List of Atlantic Coast Conference national championships

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The list of ACC national champions begins in the Atlantic Coast Conference's first full academic year of competition in 1953 and, through the 2023-2024 academic year, totals 144 NCAA team national championships and 8 FBS national championships in football. ACC members won a total of six national championships in the 2023-24 school year—in women's cross country (NC State), field hockey (North Carolina), men's soccer (Clemson), women's soccer (Florida State), women's swimming and diving (Virginia), and men's lacrosse (Notre Dame).

Contents

Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football, which is not an official NCAA-sanctioned championship. Up to 1982, teams representing member schools also claimed five Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships.

Totals by school

The following table ranks ACC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won as an ACC member. This does not include Division I-A/FBS football championships, or Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships. This list also does not include national championships won by new ACC members Stanford, Cal or SMU.

InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedJoined ConferenceVarsity SportsACC NCAA Championships [1]
(as of June 25, 2024)
Non-ACC NCAA Championships
Boston College Eagles Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 186320053142
Clemson University Tigers Clemson, South Carolina 188919531950
Duke University Blue Devils Durham, North Carolina 1838195320170
Florida State University Seminoles Tallahassee, Florida 185119911774
Georgia Institute of Technology Yellow Jackets Atlanta, Georgia 188519781710
University of Louisville Cardinals Louisville, Kentucky 179820142102
University of Miami Hurricanes Coral Gables, Florida 192520041705
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1789195327500
North Carolina State University Wolfpack Raleigh, North Carolina 188719532550
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish South Bend, Indiana 1842201323915
University of Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 178720131900
Syracuse University Orange Syracuse, New York 1870201320313
University of Virginia Cavaliers Charlottesville, Virginia 1819195326331
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hokies Blacksburg, Virginia 187220042100
Wake Forest University Demon Deacons Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1834195318100

Fall sports

Men's cross country (1)

YearSchool
2015 Syracuse

Women's cross country (7)

YearSchoolNotes
1979NC State AIAW
1980NC State AIAW
1981Virginia
1982Virginia
2021NC State
2022NC State
2023NC State

Field hockey (23)

YearSchool
1987Maryland
1989North Carolina
1993Maryland
1995North Carolina
1996North Carolina
1997North Carolina
1999Maryland
2002Wake Forest
2003Wake Forest
2004Wake Forest
2005Maryland
2006Maryland
2007North Carolina
2008Maryland
2009North Carolina
2010Maryland
2011Maryland
2015Syracuse
2018North Carolina
2019North Carolina
2020North Carolina
2022North Carolina
2023North Carolina

Football (8)

The NCAA does not name an official champion for Division I-A/FBS football. The following table lists national titles that are reported by the NCAA's web page. [2]

YearSchoolNotes
1953 Maryland AP, Coaches, UPI
1981 Clemson AP, Coaches, UPI
1990 Georgia Tech Coaches
1993 Florida State AP, Coaches
1999 Florida State AP, BCS, Coaches
2013 Florida State AP, BCS, Coaches
2016 Clemson AP, CFP, Coaches
2018 Clemson AP, CFP, Coaches

Men's soccer (20)

YearSchoolNotes
1968MarylandShared with Michigan State; championship match was tied after two overtime periods.
1984Clemson
1987Duke
1988Clemson
1989VirginiaShared with Santa Clara; championship match was stopped after two overtime periods due to weather.
1991Virginia
1992Virginia
1993Virginia
1994Virginia
2001North Carolina
2005Maryland
2007Wake Forest
2008Maryland
2009Virginia
2011North Carolina
2013Notre Dame
2014Virginia
2021Clemson
2022Syracuse
2023Clemson

Women's soccer (26)

YearSchoolNotes
1981 North Carolina AIAW
1982North Carolina
1983North Carolina
1984North Carolina
1986North Carolina
1987North Carolina
1988North Carolina
1989North Carolina
1990North Carolina
1991North Carolina
1992North Carolina
1993North Carolina
1994North Carolina
1996North Carolina
1997North Carolina
1999North Carolina
2000North Carolina
2003North Carolina
2006North Carolina
2008North Carolina
2009North Carolina
2012North Carolina
2014 Florida State
2018Florida State
2021Florida State
2023Florida State

Winter sports

Men's basketball (15)

YearSchoolNotes
1957 North Carolina
1974 NC State
1982 North Carolina
1983 NC State
1991 Duke
1992 Duke
1993 North Carolina
2001 Duke
2002 Maryland
2005 North Carolina
2009 North Carolina
2010 Duke
2015 Duke
2017 North Carolina
2019 Virginia

Women's basketball (3)

YearSchool
1994 North Carolina
2006 Maryland
2018 Notre Dame

Men's ice hockey (3)

YearSchool
2008 Boston College
2010 Boston College
2012 Boston College

Women's indoor track and field (1)

YearSchoolNotes
1981Virginia AIAW

Women's swimming and diving (4)

YearSchool
2021Virginia
2022Virginia
2023Virginia
2024Virginia

Fencing (5)

YearSchool
2017Notre Dame
2018Notre Dame
2021Notre Dame
2022Notre Dame
2023Notre Dame

Men's Gymnastics

The ACC does not currently sponsor men's gymnastics as a conference sport. However, current ACC schools have won national championships.

Spring sports

Baseball (2)

YearSchool
1955Wake Forest
2015Virginia

Men's golf (4)

YearSchool
1974Wake Forest
1975Wake Forest
1986Wake Forest
2003Clemson

Women's golf (8)

YearSchool
1999Duke
2002Duke
2005Duke
2006Duke
2007Duke
2014Duke
2019Duke
2023Wake Forest

Men's lacrosse (24)

YearSchoolNotes
1955Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1956Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1959Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1967Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1970Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1972Virginia
1973Maryland
1975Maryland
1981North Carolina
1982North Carolina
1986North Carolina
1991North Carolina
1999Virginia
2003Virginia
2006Virginia
2010Duke
2011Virginia
2013Duke
2014Duke
2016North Carolina
2019Virginia
2021Virginia
2023Notre Dame
2024Notre Dame

Women's lacrosse (17)

YearSchoolNotes
1981Maryland AIAW
1986Maryland
1991Virginia
1992Maryland
1993Virginia
1995Maryland
1996Maryland
1997Maryland
1998Maryland
1999Maryland
2000Maryland
2001Maryland
2004Virginia
2010Maryland
2013North Carolina
2014Maryland
2016North Carolina
2021Boston College
2022North Carolina

Men's outdoor track and field (2)

YearSchool
2006Florida State
2008Florida State

Women's outdoor track and field

Women's rowing (2)

YearSchool
2010Virginia
2012Virginia

Softball (1)

YearSchool
2018Florida State

Women's tennis (3)

YearSchool
2007Georgia Tech
2009Duke
2023North Carolina

Men's tennis (7)

YearSchool
2013Virginia
2015Virginia
2016Virginia
2017Virginia
2018Wake Forest
2022Virginia
2023Virginia

Discontinued Sports

Boxing

Source: [6]

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