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May 24, 2025, 7:57 AM
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ACCOMPLISHING GREATNESS
The ACC has won 27 NCAA team titles over the last four academic years (2021-25), the most of any conference in its respective league-sponsored sports.
Before this season, the ACC won seven or more national titles in each of the last three years, marking its best run in conference history.
In 2022-23, the ACC won the most NCAA championships of any conference with a league-record nine.
In both 2021-22 and 2023-24, the ACC won seven NCAA championships.
This year, the ACC has won four NCAA team titles, giving the league 27 since the start of the 2021-22 season.
North Carolina won the 2024 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship
Virginia won the 2024-25 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship
Notre Dame won the 2025 NCAA Fencing Championship
Wake Forest won the 2025 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship
The ACC has won 27 NCAA individual national titles this season:
Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard (Virginia) – Women’s Tennis Doubles
Jadin O’Brien (Notre Dame) – Pentathlon
Simen Guttormsen (Duke) – Pole Vault
Ethan Strand (North Carolina) – 3,000 meters
Makayla Paige (North Carolina) – 800 meters
Wes Porter, Gary Martin, Conor Murphy, Alex Sherman (Virginia) – DMR
Eszter Muhari (Notre Dame) – Women’s Epee
Magda Skarbonkiewicz (Notre Dame) – Women’s Sabre
Arianna Cao (Stanford) – Women’s Foil
Chase Emmer (Notre Dame) – Men’s Foil
Vince Robinson (NC State) – Wrestling (125 pounds)
Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Claire Curzan, Maxine Parker (Virginia) - 200 medley relay
Caroline Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, Kayla Wilson (Stanford) - 800 free relay
Torri Huske (Stanford) – 200 IM
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 50 free
Chiara Pellacani (Miami) - 3-meter diving
Gretchen Walsh, Claire Curzan, Maxine Parker, Anna Moesch (Virginia) - 200 free relay
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 100 fly
Caroline Bricker (Stanford) - 400 IM
Alex Walsh (Virginia) - 100 breast
Claire Curzan (Virginia) - 100 back
Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, Anna Moesch (Virginia) - 400 medley relay
Claire Curzan (Virginia) - 200 back
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 100 free
Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 200 breast
Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 400 free relay
Jack Alexy, Gabriel Jett, Destin Lasco, Lucas Henveaux (California) – Men’s 800 free relay
Greatness is Becoming Greater in Year Two of the “ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS” Creative Campaign
The Atlantic Coast Conference has embarked on the second year of its “ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS” creative campaign, unveiled on August 30, 2023. The campaign continues to showcase the ACC's outstanding achievements in both athletics and academics through a series of powerful multi-sport advertisements, highlighting the conference's success across all sports during the academic year. (Release)
This second year of ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS has already expanded on year one and continues with multiple TV spots - including football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and fall, winter and spring sports - radio spots, social media creative, digital media promotion and school-specific campaign design assets for each member school. (Release)
ACC Spring Sports PSA: HERE
Second ACC Men’s Basketball PSA: HERE
Second ACC Women’s Basketball PSA: HERE
ACC Men’s Basketball PSA: HERE
ACC Women’s Basketball PSA: HERE
ACC Winter Sports PSA: HERE
Postseason ACC Football PSA: HERE
Third ACC Football PSA: HERE
Second ACC Football PSA: HERE
First ACC Football PSA: HERE
ACC Fall Sports PSA: HERE
The ACC currently has 13 teams that either finished the season or are currently ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the country:
North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse – No. 1 IWLCA & Inside Lacrosse Polls
Stanford Rowing – No. 1 Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll
Stanford Women’s Golf – No. 1 WGCA & Scoreboard powered by Clippd
Wake Forest Men’s Tennis – No. 1 ITA National Rankings (FINAL)
North Carolina Field Hockey – No. 1 Penn Monto/NFHCA DI Coaches Poll (FINAL)
North Carolina Women’s Soccer – No. 1 United Soccer Coaches Poll (FINAL)
Notre Dame Men’s Fencing – No. 1 USFCA Poll (FINAL)
Notre Dame Women’s Fencing - No. 1 USFCA Poll (FINAL)
Virginia Women’s Swimming & Diving – No. 1 CSCAA Coaches Division I Top 25 Poll (FINAL)
Boston College Women’s Lacrosse – No. 2 Inside Lacrosse Poll
Florida State Women’s Golf – No. 2 Mizuno WGCA Coaches
Wake Forest Women’s Soccer – No. 2 United Soccer Coaches Poll (FINAL)
Louisville Volleyball – No. 2 AVCA/TARFLEX Coaches Poll (FINAL)
2024 ACC Fall Champions
The ACC crowned seven fall champions in 2024, with Wake Forest leading the way with two championships. Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Pitt each won one ACC team title over the fall slate.
Men’s Cross Country - Wake Forest
Women’s Cross Country - Notre Dame
Field Hockey – North Carolina
Women’s Soccer – Florida State
Men’s Soccer – Wake Forest
Volleyball - Pitt
Football - Clemson
2024-25 Winter Champions
The ACC awarded eight conference championships this winter season, with both Duke and Virginia Tech winning two ACC titles each.
Men’s Swimming & Diving – California
Women’s Swimming & Diving – Virginia
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – Virginia Tech
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – Clemson
Women’s Basketball – Duke
Wrestling – Virginia Tech
Men’s Basketball – Duke
Gymnastics – Stanford
2025 Spring Championships
The ACC will award the last of the 11 spring conference championships this weekend in Durham, North Carolina, at the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship.
Men’s Tennis – Stanford
Women’s Tennis – North Carolina
Women’s Golf – Florida State
Men’s Golf – Virginia
Women’s Lacrosse – North Carolina
Men’s Lacrosse – Syracuse
Softball – Clemson
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field – Duke
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field – Virginia
Rowing – Stanford
Baseball – May 20-25 (Durham, N.C.)
National Champions: Wake Forest Wins 2025 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship
Top-seeded Wake Forest, the 2025 ACC Regular Season Champions and ITA National Indoor Team Champions, defeated No. 2 seed and the 2024 NCAA Champion TCU, 4-2, on Sunday, May 18, to capture the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship in Waco, Texas. This marks the second NCAA team title for the Demon Deacons’ men’s tennis program, with their first coming in 2018. It also represents the 11th NCAA team championship in Wake Forest athletics history. (Release)
ACC Network’s Comprehensive Coverage of Spring Championship Season with the Crowning of 11 ACC Champions through May 24
ACC Network dives into the spring championships season with comprehensive live event and studio coverage through May 24. Champions in nine different sports – men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, rowing, and men’s and women’s lacrosse – will be crowned on either ACCN or ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), ACCN’s digital platform available to authenticated subscribers on the ESPN App. ACCN will also provide comprehensive coverage of the softball and baseball championships, with the title games airing on ESPN/ESPN2. (Release)
FALL SPORTS
Football
The “ACC Huddle Special: Dabo Swinney & Bill Belichick, an Hour-Long Conversation Between the Two Coaching Legends”, Premieres May 28 on ACC Network. (Release/Trailer)
The 2025 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 6, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on ABC. The league’s football championship game will showcase the top two teams based on regular-season conference winning percentage. (Release)
Television designations for seven marquee ACC football games in Week 1 of the 2025 season were announced Tuesday, May 13, as part of the ESPN and Disney Ad Sales Up Front presentation. This year’s opening slate of full competition delivers five straight days of ACC Football from Thursday, August 28, through Monday, September 1, offering fans an exciting and action-packed start to the college football season. (Release)
The ACC announced that the 2025 ACC Football Kickoff event will once again be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, the home of the ACC, on July 22-24 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown. The event will feature all 17 football teams, with ACC Network providing coverage throughout all three days, including live interviews with head coaches and student-athletes, press conferences and more. Additional information on credentials, media schedules, student-athletes attending, and other logistics will be announced in the future. (Release)
ACC Football is set to dominate Friday nights this fall, with a league-record 12 games scheduled on Fridays. The specific game times and television networks will be announced at a later date. No other conference has more scheduled Friday games than the ACC. (Release)
The ACC announced its 2025 football schedule on January 27 during the two-hour special “ACC Huddle: 2025 Football Schedule Release” show on ACC Network and simulcast on ESPN2. (Release) (Full Schedule)
Women’s Soccer
Randy Waldrum has been named Technical Director of Pitt Women’s Soccer. Ben Waldrum was elevated to head coach. (Pitt Release)
Volleyball
ESPN Events announced the inaugural “Showdown at the Net”, which is scheduled for September 9–10, 2025. The event will showcase 16 of the 18 ACC volleyball teams competing against teams from the SEC. (Release)
Current Louisville middle blocker Cara Cresse and outside hitter Chloe Chicoine, as well as SMU setter Averi Carlson, were named by USA Volleyball as three of the 18 athletes who will train with the 2025 Women's U23 National Team for the NORCECA U23 Pan American Cup, July 25-August 2 in Leon, Mexico.
WINTER SPORTS
Women’s Basketball
31 former players from current ACC schools made opening day rosters in the WNBA. Las Vegas has the highest number of ACC players with five. (Release)
Swimming & Diving
USA Swimming announced this week that Braden Holloway, NC State’s head coach, has been appointed as the head coach for both the men's and women's swimming teams at the 2025 World Swimming Championships. The 2025 USA Swimming National Championships are scheduled to start on June 3 and will conclude on June 7 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (NC State Release)
Wrestling
Virginia Tech wrestling coach redefines ‘family’ after donating kidney to father of All-American alum. (NCAA Story)
SPRING SPORTS
Baseball
The 2025 ACC Baseball Championship will crown its champion on Sunday, May 25, at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. Georgia Tech and Clemson won quarterfinal games on Thursday, May 22, to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. Duke will face Florida State on Friday at 3 p.m. ET, while North Carolina will face Boston College at 7 p.m. ET with trips to the semifinals on the line. (Championship Info)
All-Session Passes, Weekend Passes and Single-Session Tickets for the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship are on sale. Tickets can be purchased through DurhamBulls.com, by calling (919) 956-2855 or visiting the Durham Bulls’ box office. (Release)
Five ACC teams are ranked in the most recent D1Baseball Top 25. North Carolina leads the way at No. 3, followed by No. 6 Florida State, No. 14 Clemson, No. 16 Georgia Tech and No. 22 NC State. (Rankings)
11 of the ACC programs were included in this week’s D1Baseball Field of 64 projections, including Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina, who were projected regional hosts. Duke, Louisville, NC State and Wake Forest were slotted as No. 2 seeds, while Notre Dame, Miami and Virginia were predicted as No. 3 seeds. Notre Dame was listed as one of the “Four to Watch.”
Florida State’s Jamie Arnold joined Georgia Tech sophomore Drew Burress as the only two players to be named Golden Spikes Award semifinalists for a second consecutive year after being named to the list in 2024. The ACC had seven student-athletes on the Golden Spikes Award semifinalist list. (Release)
Georgia Tech’s Danny Hall announced his plans to retire following the 2025 season on Thursday, March 27. Hall is one of the nine winningest coaches in Division I baseball history and has led the Yellow Jackets since 1994. (Release)
The ACC had 10 players named to the Dick Howser Trophy semifinalists list, which ranks second among all conferences.
Florida State’s Alex Lodise was named the D1Baseball Midseason Top Player and the Perfect Game Midseason National Player of the Year.
Nine ACC shortstops were named to the Brooks Wallace Award Midseason Watch List, which ranks second among all conferences.
Eight ACC relief pitchers were named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List, which ranks second among all conferences.
Four catchers from the ACC were added to the Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List, including Clemson’s Jacob Jarrell, Duke’s Macon Winslow, Louisville’s Matt Klein and Stanford’s Charlie Saum.
Men’s Golf
Five ACC teams punched their tickets to the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, set for May 23-28 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The teams include California, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia and Wake Forest, while Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame) and Bryan Kim (Duke) will compete as individuals. (Release)
In the latest edition of the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll, released on May 2, five ACC teams are in the top 25: Virginia (No. 9), North Carolina (No. 10), Florida State (No. 11), Duke (No. 20) and SMU (No. 25). Georgia Tech, Louisville and Notre Dame are receiving votes. (Poll)
In the latest spring Scoreboard team rankings (May 22), five ACC teams are in the top 25 – Florida State (No. 9), Virginia (No. 10), North Carolina (No. 13) and Duke (No. 25). Georgia Tech (No. 26), SMU (No. 28) and Louisville (No. 30) are just outside the top 25. (Rankings)
Five ACC players are in the top 25 of the most recent Scoreboard individual rankings (May 22), led by North Carolina’s David Ford remaining at No. 1. Ford is followed by Florida State’s Luke Clanton at No. 3, Louisville’s Sebastian Moss at No. 11, Virginia’s Ben James at No. 12 and Notre Dame’s Jacob Modleski at No. 18. (Rankings)
The latest PGA TOUR U Rankings were announced on Wednesday, May 21, and North Carolina’s David Ford continues to hold the top spot. Louisville’s Sebastian Moss is No. 7, while SMU’s Enrique Dimayuga is No. 21, FSU’s Gray Albright is No. 22 and NC State’s Nick Mathews is No. 25. (Rankings)
Florida State’s Luke Clanton was awarded the 2025 Ben Hogan Award on Monday, May 19. He became the sixth different ACC player to earn the award and first since FSU alum John Pak won in 2021. (Release)
Luke Clanton (Florida State), David Ford (North Carolina), Ben James (Virginia) and Sebastian Moss (Louisville) were named to the postseason Watch List for the 2025 Haskins Award.
Florida State’s Luke Clanton and North Carolina’s David Ford were named finalists for the 2025 NCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus Award presented by Workday. (Release)
Women’s Golf
Stanford finished as the runner-up at the 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on Wednesday, May 21, from the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The Cardinal fell, 3-2, to Northwestern after advancing to the national championship match for the third time in the last four seasons.
In the latest edition of the Mizuno Women's Golf Coaches Association Coaches Poll announced on Friday, May 2, six ACC teams were listed, headlined by Stanford at No. 1 and Florida State at No. 2. Wake Forest was No. 7, Virginia was No. 11, North Carolina was No. 13 and Duke was No. 25. (Poll)
The ACC has five teams ranked in the top 25 in the most recent spring rankings by Scoreboard powered by Clippd (May 22), highlighted by Stanford coming in at No. 1. Also ranked in the top 25 are Florida State at No. 4, Wake Forest at No. 9, Virginia at No. 11 and North Carolina at No. 13. (Rankings)
In the most recent Scoreboard powered by Clippd Individual Rankings (May 22), eight ACC players landed in the top 25, headlined by three ACC players in the top five. The ranking includes No. 1 Mirabel Ting (Florida State), No. 4 Lottie Woad (Florida State), No. 5 Meja Örtengren (Stanford), No. 6 Carolina Chacarra (Wake Forest), No. 7 Andrea Revuelta (Stanford), No. 8 Paula Martin Sampedro (Stanford), No. 11 Megha Ganne (Stanford), No. 17 Amanda Sambach (Virginia) and No. 19 Kelly Xu (Stanford). (Rankings)
Florida State’s Mirabel Ting was named the winner of the 2025 ANNIKA Award, becoming the fifth different player from a current ACC school to win the award. (Release)
Florida State’s Mirabel Ting and Lottie Woad were named two of the three finalists for the Division I PING WGCA Player of the Year Watch List. (Release
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