Complete 2012 ACC Football Schedules |
GREENSBORO, N.C.--The 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John Swofford is a slate which sees conference teams playing 10 games against opponents that are projected by ESPN.com to be in the nation’s preseason Top 25, and 21 games against teams which participated in 2011 bowl games.
In all, the schedule is comprised of 97 games, including 48 regular-season conference match-ups, over a span of 14 weeks and is capped off with the Eighth Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, which returns to Charlotte, N.C. this year and will be played on Saturday, Dec. 1 in Bank of America Stadium. The 2012 ACC Championship Game is one of five contests which will be played on a neutral field. Miami will meet Notre Dame on Oct. 6 at Soldier Field in Chicago and Virginia Tech will face Cincinnati on Sept 29 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Additionally, a pair of ACC teams will participate in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Doubleheader, when NC State will face Tennessee on August 31, and Clemson plays Auburn on Sept. 1, with both games at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. ACC teams will face 48 nonconference opponents who had a combined winning percentage of 52 percent in 2011, including 35 games against FBS opponents who won 55 percent of their games last fall. Twenty-one of the league’s 48 nonconference games (44 percent) are against 19 teams that earned bowl berths in 2011. This includes 18 games with teams which finished ranked in the nation’s Top 50 of the final Sagarin rankings in 2011, which ties for the most of any conference in the nation. Including games against the eight ACC teams which earned bowl bids in 2011, no ACC team plays fewer than five opponents who went to bowl games last fall, with Duke facing the most with 9 followed by Boston College, Maryland, Miami and Virginia with eight each. ACC teams will also play 10 games against eight teams selected by ESPN.com in its early preseason Top 25 including matches with projected fifth-ranked Georgia (Georgia Tech), seventh-ranked West Virginia (Maryland) and 10th-ranked South Carolina (Clemson). Three members of the conference—Boston College, Miami and Wake Forest—will meet Notre Dame, projected to be 24th nationally, while ACC teams will also play 12th-ranked Kansas State (Miami), 13th-ranked Stanford (Duke), 15th-ranked TCU (Virginia) and 25th-ranked Florida (Florida State). Nonconference opponents who earned bowl bids this past season include Auburn, Bowling Green, BYU, Cincinnati, FIU, Florida, Georgia, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, Northwestern, Notre Dame (3 games with ACC schools), Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Stanford, TCU, Temple and West Virginia. The Conference will again enjoy national exposure on Labor Day Monday, as Virginia Tech hosts Coastal Division rival Georgia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., in a nationally-televised prime time contest on ESPN. The game, which will have an 8 pm (ET) kickoff, will nationally showcase ACC teams who have accounted for the last seven Coastal Division Championships, as well as two coaches—Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer (251) and Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson (140)--who have combined for 391 coaching victories between them, the most of any active coaching pair in the NCAA’s FBS. In all, the ACC will play four games nationally-televised by ESPN on Thursday night beginning with Clemson travelling to Wake Forest (Oct. 25), but also including Virginia Tech at Miami (Nov. 1), Florida State at Virginia Tech (Nov. 8); and North Carolina at Virginia (Nov. 15). . 2012 ACC Team by Team Football Schedules 2012 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Saturday, Dec. 1 (Charlotte, NC) BOSTON COLLEGE Sept. 1 MIAMI Sept. 8 MAINE Sept. 15 at Northwestern Sept. 22 OPEN Sept. 29 CLEMSON Oct. 6 at Army Oct. 13 at Florida State Oct. 20 at Georgia Tech Oct. 27 MARYLAND Nov. 3 at Wake Forest Nov. 10 NOTRE DAME Nov. 17 VIRGINIA TECH Nov. 24 at NC State CLEMSON Sept. 1 AUBURN (Georgia Dome) Chick-fil-A Kickoff, Atlanta Sept. 8 BALL STATE Sept. 15 FURMAN Sept. 22 at Florida State Sept. 29 at Boston College Oct. 6 GEORGIA TECH Oct. 13 OPEN Oct. 20 VIRGINIA TECH Oct. 25 at Wake Forest (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 3 at Duke Nov. 10 MARYLAND Nov. 17 NC STATE Nov. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA DUKE Sept. 1 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL Sept. 8 at Stanford Sept. 15 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL Sept. 22 MEMPHIS Sept. 29 at Wake Forest Oct. 6 VIRGINIA Oct. 13 at Virginia Tech Oct. 20 NORTH CAROLINA Oct. 27 at Florida State Nov. 3 CLEMSON Nov. 10 OPEN Nov. 17 at Georgia Tech Nov. 24 MIAMI FLORIDA STATE Sept. 1 MURRAY STATE Sept. 8 SAVANNAH STATE Sept. 15 WAKE FOREST Sept. 22 CLEMSON Sept. 29 at South Florida Oct. 6 at NC State Oct. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE Oct. 20 at Miami Oct. 27 DUKE Nov. 3 OPEN Nov. 8 at Virginia Tech (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 17 at Maryland Nov. 24 FLORIDA GEORGIA TECH Sept. 3 at Virginia Tech (Monday), ESPN, 8 pm Sept. 8 PRESBYTERIAN Sept. 15 VIRGINIA Sept. 22 MIAMI Sept. 29 MIDDLE TENNESSEE Oct. 6 at Clemson Oct. 13 OPEN Oct. 20 BOSTON COLLEGE Oct. 27 BYU Nov. 3 at Maryland Nov. 10 at North Carolina Nov. 17 DUKE Nov. 24 at Georgia MARYLAND Sept. 1 WILLIAM & MARY Sept. 8 at Temple Sept. 15 CONNECTICUT Sept. 22 at West Virginia Sept. 29 OPEN Oct. 6 WAKE FOREST Oct. 13 at Virginia Oct. 20 NC STATE Oct. 27 at Boston College Nov. 3 GEORGIA TECH Nov. 10 at Clemson Nov. 17 FLORIDA STATE Nov. 24 at North Carolina MIAMI Sept. 1 at Boston College Sept. 8 at Kansas State Sept. 15 BETHUNE-COOKMAN Sept. 22 at Georgia Tech Sept. 29 NC STATE Oct. 6 at Notre Dame Solider Field, Chicago, Ill. Oct. 13 NORTH CAROLINA Oct. 20 FLORIDA STATE Oct. 27 OPEN Nov. 1 VIRGINIA TECH (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 10 at Virginia Nov. 17 SOUTH FLORIDA Nov. 24 at Duke NORTH CAROLINA Sept. 1 ELON Sept. 8 at Wake Forest Sept. 15 at Louisville Sept. 22 EAST CAROLINA Sept. 29 IDAHO Oct. 6 VIRGINIA TECH Oct. 13 at Miami Oct. 20 at Duke Oct. 27 NC STATE Nov. 3 OPEN Nov. 10 GEORGIA TECH Nov. 15 at Virginia (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 24 MARYLAND NC STATE Aug. 31 TENNESSEE (Georgia Dome) Chick-fil-A Kickoff, Atlanta Sept. 8 at Connecticut Sept. 15 SOUTH ALABAMA Sept. 22 THE CITADEL Sept. 29 at Miami Oct. 6 FLORIDA STATE Oct. 13 OPEN Oct. 20 at Maryland Oct. 27 at North Carolina Nov. 3 VIRGINIA Nov. 10 WAKE FOREST Nov. 17 at Clemson Nov. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE VIRGINIA Sept. 1 RICHMOND Sept. 8 PENN STATE Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech Sept. 22 at TCU Sept. 29 LOUISIANA TECH Oct. 6 at Duke Oct. 13 MARYLAND Oct. 20 WAKE FOREST Oct. 27 OPEN Nov. 3 at NC State Nov. 10 MIAMI Nov. 15 NORTH CAROLINA (Thur.), ESPN Nov. 24 at Virginia Tech VIRGINIA TECH Sept. 3 GEORGIA TECH (Monday) Sept. 8 AUSTIN PEAY Sept. 15 at Pittsburgh Sept. 22 BOWLING GREEN Sept. 29 at Cincinnati FedEx Field, Landover, Md. Oct. 6 at North Carolina Oct. 13 DUKE Oct. 20 at Clemson Oct. 27 OPEN Nov. 1 at Miami (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 8 FLORIDA STATE (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 17 at Boston College Nov. 24 VIRGINIA WAKE FOREST Sept. 1 LIBERTY Sept. 8 NORTH CAROLINA Sept. 15 at Florida State Sept. 22 ARMY Sept. 29 DUKE Oct. 6 at Maryland Oct. 13 OPEN Oct. 20 at Virginia Oct. 25 CLEMSON (Thursday), ESPN Nov. 3 BOSTON COLLEGE Nov. 10 at NC State Nov. 17 at Notre Dame Nov. 24 VANDERBILT 2012 ACC COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK-BY-WEEK Friday, August 31, 2012 Tennessee vs. NC State Chick-fil-A Kickoff Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday, September 1, 2012 Auburn vs. Clemson Chick-fil-A Kickoff Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Miami at Boston College Florida International at Duke Murray State at Florida State William & Mary at Maryland Elon at North Carolina Richmond at Virginia Liberty at Wake Forest Monday, September 3, 2012 Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech ESPN, 8 pm Saturday, September 8, 2012 Maine at Boston College Ball State at Clemson Duke at Stanford Savannah State at Florida State Presbyterian at Georgia Tech Maryland at Temple Miami at Kansas State North Carolina at Wake Forest NC State at Connecticut Penn State at Virginia Austin Peay at Virginia Tech Saturday, September 15, 2012 Boston College at Northwestern Furman at Clemson North Carolina Central at Duke Wake Forest at Florida State Virginia at Georgia Tech Connecticut at Maryland Bethune-Cookman at Miami North Carolina at Louisville South Alabama at NC State Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Saturday, September 22, 2012 Memphis at Duke Clemson at Florida State Miami at Georgia Tech Maryland at West Virginia East Carolina at North Carolina The Citadel at NC State Virginia at TCU Bowling Green at Virginia Tech Army at Wake Forest Saturday, September 29, 2012 Clemson at Boston College Duke at Wake Forest NC State at Miami Florida State at South Florida Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech Idaho at North Carolina Louisiana Tech at Virginia Virginia Tech at Cincinnati FedEx Field, Landover, Md. Saturday, October 6, 2012 Miami at Notre Dame Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill. Boston College at Army Georgia Tech at Clemson Virginia at Duke Florida State at NC State Wake Forest at Maryland Virginia Tech at North Carolina Saturday, October 13, 2012 Boston College at Florida State Duke at Virginia Tech Maryland at Virginia North Carolina at Miami Saturday, October 20, 2012 Boston College at Georgia Tech Virginia Tech at Clemson North Carolina at Duke Florida State at Miami NC State at Maryland Wake Forest at Virginia Thursday, October 25, 2012 Clemson at Wake Forest, ESPN Saturday, October 27, 2012 BYU at Georgia Tech Maryland at Boston College Duke at Florida State NC State at North Carolina Thursday, November 1, 2012 Virginia Tech at Miami, ESPN Saturday, November 3, 2012 Boston College at Wake Forest Clemson at Duke Georgia Tech at Maryland Virginia at NC State Thursday, November 8, 2012 Florida State at Virginia Tech, ESPN Saturday, November 10, 2012 Notre Dame at Boston College Maryland at Clemson Georgia Tech at North Carolina Miami at Virginia Wake Forest at NC State Thursday, November 15, 2012 North Carolina at Virginia, ESPN Saturday, November 17, 2012 South Florida at Miami Virginia Tech at Boston College NC State at Clemson Duke at Georgia Tech Florida State at Maryland Wake Forest at Notre Dame Saturday, November 24, 2012 Boston College at NC State South Carolina at Clemson Miami at Duke Florida at Florida State Georgia Tech at Georgia Maryland at North Carolina Virginia at Virginia Tech Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Saturday, December 1 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game Bank of America Stadium- Charlotte, NC
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