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2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2009 ACC football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
Duration September 3, 2009 – January 5, 2010
Number of teams 12
Regular season
Season MVP C. J. Spiller
Atlantic champions Clemson
Coastal champions Georgia Tech
ACC Championship Game
Champions Georgia Tech
  Runners-up Clemson
ACC seasons
2009 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 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
No. 13 Georgia Tech* x$   7 1         11 3  
No. 10 Virginia Tech   6 2         10 3  
No. 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 football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 5, 2010. 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 met in the 2009 ACC Championship Game, where Georgia Tech defeated Clemson by a score of 39–34. Georgia Tech represented the ACC in the BCS, being invited to the Fedex Orange Bowl where they lost to Iowa. The ACC had a total of seven teams play in a bowl game and finished the bowl season with a record of 3–4.

Boston College and Florida State tied for the Atlantic division championship. Boston College beat Florida State during the regular season so they represented the Atlantic division in the 2008 ACC Championship Game. A similar situation occurred in the Coastal division where Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech tied. Virginia Tech won the regular season meeting so they represented the Coastal division in the championship game. Virginia Tech would win the ACC championship game 30-12 over Boston College and would represent the ACC in the Fedex Orange Bowl where they would defeat Cincinnati, the champions of the Big East Conference, 20-7.


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