2012 ACC Championship Game

For the ACC men's basketball championship, see 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament.

2012 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Florida State Seminoles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
(10–2) (6–6)
21 15
Head coach: 
Jimbo Fisher		 Head coach: 
Paul Johnson
APCoachesBCS
131213
1234 Total
Florida State 71400 21
Georgia Tech 0636 15
DateDecember 1, 2012
Season2012
StadiumBank of America Stadium
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
MVPJames Wilder Jr. (RB, Florida State)
FavoriteFlorida State by 14
RefereeGary Patterson
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersBrent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox
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The 2012 ACC Championship Game was the eighth football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the winners of the ACCs two divisions, the Atlantic Division's Florida State Seminoles[1] and the Coastal Division's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. With three teams tied for the first place in the Coastal Division, only Georgia Tech was eligible for the Championship Game. Miami self-imposed a postseason ban in a bid to lessen possible NCAA sanctions (see 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal). North Carolina was serving a one-year bowl ban handed down by the NCAA as part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal.

Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, site of the 2012 ACC Championship Game

This was the game's third consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.[2]
    ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.[2]
Rankings from AP Poll
  1. ^ "Florida State tops Maryland, earns spot in ACC title game". Usatoday.com. November 17, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.