2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 69th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It began on September 2, 2021, and ended on December 31, 2021.^[1] The ACC consists of 14 members in two divisions.

2021 ACC Football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 2, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Number of teams	14
2022 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Ikem Ekwonu – (NC State)
Picked by	Carolina Panthers, 6th overall
Regular season
Atlantic champions	Wake Forest
Atlantic runners-up	NC State
Coastal champions	Pittsburgh
Coastal runners-up	Miami (FL)
ACC Championship Game
Champions	Pittsburgh
Runners-up	Wake Forest
Finals MVP	Erick Hallett (Pittsburgh)

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 15 Wake Forest xy		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 20 NC State		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 14 Clemson		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		4	–	4					6	–	7
Florida State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Syracuse		2	–	6					5	–	7
Boston College		2	–	6					6	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 13 Pittsburgh xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Miami (FL)		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					6	–	6
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					6	–	7
North Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	7
Georgia Tech		2	–	6					3	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Pittsburgh 45, Wake Forest 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Clemson defeated Notre Dame 34–10 in the ACC Football Championship Game.^[2] The victory, along with a 10–1 regular season record, earned Clemson a berth in the College Football Playoff. The Tigers were the number two seed in the playoff and faced Ohio State in the 2021 Sugar Bowl, where the Tigers lost 28–49.

Preseason

ACC Kickoff

The 2021 ACC Kickoff was held on July 21 and 22nd at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each team had their head coach and three players available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on ACC Network.^[3] On July 26, 2021, the ACC Preseason Media Poll was released, which projected Clemson to win its 7th consecutive ACC title.^[4]

Atlantic

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	1,028 (146)
2	NC State	804 (1)
3	Boston College	638
4	Florida State	510
5	Wake Forest	472
6	Louisville	462
7	Syracuse	202

Coastal

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	North Carolina	979 (109)
2	Miami	881 (28)
3	Virginia Tech	582 (3)
4	Pittsburgh	576 (1)
5	Virginia	540 (2)
6	Georgia Tech	340 (4)
7	Duke	218

Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank	Team	Votes
1	Clemson	125
2	North Carolina	16
3	Miami	3
4	Virginia	1
	Georgia Tech
	NC State

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Source:^[5]

Ranking	Player	Position	Team	Votes
1	Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina	114
2	D'Eriq King	QB	Miami	11
3	Bryan Bresee	DE	Clemson	8
4	DJ Uiagalelei	QB		6
5	Phil Jurkovec	QB	Boston College	3
6	Zay Flowers	WR		2
	Jahmyr Gibbs	AP	Georgia Tech

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source:^[5]

Offense

Position Player School Votes Quarterback Sam Howell North Carolina 118 Running back Zonovan Knight NC State 96 Mataeo Durant Duke 49 Wide receiver Justyn Ross Clemson 110 Zay Flowers Boston College 101 Jaquarii Roberson Wake Forest 80 Tight end James Mitchell Virginia Tech 77 All-Purpose Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech 56 Tackle Ikem Ekwonu NC State 83 Jordan McFadden Clemson 53 Guard Zion Johnson Boston College 82 Joshua Ezeudu North Carolina 56 Center Alec Lindstrom Boston College 77

Defense Position Player School Votes Defensive end Myles Murphy Clemson 108 Amaré Barno Virginia Tech 63 Defensive tackle Bryan Bresee Clemson 120 Tyler Davis Clemson 53 Linebacker Payton Wilson NC State 99 James Skalski Clemson 95 Nick Jackson Virginia 37 Cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. Clemson 86 Tony Grimes North Carolina 55 Safety Bubba Bolden Miami 100 Nolan Turner Clemson 85

Specialist Position Player School Votes Placekicker Nick Sciba Wake Forest 69 Punter Lou Hedley Miami 84 Specialist Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech 60

Preseason award watchlists

Award Head coach/player School Position Reference Lott Trophy Andrew Booth Jr. Clemson CB [6] Nolan Turner S Shaka Heyward Duke LB Deslin Alexander Pittsburgh DE Chamarri Conner Virginia Tech DB Nick Jackson Virginia LB Nick Anderson Wake Forest LB Dodd Trophy Mack Brown North Carolina Head Coach [7] Dabo Swinney Clemson Maxwell Award Phil Jurkovec Boston College QB [8] Zay Flowers WR DJ Uiagalelei Clemson QB Justyn Ross WR Mataeo Durant Duke RB McKenzie Milton Florida State QB Malik Cunningham Louisville QB D'Eriq King Miami QB Zonovan Knight NC State RB Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh QB Brennan Armstrong Virginia QB Jaquarii Roberson Wake Forest WR Bednarik Award Bryan Bresee Clemson DT [8] Nolan Turner S Amari Gainer Florida State LB Bubba Bolden Miami S Payton Wilson NC State LB Jeremiah Gemmel North Carolina LB Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh DT Davey O'Brien Award Malik Cunningham Louisville QB [9] Sam Howell North Carolina Phil Jurkovec Boston College D'Eriq King Miami McKenzie Milton Florida State DJ Uiagalelei Clemson Doak Walker Award Christian Beal-Smith Wake Forest RB [10] Ty Chandler North Carolina Jashaun Corbin Florida State Lawrance Toafili Lyn-J Dixon Clemson Mataeo Durant Duke Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech Jordan Mason Zonovan Knight NC State Jalen Mitchell Louisville Sean Tucker Syracuse Fred Biletnikoff Award Jordan Addison Pittsburgh WR [11] Emeka Emezie NC State Zay Flowers Boston College Mike Harley Miami Taj Harris Syracuse Billy Kemp IV Virginia Jaquarii Roberson Wake Forest Justyn Ross Clemson

Award Head coach/player School Position Reference John Mackey Award James Mitchell Virginia Tech TE [12] Will Mallory Miami (FL) Garrett Walston North Carolina Braden Galloway Clemson Brandon Chapman Wake Forest Camren McDonald Florida State Lucas Krull Pittsburgh Jelani Woods Virginia Rimington Trophy Alec Lindstrom Boston College OL [13] Jack Wohlabaugh Duke Cole Bentley Louisville Grant Gibson NC State Olusegun Oluwatimi Virginia Butkus Award James Skalski Clemson LB [14] Baylon Spector Amari Gainer Florida State Jeremiah Gemmel North Carolina Payton Wilson NC State Mikel Jones Syracuse Nick Jackson Virginia Outland Trophy Bryan Bresee Clemson DE [15] Tyler Davis DT Jordan McFadden OT Ikem Ekwonu NC State G Grant Gibson Joshua Ezeudu North Carolina Brock Hoffman Virginia Tech C Zion Johnson Boston College G Tyler Vrabel OT Alec Lindstrom C Zion Nelson Miami (FL) OT Jarrid Williams Zach Tom Wake Forest Raymond Vohasek North Carolina DT Bronko Nagurski Trophy Bubba Bolden Miami (FL) S [16] Bryan Bresee Clemson DT Myles Murphy DE James Skalski LB Nolan Turner S Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh DT Raymond Vohasek North Carolina LB Payton Wilson NC State LB Lou Groza Award Christoperh Dunn NC State PK [17] Charlie Ham Duke B. T. Potter Clemson Nick Sciba Wake Forest Andre Szmyt Syracuse James Turner Louisville

Award Head coach/player School Position Reference Paul Hornung Award Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech RB [18] Donavon Greene Wake Forest WR Zonovan Knight NC State RB Jaylan Knighton Miami (FL) RB Wuerffel Trophy Darien Rencher Clemson RB [19] Jake Bobo Duke WR Camren McDonald Florida State TE Juanyeh Thomas Georgia Tech DB Isaiah Moore NC State LB Kingsley Jonathan Syracuse DL Cal Adomitis Pittsburgh LS Deslin Alexandre DL Brock Hoffman Virginia Tech OL Tyriq Hardimon Wake Forest DB Walter Camp Award Bryan Bresee Clemson DT [20] Justyn Ross WR Sam Howell North Carolina QB D'Eriq King Miami (FL) Manning Award Malik Cunningham Louisville QB [21] Sam Howell North Carolina Phil Jurkovec Boston College D'Eriq King Miami (FL) Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award D'Eriq King Miami (FL) QB [22] Beau Corrales North Carolina WR Ray Guy Award Ben Kiernan North Carolina P [17] Ivan Mora Wake Forest Kirk Christodoulou Pittsburgh Lou Hedley Miami (FL) Porter Wilson Duke Trenton Gill NC State Will Spiers Clemson Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award Lawrance Toafili Florida State RB [23] DJ Uiagalelei Clemson QB Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Brennan Armstrong Virginia QB [24] Braxton Burmeister Virginia Tech Malik Cunningham Louisville Tommy DeVito Syracuse Sam Hartman Wake Forest Sam Howell North Carolina Phil Jurkovec Boston College D'Eriq King Miami (FL) Devin Leary NC State McKenzie Milton Florida State Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[25]	Rivals[26]	24/7[27]	Signees
Boston College	38	32	37	29
Clemson	4	7	5	19
Duke		60	57	18
Florida State	19	30	23	24
Georgia Tech	34	48	47	23
Louisville	30	29	39	24
Miami	9	10	11	21
North Carolina	7	16	14	19
NC State	31	45	35	20
Pittsburgh	33	21	27	23
Syracuse		51	56	22
Virginia	32	31	32	24
Virginia Tech		43	45	27
Wake Forest		66	65	19

Coaches

Coaching changes

There are no coaching changes for the 2021 season.

Head coaching records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Jeff Hafley	2	12–11	12–11	7–11
Clemson	Dabo Swinney	13	150–36	150–36	91–19
Duke	David Cutcliffe	14	121–126	77–98	35–80
Florida State	Mike Norvell	2	46–28	8–13	6–10
Georgia Tech	Geoff Collins	3	24–35	9–25	7–18
Louisville	Scott Satterfield	3	69–43	18–19	12–13
Miami	Manny Diaz	3	21–15	21–15	16–9
North Carolina	Mack Brown	13	265–139–1	90–63–1	55–47–1
North Carolina State	Dave Doeren	9	87–53	64–49	34–40
Pittsburgh	Pat Narduzzi	7	52–37	52–37	36–22
Syracuse	Dino Babers	6	66–59	29–43	15–35
Virginia	Bronco Mendenhall	6	135–81	36–38	22–27
Virginia Tech	Justin Fuente	6	69–54	43–31	28–21
Wake Forest	Dave Clawson	8	141–127	51–48	26–39

Notes

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

Rankings

See also: 2021 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	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Clemson	AP	3 (6)	6	6	9	25	RV	RV	RV					RV	22	19	14
	C	2	6	6	7	19	21	25	24		RV	RV	RV	RV	24	22	16
	CFP	Not released												23	20	19
Duke	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Florida State	AP		RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Georgia Tech	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Louisville	AP				RV	RV
	C					RV							RV
	CFP	Not released
Miami	AP	14	22	24
	C	16	24	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
North Carolina	AP	10	24	21	21	RV
	C	9	22	19	20	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
NC State	AP	RV	RV			23	23	22	18	RV	RV	21	25	24	21	18	20
	C	RV	RV	RV		RV	22	21	18	25	22	19	24	24	20	18	19
	CFP	Not released									19	16	20	20	18	18
Pittsburgh	AP			RV			RV	RV	23	17	RV	25	20	20	17	13	13
	C	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	23	19	25	22	19	17	15	12	13
	CFP	Not released									25	21	18	17	15	12
Syracuse	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Virginia	AP									RV
	C		RV	RV						RV
	CFP	Not released
Virginia Tech	AP		19	15	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	21	15	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Wake Forest	AP				RV	24	19	16	16	13	10	13	13	21	18	20	15
	C				RV	25	20	16	15	13	9	13	12	21	18	19	14
	CFP	Not released									9	12	10	18	16	17

Schedule

The regular season will begin on September 2 and will end on November 27. The ACC Championship game is scheduled for December 4, 2021.

Regular season

Week one

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 2	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 45–0	52,633
September 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 North Carolina	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	VT 17–10	65,632
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Duke	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	CBSSN	L 28–31	14,125
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 42–10	25,673
September 4	Noon	Colgate	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	W 51–0	28,991
September 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 14 Miami	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ABC	L 13–44	71,829
September 4	4:00 p.m.	UMass	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCN	W 51–7	41,486
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	CBSSN	W 29–9	23,904
September 4	7:30 p.m.	No. 5 Georgia	No. 3 Clemson	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Duke's Mayo Classic, rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 3–10	74,187
September 4	7:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	L 21–22	33,651
September 4	7:30 p.m.	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	W 43–0	42,982
September 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 38–41 OT	68,316
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Louisville	Ole Miss	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPN	L 24–43	30,709
#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	Ref.
September 10	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 45–17	18,091
September 11	11:00 a.m.	Illinois	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	W 42–14	36,036
September 11	Noon	No. 22 (FCS) Kennesaw State	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	W 45–17	35,195
September 11	Noon	Norfolk State	Wake Forest	Truist Stadium at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCNX	W 41–16	21,896
September 11	Noon	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	Volunteer Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 41–34	82,203
September 11	2:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	No. 19 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCNX	W 35–14	53,680
September 11	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	L 7–17	31,941
September 11	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (rivalry)	FloSports	W 45–28	12,118
September 11	5:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	W 49–3	78,609
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	No. 22 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 25–23	45,877
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCNX	W 30–3	39,673
September 11	7:00 p.m.	NC State	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 10–24	45,834
September 11	7:30 p.m.	Georgia State	No. 24 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	W 59–17	50,500
September 11	8:00 p.m.	No. 16 (FCS) Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	L 17–20	60,198
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 17	7:30 p.m.	UCF	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 42–35	39,022
September 18	Noon	Albany	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 62–24	30,156
September 18	Noon	Boston College	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W 28–3	25,290
September 18	Noon	Michigan State	No. 24 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ABC	L 17–38	46,427
September 18	Noon	No. 15 Virginia Tech	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	FS1	L 21–27	60,022
September 18	Noon	Western Michigan	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 41–44	40,581
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	WAKE 35–14	29,564
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	CLEM 14–8	81,500
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 30–23	12,323
September 18	7:30 p.m.	Furman	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCRSN	W 45–7	56,919
September 18	7:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 21 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	UNC 59–39	50,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	WAKE 37–17	38,699
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Liberty	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 24–21	29,942
September 25	Noon	Missouri	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	W 41–34 OT	44,500
September 25	Noon	No. 24 (FCS) Richmond	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	W 21–10	53,174
September 25	Noon	No. 21 (FCS) New Hampshire	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 77–7	41,048
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	W 69–0	44,019
September 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 Clemson	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	NCSU 27–21 2OT	56,919
September 25	3:30 p.m.	Louisville	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	LOU 31–23	50,964
September 25	4:00 p.m.	Kansas	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	W 52–33	19,128
September 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 20 North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	GT 45–22	37,450
#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	Ref.
September 30	7:30 p.m.	Virginia	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	UVA 30–28	37,269
October 2	Noon	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	UNC 38–7	45,812
October 2	Noon	Pittsburgh	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	PITT 52–21	36,383
October 2	12:30 p.m.	Louisville	No. 24 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCRSN	WAKE 37–34	29,077
October 2	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	FSU 33–30	56,609
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 23 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 34–27	51,064
October 2	7:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 25 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)	ACCN	CLEM 19–13	79,159
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 2	Virginia Tech

Week six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 9	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCRSN	GT 31–27	11,849
October 9	3:00 p.m.	Virginia	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	UVA 34–33	40,320
October 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 Wake Forest	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	WAKE 40–37 OT	38,554
October 9	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	FSU 35–25	44,805
October 9	7:30 p.m.	No. 14 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 29–32	65,632
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 9	Boston College	Clemson	Miami	No. 23 NC State	Pittsburgh

Week seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 15	7:00 p.m.	Clemson	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN	CLEM 17–14	36,670
October 16	12:30 p.m.	Duke	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	UVA 48–0	38,489
October 16	3:30 p.m.	Miami	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	UNC 45–42	50,500
October 16	3:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	PITT 28–7	58,314
October 16	7:30 p.m.	No. 22 NC State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	NCSU 33–7	40,349
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 16	Florida State	Georgia Tech	Louisville	No. 16 Wake Forest

Week eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 23	Noon	No. 16 Wake Forest	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 70–56	38,019
October 23	Noon	UMass	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	W 59–3	51,915
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Syracuse	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCRSN	SYR 41–36	57,941
October 23	3:30 p.m.	Clemson	No. 23 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	PITT 27–17	60,594
October 23	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	LOU 28–14	38,202
October 23	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	UVA 48–40	45,837
October 23	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 NC State	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	MIA 31–30	43,293
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 23	Duke	North Carolina

Week nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 30	Noon	Miami	No. 17 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCN	MIA 38–34	46,977
October 30	Noon	Virginia Tech	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ACCRSN	VT 26–17	35,543
October 30	3:30 p.m.	Florida State	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	CLEM 30–20	79,097
October 30	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCRSN	SYR 21–6	32,022
October 30	4:00 p.m.	Duke	No. 13 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	WAKE 45–7	31,613
October 30	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	NCSU 28–13	53,123
October 30	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 11 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 34–44	71,018
October 30	10:15 p.m.	Virginia	No. 25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 49–66	57,685
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 5	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	BC 17–3	35,637
November 6	Noon	No. 25 Pittsburgh	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	PITT 54–29	20,693
November 6	Noon	No. 9 Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ABC	UNC 58–55	50,500
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	MIA 33–30	48,161
November 6	4:00 p.m.	No. 19 NC State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	NCSU 28–14	50,835
November 6	7:30 p.m.	Clemson	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	CLEM 30–24	51,729
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

^note 1 The game between North Carolina and Wake Forest is being played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the conference standings.^[28]

Date	Bye Week
November 6	Syracuse	Virginia

Week eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 11	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 21 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	PITT 30–23 OT	41,687
November 13	Noon	UConn	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	W 44–7	77,522
November 13	Noon	Syracuse	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	LOU 41–3	43,797
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	BC 41–30	31,511
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Duke	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	VT 48–17	56,730
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Miami	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	FSU 31–28	71,917
November 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 NC State	No. 12 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	WAKE 45–42	34,503
November 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 3–28	48,584
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 18	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	LOU 62–22	8,493
November 20	Noon	Wofford	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCRSN	W 34–14	43,011
November 20	Noon	Florida State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	FSU 26–23	33,363
November 20	Noon	No. 10 Wake Forest	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN	CLEM 48–27	81,048
November 20	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 0–55	70,011
November 20	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 18 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	PITT 48–38	45,183
November 20	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 20 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	NCSU 41–17	54,083
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ACCN	MIA 38–26	40,839
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 26	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 20 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ESPN	NCSU 34–30	56,919
November 27	Noon	No. 1 Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 0–45	52,806
November 27	Noon	No. 18 Wake Forest	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	WAKE 41–10	25,854
November 27	Noon	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–24	88,491
November 27	12:30 p.m.	Miami	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCRSN	MIA 47–10	17,391
November 27	3:45 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ACCN	VT 29–24	46,445
November 27	7:30 p.m.	Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPN2	L 21–52	55,018
November 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Pittsburgh	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCN	PITT 31–14	27,939
November 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Clemson	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	SECN	W 30–0	79,897
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship game

Further information: 2021 ACC Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 4	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Pittsburgh	No. 16 Wake Forest	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ABC	PITT 45–21	57,856
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. 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 4	SEC	No. 14 Miami	No. 1 Alabama	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	L 13–44
September 4	SEC	No. 3 Clemson	No. 5 Georgia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Duke's Mayo Classic/rivalry)	L 3–10
September 5	Independent	No. 9 Notre Dame	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 38–41 (OT)
September 6	SEC	Ole Miss	Louisville	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	L 24–43
September 11	SEC	NC State	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 10–24
September 11	SEC	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	W 41–34
September 11	Big Ten	Rutgers	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	L 7–17
September 11	Big Ten	Illinois	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 42–14
September 18	Big Ten	Northwestern	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 30–23
September 18	Big Ten	Michigan State	No. 24 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	L 17–38
September 18	Big 12	No. 15 Virginia Tech	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 21–27
September 25	SEC	Missouri	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 41–34
September 25	Big 12	Kansas	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 52–33
October 9	Independent	No. 14 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 29–32
October 30	Independent	Virginia	No. 25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	L 49–66
October 30	Independent	North Carolina	No. 11 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 34–44
November 13	Independent	No. 7 Notre Dame	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 3–28
November 20	Independent	Georgia Tech	No. 6 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 0–55
November 27	SEC	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	L 21–24
November 27	SEC	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–45
November 27	SEC	Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	L 21–52
November 27	SEC	Clemson	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 30–0

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	South Florida	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 45–0
September 3	C-USA	Duke	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	L 28–31
September 3	C-USA	Old Dominion	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	W 42–10
September 4	MAC	Northern Illinois	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 21–22
September 4	MAC	Syracuse	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	W 22–9
September 11	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	No. 22 Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	W 25–23
September 11	Sun Belt	Georgia State	No. 24 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 59–17
September 11	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	No. 19 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 35–17
September 17	American	UCF	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 42–35
September 18	American	Boston College	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 28–3
September 18	MAC	Western Michigan	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 41–44
October 2	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	No. 23 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 34–27

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 4	UMass	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 51–7
September 11	Boston College	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 45–28
September 24	Liberty	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 24–21
October 23	Wake Forest	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 70–56
October 23	UMass	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 59–3
November 13	UConn	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 44–7

ACC vs FCS matchups

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

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 4	Colgate	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 52–10
September 4	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 43–0
September 10	North Carolina A&T	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 45–17
September 11	South Carolina State	No. 6 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 49–3
September 11	Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 17–20
September 11	Kennesaw State	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	W 45–17
September 11	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 30–3
September 11	Norfolk State	Wake Forest	Truist Stadium at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	W 41–16
September 18	Furman	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 45–7
September 18	Albany	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 62–24
September 25	Central Connecticut	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	W 69–0
September 25	New Hampshire	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 77–7
September 25	Richmond	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–10
November 20	Wofford	North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–14

Records against other conferences

Regular season Power 5 Conferences Record Big Ten 2–2 Big 12 1–1 BYU/Notre Dame 0–6 SEC 2–6 Power 5 Total 5–15 Other FBS Conferences Record American 3–0 C–USA 3–1 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 6–0 MAC 1–2 Sun Belt 2–0 Other FBS Total 15–3 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 13–1 Total Non-Conference Record 33–19

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record Big Ten 1–2 Big 12 1–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–1 Power 5 Total 2–3 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–1 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 0–1 Total Bowl Record 2–4

Postseason

Bowl games

See also: 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games

Legend
	ACC win
	ACC loss
	Cancellation

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The ACC will have annually ten appearances in the following bowls: Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Military Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Cheez-It Bowl, Fenway Bowl, Outback Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Sun Bowl. The ACC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The ACC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	ACC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Military Bowl	December 27	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	2:30 p.m.	Boston College	East Carolina	Cancelled[29]
First Responder Bowl	December 28	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	3:15 p.m.	Louisville	Air Force	L 28–31	15,251
Holiday Bowl	December 28	Petco Park • San Diego, CA	Fox	8:00 p.m.	No. 18 NC State	UCLA	Cancelled[30]
Fenway Bowl	December 29	Fenway Park • Boston, MA	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	Virginia	SMU	Cancelled[31]
Pinstripe Bowl	December 29	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY	ESPN	2:15 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Maryland	L 10–54	29,653
Cheez-It Bowl	December 29	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	5:45 p.m.	No. 19 Clemson	Iowa State	W 20–13	39,051
Duke's Mayo Bowl	December 30	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	North Carolina	South Carolina	L 21–38	45,520
Gator Bowl	December 31	TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	No. 17 Wake Forest	Rutgers	W 38–10	28,508
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	12:30 p.m.	Miami	Washington State
New Year's Six Bowls
Peach Bowl	December 30	Mercedes Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Pittsburgh	No. 10 Michigan State	L 21–31	41,230

Rankings are from AP Poll. Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. ACC teams shown in bold.
^note 1 The Gator Bowl opponent for Wake Forest was originally scheduled to be Texas A&M. Due to COVID-19 issues with Texas A&M, they were replaced with Rutgers.^[32]
^note 2 The Sun Bowl originally scheduled Miami to face Washington, but Miami had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.^[33]
^note 3 The Military Bowl originally scheduled Boston College to face East Carolina, but Boston College had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.^[29]
^note 4 The Fenway Bowl originally scheduled Virginia to face SMU, but Virginia had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues.^[31]

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Quarterback				Running Back				Receiver				Offensive Line				Defensive Line				Linebacker				Defensive Back				Specialist				Rookie
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1[34]		Phil Jurkovec	Boston College	QB		Mataeo Durant	Duke	RB		Zay Flowers	Boston College	WR		Ikem Ekwonu	NC State	LT		Jermaine Johnson II	Florida State	DE		James Skalski	Clemson	LB		Chamarri Conner	Virginia Tech	CB		Ja'Sir Taylor	Wake Forest	DB		Duce Chestnut	Syracuse	CB
		Brennan Armstrong	Virginia	QB																														Jasheen Davis	Wake Forest	DE
Week 2[35]		Brennan Armstrong (2)	Virginia	QB		Pat Garwo III	Boston College	RB		Jelani Woods	Virginia	TE		Olusegun Oluwatimi	Virginia	C		Jordan Domineck	Georgia Tech	DE		Mikel Jones	Syracuse	LB		Kei'Trel Clark	Louisville	CB		Travis Levy	Boston College	KR		Will Shipley	Clemson	RB
																										Brandon Hill	Pittsburgh	S
Week 3[36]		Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB		Ty Chandler	North Carolina	RB		Josh Downs	North Carolina	WR		Marcus McKethan	North Carolina	RG		DeWayne Carter	Duke	DT		LaVonta Bentley	Clemson	LB		Lummie Young IV	Duke	S		Grant Carlson	Boston College	P		Will Shipley (2)	Clemson	RB
														Chandler Zavala	NC State	LG
Week 4[37]		Devin Leary	NC State	QB		Pat Garwo III (2)	Boston College	RB		Emeka Emezie	NC State	WR		Ikem Ekwonu (2)	NC State	OT		Cody Roscoe	Syracuse	DL		Baylon Spector	Clemson	LB		Brandon Sebastian	Boston College	CB		Tayvion Robinson	Virginia Tech	KR		Rodney Hammond	Pittsburgh	RB
																						Charlie Thomas	Georgia Tech	LB						Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	PK
Week 5[38]		Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB		Kobe Pace	Clemson	RB		Josh Downs (2)	North Carolina	WR		Gabe Houy	Pittsburgh	OT		Mandy Alonso	Virginia	DE		John Petrishen	Pittsburgh	LB		Traveon Redd	Wake Forest	S		Trenton Gill	NC State	P		Justice Ellison	Wake Forest	RB
Week 6[39]		Brennan Armstrong (3)	Virginia	QB		Sean Tucker	Syracuse	RB		A. T. Perry	Wake Forest	WR		Dillan Gibbons	Florida State	LG		Jermaine Johnson II (2)	Florida State	DE		Ayinde Eley	Georgia Tech	LB		Juanyeh Thomas	Georgia Tech	S		Nick Sciba (2)	Wake Forest	PK		Malik McClain	Florida State	WR
Week 7[40]		Brennan Armstrong (4)	Virginia	QB		Sean Tucker (2)	Syracuse	RB		Josh Downs (3)	North Carolina	WR		Bobby Haskins	Virginia	LT		Mandy Alonso (2)	Virginia	DE		Cedric Gray	North Carolina	LB		Erick Hallett II	Pittsburgh	FS		Devan Boykin	NC State	S		Jaylan Knighton	Miami	RB
										Dontayvion Wicks	Virginia	WR
Week 8[41]		Sam Hartman	Wake Forest	QB		Jaylan Knighton	Miami	RB		Dontayvion Wicks (2)	Virginia	WR		Caleb Chandler	Louisville	OG		Rondell Bothroyd	Wake Forest	DE		SirVocea Dennis	Pittsburgh	LB		Traveon Redd (2)	Wake Forest	SS		Jude Kelley	Georgia Tech	PK		Tyler Van Dyke	Miami	QB
														Carter Warren	Pittsburgh	OG						James Skalski (2)	Clemson	LB
Week 9[42]		Sam Hartman (2)	Wake Forest	QB		Sean Tucker (3)	Syracuse	RB		Tré Turner	Virginia Tech	WR		Zach Tom	Wake Forest	LT		Myles Murphy	Clemson	DE		Drake Thomas	NC State	LB		James Williams	Miami	S		Courtney Jackson	Syracuse	KR		Tyler Van Dyke (2)	Miami	QB
																		Jermaine Johnson II (3)	Florida State	DE
Week 10[43]		Kenny Pickett (2)	Pittsburgh	QB		Ty Chandler (2)	North Carolina	RB		Charleston Rambo	Miami	WR		Marcus McKethan (2)	North Carolina	OG		Keir Thomas	Florida State	DE		John Petrishen (2)	Pittsburgh	OLB		Juanyeh Thomas (2)	Georgia Tech	S		Jaylen Stinson	Duke	KR		Tyler Van Dyke (3)	Miami	QB
Week 11[44]		Phil Jurkovec (2)	Boston College	QB		Raheem Blackshear	Virginia Tech	RB		Emeka Emezie (2)	NC State	WR		Michael Jurgens	Wake Forest	C		Jermaine Johnson II (4)	Florida State	DE		SirVocea Dennis (2)	Pittsburgh	LB		Omarion Cooper	Florida State	CB		Zonovan Knight	NC State	KR		Ahmari Huggins-Bruce	Louisville	WR
																																		Omarion Cooper	Florida State	CB
Week 12[45]		Malik Cunningham	Louisville	QB		Kobe Pace	Clemson	RB		Jordan Addison	Pittsburgh	WR		Jordan McFadden	Clemson	OT		Kier Thomas (2)	Florida State	DE		Drake Thomas (2)	NC State	LB		Akeem Dent	Florida State	S		Israel Abanikanda	Pittsburgh	KR		Will Shipley (3)	Clemson	RB
																																		Tyler Van Dyke (4)	Miami	QB
Week 13[46]		Devin Leary (2)	NC State	QB		Raheem Blackshear	Virginia Tech	RB		Emeka Emezie (3)	NC State	WR		Jordan McFadden (2)	Clemson	OT		Daniel Joseph	NC State	DE		Mikel Jones (2)	Syracuse	LB		Jammie Robinson	Florida State	S		Jordan Houston	NC State	RB		Tyler Van Dyke (5)	Miami	QB

All Conference Teams

Source:^[47]

First Team Position Player Team First Team Offense QB Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh RB Sean Tucker Syracuse Mataeo Durant Duke WR Jordan Addison Pittsburgh Josh Downs North Carolina Dontayvion Wicks (tie) Virginia A. T. Perry (tie) Wake Forest TE Jelani Woods Virginia T Ikem Ekwonu NC State Zach Tom Wake Forest G Zion Johnson Boston College Caleb Chandler Louisville C Alec Lindstrom Boston College All Purpose Back Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech First Team Defense DE Jermaine Johnson II Florida State Cody Roscoe Syracuse DT Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh Cory Durden (tie) NC State Tyler Davis (tie) Clemson LB Drake Thomas NC State Mikel Jones Syracuse James Skalski Clemson CB Mario Goodrich Clemson Andrew Booth Jr. Clemson S Jammie Robinson Florida State Tanner Ingle NC State First Team Special Teams PK Nick Sciba Wake Forest P Trenton Gill NC State SP Zonovan Knight NC State

Second Team Position Player Team Second Team Offense QB Sam Hartman Wake Forest RB Ty Chandler North Carolina Pat Garwo Boston College WR Charleston Rambo Miami Emeka Emezie NC State Jaquarii Roberson Wake Forest TE Lucas Krull Pittsburgh T Jordan McFadden Clemson Carter Warren Pittsburgh G Christian Mahogany Boston College DJ Scaife Miami C Olusegun Oluwatimi Virginia All Purpose Back Keytaon Thompson Virginia Second Team Defense DE Myles Murphy Clemson Habakkuk Baldonado Pittsburgh DT Miles Fox Wake Forest Myles Murphy North Carolina LB Yasir Abdullah Louisville Nick Jackson Virginia Quez Jackson (tie) Georgia Tech SirVocea Dennis (tie) Pittsburgh CB Jermaine Waller Virginia Tech Josh Deberry (tie) Boston College Kei'Trel Clark (tie) Louisville S Traveon Redd Wake Forest Brandon Hill Pittsburgh Second Team Special Teams PK B. T. Potter Clemson P Lou Hedley Miami SP Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech

Third Team Position Player Team Third Team Offense QB Brennan Armstrong Virginia RB Jashaun Corbin Florida State Jahmyr Gibbs Georgia Tech WR Zay Flowers Boston College Billy Kemp Virginia Jake Bobo Duke TE Marshon Ford Louisville T Ben Petrula Boston College Gabe Houy Pittsburgh G Marcus Minor Pittsburgh Sean Maginn Wake Forest C Grant Gibson NC State All Purpose Back Jordan Addison Pittsburgh Third Team Defense DE Keir Thomas Florida State Xavier Thomas Clemson DT Bryan Bresee Clemson DeWayne Carter Duke LB Shaka Heyward Duke Tomon Fox North Carolina Jeremiah Gemmel North Carolina CB Brandon Sebasitan Boston College Duce Chestnut Syracuse S Cam'Ron Kelly North Carolina Andrew Mukuba Clemson Third Team Special Teams PK Sam Scarton Pittsburgh P Peter Moore Virginia Tech SP Tayvion Robinson Virginia Tech

ACC individual awards

ACC Player of the Year Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh[48] ACC Rookie of the Year Tyler Van Dyke, Miami[49] ACC Coach of the Year Dave Clawson, Wake Forest[50]

ACC Offensive Player of the Year Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh[48] ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year Tyler Van Dyke, Miami[49] Jacobs Blocking Trophy Ikem Ekwonu, NC State[51]

ACC Defensive Player of the Year Jermaine Johnson II, Florida State[48] ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year Andrew Mukuba, Clemson[49]

All-Americans

Main article: 2021 College Football All-America Team

Consensus All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.^[52]

2021 Consensus All-Americans
Unanimous	Consensus
Ikem Ekwonu – NC State	Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh

Associated Press

2021 AP All-Americans[53]
First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Ikem Ekwonu – NC State Zion Johnson – Boston College Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh	Kenny Pickett – Pittsburgh Sean Tucker – Syracuse Alec Lindstrom – Boston College Jahmyr Gibbs – Georgia Tech Jermaine Johnson II – Florida State	Calijah Kancey – Pittsburgh

AFCA

2021 AFCA All-Americans[54]
First Team	Second Team
Ikem Ekwonu – NC State Kenny Pickett – Pittsburgh Cal Adomitis – Pittsburgh	Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh Zion Johnson – Boston College Sean Tucker – Syracuse Jermaine Johnson II – Florida State

FWAA

2021 FWAA All-Americans[55]
First Team	Second Team
Sean Tucker – Syracuse Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh Ikem Ekwonu – NC State	Kenny Pickett – Pittsburgh Zach Tom – Wake Forest Olusegun Oluwatimi – Virginia Jermaine Johnson II – Florida State

The Sporting News

2021 Sporting News All-Americans[56]
First Team	Second Team
Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh Ikem Ekwonu – NC State	Kenny Pickett – Pittsburgh Alec Lindstrom – Boston College

WCFF

2021 Walter Camp All-Americans[57]
First Team	Second Team
Jordan Addison – Pittsburgh Ikem Ekwonu – NC State Zion Johnson – Boston College Kenny Pickett – Pittsburgh Jermaine Johnson II – Florida State	Sean Tucker – Syracuse

National Awards

• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award: Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh^[58]

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[59]	28,991	44,500†	40,349	35,637	33,363	25,854		208,694	34,782	78.16%
Clemson	Memorial Stadium	81,500[60]	78,609	81,500†	79,159	79,097	77,522	81,048		476,935	79,489	97.53%
Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium	40,004[61]	18,091	12,323	19,128	11,849	20,693†	8,493	17,391	107,968	15,424	38.56%
Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium	79,560[62]	68,316	60,198	50,964	56,609	51,915	50,835	71,917†	410,754	58,679	73.75%
Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium	55,000[63]	33,651	35,195	37,450	36,383	35,543	31,511	52,806†	262,539	37,506	68.19%
Louisville	Cardinal Stadium	60,800[64]	39,673	39,022	40,320	38,202	51,729	43,797	55,018†	307,761	43,966	72.31%
Miami	Hard Rock Stadium	65,326[65]	45,877	46,427	44,019	37,269	43,293	48,161†	40,839	305,885	43,698	66.89%
North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium	50,500[66]	50,500†	50,500†	45,812	44,805	50,500†	50,500†	43,011	335,628	47,947	94.94%
NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium	56,919[67]	52,633	56,919†	56,919†	51,064	53,123	54,083	56,919†	381,660	54,523	95.79%
Pittsburgh	Heinz Field	68,400[68]	41,486	40,581	41,048	60,594†	46,977	41,687	45,183	317,556	45,365	66.32%
Syracuse	Carrier Dome	49,262[69]	31,941	30,156	29,942	38,554†	36,670	32,022	27,939	227,224	32,461	65.89%
Virginia	Scott Stadium	61,500[70]	42,982	36,036	38,699	38,489	45,837	48,584†	46,445	297,072	42,439	69.01%
Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium	65,632[71]	65,632†	53,680	53,174	65,632†	58,314	57,941	56,730	411,103	58,729	89.48%
Wake Forest	BB&T Field	31,500[72]	25,673	21,896	29,564	29,077	31,613	34,503†		172,326	28,721	91.18%

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NFL Draft

Main article: 2022 NFL draft

Total Picks by School

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
Boston College	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Clemson	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2
Duke	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Florida State	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Georgia Tech	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Louisville	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Miami	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
North Carolina	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	4
NC State	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Pittsburgh	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	2
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Virginia	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Virginia Tech	–	–	–	–	1	3	–	4
Wake Forest	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2
Total	4	1	2	2	4	4	4	21

List of Selections

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Ikem Ekwonu	OT	NC State	1	6	6	Carolina Panthers
Zion Johnson	OG	Boston College	1	17	17	Los Angeles Chargers
Kenny Pickett	QB	Pittsburgh	1	20	20	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jermaine Johnson II	DE	Florida State	1	26	26	New York Jets
Andrew Booth Jr.	CB	Clemson	2	10	42	Minnesota Vikings
Joshua Ezeudu	OG	North Carolina	3	3	67	New York Giants
Jelani Woods	TE	Virginia	3	9	73	Indianapolis Colts
Damarri Mathis	CB	Pittsburgh	4	10	115	Denver Broncos
Zach Tom	OG	Wake Forest	4	35	140	Green Bay Packers
Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina	5	1	144	Washington Commanders
Ty Chandler	RB	North Carolina	5	26	169	Minnesota Vikings
Marcus McKethan	OG	North Carolina	5	30	173	New York Giants
James Mitchell	TE	Virginia Tech	5	34	177	Detroit Lions
Amaré Barno	LB	Virginia Tech	6	10	189	Carolina Panthers
Luke Tenuta	OT	Virginia Tech	6	30	209	Buffalo Bills
Ja'Sir Taylor	CB	Wake Forest	6	35	214	Los Angeles Chargers
Lecitus Smith	OG	Virginia Tech	6	36	215	Arizona Cardinals
Tariq Carpenter	LB	Georgia Tech	7	7	228	Green Bay Packers
Baylon Spector	LB	Clemson	7	10	231	Buffalo Bills
Jonathan Ford	DT	Miami (FL)	7	13	234	Green Bay Packers
Trenton Gill	P	NC State	7	34	255	Chicago Bears