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2022 ACC Football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
Number of teams14
2023 NFL Draft
Regular Season
ACC Championship Game
Seasons
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
No. 11 Florida State   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Syracuse   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Louisville   4 – 4     8 – 5  
NC State   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Boston College   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
No. 22 Pittsburgh   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Duke   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Miami (FL)   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Virginia   1 – 6     3 – 7  
Virginia Tech   1 – 6     3 – 8  
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 70th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The ACC consists of 14 members in two divisions. The entire schedule was released on January 31, 2022.[1]

Previous season

See also: 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Pittsburgh defeated Wake Forest 45−21 in the ACC Football Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

National rankings
Team ESPN[2] Rivals[3] 24/7[4] On3 Recruits[5] Total signees
Boston College 38 38 40 49 22
Clemson 4 10 10 14 20
Duke N/A 51 52 55 18
Florida State 19 17 20 19 18
Georgia Tech 34 52 54 53 15
Louisville 30 48 51 51 16
Miami 9 31 16 11 15
North Carolina 7 11 11 10 17
NC State 31 68 64 59 12
Pittsburgh 33 63 76 64 13
Syracuse N/A 69 68 63 16
Virginia 32 63 66 68 16
Virginia Tech N/A 41 36 38 24
Wake Forest N/A 76 71 62 13

Note: ESPN only ranks the top 40 teams.

ACC Kickoff

The 2022 ACC Kickoff will be held on July 20th and July 21st at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each team will have there head coach and three players available to talk to the media. Coverage of the event will be televised by the ACC Network. The preseason poll was released on July 26, 2022. The poll projected Clemson to win the conference title for the seventh time in the last eight years.[6]

Atlantic
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Clemson 1,080 (111)
2 NC State 959 (44)
3 Wake Forest 783 (6)
4 Louisville 591
5 Florida State 509 (2)
6 Boston College 469 (1)
7 Syracuse 201
Coastal
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Miami (FL) 1,036 (98)
2 Pittsburgh 911 (38)
3 North Carolina 823 (18)
4 Virginia 667 (6)
5 Virginia Tech 592 (3)
6 Georgia Tech 343 (1)
7 Duke 220
Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1 Clemson 103
2 NC State 38
3 Miami (FL) 8
4 Wake Forest 4
5 Pittsburgh 3
Virginia
7 Florida State 2
North Carolina
9 Boston College 1

Preseason ACC Player of the year

Source:[7]

Ranking Player Position Team Votes
1 Devin Leary QB NC State 40
2 Sam Hartman Wake Forest 30
3 Tyler Van Dyke Miami 21
4 Bryan Bresee DT Clemson 14
Brennan Armstrong QB Virginia
6 Malik Cunningham QB Louisville 12
Josh Downs WR North Carolina
8 Sean Tucker RB Syracuse 11
9 Myles Murphy DT Clemson 5
10 Trenton Simpson LB 3
11 Jammie Robinson S Florida State 2

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source:[7]

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

AP 1st Team[8] AP 2nd Team AS 1st Team[9] AS 2nd Team WCFF 1st Team[10] WCFF 2nd Team ESPN[11] CBS 1st Team[12] CBS 2nd Team CFN 1st Team[13]

[14]

CFN 2nd Team PFF 1st Team[15] PFF 2nd Team SN 1st Team[16] SN 2nd Team
Christian Mahogany, OG, Boston College Green tickY
Bryan Bresee, DL, Clemson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Tyler Davis, DT, Clemson Green tickY
Jordan McFadden, OL, Clemson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Andrew Mukuba, DB, Clemson Green tickY
Myles Murphy, DL, Clemson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Trenton Simpson, LB, Clemson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jammie Robinson, S, Florida State Green tickY
Caleb Chandler, OL, Louisville Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Zion Nelson, OT, Miami Green tickY
James Williams, S, Miami Green tickY
Payton Wilson, LB, NC State Green tickY
Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Calijah Kancey, DL, Pittsburgh Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Sean Tucker, RB, Syracuse Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
A. T. Perry, WR, Wake Forest Green tickY

Preseason award watchlists

Coaches

Coaching changes

The ACC entered the 2022 season with four new head football coaches:

Head coaching records

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School ACC Record
Boston College Jeff Hafley 3 12–11 12–11 7–11
Clemson Dabo Swinney 14 132–35 132–35 74–17
Duke Mike Elko 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Florida State Mike Norvell 3 46–28 8–13 6–10
Georgia Tech Geoff Collins 4 24–35 9–25 7–18
Louisville Scott Satterfield 4 69–43 18–19 12–13
Miami Mario Cristobal 1 62–60 0–0 0–0
North Carolina Mack Brown 14 265–139–1 90–63–1 55–47–1
North Carolina State Dave Doeren 10 87–53 64–49 34–40
Pittsburgh Pat Narduzzi 8 52–37 52–37 36–22
Syracuse Dino Babers 7 66–59 29–43 15–35
Virginia Tony Elliot 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Virginia Tech Brent Pry 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Wake Forest Dave Clawson 9 141–127 51–48 26–37

Notes

  • Records shown after the 2021 season
  • Years at school includes the 2022 season

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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14		 Final
Boston College AP
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CFP Not released  
Clemson AP 4 5 5 5 5 5
C 4 4 4 5 5 5
CFP Not released  
Duke AP
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CFP Not released  
Florida State AP RV RV RV 23 RV
C RV RV RV RV 22 RV
CFP Not released  
Georgia Tech AP
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CFP Not released  
Louisville AP
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CFP Not released  
Miami AP 16 15 13 25
C 17 16 13 25
CFP Not released  
North Carolina AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released  
NC State AP 13 18 16 12 10 14
C 13 13 12 11 10 14
CFP Not released  
Pittsburgh AP 17 16 23 24 24
C 16 14 25 RV 24 RV
CFP Not released  
Syracuse AP RV RV 22
C RV RV RV 25 21
CFP Not released  
Virginia AP
C
CFP Not released  
Virginia Tech AP
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CFP Not released  
Wake Forest AP 22 23 19 21 22 15
C 19 21 18 16 21 15
CFP Not released  

Schedule

The regular season began on Saturday August 27, 2022 and will end on Saturday November 26, 2022. The ACC Championship Game will be played on Saturday December 3, 2022 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Regular season

Week zero

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 27 5:00 p.m. Duquesne Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ACCN W 47–7   51,207
August 27 8:15 p.m. Florida A&M North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W 56–24   46,130
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week one

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. West Virginia No. 17 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) ESPN W 38–31   70,622
September 1 7:30 p.m. VMI No. 22 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC ACCN W 44–10   26,013
September 2 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA ESPNU L 17–20   21,944
September 2 7:30 p.m. Temple Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCN W 30–0   20,722
September 3 Noon Rutgers Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ACCN L 21–22   35,048
September 3 Noon North Carolina Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPNU W 63–61   40,168
September 3 Noon No. 13 NC State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (rivalry) ESPN W 21–20   51,711
September 3 12:30 p.m. No. 24 (FCS) Richmond Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACCRSN W 34–17   41,122
September 3 3:30 p.m. Bethune–Cookman No. 16 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ACCN W 70–13   56,795
September 3 8:00 p.m. Louisville Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY ACCN  CUSE 31–7   37,110
September 4 7:30 p.m. Florida State LSU Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Louisiana Kickoff) ABC W 24–23   68,388
September 5 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Clemson Georgia Tech Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff/rivalry) ESPN  CLEM 41–10   45,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 9 7:30 p.m. Louisville UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN2 W 20–14   44,412
September 10 Noon Duke Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL FS1 W 31–23   24,622
September 10 Noon Southern Miss No. 15 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ACCN W 30–7   46,422
September 10 Noon North Carolina Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPNU W 35–28   17,687
September 10 Noon No. 23 Wake Forest Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN SECN W 45–25   24,431
September 10 12:30 p.m. Charleston Southern No. 18 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCRSN W 55–3   54,169
September 10 3:30 p.m. Furman No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ACCN W 35–12   78,302
September 10 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Tennessee No. 17 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA ABC L 27–34 OT  59,785
September 10 4:00 p.m. Virginia Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPNU L 3–24   33,669
September 10 7:00 p.m. Western Carolina Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACCNX/ESPN+ W 35–17   36,486
September 10 7:00 p.m. Syracuse UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT CBSSN W 48–14   25,114
September 10 8:00 p.m. Boston College Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (rilvalry) ACCN  VT 27–10   65,632
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
September 10 Florida State

Week three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 7:30 p.m. Florida State Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ESPN  FSU 35–31   46,459
September 17 11:00 a.m. Wofford Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ACCN W 27–7   62,043
September 17 Noon Purdue Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY ESPN2 W 32–29   35,943
September 17 2:00 p.m. Old Dominion Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACCN W 16–14   40,556
September 17 3:30 p.m. No. 20 Ole Miss Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ABC L 0–42   40,293
September 17 5:00 p.m. Liberty No. 19 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC ACCN W 37–36   32,891
September 17 6:00 p.m. North Carolina A&T Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCNX/ESPN+ W 49–20   32,802
September 17 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 16 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN2 W 27–14   56,919
September 17 7:30 p.m. No. 23 Pittsburgh Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI ESPNU W 34–13   22,875
September 17 7:30 p.m. Maine Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ACCRSN W 38–17   34,325
September 17 8:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ACCN W 48–20   80,542
September 17 9:00 p.m. No. 13 Miami No. 24 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX ESPN L 9–17   107,245
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
September 17 North Carolina

Week four

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 22 7:30 p.m. West Virginia Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry) ESPN L 10–33   65,632
September 23 7:00 p.m. Virginia Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY ESPN  CUSE 22–20   34,590
September 24 Noon No. 5 Clemson No. 21 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC ABC  CLEM 51–45 2OT  32,903
September 24 Noon Duke Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1 L 27–35   47,233
September 24 Noon South Florida Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ACCRSN W 3–41   41,217
September 24 Noon No. 20 (FCS) Rhode Island No. 24 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA ACCN W 24–45   54,667
September 24 3:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee No. 25 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ACCN L 31–45   46,713
September 24 3:30 p.m. Notre Dame North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ABC L 32–45   50,500
September 24 4:00 p.m. Georgia Tech UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPNU L 10–27   44,220
September 24 7:30 p.m. UConn No. 12 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCRSN W 41–10   56,919
September 24 8:00 p.m. Boston College Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ACCN  FSU 44–14   79,560
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week five

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 1 Noon Louisville Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ACCN  BC 34–33   38,517
October 1 3:30 p.m. No. 22 Wake Forest No. 23 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC  WAKE 31–21   69,749
October 1 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN  UNC 41–10   45,029
October 1 5:00 p.m. Wagner Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY ACCNX/ESPN+ W 59–0   33,373
October 1 7:30 p.m. No. 10 NC State No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl) ABC  CLEM 30–20   81,500
October 1 7:30 p.m. Virginia Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCRSN  DUKE 38–17   15,152
October 1 8:00 p.m. Georgia Tech No. 24 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA ACCN  GT 26–21   46,972
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 1 Miami

Week six

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 8 Noon Louisville Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACCN      
October 8 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA ACCN      
October 8 4:00 p.m. Duke Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACCRSN      
October 8 4:00 p.m. North Carolina Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN2      
October 8 7:30 p.m. Army No. 15 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC ACCRSN      
October 8 7:30 p.m. No. 5 Clemson Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) ABC      
October 8 8:00 p.m. Florida State No. 14 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCN      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 8 No. 22 Syracuse

Week seven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 15 Clemson Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)      
October 15 North Carolina Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell)      
October 15 Miami Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)      
October 15 NC State Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 15 Boston College Georgia Tech Louisville Pittsburgh Virginia Wake Forest

Week eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 20 7:30 p.m. Virginia Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN      
October 22 Boston College Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC      
October 22 Syracuse Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC      
October 22 Duke Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL      
October 22 Pittsburgh Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 22 Florida State North Carolina NC State Virginia Tech

Week nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 27 7:30 p.m. Virginia Tech NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN      
October 29 Noon Boston College UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT CBSSN      
October 29 Georgia Tech Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL      
October 29 Wake Forest Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY      
October 29 Miami Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA      
October 29 Pittsburgh North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC      
October 29 Notre Dame Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 29 Clemson Duke

Week ten

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 4 7:00 p.m. Duke Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN2      
November 5 7:00 p.m. Clemson Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC      
November 5 Florida State Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)      
November 5 Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)      
November 5 James Madison Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY      
November 5 North Carolina Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)      
November 5 Wake Forest NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)      
November 5 Syracuse Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week eleven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 12 Boston College NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC      
November 12 Louisville Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC      
November 12 Virginia Tech Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC      
November 12 Florida State Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY      
November 12 Miami Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA      
November 12 North Carolina Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)      
November 12 Pittsburgh Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week twelve

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 19 2:30 p.m. Boston College Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Holy War) NBC      
November 19 Miami Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC      
November 19 Duke Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA      
November 19 Louisiana Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL      
November 19 Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC      
November 19 NC State Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY      
November 19 Syracuse Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC      
November 19 Coastal Carolina Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA      
November 19 Virginia Tech Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week thirteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 25 7:30 p.m. Florida Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry) ABC      
November 25 NC State North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry) ABC/ESPN      
November 26 Syracuse Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)      
November 26 South Carolina Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)      
November 26 Wake Forest Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC      
November 26 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)      
November 26 Louisville Kentucky Kroger Field • Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)      
November 26 Pittsburgh Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL      
November 26 Virginia Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship Game

Further information: 2022 ACC Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 3 8:00 p.m. Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina ABC      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

ACC vs other conferences

ACC vs Power Five matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, BYU/Notre Dame, Pac-12 and SEC). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 1 Big 12 West Virginia No. 17 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) W 38–31
September 3 Big Ten Rutgers Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA L 21–22
September 4 SEC Florida State LSU Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Louisiana Kickoff) W 24–23
September 10 Big Ten Duke Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 31–23
September 10 SEC No. 24 Tennessee No. 17 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 27–34OT
September 10 Big Ten Virginia Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 3–24
September 10 SEC No. 23 Wake Forest Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 45–25
September 17 SEC No. 20 Ole Miss Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 0–42
September 17 SEC No. 13 Miami No. 24 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 9–17
September 17 Big 12 Texas Tech No. 16 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 27–14
September 17 Big Ten Purdue Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY W 32–29
September 22 Big 12 West Virginia Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry) L 10–33
September 24 Independent Notre Dame North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 32–45
September 24 Big 12 Duke Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS L 27–35
October 29 Independent Notre Dame Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY
November 5 Independent Clemson Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN
November 19 Independent Boston College Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Holy War)
November 25 SEC Florida State Florida Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
November 26 SEC South Carolina Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
November 26 SEC Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)
November 26 SEC Louisville Kentucky Kroger Field • Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)

ACC vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 2 American Temple Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 30–0
September 2 Sun Belt Virginia Tech Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA L 17–20
September 3 Sun Belt North Carolina Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC W 63–61
September 3 American No. 13 NC State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (rivalry) W 21–20
September 10 American Louisville UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL W 20–14
September 10 Sun Belt Southern Miss No. 15 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL W 30–7
September 10 Sun Belt North Carolina Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 35–28
September 17 C-USA Louisiana Tech No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC W 48–20
September 17 MAC No. 23 Pittsburgh Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI W 34–13
September 17 Sun Belt Old Dominion Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 16–14
September 24 American Georgia Tech UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL L 10–27
September 24 American South Florida Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY W 41–3
September 24 C-USA Middle Tennessee No. 25 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL L 31–45
November 5 Sun Belt James Madison Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY
November 19 Sun Belt Louisiana Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
November 19 Sun Belt Coastal Carolina Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA

ACC vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn or UMass.

Date Visitor Home Site Score
September 10 Syracuse UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT W 48–14
September 17 Liberty No. 19 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC W 37–36
September 24 UConn No. 12 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 41–10
October 8 Army Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC
October 29 Boston College UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
November 19 Virginia Tech Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA

ACC vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 27 Duquesne Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 47–7
August 27 Florida A&M North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 56–24
September 1 VMI No. 22 Wake Forest Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC W 44–10
September 3 Bethune–Cookman No. 16 Miami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL W 70–13
September 3 Richmond Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 34–17
September 10 Furman No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC W 35–12
September 10 Western Carolina Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 35–17
September 10 Charleston Southern No. 18 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 55–3
September 17 Maine Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA W 38–17
September 17 North Carolina A&T Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 49–20
September 17 Wofford Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 27–7
September 24 Rhode Island No. 24 Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 45–24
October 1 Wagner Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY W 59–0

Records against other conferences

Postseason

The bowl games will begin on December 17, 2022 and will end with the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023.

Bowl games

See also: 2022−23 NCAA football bowl games

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Quarterback Running Back Receiver Offensive Line Defensive Line Linebacker Defensive Back Specialist Rookie
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 1[49] Drake Maye North Carolina Sean Tucker Syracuse Ontaria Wilson Florida State Jalen Rivers Miami Jared Verse Florida State Marlow Wax Syracuse MJ Devonshire Pittsburgh Shyheim Brown Florida State DB Drake Maye North Carolina QB
Week 2[50] Sam Hartman Wake Forest Israel Abanikanda Pittsburgh A. T. Perry Wake Forest Matthew Bergeron Syracuse TyJuan Garbutt Virginia Tech Cedric Gray North Carolina Jaylen Stinson Duke Andres Borregales Miami PK Omarion Hampton North Carolina RB
Week 3[51] Garrett Sharder Syracuse Will Shipley Clemson Johnny Wilson Florida State Will Putnam Clemson Caleb Okechukwu Syracuse Mikel Jones Syracuse Aydan White NC State Brendan Farrell Virginia PK Nate Yarnell Pittsburgh QB
Week 4[52] DJ Uiagalelei Clemson Israel Abanikanda (2) Pittsburgh Jahmal Banks Wake Forest Jordan McFadden Clemson Chico Bennett Virginia Mikel Jones (2) Syracuse Garrett Williams Syracuse Andrew Szymt Syracuse PK Drake Maye (2) North Carolina QB
Grant Gibson NC State
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13

All Conference Teams

ACC individual awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2022 College Football All-America Team

Consensus All-Americans

Associated Press

ACFA

FWAA

The Sporting News

WCFF

National Awards

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Boston College Alumni Stadium 44,500[53] 35,048 34,325 38,517 107,890 35,963 80.82%
Clemson Memorial Stadium 81,500[54] 78,302 80,542 81,500 240,344 80,115 98.3%
Duke Wallace Wade Stadium 40,004[55] 20,722 32,802 15,152 68,676 22,892 57.22%
Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium 79,560[56] 51,207 79,560 69,749 200,516 66,839 84.01%
Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium 55,000[57] 36,486 40,293 76,779 38,390 69.8%
Louisville Cardinal Stadium 60,800[58] 46,459 41,217 87,676 43,838 72.1%
Miami Hard Rock Stadium 65,326[59] 56,795 46,422 46,713 149,930 49,977 76.5%
North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium 50,500[60] 46,130 50,500 45,029 141,659 47,220 93.5%
NC State Carter–Finley Stadium 56,919[61] 54,169 56,919 56,919 168,007 56,002 98.39%
Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium 68,400[62] 70,622 59,785 54,667 46,972 232,046 58,012 84.81%
Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome 49,057[63] 37,110 35,943 34,590 33,373 141,016 35,254 71.86%
Virginia Scott Stadium 61,500[64] 41,122 40,556 81,678 40,839 66.4%
Virginia Tech Lane Stadium 65,632[65] 65,632 62,043 65,632 193,307 64,436 98.18%
Wake Forest BB&T Field 31,500[66] 26,013 32,891 32,903 91,807 30,602 97.15%

Bold – Exceeded capacity
†Season High

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