2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

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2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport football
DurationSeptember 2, 2010
through January 9, 2011
Teams12
TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Raycom
Regular season
Season champions Virginia Tech Hokies
  Runners-up Florida State Seminoles
Season MVPTyrod Taylor
Football seasons
←  2009
2011  →
2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 17 Florida State x  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 23 Maryland  5 –3   9 –4  
No. 25 NC State  5 –3   9 –4  
Boston College  4 –4   7 –6  
Clemson  4 –4   6 –7  
Wake Forest  1 –7   3 –9  
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech x$  8 –0   11 –3  
Miami (FL)  5 –3   7 –6  
Georgia Tech  4 –4   6 –7  
North Carolina  4 –4   8 –5  
Duke  1 –7   3 –9  
Virginia  1 –7   4 –8  
Championship: Virginia Tech 44, Florida State 33
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 58th season of Atlantic Coast Conference football. The season started September 2, 2010 and ended January 9, 2011. The twelve conference schools were divided into two divisions. The Virginia Tech Hokies won the Coastal Division while the Florida State Seminoles won the Atlantic Division. On December 4, 2010, the Hokies defeated the Seminoles 44–33 to win the 2010 ACC Championship and the right to represent the conference in the 2011 Orange Bowl, where the Hokies lost 12–40 to the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-10.

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Member schools

InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedJoined ACCSchool typeACC Football Titles
Boston College Eagles Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 18632005Private/Jesuit0
Clemson Tigers Clemson, South Carolina 18891953Public13
Duke Blue Devils Durham, North Carolina 18381953Private/Non-Sectarian7
Florida State Seminoles Tallahassee, Florida 18511991Public12
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Atlanta 18851979Public3
Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland 18561953Public9
Miami Hurricanes Coral Gables, Florida 19252004Private/Non-Sectarian0
North Carolina Tar Heels Chapel Hill, North Carolina 17891953Public5
NC State Wolfpack Raleigh, North Carolina 18871953Public7
Virginia Cavaliers Charlottesville, Virginia 18191953Public2
Virginia Tech Hokies Blacksburg, Virginia 18722004Public3
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Winston-Salem, North Carolina 18341953Private/Non-Sectarian2

Coaches

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolACC record
Boston College Frank Spaziani 39–59–55–3
Clemson Dabo Swinney 313–813–89–4
Duke David Cutcliffe 353–449–154–12
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 11–01–00–0
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 3126–4620–712–4
Maryland Ralph Friedgen 1066–4666–4638–34
Miami Randy Shannon 421–1721–1711–13
North Carolina Butch Davis 471–3820–1811–13
NC State Tom O'Brien 491–6616–219–15
Virginia Mike London 124–50–00–0
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 24229–115–4187–92–238–10
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 992–84–159–5131–41

ACC vs. BCS conference opponents

NOTE:. Games with a * next to the home team represent a neutral site game

DateVisitorHomeSignificanceWinning team
September 4 LSU North Carolina* Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta LSU
September 11Georgia Tech Kansas Kansas
September 11Florida State Oklahoma Oklahoma
September 11Miami Ohio State Ohio State
September 11Virginia USC USC
September 16 Cincinnati NC StateNC State
September 18 Alabama DukeAlabama
September 18Maryland West Virginia Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry West Virginia
September 18Wake Forest Stanford Stanford
September 18Clemson Auburn Auburn–Clemson football rivalry Auburn
September 23Miami Pittsburgh Miami
September 25North Carolina Rutgers North Carolina
October 2 Notre Dame Boston CollegeNotre Dame
November 27 Florida Florida State Florida–Florida State football rivalry Florida State
November 27Georgia Tech Georgia Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Georgia
November 27 South Carolina Clemson Battle of the Palmetto State South Carolina
November 27Wake Forest Vanderbilt Wake Forest
November 27Boston College Syracuse Boston College
November 27 South Florida MiamiSouth Florida

Bowl games

DateACC TeamOpponentBowlLocationWinning team
December 27, 2010Georgia Tech Air Force AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl Shreveport, Louisiana Air Force
December 28, 2010NC State West Virginia Champs Sports Bowl Orlando, Florida NC State
December 29, 2010Maryland East Carolina Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman Washington, D.C. Maryland
December 30, 2010North Carolina Tennessee Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nashville, Tennessee North Carolina
December 31, 2010Clemson South Florida Meineke Car Care Bowl Charlotte, North Carolina South Florida
December 31, 2010Miami Notre Dame Hyundai Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Notre Dame
December 31, 2010Florida State South Carolina Chick-fil-A Bowl Atlanta Florida State
January 3, 2011Virginia Tech Stanford Discover Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Florida Stanford
January 9, 2011Boston College Nevada Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl San Francisco Nevada

Postseason

All-conference teams

First Team

Second Team

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References

  1. ↑ "2010 All-ACC Football Teams Announced". theacc.com. 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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