2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 71st season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The ACC consists of 14 members. The 2023 season will be the first season without divisions since 2005 (other than the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season). The entire schedule was released on January 30, 2023.

Previous season
Clemson defeated North Carolina 39−10 in the 2022 ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ACC Kickoff
The 2023 ACC Kickoff was held on July 25 through 27 at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year was the first year where the event expanded to three full interview days. Each team had their head coach and three players available to talk to the media. Coverage of the event was televised by the ACC Network. The preseason poll and preseason All-ACC Teams were released after the event, with the preseason poll being released on August 1, 2023.

Preseason ACC Player of the year
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Preseason all-conference teams
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Coaching changes
The ACC entered the 2023 season with two new head football coaches:


 * On September 25, 2022, Georgia Tech fired head coach Geoff Collins and was replaced by interim head coach Brent Key. On November 29, 2022, Key was hired as the next head coach.
 * On December 5, 2022, Cincinnati hired Louisville head coach Scott Satterfield and was replaced by former Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm on December 7, 2022.

Schedule
The regular season began on Thursday, August 31, 2023, and will end on Saturday, November 25, 2023. The ACC Championship Game will be played on Saturday December 2, 2023, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Head-to-head matchups
× – Matchup not played in 2023 Updated after the season.

ACC vs Power Five matchups
The following games include ACC teams competing against "Power Five" conference teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC, as well as Notre Dame. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

ACC vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.

ACC vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS independents Army, UConn, or UMass (but excluding independent Notre Dame, which appears in the Power Five section above).

ACC vs FCS matchups
The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Records against other conferences
Regular season

Post Season

Postseason
The bowl games will begin on December 16, 2023, and will end with the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 8, 2024.

Bowl games
For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The ACC will have annually ten appearances in the following bowls: Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Military Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Pop-Tarts Bowl, Fenway Bowl, ReliaQuest Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Sun Bowl. The ACC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The ACC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

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

All-conference teams
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First team

Second team

Third team

ACC individual awards
ACC Player of the Year
 * Jordan Travis, QB, Florida State

ACC Rookie of the Year
 * Kevin Concepcion, WR, NC State

ACC Coach of the Year
 * Mike Norvell – Florida State

ACC Offensive Player of the Year
 * Jordan Travis, QB, Florida State

ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year
 * Kevin Concepcion, WR, NC State

Jacobs Blocking Trophy
 * Bryan Hudson – Louisville

ACC Defensive Player of the Year
 * Payton Wilson, LB, NC State

ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
 * Rueben Bain Jr., DL, Miami

Consensus All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.

Home game attendance
Bold – Exceeded capacity † Season High

NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit. The following list includes all ACC players in the draft.