2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2016 ACC football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 2016 to January 2017
Number of teams14
2017 NFL Draft
Top draft pickMitchell Trubisky (North Carolina)
Picked byChicago Bears, 2nd overall
Regular season
Season MVPLamar Jackson (Louisville)
Top scorerLamar Jackson (126 points)
Atlantic championsClemson
  Atlantic runners-upLouisville
Coastal championsVirginia Tech
  Coastal runners-upNorth Carolina
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsClemson
  Runners-upVirginia Tech
ACC seasons
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#   7 1     14 1  
No. 21 Louisville x   7 1     9 4  
No. 8 Florida State   5 3     10 3  
NC State   3 5     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     7 6  
Boston College   2 6     7 6  
Syracuse   2 6     4 8  
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy   6 2     10 4  
North Carolina   5 3     8 5  
No. 20 Miami (FL)   5 3     9 4  
Pittsburgh   5 3     8 5  
Georgia Tech   4 4     9 4  
Duke   1 7     4 8  
Virginia   1 7     2 10  
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 64th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), played from September 2016 to January 2017. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 14 members in two divisions. The Atlantic Division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. The Coastal Division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The two division champions met on December 3 in the 2016 ACC Championship Game. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, but on September 14 the conference announced that the game would be moved to a neutral venue outside of North Carolina due to the controversy surrounding the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (commonly known as House Bill 2, or HB2).[1]

  1. ^ Chip Patterson (September 14, 2016). "ACC to relocate 2016 football championship from North Carolina due to HB2 law". CBS Sports.