2009 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#24 Clemson x		6	–	2		9	–	5
Boston College		5	–	3		8	–	5
Florida State		4	–	4		7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5		5	–	7
NC State		2	–	6		5	–	7
Maryland		1	–	7		2	–	10
Coastal Division
#13 Georgia Tech* x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
#10 Virginia Tech		6	–	2		10	–	3
#19 Miami		5	–	3		9	–	4
North Carolina*		0	–	4		0	–	5
Duke		3	–	5		5	–	7
Virginia		2	–	6		3	–	9
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34 December 5, 2009
$ – BCS representative as conference champion North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Clemson Tigers. The game, sponsored by Dr. Pepper, was the final regular-season contest of the 2009 college football season for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Georgia Tech defeated Clemson, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, 39–34.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were selected to represent the Coastal Division by virtue of a 7–1 record in conference play and a 10–2 record overall. Representing the Atlantic Division was Clemson, which had an 8–4 record (6–2 ACC). The game was a rematch of a contest played September 10 in Atlanta, Georgia. In that first game, Georgia Tech won a close 30–27 matchup.

The game was held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on December 5, 2009. Tampa had been chosen to host the game after poor attendance at the game's previous location, Jacksonville, Florida, led conference officials to seek an alternative. The 2009 championship was the last to be hosted in Tampa, as the game moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2010.

From the start of the game, the 2009 ACC championship had a large amount of offense. Throughout the contest, neither team punted: Every offensive drive ended in a score or a turnover. Clemson scored first, a touchdown on its opening drive, and held a 7–3 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Georgia Tech scored 13 points to Clemson's six, and the Yellow Jackets entered halftime with a 16–13 lead. They extended that lead in the third quarter, scoring 17 points to Clemson's lone touchdown and extra point. In the fourth quarter, Clemson closed the gap and took a 34–33 lead with 6:11 remaining, but Georgia Tech drove down the field and scored a touchdown with 1:20 remaining, giving the Yellow Jackets a 39–34 lead that was the game's final margin. In recognition of his significant performance despite the loss, Clemson running back C. J. Spiller was named the game's most valuable player.

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