2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season



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 Poll
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.

Atlantic Division poll

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Pre-season Coaches changes
Former Ohio State Offensive Coordinator, Jim Bollman, was hired as Boston College offensive line coach/running game coordinator. 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.

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

First Team
Offense

Defense

Second Team
Offense

Defense

Conferences awards

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