| 2011 ACC football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
| Sport | Football |
| Duration | September 1, 2011 – January 4, 2012 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Clemson |
| Season MVP | David Wilson |
| Atlantic champions | Clemson Tigers |
| Coastal champions | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| ACC Championship Game | |
| Champions | Clemson Tigers |
| ACC seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22Clemson x$ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23Florida State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21Virginia Tech x% | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship:Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2011 ACC football season is anNCAA football season that will be played from September 1, 2011, to January 4, 2012. TheAtlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists ofBoston College,Clemson,Florida State,Maryland,North Carolina State andWake Forest. The Coastal division consists ofDuke,Georgia Tech,Miami,North Carolina,Virginia, andVirginia Tech. The division champions will meet on December 3[1] in the2011 ACC Championship Game, located inCharlotte, North Carolina atBank of America Stadium.
The 2011 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings inPinehurst, North Carolina on July 25. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference.Montel Harris of Boston College was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.[2]
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Wide receiver | Conner Vernon | Duke |
| Dwight Jones | North Carolina | |
| Tight end | George Bryan | NC State |
| Tackle | Blake DeChristopher | Virginia Tech |
| Andrew Datko | Florida State | |
| Guard | Brandon Washington | Miami |
| Omoregie Uzzi | Georgia Tech | |
| Center | Tyler Horn | Miami |
| Quarterback | EJ Manuel | Florida State |
| Running back | Montel Harris | Boston College |
| Andre Ellington | Clemson |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | Brandon Jenkins | Florida State |
| Quinton Coples | North Carolina | |
| Defensive tackle | Tydreke Powell | North Carolina |
| Brandon Thompson | Clemson | |
| Linebacker | Luke Kuechly | Boston College |
| Sean Spence | Miami | |
| Kenny Tate | Maryland | |
| Cornerback | Chase Minnifield | Virginia |
| Jayron Hosley | Virginia Tech | |
| Safety | Ray-Ray Armstrong | Miami |
| Eddie Whitley | Virginia Tech |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Placekicker | Will Snyderwine | Duke |
| Punter | Dawson Zimmerman | Clemson |
| Specialist | Greg Reid | Florida State |
During the offseason, two ACC schools, Maryland and Miami, hired new head coaches. Maryland bought out the last year of 10 year coach,Ralph Friedgen's contract.[4] They hiredRandy Edsall who had been the head coach atUConn for 12 years. Miami fired their head coach of 4 years,Randy Shannon, at the conclusion of the Hurricanes' regular season.[5] They in turn hired coachAl Golden, who was the 5 year head coach ofTemple. In an unexpected turn of events, on July 27, 2011, UNC chancellorHolden Thorp announced that UNC's board of trustees decided to dismissButch Davis as the head coach of the football team.[6] The announcement came a week before the start of fall training camp. The firing was cited as being due to the investigations by theNCAA into academic fraud, impermissible benefits, and talking to agents in the2010 season. The next day on the 28th,Everett Withers, the defensive coordinator of the past 3 years, was named as the interim head coach.[7]
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
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| Boston College | Frank Spaziani | 4 | 16–11 | 16–11 | 9–7 |
| Clemson | Dabo Swinney | 4 | 19–15 | 19–15 | 13–8 |
| Duke | David Cutcliffe | 4 | 56–53 | 12–24 | 5–19 |
| Florida State | Jimbo Fisher | 2 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 6–2 |
| Georgia Tech | Paul Johnson | 4 | 133–52 | 25–15 | 16–8 |
| Maryland | Randy Edsall | 1 | 74–70 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Miami | Al Golden | 1 | 27–34 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| North Carolina | Everett Withers | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| NC State | Tom O'Brien | 5 | 100–70 | 25–25 | 14–18 |
| Virginia | Mike London | 2 | 28–13 | 4–8 | 1–7 |
| Virginia Tech | Frank Beamer | 25 | 240–118–4 | 198–95–2 | 46–10 |
| Wake Forest | Jim Grobe | 10 | 100–96–1 | 67–63 | 34–51 |
TheAtlantic Coast Conference had a losing season vs.BCS opponents in 2011 with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses. In rivalry games vs. BCS opponents the ACC went 1-4 with the only win coming from theFlorida State Seminoles over theFlorida Gators. The ACC also had three teams playNotre Dame in 2011 and recorded a 0-3 record against the Fighting Irish.
NOTE:. Games with a * next to the home team represent a neutral site game
| Date | Visitor | Home | Significance | Winning team |
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| September 1 | Wake Forest | Syracuse | Syracuse | |
| September 3 | Northwestern | Boston College | Northwestern | |
| September 10 | Rutgers | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
| Stanford | Duke | Stanford | ||
| Virginia | Indiana | Virginia | ||
| September 17 | Oklahoma | Florida State | Oklahoma | |
| Ohio State | Miami | Miami | ||
| West Virginia | Maryland | Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry | West Virginia | |
| Auburn | Clemson | Auburn–Clemson football rivalry | Clemson | |
| Kansas | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | ||
| September 22 | NC State | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| September 24 | Kansas State | Miami | Kansas State | |
| October 8 | Louisville | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
| November 5 | Notre Dame | Wake Forest | Notre Dame | |
| November 12 | Maryland | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | |
| November 19 | Miami | South Florida | Miami | |
| Boston College | Notre Dame | Holy War | Notre Dame | |
| November 26 | Florida State | Florida | Florida–Florida State football rivalry | Florida State |
| Georgia | Georgia Tech | Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate | Georgia | |
| Clemson | South Carolina | Battle of the Palmetto State | South Carolina | |
| Vanderbilt | Wake Forest | Vanderbilt |
| 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 | ||
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| Boston College | AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | AP | RV | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 22 | ||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 22 | |
| BCS | Not released | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | ||||||||
| Duke | AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | AP | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | ||||
| C | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 22 | RV | RV | 22 | RV | 24 | 25 | 23 | ||||
| BCS | Not released | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 20 | RV | 22 | 20 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | ||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 19 | RV | 23 | 19 | 23 | 21 | RV | RV | ||
| BCS | Not released | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Maryland | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Miami | AP | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| NC State | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | AP | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | AP | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 |
| C | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |
| BCS | Not released | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||
| Wake Forest | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Offense
| Defense
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Offense
| Defense
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ACC Player of the Year[9]
| Offensive Player of the Year[9]
| Defensive Player of the Year[10]
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Rookie of the Year[11]
| Offensive Rookie of the Year[11]
| Defensive Rookie of the Year[12]
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Coach of the Year[13]
| Brian Piccolo Award[14]
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| Jack Tatum Award[19]
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