2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

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2011 ACC football season
League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 1, 2011 – January 4, 2012
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVP David Wilson
Atlantic champions Clemson Tigers
Coastal champions Virginia Tech Hokies
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsClemson Tigers
ACC seasons
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$  6 –2   10 –4  
Wake Forest  5 –3   6 –7  
No. 23 Florida State  5 –3   9 –4  
NC State  4 –4   8 –5  
Boston College  3 –5   4 –8  
Maryland  1 –7   2 –10  
Coastal Division
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%  7 –1   11 –3  
Virginia  5 –3   8 –5  
Georgia Tech  5 –3   8 –5  
Miami (FL)  3 –5   6 –6  
North Carolina  3 –5   7 –6  
Duke  1 –7   3 –9  
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 ACC football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from September 1, 2011, to January 4, 2012. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions will meet on December 3 [1] in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, located in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.

Contents

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2011 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Pinehurst, North Carolina on July 25. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Montel Harris of Boston College was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year. [2]

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Florida State – 420 (65 first place votes)
  2. Clemson – 286 (4)
  3. North Carolina State – 270
  4. Boston College – 224 (2)
  5. Maryland – 211
  6. Wake Forest – 80

Coastal Division poll

  1. Virginia Tech – 421 (66)
  2. Miami – 328 (4)
  3. North Carolina – 287
  4. Georgia Tech – 226 (1)
  5. Virginia – 132
  6. Duke – 96

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

  1. Florida State–50
  2. Virginia Tech–18
  3. Clemson–2
  4. Boston College–1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Montel Harris, BC – 26
  2. E. J. Manuel, FSU – 14
  3. Luke Kuechly, BC – 12
  4. David Wilson, Virginia Tech – 8
  5. Danny O'Brien, Maryland – 4
  6. Andre Ellington, CLEM – 3
  7. Lamar Miller, MIA – 2
  8. Sean Spence, MIA – 1
  9. Brandon Jenkins, FSU – 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense

PositionPlayerSchool
Wide receiver Conner Vernon Duke
Dwight Jones North Carolina
Tight end George BryanNC State
Tackle Blake DeChristopherVirginia Tech
Andrew Datko Florida State
Guard Brandon Washington Miami
Omoregie UzziGeorgia Tech
Center Tyler HornMiami
Quarterback EJ Manuel Florida State
Running back Montel Harris Boston College
Andre Ellington Clemson

Defense

PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive end Brandon Jenkins Florida State
Quinton Coples North Carolina
Defensive tackle Tydreke PowellNorth Carolina
Brandon Thompson Clemson
Linebacker Luke Kuechly Boston College
Sean Spence Miami
Kenny Tate Maryland
Cornerback Chase Minnifield Virginia
Jayron Hosley Virginia Tech
Safety Ray-Ray Armstrong Miami
Eddie WhitleyVirginia Tech

Specialist

PositionPlayerSchool
Placekicker Will SnyderwineDuke
Punter Dawson ZimmermanClemson
Specialist Greg Reid Florida State

[3]

Coaches

During the offseason, two ACC schools, Maryland and Miami, hired new head coaches. Maryland bought out the last year of 10 year coach, Ralph Friedgen's contract. [4] They hired Randy Edsall who had been the head coach at UConn for 12 years. Miami fired their head coach of 4 years, Randy Shannon, at the conclusion of the Hurricanes' regular season. [5] They in turn hired coach Al Golden, who was the 5 year head coach of Temple. In an unexpected turn of events, on July 27, 2011, UNC chancellor Holden Thorp announced that UNC's board of trustees decided to dismiss Butch Davis as the head coach of the football team. [6] The announcement came a week before the start of fall training camp. The firing was cited as being due to the investigations by the NCAA into academic fraud, impermissible benefits, and talking to agents in the 2010 season. The next day on the 28th, Everett Withers, the defensive coordinator of the past 3 years, was named as the interim head coach. [7]

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

TeamHead CoachYears at SchoolOverall RecordRecord at SchoolACC Record
Boston College Frank Spaziani 416–1116–119–7
Clemson Dabo Swinney 419–1519–1513–8
Duke David Cutcliffe 456–5312–245–19
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 210–410–46–2
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 4133–5225–1516–8
Maryland Randy Edsall 174–700–00–0
Miami Al Golden 127–340–00–0
North Carolina Everett Withers 10-00-00-0
NC State Tom O'Brien 5100–7025–2514–18
Virginia Mike London 228–134–81–7
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 25240–118–4198–95–246–10
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 10100–96–167–6334–51

ACC vs. BCS opponents

The Atlantic Coast Conference had a losing season vs. BCS opponents in 2011 with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses. In rivalry games vs. BCS opponents the ACC went 1-4 with the only win coming from the Florida State Seminoles over the Florida Gators. The ACC also had three teams play Notre Dame in 2011 and recorded a 0-3 record against the Fighting Irish.

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

DateVisitorHomeSignificanceWinning Team
September 1Wake Forest Syracuse Syracuse
September 3 Northwestern Boston CollegeNorthwestern
September 10 Rutgers North CarolinaNorth Carolina
Stanford DukeStanford
Virginia Indiana Virginia
September 17 Oklahoma Florida StateOklahoma
Ohio State MiamiMiami
West Virginia Maryland Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry West Virginia
Auburn Clemson Auburn–Clemson football rivalry Clemson
Kansas Georgia TechGeorgia Tech
September 22NC State Cincinnati Cincinnati
September 24 Kansas State MiamiKansas State
October 8 Louisville North CarolinaNorth Carolina
November 5 Notre Dame Wake ForestNotre Dame
November 12Maryland Notre Dame Notre Dame
November 19Miami South Florida Miami
Boston College Notre Dame Holy War Notre Dame
November 26Florida State Florida Florida–Florida State football rivalry Florida State
Georgia Georgia Tech Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Georgia
Clemson South Carolina Battle of the Palmetto State South Carolina
Vanderbilt Wake ForestVanderbilt

Rankings

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
 PreWk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Final
Boston CollegeAP
C
BCSNot released 
ClemsonAPRV21138886119718211422
CRVRVRV221588861210817211422
BCSNot released751197172015
DukeAP
CRV
BCSNot released 
Florida StateAP655112323RVRV23252523
C545142422RVRV22RV242523
BCSNot released 25
Georgia TechAPRVRV2521131220RV2220RV25RVRV
CRVRVRV2421131219RV23192321RVRV
BCSNot released22232123
MarylandAPRVRVRVRV
CRVRV
BCSNot released 
MiamiAPRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRV
BCSNot released
North CarolinaAPRVRV
CRVRVRV25RVRVRVRVRV
BCSNot released 
NC StateAPRVRV
CRV
BCSNot released 
VirginiaAPRVRV24RVRVRV
CRVRVRV25RVRVRV
BCSNot released
Virginia TechAP13111313112119161512109651721
C1311121110171714151197431117
BCSNot released1212121085511
Wake ForestAPRVRV
CRVRV
BCSNot released 

Bowl Games

Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/ResultAttendancePayout (US$) per team
BCS
Allstate Sugar Bowl January 3, 2012 Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans ESPN Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 2064,512$17,000,000
Discover Orange Bowl January 4, 2012 Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida ESPN West Virginia 70, Clemson 3367,563$17,000,000
Non-BCS
Advocare V100 Independence Bowl December 26, 2011 Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana ESPN2 Missouri 41, North Carolina 2441,728$1,100,000
Belk Bowl December 27, 2011 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina ESPN NC State 31, Louisville 2458,427$1,000,000
Champs Sports Bowl December 29, 2011 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, Florida ESPN Florida State 18, Notre Dame 1468,305$2,125,000
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl December 30, 2011 LP Field Nashville, Tennessee ESPN Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 1755,208$1,700,000
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 31, 2011 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas CBS Utah 30, Georgia Tech 2748,123$1,900,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2011 Georgia Dome Atlanta ESPN Auburn 43, Virginia 2472,919$3,350,000

Postseason

All-conference teams

First Team

Second Team

[8]

ACC Individual Awards

National Awards

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