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2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$   7 1     12 2  
No. 11 Clemson x   7 1     11 2  
NC State   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 7  
Maryland   2 6     4 8  
Boston College   1 7     2 10  
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy   5 3     7 7  
North Carolina   5 3     8 4  
Miami (FL)   5 3     7 5  
Virginia Tech   4 4     7 6  
Duke   3 5     6 7  
Virginia   2 6     4 8  
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions.[1]
    ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7–7, 5–3 in ACC play to share the Coastal Division Championship with Miami and North Carolina. With Miami and North Carolina on post seasons bans, Georgia Tech represented the division in the ACC Championship Game where they were defeated by Florida State. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated USC.

Previous season

They finished the 2011 Season at 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated by Utah 30-27 in OT.

Schedule

[2]

September 38:00 PMat No. 16 Virginia Tech

ESPNL 17–20 OT65,632 September 87:00 PMPresbyterian*

ESPN3W 59–3 41,678 September 153:30 PMVirginia

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ESPNUW 56–20 44,225 September 223:00 PMMiami (FL)

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ACC RSNL 36–42 OT50,390 September 2912:00 PMMiddle Tennessee*

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ACC RSNL 28–49 39,270 October 63:30 PMat No. 15 Clemson

ESPNL 31–47 82,873 October 203:00 PMBoston College

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ACC RSNW 37–17 40,112 October 273:00 PMBYU*dagger

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ACC RSNL 17–41 50,103 November 312:30 PMat Maryland

ACCNW 33–13 33,471 November 1012:30 PMat North Carolina

ACCNW 68–50 50,000 November 173:30 PMDuke

  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA

ESPNUW 42–24 41,904 November 2412:00 PMat No. 3 Georgia*

ESPNL 10–42 92,746 December 17:45 PMvs. Florida State

ESPNL 15–21 64,778 December 312:00 PMvs. USC*

CBSW 21–7 47,922

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Football: 2012 Schedule". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Retrieved April 8, 2012.