List of Atlantic Coast Conference champions

The Atlantic Coast Conference awards championships in 28 sports—13 men's and 15 women's (women's gymnastics was added for the 2023-24 school year with the addition of Clemson). Nationally, fencing (which was relaunched as an official conference sport in 2014–15 after having been absent since 1980) is a coeducational sport, offering one team title since 1990, while ACC titles are awarded to the men's and women's teams. In all sports except volleyball, champions are determined by a post-season game, tournament, or meet. In football, the teams with the best conference records play in the ACC Championship Game for the conference title. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.

Summary

Through December 19, 2024

School Joined ACC Total Baseball Men's
Basketball 		Women's
Basketball 		Men's
Cross Country 		Women's
Cross Country 		Men's
Fencing 		Women's
Fencing 		Field Hockey Football Men's
Golf 		Women's
Golf 		Women's
Gymnastics 		Men's
Indoor Track 		Women's
Indoor Track 		Men's
Lacrosse 		Women's
Lacrosse 		Men's
Outdoor Track 		Women's
Outdoor Track 		Rowing Men's
Soccer 		Women's
Soccer 		Softball Men's
Swimming 		Women's
Swimming 		Men's
Tennis 		Women's
Tennis 		Women's
Volleyball 		Wrestling Total School
Boston College 2005 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 Boston College
Cal 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Cal
Clemson 1953 140 16 0 2 7 1 1 — — 21 11 1 0 12 6 — — 12 7 1 16 0 0 1 4 11 8 2 0 140 Clemson
Duke 1953 143 5 22 8 7 2 2 1 0 7 8 22 0 0 0 9 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 12 18 11 0 143 Duke
Florida State 1991 107 8 2 0 1 6 — — — 16 1 0 — 12 3 — — 15 6 — — 11 19 0 1 1 0 5 — 107 Florida State
Georgia Tech 1979 46 9 4 0 0 0 — — — 2 19 — — 0 1 — — 0 0 — — — 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 46 Georgia Tech
Louisville 2014 8 0 0 1 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 8 Louisville
Maryland 1953-2014 199 3 3 10 11 0 1 — 10 9 0 0 0 26 0 26 11 26 0 — 23 0 1 7 1 2 0 5 24 199 Maryland
Miami 2004 12 1 1 0 0 0 — — — 0 — 0 — 0 5 — — 0 4 0 — 0 — 0 0 0 1 0 — 12 Miami
North Carolina 1953 295 12 18 9 10 4 9 1 27 5 12 2 0 4 15 14 7 4 14 0 4 23 1 17 16 25 12 13 17 295 North Carolina
North Carolina State 1953 151 5 11 7 16 29 — — — 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 — 7 0 — 1 1 2 33 4 2 1 1 21 151 North Carolina State
Notre Dame 2013 30 0 1 6 3 1 7 8 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 2013 7 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 1 0 — — 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 Pittsburgh
South Carolina 1953–1971 3 0 1 — 0 — — — — 1 1 — — 0 — — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — 0 — — — 3 South Carolina
Southern Methodist 2024 0 — 0 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Southern Methodist
Stanford 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stanford
Syracuse 2013 13 — 0 0 6 0 — — 0 0 — — — 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 — — — 0 0 — 13 Syracuse
Virginia 1953 152 4 3 3 4 3 0 — 1 2 0 2 — 0 1 19 5 1 5 22 16 2 1 16 20 15 2 0 5 152 Virginia
Virginia Tech 2004 35 0 1 1[1] 1 0 — — — 4 1 0 — 7 6 — 0 4 3 — 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 35 Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 1953 58 7 4 0 6 0 — — 4 2 19 8 — 0 0 — — 0 0 — 4 1 — 0 — 3 0 0 0 58 Wake Forest
Total 70 71 47 73 47 20 10 42 77 72 35 2 63 37 73 27 69 41 24 73 38 33 76 46 71 46 50 71 Total

Baseball

Main article: ACC Baseball Tournament

The ACC Baseball champion was determined by regular season finish from 1954 until 1972 and in 1979. The ACC Tournament has determined the champion since 1973.[2] All current conference members field baseball teams except SMU and Syracuse. Both schools were without baseball for more than 40 years before joining the ACC—Syracuse, a member since 2013, last sponsored baseball in the 1972 season, and SMU, which joined in 2024, last sponsored baseball in the 1980 season.

  1. ^ No tournament; the champion was determined by regular season finish.
  2. ^ No tournament due to conflict with exams; the champion was determined by regular season finish.

Men's basketball

See also: ACC men's basketball tournament

All 18 full members sponsor men's basketball.[3]

Women's basketball

See also: ACC women's basketball tournament

All full members sponsor women's basketball. The ACC began sponsoring women's basketball in the 1977–78 season.[4]

Cross country

Fencing

Main article: Atlantic Coast Conference Fencing Championships

Four schools—Boston College, Duke, North Carolina, and Notre Dame—relaunched ACC fencing in the 2014–15 school year after the sport had been absent from the conference since 1980. Stanford, which joins in 2024–25, also sponsors the sport. Fencing was a men's sport during the first era of ACC fencing from 1971 to 1980. Today, ACC fencing is a coeducational sport, with teams fielding separate men's and women's squads and all bouts involving a single sex. Although the NCAA Fencing Championships award only a single team title, the ACC Fencing Championships award separate men's and women's team titles.[9]

Field hockey

Nine schools—Boston College, California, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, and Wake Forest—will sponsor women's field hockey in the upcoming 2024 season.[10][11]

Football

See also: ACC Championship Game and List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions

The ACC football champion was determined based on regular season finish from 1953 until 2004. In 2005, the conference split into two divisions, and the division winners met in the ACC Championship Game through the 2022 season.[12] The football divisions were eliminated in 2020 and after the 2022 season. Notre Dame has never been an ACC member in football, except for the 2020 season on a temporary basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic; that season, they played in (but lost) the football conference championship. They have otherwise remained independent but have a yearly 5-game scheduling agreement with the ACC.

  1. ^ Georgia Tech's 2009 championship was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions[13]

Golf

Gymnastics

Women's

The ACC sponsored women's gymnastics for one season, 1984. Duke discontinued their program following the season, and the conference stopped sponsoring the sport until renewing the competition in the 2024 season.[16] The conference initially planned to resume sponsoring gymnastics once Pittsburgh joined in 2013–14,[17] but backed away from those plans once Maryland announced its 2014 departure for the Big Ten.

The ACC women's gymnastics league expanded from 4 to 6 teams in 2024–25 with the arrival of California and Stanford.

Lacrosse

Indoor track and field

  1. ^ a b Florida State's 2006–2007 season was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Outdoor track and field

Rowing

Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State, Pitt, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest do not sponsor women's rowing. [24]

Soccer

Softball

All schools except current members Miami and Wake Forest, and future member SMU, sponsor softball.[27] The next change to ACC softball membership will be the addition of California and Stanford for the 2025 season and beyond.

All information taken from Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament.

Swimming and diving

  1. ^ a b Florida State's 2006–2007 season was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
  2. ^ a b Maryland dropped men's and women's swimming and diving in 2012, two years before it left for the Big Ten.
  3. ^ Wake Forest has dropped men's swimming and diving.

Tennis

Volleyball

Women's

All 18 current and future ACC members sponsor women's volleyball. The only one that sponsors the sport for men is incoming member Stanford, which will remain a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

The women's volleyball championship was determined through a tournament from 1980 until 2004. Since 2005, champions have been based on the regular season.[36]

Wrestling

The championship was determined on dual meets in 1954 and 1955, with the tournament beginning in 1956. Seven schools (Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Virginia, and Virginia Tech) will compete in wrestling in the 2024–25 season.[37] The most recent changes to the ACC include the entry of Pitt in 2013 and departure of Maryland in 2014, with Stanford joining in 2024.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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