2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2012 ACC football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationAugust 31, 2012 – December 1, 2012
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVPTBA
Atlantic championsFlorida State
Coastal championsGeorgia Tech, UNC, Miami
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upGeorgia Tech
ACC seasons
2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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

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.

  1. ^ a b "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.