Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the major college sports conferences in the United States. It was formed in 1953 by a group of seven colleges and universities that left the Southern Conference.

Members

Starting with the 2023–24 school year, the only sport in which the conference's members are split into groups—the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions—is baseball. The Atlantic–Coastal split was also used in football before the 2023 season.

Notre Dame does not play football in the ACC; in that sport, it remains an "independent" school that does not play in a conference. However, it has agreed to play five of its 12 regular-season games each year against other ACC schools. Syracuse does not have a baseball team; Notre Dame takes its place in the Atlantic Division for that sport.

SchoolLocationFoundedType
(affiliation)
NicknameJoined
ACC
ACC
Division
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts1863Private (Catholic)Eagles2005Atlantic
Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina1889PublicTigers1953Atlantic
Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina1838Private (nonsectarian)Blue Devils1953Coastal
Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida1851PublicSeminoles1991Atlantic
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)Atlanta, Georgia1885PublicYellow Jackets1979Coastal
University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky1798PublicCardinals2014Atlantic
MiamiUniversity of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida1925Private (nonsectarian)Hurricanes2004Coastal
North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina1789PublicTar Heels1953Coastal
North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina1887PublicWolfpack1953Atlantic
Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameSouth Bend, Indiana1842Private (Catholic)Fighting Irish2013Atlantic
PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania1787State-relatedPanthers2013Coastal
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York1870Private (nonsectarian)Orange2013N/A
VirginiaUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia1819PublicCavaliers1953Coastal
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech)
Blacksburg, Virginia1872PublicHokies2004Coastal
Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina1834Private (nonsectarian)Demon Deacons1953Atlantic

Future members

Amid a major NCAA conference realignment in the early 2020s, the ACC announced on September 1, 2023 that it would add three new members for the 2024–25 school year. Two are leaving the Pac-12 Conference, which will effectively fold at the end of the 2023–24 school year, and the other is leaving the American Athletic Conference.[1]

SchoolLocationFoundedType
(affiliation)
JoiningCurrent conferenceNickname
University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, California1868Public2024Pac-12 ConferenceGolden Bears
Southern Methodist University (SMU)Dallas, Texas[lower-alpha 1]1911Private2024American Athletic ConferenceMustangs
Stanford UniversityStanford, California1891Private2024Pac-12 ConferenceCardinal
  1. The SMU campus is actually located in University Park, a separate city within the Dallas city limits. All locations in University Park have a Dallas mailing address.

Former members

Two schools have left the ACC:

SchoolLocationFoundedType
(affiliation)
JoinedLeftCurrent conferenceNickname
University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, Maryland1801Public19532014Big Ten ConferenceTerrapins
University of South CarolinaColumbia, South Carolina1801Public19531971Southeastern ConferenceGamecocks

Sports

As of the 2023–24 school year, the ACC holds championships in 28 sports. Thirteen of these are men's sports and 15 are women's sports. One sport, fencing, has separate ACC men's and women's team championships, but has a single coeducational (men's and women's) NCAA team championship.

References

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