2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2008 ACC football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sportfootball
DurationAugust 28, 2008 – January 1, 2009
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVPTyrod Taylor
Atlantic championsBoston College
Coastal championsVirginia Tech
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsVirginia Tech
  Runners-upBoston College
ACC seasons
← 2007
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2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
Boston College xy   5 3     9 5  
No. 21 Florida State x   5 3     9 4  
Maryland   4 4     8 5  
Wake Forest   4 4     8 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 6  
NC State   4 4     6 7  
Coastal Division
No. 15 Virginia Tech xy$   5 3     10 4  
No. 22 Georgia Tech x   5 3     9 4  
North Carolina   0 4     0 5  
Miami (FL)   4 4     7 6  
Virginia   3 5     5 7  
Duke   1 7     4 8  

Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 12
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 56th season that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) participated in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. As a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference, the ACC's constituent members competed within the framework of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

The media widely recognized the 2008 season as one of the most chaotic in the conference's history.[1][2] At season's end, the ACC fielded an NCAA-record of ten bowl eligible teams from its twelve conference members.[3][4]

Virginia Tech secured its second consecutive conference championship when it won the 2008 ACC Championship Game against Boston College. Likewise, it was the second consecutive season that Boston College finished as the conference runner-up. Virginia Tech went on to represent the conference in its BCS game, the 2008 Orange Bowl, and, with a victory over Cincinnati, ended the ACC's eight-year BCS game slump.[5]

  1. ^ Strelow, Paul. "ACC is a BCS mess" Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, The State. November 21, 2008. Accessed November 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Latter, Sam. "ACC faces confusing playoff fight", The (Hanover) Evening Sun. November 21, 2008. Accessed November 28, 2008. Archived 2009-05-21.
  3. ^ Prisbell, Eric (October 25, 2008). "Work of Art?". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  4. ^ NCAA-Record 10 ACC Teams Head to Bowls, Atlantic Coast Conference, December 7, 2008, retrieved January 21, 2009. Archived 2009-05-21.
  5. ^ Virginia Tech earns ACC's first BCS victory since' 99, ESPN, January 1, 2009.