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.

Preseason

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Preseason Poll

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The 2012 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, NC on July 23. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Sammy Watkins of Clemson was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.[2]

Atlantic Division poll

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  1. Florida State – 543 (72 first place votes)
  2. Clemson – 470 (17)
  3. North Carolina State – 402 (5)
  4. Wake Forest – 241
  5. Boston College – 181
  6. Maryland – 148

Coastal Division poll

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  1. Virginia Tech – 558 (83)
  2. Georgia Tech – 421 (10)
  3. North Carolina – 341 (2)
  4. Virginia – 326
  5. Miami – 245
  6. Duke – 04

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

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  1. Florida State–60
  2. Virginia Tech–18
  3. Clemson–13
  4. Georgia Tech–3
  5. NC State-1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

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  1. Sammy Watkins, CLEM - 25
  2. Logan Thomas, VT - 21
  3. E. J. Manuel, FSU - 19
  4. Tajh Boyd, CLEM - 18
  5. Mike Glennon, NCSU - 5
  6. David Amerson, NCSU - 3
  7. Giovani Bernard, UNC - 1
  8. Bryn Renner, UNC - 1
  9. Tanner Price, WF - 1
  10. Kyle Fuller, VT - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

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Offense

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Position Player School
Wide receiver Conner Vernon Duke
Sammy Watkins Clemson
Tight end Matt Furstenburg Maryland
Tackle James Hurst North Carolina
Oday Aboushi Virginia
Guard Omoregie Uzzi Georgia Tech
Jonathan Cooper North Carolina
Center Dalton Freeman Clemson
Quarterback Tajh Boyd Clemson
Running back Giovani Bernard North Carolina
Andre Ellington Clemson

Defense

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Position Player School
Defensive end Brandon Jenkins Florida State
James Gayle Virginia Tech
Defensive tackle Joe Vellano Maryland
Nikita Whitlock Wake Forest
Linebacker Kevin Reddick North Carolina
Bruce Taylor Virginia Tech
Steve Greer Virginia
Cornerback David Amerson NC State
Kyle Fuller Virginia Tech
Safety Lamarcus Joyner Florida State
Earl Wolff NC State

Specialist

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Position Player School
Placekicker Dustin Hopkins Florida State
Punter Dalton Botts Miami
Specialist Greg Reid Florida State

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Preseason Watch list

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Player School Award
Chris Pantale Boston Collage John Mackey Award[4]
Kevin Pierre-Louis Boston Collage Bronko Nagurski Trophy[5]
Brandon Jenkins Florida State Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Xavier Rhodes Florida State Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Bjoern Werner Florida State Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Alex Amidon Boston Collage Biletnikoff Award[6]
Willie Haulstead Florida State Biletnikoff Award
EJ Manuel Florida State Maxwell Award
EJ Manuel Florida State Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Brandon Jenkins Florida State Bednarik Award
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Bednarik Award
Xavier Rhodes Florida State Bednarik Award
Dustin Hopkins Florida State Lou Groza Award
Brandon Jenkins Florida State Outland Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Outland Trophy
Xavier Rhodes Florida State Outland Trophy
Björn Werner Florida State Outland Trophy
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Jim Thorpe Award
Xavier Rhodes Florida State Jim Thorpe Award
Brandon Jenkins Florida State Lombardi Award
Bjoern Werner Florida State Rotary Lombardi Award
Bjoern Werner Florida State Butkus Award
Nick Moody Florida State Butkus Award
E.J. Manuel Florida State Davey O'Brien Award
Brandon Jenkins Florida State Walter Camp Award

Coaches

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NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Frank Spaziani 5 20–19 20–19 12–12
Clemson Dabo Swinney 5 29–19 29–19 19–10
Duke David Cutcliffe 5 59–62 15–33 6–26
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 3 19–8 19–8 11–5
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 5 141–58 34–19 21–11
Maryland Randy Edsall 2 76–80 2–10 1–7
Miami Al Golden 2 33–40 6–6 3–5
North Carolina Larry Fedora 1 34-19 0-0 0-0
NC State Tom O'Brien 6 108–75 33–30 18–22
Virginia Mike London 3 36–18 12–13 6–10
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 26 250–121–4 208–98–2 53–11
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 11 101–100–1 68–67 38–51

Pre-season Coaches changes

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Former Ohio State Offensive Coordinator, Jim Bollman, was hired as Boston College offensive line coach/running game coordinator.[7] Sean Desai was hired from Miami as Boston College new Running backs coach/Special teams coordinator, Columbia's wide receivers coach Aaron Smith took the same position at Boston College.[8]

Rankings

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See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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6		 Wk
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13		 Wk
14		 Final
Boston College AP
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BCS Not released  
Clemson AP 14 12 11 10 17 15 16 14 14 10 10 11 12 15 14 11
C 14 12 11 9 16 15 13 13 13 9 8 9 9 14 13 9
BCS Not released 19 18 13 13 11 11 14 14
Duke AP RV
C RV RV
BCS Not released  
Florida State AP 7 6 5 4 4 3 12 12 11 9 8 10 10 13 13 10
C 7 6 6 4 4 4 11 10 10 7 6 6 5 12 12 8
BCS Not released 14 12 9 10 10 10 13 12
Georgia Tech AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
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Maryland AP
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BCS Not released  
Miami AP RV RV
C RV RV
BCS Not released
North Carolina AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C Ineligible for ranking
BCS Not released Ineligible for ranking
NC State AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV
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Virginia AP
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Virginia Tech AP 16 15 13 RV RV
C 20 18 13 RV 25 RV
BCS Not released  
Wake Forest AP
C RV RV
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Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Week One

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 31 7:30 pm Tennessee NC State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Georgia (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game) ESPNU L TENN 35-21   55,529
September 1 12:30 pm Elon North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W NC 62-0   50,500
September 1 3:00 pm William & Mary Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPN3 W MD 7-6   31,321
September 1 3:00 pm Richmond Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ESPN3 W VA 43-19   50,081
September 1 3:30 pm Miami Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ABC/ESPN2  MIAMI 41-32   39,262
September 1 5:00 pm Murray State No. 7 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN3 W FSU 69-3   70,047
September 1 6:30 pm Liberty Wake Forrest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN3 W WF 20-17   27,652
September 1 7:00 pm No. 25 Auburn No. 14 Clemson Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Georgia (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game) ESPN W CLE 26-9   75,211
September 1 7:00 pm Florida International Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN W DUKE 46-26   31,117
September 3 8:00 pm Georgia Tech No. 16 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPN  VT 20-17 OT  31,117
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 8 12:00 pm Miami No. 21 Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS FX L KSU 52-13   48,843
September 8 12:00 pm NC State Connecticut Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT Big East Network W NCS 10-7   34,202
September 8 12:00 pm Maryland Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA ESPNU W MD 36-27   23,322
September 8 12:00 pm Penn State Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ABC W VA 17-16   56,087
September 8 12:30 pm Ball State No. 12 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ACCN W CLE 52–27   79,557
September 8 1:00 pm Maine Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN3 W BC 34-3   30,685
September 8 1:30 pm Austin Peay No. 15 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPN3 W VT 42-7   65,632
September 8 3:00 pm North Carolina Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC RSN  WF 28-27   29,256
September 8 6:00 PM Savannah State No. 6 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN3 W FSU 55-0   71,126
September 8 7:30 PM Presbyterian Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 W GT 59-3   41,678
September 8 10:30 pm Duke No. 25 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA P12N L STAN 50-13   44,016
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Three

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 15 12:00 pm Wake Forest No. 5 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN  FSU 52-0   68,833
September 15 12:00 pm No. 13 Virginia Tech Pittsburgh Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPNU L PITT 35-17   48,032
September 15 12:00 pm Bethune-Cookman Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN3 W MIAMI 38-10   39,435
September 15 12:30 pm Connecticut Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ACNN L UCONN 24-21   35,491
September 15 3:00 pm Furman No. 11 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC RSN W CLE 41-7   83,574
September 15 3:30 pm North Carolina No. 19 Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ABC L LOUI 39-34   53,334
September 15 3:30 pm Virginia Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPNU  GT 56-20   44,225
September 15 3:30 pm Boston College Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN L NW 22-13   32,597
September 15 6:00 pm South Alabama NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN3 W NCS 31-7   54,132
September 15 7:00 pm North Carolina Central Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Bull City Gridiron Classic) ESPN3 W DUKE 54-17   22,829
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Four

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 22 12:00 pm Maryland No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (rivalry) FX L WV 31-21   58,504
September 22 12:00 pm Virginia No. 17 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN L TCU 27-7   46,330
September 22 12:00 pm Bowling Green Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPNU W VT 37-0   65,632
September 22 12:30 pm Army Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ACCN W WF 49-37   30,207
September 22 3:00 pm Miami Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACCN  MIAMI 42-36   50,390
September 22 3:30 pm East Carolina North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU W NC 27-6   59,500
September 22 6:00 pm Memphis Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN3 W DUKE 38-14   23,658
September 22 6:00 pm The Citadel NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN3 W NCS 52-14   55,145
September 22 8:00 pm No. 10 Clemson No. 4 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)) ABC  FSU 49-37   83,231
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Five

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 12:00 pm Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACC RSN L MTSU 49-28   39,270
September 29 12:00 pm NC State Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPNU  MIAMI 44-37   38,510
September 29 12:30 pm Duke Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC (Tobacco Road) ACCN  DUKE 34-27   28,743
September 29 3:30 pm No. 17 Clemson Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) ESPN2  CLE 45-31   40,138
September 29 3:30 pm Louisiana Tech Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ESPN3 L LT 44-38   42,027
September 29 3:30 pm Virginia Tech Cincinnati FedExField • Landover, MD ESPNU L Cincy 27-24   46,026
September 29 3:30 pm Idaho North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCRSN W NC 66-0   32,000
September 29 6:00 pm No. 4 Florida State South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN W FSU 30-17   69,383
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Six

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 6 12:00 PM Boston College Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN L Army 34-31   39,492
October 6 12:30 PM Virginia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN  NC 48-34   54,000
October 6 3:00 PM Virginia Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN  Duke 42-17   26,856
October 6 3:30 PM Georgia Tech No. 15 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry) ESPN  CLE 47-31   82,873
October 6 3:30 PM Wake Forest Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPNU  MD 19-14   40,391
October 6 7:30 PM Miami No. 9 Notre Dame Soldier Field • Chicago, IL NBC L ND 41-3   62,871
October 6 8:00 PM No. 3 Florida State NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN2  NCST 17-16   54,962
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 13 12:30 pm Duke Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ACCN  VT 41-20   65,632
October 13 2:30 pm North Carolina Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPNU  NC 18-14   58,954
October 13 3:00 pm Maryland Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACCRSN  MD 27-20   45,556
October 13 5:30 pm Boston College No. 12 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN2  FSU 51-7   81,075
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 12:00 pm Virginia Tech No. 19 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ABC/ESPN2  CLE 38-17   83,338
October 20 12:30 pm Wake Forest Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACCN  WF 16-10   41,167
October 20 3:00 pm Boston College Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACC RSN  GT 37-17   40,112
October 20 3:30 pm NC State Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPNU  NCST 20-18   40,217
October 20 7:00 pm North Carolina Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell) ESPN  Duke 33-30   33,941
October 20 8:00 pm No. 14 Florida State Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry) ABC  FSU 20-33   73,328
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 25 7:30 pm No. 16 Clemson Wake Forrest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN  CLE 42-13   31,162
October 27 12:30 pm NC State North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry) ACCN  NC 43-35   62,000
October 27 1:00 pm Maryland Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN3  BC 20-17   33,267
October 27 3:00 pm BYU Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACC RSN L BYU 41-17   50,103
October 27 3:30 pm Duke No. 12 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPNU  FSU 48-7   71,467
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 1 7:30 pm Virginia Tech Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry) ESPN  Miami 30-12   37,219
November 3 12:30 pm Georgia Tech Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ACCN  GT 33-13   33,471
November 3 12:30 pm Virginia NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCN  VA 33-6   54,812
November 3 3:30 pm Boston College Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC RSN  WF 28-14   28,963
November 3 7:00 pm No. 13 Clemson Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN2  CLE 56-20   31,894
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 8 7:30 pm No. 10 Florida State Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPN  FSU 28-22   65,632
November 12 12:00 pm Miami Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ABC  VA 41-40   45,870
November 12 12:30 pm Georgia Tech North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN  GT 68-50   50,000
November 12 3:00 pm Wake Forest NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCRSN  NCST 37-6   52,567
November 12 3:30 pm Maryland No. 13 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ESPNU  CLE 45-10   78,302
November 12 8:00 pm No. 4 Notre Dame Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War) ABC L ND 21-6   44,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 15 7:30 pm North Carolina Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (The South's Oldest Rivalry) ESPN  NC 37-13   45,760
November 17 12:00 pm No. 10 Florida State Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPNU  FSU 41-14   35,244
November 17 12:30 pm Virginia Tech Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry) ACCN  VT 30-23 OT  34,266
November 17 3:00 pm South Florida Miami Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry) RSN W Miami 40-9   38,869
November 17 3:30 pm Wake Forest No. 3 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L ND 38-0   80,795
November 17 3:30 pm NC State No. 11 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl) ABC/ESPN2  CLE 62-48   77,831
November 17 3:30 pm Duke Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPNU  GT 42-24   41,904
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 24 12:00 pm Georgia Tech No. 3 Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) ESPN L GA 42-10   92,746
November 24 12:00 pm Virginia Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup) ESPNU  VT 17-14   65,632
November 24 12:30 pm Miami Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCN  Miami 52-45   26,895
November 24 3:00 pm Boston College NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN3  NCST 27-10   53,020
November 24 3:00 pm Maryland North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCRSN  NC 45-38   44,000
November 24 3:30 pm No. 4 Florida No. 10 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry) ABC L FL 37-26   83,429
November 24 3:30 pm Vanderbilt Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ESPNU L Vandy 55-21   26,134
November 24 7:00 pm No. 12 South Carolina No. 11 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl) ESPN L SCAR 27-17   84,513
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship Week

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 1 7:45 pm Georgia Tech Florida State Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship) ESPN  FSU 21-15   64,778
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl Games

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Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchup/Result[23] Attendance Payout (US$) per team
BCS
Discover Orange Bowl January 1, 2013 Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10 72,073
Non-BCS
Belk Bowl December 26, 2012 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN Duke 34, Cincinnati 48 48,128
Russell Athletic Bowl December 28, 2012 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL ESPN Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10 48,127
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl December 31, 2012 LP Field Nashville, TN ESPN NC State 24, Vanderbilt 38 55,801
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 31, 2012 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX CBS Georgia Tech 21, USC 7 47,922
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2012 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA ESPN Clemson 25, LSU 24 68,027

Weekly awards

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Following each week of games, Atlantic Coast Conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week Offensive Back of the Week Receiver of the Week Defensive Lineman of the Week Linebacker of the Week Defensive Back of the Week Specialist of the Week
Player (s) Position (s) Team (s) Player (s) Position (s) Team (s) Player (s) Position (s) Team (s) Player (s) Position (s) Team (s) Player (s) Position (s) Team (s) Player (s) Position (s) Team (s)
1 Bjoern Werner DE Florida State
3 Chris Thompson RB Florida State Cornellius Carradine DE Florida State Nick Clancy [24] ILB Boston College
5 Alex Amidon [25] WR Boston College
7 EJ Manuel QB Florida State
8 Telvin Smith LB Florida State
9 Christian Jones OLB Florida State Ronald Darby CB Florida State
11 Rashad Greene WR Florida State Cornellius Carradine DE Florida State
12 Nick Clancy [26] ILB Boston College
13 Bjoern Werner DE Florida State Dustin Hopkins K Florida State

Postseason awards

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All-conference teams

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First Team

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Second Team

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Conferences awards

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  • Defensive Player of the Year: Bjoern Werner, FSU
  • Defensive Rookie of the Year: Ronald Darby. FSU

Players going pro

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Name Position School Pro Team Acquired
EJ Manuel QB Florida State Buffalo Bills 1R 16P
Björn Werner DE Florida State Indianapolis Colts 1R 24P
Xavier Rhodes CB Florida State Minnesota Vikings 1R 25P
Cornelius Carradine DE Florida State San Francisco 49ers 2R 8P
Menelik Watson OT Florida State Oakland Raiders 2R 10P
Chris Thompson RB Florida State Washington Redskins 5R 21P
Brandon Jenkins LB Florida State Washington Redskins 5R 29P
Dustin Hopkins K Florida State Buffalo Bills 6R 9P
Nick Moody LB Florida State San Francisco 49ers 6R 12P
Vince Williams LB Florida State Pittsburgh Steelers 6R 38P
Everett Dawkins DT Florida State Minnesota Vikings 7R 23P
Nick Clancy [28] LB Boston College Atlanta Falcons Undrafted free agent
Emmett Cleary OT Boston College Indianapolis Colts Undrafted free agent
Jim Noel DB Boston College Seattle Seahawks Undrafted free agent
Chris Pantale TE Boston College New York Jets Undrafted free agent
John Wetzel OT Boston College Oakland Raiders Undrafted free agent
Lonnie Pryor FB Florida State Jacksonville Jaguars Undrafted free agent
Rodney Smith WR Florida State Minnesota Vikings Undrafted free agent
Anthony McCloud DT Florida State Minnesota Vikings Undrafted free agent

References

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  5. ^ "Pierre-Louis Named To Nagurski Watch List".
  6. ^ "Amidon Added To Biletnikoff Watch List".
  7. ^ "Spaziani Names Jim Bollman offensive line coach/running game coordinator".
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  20. ^ "Week 12". ESPN.
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  24. ^ "Nick Clancy Earns ACC Linebacker of the Week Honors".
  25. ^ "Amidon Earns ACC Receiver of the Week Laurels".
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  27. ^ "The 2012 All-ACC Football Teams Announced by ACSMA". theacc.com. 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  28. ^ "Five Former Football Players Sign Free Agent Contracts".
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