2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2009 ACC football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009 – January 5, 2010
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVPC. J. Spiller
Atlantic championsClemson
Coastal championsGeorgia Tech
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsGeorgia Tech
  Runners-upClemson
ACC seasons
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2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 24 Clemson x   6 2     9 5  
Boston College   5 3     8 5  
Florida State   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 7  
NC State   2 6     5 7  
Maryland   1 7     2 10  
Coastal Division
No. 13 Georgia Tech * x$   7 1     11 3  
No. 10 Virginia Tech   6 2     10 3  
No. 19 Miami (FL)   5 3     9 4  
North Carolina *   0 4     0 5  
Duke   3 5     5 7  
Virginia   2 6     3 9  
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 ACC football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 5, 2010. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists 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 in the 2009 ACC Championship Game, where Georgia Tech defeated Clemson by a score of 39–34. Georgia Tech represented the ACC in the BCS, being invited to the FedEx Orange Bowl where they lost to Iowa. The ACC had a total of seven teams play in a bowl game and finished the bowl season with a record of 3–4.