2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 65th season of College Football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was played from August 31, 2017, to January 1, 2018. The Atlantic Coast Conference consisted of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The entire 2017 schedule was released on January 24, 2017. The defending ACC Champions were the Clemson Tigers. The Atlantic Division regular season champions were Clemson, and the Coastal Division regular season champions were Miami. The 2017 ACC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson defeated Miami by a score of 38–3.

Preseason Poll
The 2017 ACC Preseason Poll was announced following the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 13–14. Florida State and Miami were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. Lamar Jackson of Louisville was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year. It was voted on by 167 media members, all of which were in attendance for the ACC Football Kickoff.

ACC Championship Votes


 * 1) Florida State – 118
 * 2) Clemson – 35
 * 3) Louisville – 7
 * 4) Virginia Tech – 3
 * 5) Miami – 3
 * 6) Duke – 1

Atlantic Division
 * 1) Florida State – 1,108 (121 First place votes)
 * 2) Clemson – 1,007 (37)
 * 3) Louisville – 843 (9)
 * 4) NC State – 658
 * 5) Wake Forest – 415
 * 6) Syracuse – 362
 * 7) Boston College – 283

Coastal Division
 * 1) Miami – 1,065 (103)
 * 2) Virginia Tech – 932 (40)
 * 3) Georgia Tech – 708 (9)
 * 4) Pittsburgh – 673 (7)
 * 5) North Carolina – 606 (4)
 * 6) Duke – 473 (4)
 * 7) Virginia – 219

Preseason ACC Player of the year

 * 1) Lamar Jackson, LOU – 113
 * 2) Deondre Francois, FSU – 23
 * 3) Christian Wilkins, CLEM – 11
 * 4) Harold Landry, BC – 8
 * 5) Jaylen Samuels, NCST – 7
 * 6) Eric Dungey, CUSE–- 2
 * 7) Shaquille Quarterman MIA, Ahmmon Richards MIA, Daniel Jones, DUKE  – 1

Specialist
Source:

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

Schedule
† denotes Homecoming game

Week 2

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 * September 9
 * 2:30 p.m.
 * #16 Miami
 * Arkansas State
 * Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
 * Canceled
 * Canceled




 * undefinedThe game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes.
 * undefinedThe game between Florida State and Louisiana-Monroe, originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m., was moved up to 12:00 p.m. in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, and later cancelled due to inclement weather.

Week 3

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 * September 16
 * Georgia Tech
 * UCF
 * Spectrum Stadium • Orlando, FL
 * Canceled
 * Canceled
 * Canceled


 * undefinedThe game between Georgia Tech and UCF was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to UCF using their stadium for recovery efforts.

Week 6

 * undefinedThe game between Florida State and Miami, originally scheduled to be played on September 16, was moved to October 7 due to the effects of Hurricane Irma.

ACC vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the ACC considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. The ACC plays in the non-conference games. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Records against other conferences
2017 records against non-conference foes (as of January 2, 2018):

Regular Season

Post Season

Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. ACC teams shown in bold.

All-conference teams
First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Individual Awards
ACC Player of the Year
 * Lamar Jackson, Louisville

ACC Rookie of the Year
 * A. J. Dillon, Boston College

ACC Coach of the Year
 * Mark Richt, Miami

ACC Offensive Player of the Year
 * Lamar Jackson, Louisville

ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year
 * A. J. Dillon, Boston College

Jacobs Blocking Trophy
 * Mitch Hyatt, Clemson

ACC Defensive Player of the Year
 * Bradley Chubb, NC State

ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
 * Brenton Nelson, Virginia

Consensus
Unanimous selection: Bradley Chubb - NC State

Associated Press
Bradley Chubb - NC State, Clelin Ferrell - Clemson, Lamar Jackson - Louisville, Mitch Hyatt - Clemson, Christian Wilkins - Clemson, Dorian O'Daniel - Clemson, Derwin James - Florida State, Tyrone Crowder - Clemson, Jaylen Samuels - NC State, Steve Ishmael - Syracuse, Austin Bryant - Clemson, Micah Kiser - Virginia, Tremaine Edmunds - Virginia Tech, Quin Blanding - Virginia,
 * AP First Team:
 * AP Second Team:
 * AP Third Team:

Walter Camp
Bradley Chubb - NC State Steve Ishmael - Syracuse, Mitch Hyatt - Clemson, Lamar Jackson - Louisville, Austin Bryant - Clemson, Christian Wilkins - Clemson, Micah Kiser - Virginia, Joe Giles-Harris - Duke, Derwin James - Florida State, Quin Blanding - Virginia, Lukas Denis - Boston College
 * Walter Camp First Team:
 * Walter Camp Second Team:

FWAA
Bradley Chubb - NC State, Austin Bryant - Clemson, Derwin James - Florida State,
 * FWAA First Team:

Lamar Jackson - Louisville, Steve Ishmael - Syracuse, Mitch Hyatt - Clemson, Clelin Ferrell - Clemson, Micah Kiser - Virginia, Quin Blanding - Virginia,
 * FWAA Second Team:

National Award Winners

 * Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Bradley Chubb - Defensive End, NC State
 * Broyles Award - Tony Elliott - Co-Offensive Coordinator, Clemson
 * Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award - Mark Richt - Head Coach, Miami
 * Campbell Trophy - Micah Kiser - Linebacker, Virginia

Home game attendance
Bold – Exceeded capacity †Season High

NFL Draft
There were a total of 45 athletes from the Atlantic Coast Conference selected in the 2018 NFL Draft. This was the second most from a single conference in the draft, and the third most from the ACC all–time. Georgia Tech was the only member university to not have a player drafted.