS 1st TeamSN 1st TeamSN 2nd TeamUSAT 1st TeamUSAT 2nd TeamSI 1st TeamSI 2nd Team Andrés Borregales, K, Miami (FL) Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson Kevin Concepcion, WR, NC State Ashton Gillotte, DL, Louisville Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina Tucker Holloway, PR, Virginia Tech Alex Mastromanno, P, Florida State Bryson Nesbit, TE, North Carolina Marlowe Wax, LB, Syracuse Peter Woods, DE, Clemson
Preseason award watchlists
Lott Trophy Rueben Bain Jr.Miami DL So. Barrett CarterClemson LB Sr. Tre FreemanDuke Jr. Ashton GillotteLouisville DE Sr. Kaimon RuckerNorth Carolina GS Marlowe WaxSyracuse LB Sr. Dodd Trophy Dabo SwinneyClemson HC Mike NorvellFlorida State Jeff BrohmLouisville Mario CristobalMiami Dave DoerenNC State Brent PryVirginia Tech Maxwell Award Thomas CastellanosBoston College QB Jr. Jaydn OttCalifornia RB Cade KlubnikClemson QB Phil Mafah RB Sr. Jordan MooreDuke WR DJ UiagaleleiFlorida State QB Sr. Haynes KingGeorgia Tech QB Jr. Jamal Haynes RB Jr. Tyler ShoughLouisville QB Sr. Damien MartinezMiami RB Jr. Xavier Restrepo WR Sr. Cam Ward QB Grayson McCallNC State Omarion HamptonNorth Carolina RB Jr. Preston StoneSMU QB Jr. Elic AyomanorStanford WR So. Kyle McCordSyracuse QB Sr. LeQuint Allen RB Jr. Kyron DronesVirginia Tech QB Bhayshul Tuten RB Sr. Davey O'Brien Award Cade KlubnikClemson QB Jr. DJ UiagaleleiFlorida State Sr. Haynes KingGeorgia Tech Jr. Cam WardMiami Sr. Grayson McCallNC State GS Preston StoneSMU Jr. Kyle McCordSyracuse Sr. Kyron DronesVirginia Tech Jr. Doak Walker Award Kye RobichauxBoston College RB Sr. Jaydn OttCalifornia Jr. Phil MafahClemson Sr. Jaquez MooreDuke Jamal HaynesGeorgia Tech Jr. Donald ChaneyLouisville Jr. Damien MartinezMiami Omarion HamptonNorth Carolina Jordan WatersNC State GS Rodney HammondPittsburgh Sr. Jaylan KnightonSMU GS Ryan ButlerStanford Jr. LeQuint AllenSyracuse Bhayshul TutenVirginia Tech Sr. Demond ClaiborneWake Forest Jr. Biletnikoff Award Jordan MooreDuke WR GS Caullin LacyLouisville Samuel BrownMiami Sr. Jacolby George Sr. Xavier Restrepo Sr. Kevin ConcepcionNC State So. Elic AyomanorStanford So. Malachi FieldsVirginia Sr. John Mackey Award Jack EndriesCalifornia TE So. Jake BriningstoolClemson Sr. Kyle MorlockFlorida State Sr. Mark RedmanLouisville Sr. John CopenhaverNorth Carolina GS Bryson Nesbit Sr. Justin JolyNC State Jr. Gavin BartholomewPittsburgh Sr. RJ MarylandSMU Jr. Sam RoushStanford Nick GalloVirginia Tech GS Rimington Trophy Drew KendallBoston College C Jr. Maurice SmithFlorida State Sr. Weston FranklinGeorgia Tech Sr. Pete NygraLouisville Jr. Zeke CorrellNC State GS Justin OsborneSMU Levi RogersStanford Sr. Brian StevensVirginia GS Luke PetitbonWake Forest Jr.
Butkus Award Barrett CarterClemson LB Sr. Francisco MauigoaMiami Sean BrownNC State Jr. Power EcholsNorth Carolina Sr. Gaethan BernadelStanford Marlowe WaxSyracuse Sam BrumfieldVirginia Tech Sr. Jim Thorpe Award Shyheim BrownFlorida State DB Jr. Quincy RileyLouisville Sr. Aydan WhiteNC State CB Sr. Donovan McMillonPittsburgh DB Jonas SankerVirginia S Bronko Nagurski Trophy Peter WoodsClemson DE So. Joshua FarmerFlorida State DT Jr. Ashton GillotteLouisville DE Sr. Francisco MauigoaMiami LB Kaimon RuckerNorth Carolina DE GS Jonas SankerVirginia S Sr. Aeneas PeeblesVirginia Tech DT GS Outland Trophy Ozzy TrapiloBoston College OT Sr. Blake MillerClemson Jr. Joshua FarmerFlorida State DT Jr. Darius Washington OT Sr. Weston FranklinGeorgia Tech C Sr. Michael GonzalezLouisville OG Jalen RiversMiami OT Jr. Zeke CorrellNC State C GS Justin OsborneSMU Lou Groza Award Todd PelinoDuke PK Jr. Ryan FitzgeraldFlorida State Sr. Aidan BirrGeorgia Tech So. Andrés BorregalesMiami Sr. Noah BurnetteNorth Carolina Will BettridgeVirginia Jr. John LoveVirginia Tech So. Ray Guy Award Lachlan WilsonCalifornia P Sr. Alex MastromannoFlorida State Sr. Daniel SparksVirginia GS Peter MooreVirginia Tech Sr. Ivan MoraWake Forest Paul Hornung Award Jayden McGowanBoston College WR Jr. Jaydn OttCalifornia RB Jamal HaynesGeorgia Tech Jr. Caullin LacyLouisville WR Sr. Alijah HuzzieNorth Carolina DB GS Kenny JohnsonPittsburgh WR So. Trebor PenaSyracuse Jr. Bhayshul TutenVirginia Tech RB Sr. Wuerffel Trophy Donovan EzeiruakuBoston College DE Sr. Jaydn OttCalifornia RB Jr. Barrett CarterClemson LB Sr. Maurice SmithFlorida State OL Clayton Powell-LeeGeorgia Tech DB Jr. Ashton GillotteLouisville DL Sr. Jaden HarrisMiami DB So. Kaimon RuckerNorth Carolina DE GS Brandon ClevelandNC State DT Jr. Brandon GeorgePittsburgh DL GS Johnathan McGillSMU S Tristan SinclairStanford ILB Justin BarronSyracuse DB Sr. Will BettridgeVirginia PK Jr. Jaylin LaneVirginia Tech WR GS Justin CodyWake Forest DL Sr. Walter Camp Award DJ UiagaleleiFlorida State QB Sr. Jamal HaynesGeorgia Tech RB Jr. Cam WardMiami QB Sr. Omarion HamptonNorth Carolina RB Jr. Grayson McCallNC State GS QB Elic AyomanorStanford WR So. Kyle McCordSyracuse QB Sr. Jet Award Brashard SmithSMU RB Sr. Tucker HollowayVirginia Tech WR Jr. Bhayshul Tuten RB Sr. Patrick Mannelly Award Philip FlorenzoClemson LS Sr.
Bednarik Award Barrett CarterClemson LB Sr. Peter Woods DT So. Tre FreemanDuke LB Jr. Joshua FarmerFlorida State DT Patrick Payton DE Ashton GillotteLouisville Sr. Quincy Riley CB Sr. Rueben Bain Jr.Miami DE So. Francisco Mauigoa LB Sr. Power EcholsNorth Carolina Kaimon Rucker DE GS Davin VannNC State Sr. Donovan McMillonPittsburgh S Elijah RobertsSMU DE Marlowe WaxSyracuse LB Sr. Jonas SankerVirginia S Aeneas PeeblesVirginia Tech DT GS. Antwaun Powell-Ryland DE Sr. Jasheen DavisWake Forest Sr. Rotary Lombardi Award Barrett CarterClemson LB Sr. Blake Miller OT Jr. Peter Woods DT So. Patrick PaytonFlorida State DE Jr. Darius Washington OT Sr. Ashton GillotteLouisville DE Sr. Rueben Bain Jr.Miami So. Kaimon RuckerNorth Carolina GS Logan ParrSMU OG Sr. Aeneas PeeblesVirginia Tech DT GS Antwaun Powell-Ryland DE Sr. Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award Aidan KeanaainaCalifornia DL Jr. Jaydn Ott RB Cade Uluave LB Fr. Sioape Vatikani OL Jr. Sione LoloheaFlorida State DL Sr. Lawrance Toafili RB DJ Uiagalelei QB Francis MauigoaMiami OT So. Francisco Mauigoa LB Jr. Simione PaleStanford OL So. Josh IlaoaSyracuse OL Sr. Manning Award Thomas CastellanosBoston College QB Jr. Cade KlubnikClemson Haynes KingGeorgia Tech Jr. Preston StoneSMU Kyron DronesVirginia Tech Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Thomas CastellanosBoston College QB Jr. Fernando MendozaCalifornia So Cade KlubnikClemson Jr. DJ UiagaleleiFlorida State Sr. Haynes KingGeorgia Tech Jr. Tyler ShoughLouisville Sr. Cam WardMiami Sr. Grayson McCallNC State GS Nate YarnellPittsburgh Jr. Preston StoneSMU Ashton DanielsStanford Jr. Kyle McCordSyracuse Sr. Kyron DronesVirginia Tech Jr. Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Chandler RogersCalifornia QB Sr. Cade KlubnikClemson Jr. Jeremiah ByersFlorida State OL Sr. Haynes KingGeorgia Tech QB Jr. Damien MartinezMiami RB Jr. Cam Ward QB Sr. Nate YarnellPittsburgh Jr. Preston StoneSMU J'Onre ReedSyracuse C Sr. Kyron DronesVirginia Tech QB Jr.
Head coaches
Pre-season changes Syracuse head coach Dino Babers was fired during the 2023 season. On November 28, 2023, Georgia defensive backs coach, Fran Brown, was hired as his replacement.
Texas A&M hired Duke head coach Mike Elko to replace Jimbo Fisher. On December 7, 2023, he was replaced by Manny Diaz, Penn State's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
Boston College's Jeff Hafley was hired as the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator on January 31, 2024. On February 9, 2024, Bill O'Brien was announced as Boston College's new head coach.
Head coaching records