2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

The 2012 ACC football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 1, 2012, to January 1, 2013. At the time, the Atlantic Coast Conference consisted 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 on December 1 in the 2012 ACC Championship Game, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. This season also marked the 60th football season in the conference's history.

2012 ACC football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 31, 2012 – December 1, 2012
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	TBA
Atlantic champions	Florida State
Coastal champions	Georgia Tech, UNC, Miami
ACC Championship Game
Champions	Florida State
Runners-up	Georgia Tech

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

Boston College (in white) on defense versus Wake Forest (in black) during the November 3, 2012 game

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2012 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, NC on July 23. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Sammy Watkins of Clemson was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.^[2]

Atlantic Division poll

1. Florida State – 543 (72 first place votes)
2. Clemson – 470 (17)
3. North Carolina State – 402 (5)
4. Wake Forest – 241
5. Boston College – 181
6. Maryland – 148

Coastal Division poll

1. Virginia Tech – 558 (83)
2. Georgia Tech – 421 (10)
3. North Carolina – 341 (2)
4. Virginia – 326
5. Miami – 245
6. Duke – 04

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

1. Florida State–60
2. Virginia Tech–18
3. Clemson–13
4. Georgia Tech–3
5. NC State-1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

1. Sammy Watkins, CLEM - 25
2. Logan Thomas, VT - 21
3. E. J. Manuel, FSU - 19
4. Tajh Boyd, CLEM - 18
5. Mike Glennon, NCSU - 5
6. David Amerson, NCSU - 3
7. Giovani Bernard, UNC - 1
8. Bryn Renner, UNC - 1
9. Tanner Price, WF - 1
10. Kyle Fuller, VT - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense

Position	Player	School
Wide receiver	Conner Vernon	Duke
	Sammy Watkins	Clemson
Tight end	Matt Furstenburg	Maryland
Tackle	James Hurst	North Carolina
	Oday Aboushi	Virginia
Guard	Omoregie Uzzi	Georgia Tech
	Jonathan Cooper	North Carolina
Center	Dalton Freeman	Clemson
Quarterback	Tajh Boyd	Clemson
Running back	Giovani Bernard	North Carolina
	Andre Ellington	Clemson

Defense

Position	Player	School
Defensive end	Brandon Jenkins	Florida State
	James Gayle	Virginia Tech
Defensive tackle	Joe Vellano	Maryland
	Nikita Whitlock	Wake Forest
Linebacker	Kevin Reddick	North Carolina
	Bruce Taylor	Virginia Tech
	Steve Greer	Virginia
Cornerback	David Amerson	NC State
	Kyle Fuller	Virginia Tech
Safety	Lamarcus Joyner	Florida State
	Earl Wolff	NC State

Specialist

Position	Player	School
Placekicker	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State
Punter	Dalton Botts	Miami
Specialist	Greg Reid	Florida State

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Preseason Watch list

Player	School	Award
Chris Pantale	Boston Collage	John Mackey Award[4]
Kevin Pierre-Louis	Boston Collage	Bronko Nagurski Trophy[5]
Brandon Jenkins	Florida State	Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner	Florida State	Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Xavier Rhodes	Florida State	Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Bjoern Werner	Florida State	Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Alex Amidon	Boston Collage	Biletnikoff Award[6]
Willie Haulstead	Florida State	Biletnikoff Award
EJ Manuel	Florida State	Maxwell Award
EJ Manuel	Florida State	Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Brandon Jenkins	Florida State	Bednarik Award
Lamarcus Joyner	Florida State	Bednarik Award
Xavier Rhodes	Florida State	Bednarik Award
Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	Lou Groza Award
Brandon Jenkins	Florida State	Outland Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner	Florida State	Outland Trophy
Xavier Rhodes	Florida State	Outland Trophy
Björn Werner	Florida State	Outland Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner	Florida State	Jim Thorpe Award
Xavier Rhodes	Florida State	Jim Thorpe Award
Brandon Jenkins	Florida State	Lombardi Award
Bjoern Werner	Florida State	Rotary Lombardi Award
Bjoern Werner	Florida State	Butkus Award
Nick Moody	Florida State	Butkus Award
E.J. Manuel	Florida State	Davey O'Brien Award
Brandon Jenkins	Florida State	Walter Camp Award

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Frank Spaziani	5	20–19	20–19	12–12
Clemson	Dabo Swinney	5	29–19	29–19	19–10
Duke	David Cutcliffe	5	59–62	15–33	6–26
Florida State	Jimbo Fisher	3	19–8	19–8	11–5
Georgia Tech	Paul Johnson	5	141–58	34–19	21–11
Maryland	Randy Edsall	2	76–80	2–10	1–7
Miami	Al Golden	2	33–40	6–6	3–5
North Carolina	Larry Fedora	1	34-19	0-0	0-0
NC State	Tom O'Brien	6	108–75	33–30	18–22
Virginia	Mike London	3	36–18	12–13	6–10
Virginia Tech	Frank Beamer	26	250–121–4	208–98–2	53–11
Wake Forest	Jim Grobe	11	101–100–1	68–67	38–51

Pre-season Coaches changes

Former Ohio State Offensive Coordinator, Jim Bollman, was hired as Boston College offensive line coach/running game coordinator.^[7] Sean Desai was hired from Miami as Boston College new Running backs coach/Special teams coordinator, Columbia's wide receivers coach Aaron Smith took the same position at Boston College.^[8]

Rankings

See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Boston College	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Clemson	AP	14	12	11	10	17	15	16	14	14	10	10	11	12	15	14	11
	C	14	12	11	9	16	15	13	13	13	9	8	9	9	14	13	9
	BCS	Not released							19	18	13	13	11	11	14	14
Duke	AP							RV
	C							RV		RV
	BCS	Not released
Florida State	AP	7	6	5	4	4	3	12	12	11	9	8	10	10	13	13	10
	C	7	6	6	4	4	4	11	10	10	7	6	6	5	12	12	8
	BCS	Not released							14	12	9	10	10	10	13	12
Georgia Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Maryland	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Miami	AP					RV	RV
	C					RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
North Carolina	AP	RV	RV	RV					RV						RV	RV
	C	Ineligible for ranking
	BCS	Not released							Ineligible for ranking
NC State	AP	RV						RV	RV	RV
	C	RV						RV
	BCS	Not released
Virginia	AP
	C	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Virginia Tech	AP	16	15	13	RV	RV
	C	20	18	13	RV	25	RV
	BCS	Not released
Wake Forest	AP
	C		RV	RV
	BCS	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Week One

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 31	7:30 pm	Tennessee	NC State	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Georgia (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPNU	L TENN 35-21	55,529
September 1	12:30 pm	Elon	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W NC 62-0	50,500
September 1	3:00 pm	William & Mary	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPN3	W MD 7-6	31,321
September 1	3:00 pm	Richmond	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	W VA 43-19	50,081
September 1	3:30 pm	Miami	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC/ESPN2	MIAMI 41-32	39,262
September 1	5:00 pm	Murray State	No. 7 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN3	W FSU 69-3	70,047
September 1	6:30 pm	Liberty	Wake Forrest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W WF 20-17	27,652
September 1	7:00 pm	No. 25 Auburn	No. 14 Clemson	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Georgia (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPN	W CLE 26-9	75,211
September 1	7:00 pm	Florida International	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	W DUKE 46-26	31,117
September 3	8:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 16 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	VT 20-17 OT	31,117
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Two

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 8	12:00 pm	Miami	No. 21 Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FX	L KSU 52-13	48,843
September 8	12:00 pm	NC State	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W NCS 10-7	34,202
September 8	12:00 pm	Maryland	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W MD 36-27	23,322
September 8	12:00 pm	Penn State	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W VA 17-16	56,087
September 8	12:30 pm	Ball State	No. 12 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	W CLE 52–27	79,557
September 8	1:00 pm	Maine	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN3	W BC 34-3	30,685
September 8	1:30 pm	Austin Peay	No. 15 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN3	W VT 42-7	65,632
September 8	3:00 pm	North Carolina	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	RSN	WF 28-27	29,256
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Savannah State	No. 6 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN3	W FSU 55-0	71,126
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Presbyterian	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W GT 59-3	41,678
September 8	10:30 pm	Duke	No. 25 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	L STAN 50-13	44,016
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Three

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 15	12:00 pm	Wake Forest	No. 5 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	FSU 52-0	68,833
September 15	12:00 pm	No. 13 Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	L PITT 35-17	48,032
September 15	12:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	W MIAMI 38-10	39,435
September 15	12:30 pm	Connecticut	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ACNN	L UCONN 24-21	35,491
September 15	3:00 pm	Furman	No. 11 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	RSN	W CLE 41-7	83,574
September 15	3:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 19 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ABC	L LOUI 39-34	53,334
September 15	3:30 pm	Virginia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	GT 56-20	44,225
September 15	3:30 pm	Boston College	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L NW 22-13	32,597
September 15	6:00 pm	South Alabama	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	W NCS 31-7	54,132
September 15	7:00 pm	North Carolina Central	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Bull City Gridiron Classic)	ESPN3	W DUKE 54-17	22,829
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Four

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 22	12:00 pm	Maryland	No. 8 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	FX	L WV 31-21	58,504
September 22	12:00 pm	Virginia	No. 17 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	L TCU 27-7	46,330
September 22	12:00 pm	Bowling Green	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPNU	W VT 37-0	65,632
September 22	12:30 pm	Army	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W WF 49-37	30,207
September 22	3:00 pm	Miami	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	MIAMI 42-36	50,390
September 22	3:30 pm	East Carolina	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W NC 27-6	59,500
September 22	6:00 pm	Memphis	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN3	W DUKE 38-14	23,658
September 22	6:00 pm	The Citadel	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	W NCS 52-14	55,145
September 22	8:00 pm	No. 10 Clemson	No. 4 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry))	ABC	FSU 49-37	83,231
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Five

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 29	12:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACC RSN	L MTSU 49-28	39,270
September 29	12:00 pm	NC State	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	MIAMI 44-37	38,510
September 29	12:30 pm	Duke	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC (Tobacco Road)	ACCN	DUKE 34-27	28,743
September 29	3:30 pm	No. 17 Clemson	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)	ESPN2	CLE 45-31	40,138
September 29	3:30 pm	Louisiana Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L LT 44-38	42,027
September 29	3:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Cincinnati	FedExField • Landover, MD	ESPNU	L Cincy 27-24	46,026
September 29	3:30 pm	Idaho	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	W NC 66-0	32,000
September 29	6:00 pm	No. 4 Florida State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	W FSU 30-17	69,383
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Six

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	L Army 34-31	39,492
October 6	12:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	NC 48-34	54,000
October 6	3:00 p.m.	Virginia	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	Duke 42-17	26,856
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 15 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	CLE 47-31	82,873
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPNU	MD 19-14	40,391
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Miami	No. 9 Notre Dame	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL	NBC	L ND 41-3	62,871
October 6	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Florida State	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN2	NCST 17-16	54,962
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 13	12:30 pm	Duke	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	VT 41-20	65,632
October 13	2:30 pm	North Carolina	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	NC 18-14	58,954
October 13	3:00 pm	Maryland	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	MD 27-20	45,556
October 13	5:30 pm	Boston College	No. 12 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	FSU 51-7	81,075
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 20	12:00 pm	Virginia Tech	No. 19 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ABC/ESPN2	CLE 38-17	83,338
October 20	12:30 pm	Wake Forest	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	WF 16-10	41,167
October 20	3:00 pm	Boston College	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACC RSN	GT 37-17	40,112
October 20	3:30 pm	NC State	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPNU	NCST 20-18	40,217
October 20	7:00 pm	North Carolina	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	Duke 33-30	33,941
October 20	8:00 pm	No. 14 Florida State	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC	FSU 20-33	73,328
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 25	7:30 pm	No. 16 Clemson	Wake Forrest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	CLE 42-13	31,162
October 27	12:30 pm	NC State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	NC 43-35	62,000
October 27	1:00 pm	Maryland	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN3	BC 20-17	33,267
October 27	3:00 pm	BYU	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACC RSN	L BYU 41-17	50,103
October 27	3:30 pm	Duke	No. 12 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	FSU 48-7	71,467
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 1	7:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	Miami 30-12	37,219
November 3	12:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ACCN	GT 33-13	33,471
November 3	12:30 pm	Virginia	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	VA 33-6	54,812
November 3	3:30 pm	Boston College	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	RSN	WF 28-14	28,963
November 3	7:00 pm	No. 13 Clemson	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN2	CLE 56-20	31,894
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 8	7:30 pm	No. 10 Florida State	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	FSU 28-22	65,632
November 12	12:00 pm	Miami	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	VA 41-40	45,870
November 12	12:30 pm	Georgia Tech	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	GT 68-50	50,000
November 12	3:00 pm	Wake Forest	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCRSN	NCST 37-6	52,567
November 12	3:30 pm	Maryland	No. 13 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPNU	CLE 45-10	78,302
November 12	8:00 pm	No. 4 Notre Dame	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	ABC	L ND 21-6	44,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15	7:30 pm	North Carolina	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (The South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	NC 37-13	45,760
November 17	12:00 pm	No. 10 Florida State	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPNU	FSU 41-14	35,244
November 17	12:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ACCN	VT 30-23 OT	34,266
November 17	3:00 pm	South Florida	Miami	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	RSN	W Miami 40-9	38,869
November 17	3:30 pm	Wake Forest	No. 3 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L ND 38-0	80,795
November 17	3:30 pm	NC State	No. 11 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	ABC/ESPN2	CLE 62-48	77,831
November 17	3:30 pm	Duke	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	GT 42-24	41,904
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 24	12:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 3 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	L GA 42-10	92,746
November 24	12:00 pm	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ESPNU	VT 17-14	65,632
November 24	12:30 pm	Miami	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	Miami 52-45	26,895
November 24	3:00 pm	Boston College	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	NCST 27-10	53,020
November 24	3:00 pm	Maryland	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	NC 45-38	44,000
November 24	3:30 pm	No. 4 Florida	No. 10 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L FL 37-26	83,429
November 24	3:30 pm	Vanderbilt	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	L Vandy 55-21	26,134
November 24	7:00 pm	No. 12 South Carolina	No. 11 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	L SCAR 27-17	84,513
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship Week

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	7:45 pm	Georgia Tech	Florida State	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship)	ESPN	FSU 21-15	64,778
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl Games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchup/Result[23]	Attendance	Payout (US$) per team
BCS
Discover Orange Bowl	January 1, 2013	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10	72,073
Non-BCS
Belk Bowl	December 26, 2012	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	ESPN	Duke 34, Cincinnati 48	48,128
Russell Athletic Bowl	December 28, 2012	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium	Orlando, FL	ESPN	Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10	48,127
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl	December 31, 2012	LP Field	Nashville, TN	ESPN	NC State 24, Vanderbilt 38	55,801
Hyundai Sun Bowl	December 31, 2012	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, TX	CBS	Georgia Tech 21, USC 7	47,922
Chick-fil-A Bowl	December 31, 2012	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	ESPN	Clemson 25, LSU 24	68,027

Weekly awards

Following each week of games, Atlantic Coast Conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week	Offensive Back of the Week			Receiver of the Week			Defensive Lineman of the Week			Linebacker of the Week			Defensive Back of the Week			Specialist of the Week
	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)	Player (s)	Position (s)	Team (s)
1							Bjoern Werner	DE	Florida State
3	Chris Thompson	RB	Florida State				Cornellius Carradine	DE	Florida State	Nick Clancy [24]	ILB	Boston College
5				Alex Amidon [25]	WR	Boston College
7	EJ Manuel	QB	Florida State
8										Telvin Smith	LB	Florida State
9										Christian Jones	OLB	Florida State	Ronald Darby	CB	Florida State
11				Rashad Greene	WR	Florida State	Cornellius Carradine	DE	Florida State
12										Nick Clancy [26]	ILB	Boston College
13							Bjoern Werner	DE	Florida State							Dustin Hopkins	K	Florida State

Postseason awards

All-conference teams

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First Team

Offense Position Player School Quarterback Tajh Boyd Clemson Running back Giovani Bernard North Carolina Andre Ellington Clemson Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins Clemson Alex Amidon Boston College Tight end Brandon Ford Clemson Tackle Oday Aboushi Virginia Brandon Thomas Clemson Guard Jonathan Cooper North Carolina Omoregie Uzzi Georgia Tech Center Dalton Freeman Clemson Placekicker Dustin Hopkins Florida State Specialist Giovani Bernard North Carolina

Defense Position Player School Defensive end Bjoern Werner Florida State Cornellius Carradine Florida State Defensive tackle Joe Vellano Maryland Sylvester Williams North Carolina Linebacker Nick Clancy Boston College Kevin Reddick North Carolina Steve Greer Virginia Cornerback Xavier Rhodes Florida State Ross Cockrell Duke Safety Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Earl Wolff NC State Punter Will Monday Duke

Second Team

Offense Position Player School Quarterback EJ Manuel Florida State Running back Duke Johnson Miami Chris Thompson Florida State Wide receiver Conner Vernon Duke Michael Campanaro Wake Forest Tight end Eric Ebron North Carolina Tackle James Hurst North Carolina Cameron Erving Florida State Emmett Cleary Boston College Guard Tre' Jackson Florida State R.J. Matttes NC State Center Bryan Stork Florida State Placekicker Chandler Catanzaro Clemson Casey Barth North Carolina Specialist Duke Johnson Miami

Defense Position Player School Defensive end James Gayle Virginia Tech Kareem Martin North Carolina Defensive tackle Everett Dawkins Florida State Nikita Whitlock Wake Forest Linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield Maryland Christian Jones Florida State Jack Tyler Virginia Tech Cornerback David Amerson NC State Antone Exum Virginia Tech Safety Rashard Hall Clemson Walt Canty Duke Punter Tommy Hibbard North Carolina

Conferences awards

• Defensive Player of the Year: Bjoern Werner, FSU
• Defensive Rookie of the Year: Ronald Darby. FSU

Players going pro

Name	Position	School	Pro Team	Acquired
EJ Manuel	QB	Florida State	Buffalo Bills	1R 16P
Björn Werner	DE	Florida State	Indianapolis Colts	1R 24P
Xavier Rhodes	CB	Florida State	Minnesota Vikings	1R 25P
Cornelius Carradine	DE	Florida State	San Francisco 49ers	2R 8P
Menelik Watson	OT	Florida State	Oakland Raiders	2R 10P
Chris Thompson	RB	Florida State	Washington Redskins	5R 21P
Brandon Jenkins	LB	Florida State	Washington Redskins	5R 29P
Dustin Hopkins	K	Florida State	Buffalo Bills	6R 9P
Nick Moody	LB	Florida State	San Francisco 49ers	6R 12P
Vince Williams	LB	Florida State	Pittsburgh Steelers	6R 38P
Everett Dawkins	DT	Florida State	Minnesota Vikings	7R 23P
Nick Clancy [28]	LB	Boston College	Atlanta Falcons	Undrafted free agent
Emmett Cleary	OT	Boston College	Indianapolis Colts	Undrafted free agent
Jim Noel	DB	Boston College	Seattle Seahawks	Undrafted free agent
Chris Pantale	TE	Boston College	New York Jets	Undrafted free agent
John Wetzel	OT	Boston College	Oakland Raiders	Undrafted free agent
Lonnie Pryor	FB	Florida State	Jacksonville Jaguars	Undrafted free agent
Rodney Smith	WR	Florida State	Minnesota Vikings	Undrafted free agent
Anthony McCloud	DT	Florida State	Minnesota Vikings	Undrafted free agent