2011_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Sports season

The 2011 ACC football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from September 1, 2011, to January 4, 2012. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists 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 will meet on December 3[1] in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, located in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.

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Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2011 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Pinehurst, North Carolina on July 25. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Montel Harris of Boston College was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.[2]

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Florida State – 420 (65 first place votes)
  2. Clemson – 286 (4)
  3. North Carolina State – 270
  4. Boston College – 224 (2)
  5. Maryland – 211
  6. Wake Forest – 80

Coastal Division poll

  1. Virginia Tech – 421 (66)
  2. Miami – 328 (4)
  3. North Carolina – 287
  4. Georgia Tech – 226 (1)
  5. Virginia – 132
  6. Duke – 96

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

  1. Florida State–50
  2. Virginia Tech–18
  3. Clemson–2
  4. Boston College–1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Montel Harris, BC – 26
  2. E. J. Manuel, FSU – 14
  3. Luke Kuechly, BC – 12
  4. David Wilson, Virginia Tech – 8
  5. Danny O'Brien, Maryland – 4
  6. Andre Ellington, CLEM – 3
  7. Lamar Miller, MIA – 2
  8. Sean Spence, MIA – 1
  9. Brandon Jenkins, FSU – 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense

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Coaches

During the offseason, two ACC schools, Maryland and Miami, hired new head coaches. Maryland bought out the last year of 10 year coach, Ralph Friedgen's contract.[4] They hired Randy Edsall who had been the head coach at UConn for 12 years. Miami fired their head coach of 4 years, Randy Shannon, at the conclusion of the Hurricanes' regular season.[5] They in turn hired coach Al Golden, who was the 5 year head coach of Temple. In an unexpected turn of events, on July 27, 2011, UNC chancellor Holden Thorp announced that UNC's board of trustees decided to dismiss Butch Davis as the head coach of the football team.[6] The announcement came a week before the start of fall training camp. The firing was cited as being due to the investigations by the NCAA into academic fraud, impermissible benefits, and talking to agents in the 2010 season. The next day on the 28th, Everett Withers, the defensive coordinator of the past 3 years, was named as the interim head coach.[7]

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ACC vs. BCS opponents

The Atlantic Coast Conference had a losing season vs. BCS opponents in 2011 with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses. In rivalry games vs. BCS opponents the ACC went 1-4 with the only win coming from the Florida State Seminoles over the Florida Gators. The ACC also had three teams play Notre Dame in 2011 and recorded a 0-3 record against the Fighting Irish.

NOTE:. Games with a * next to the home team represent a neutral site game

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Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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Bowl Games

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Postseason

All-conference teams

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ACC Individual Awards

National Awards

References

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    "2011 ACC Football Schedule". CBS Interactive. 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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    "2011 Preseason ACC Football Team Announced". CBS Interactive. 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
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    Prisbel, Eric; Yanda, Steve (December 18, 2010). "Ralph Friedgen out as Maryland football coach". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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    Miami fires coach Randy Shannon, ESPN, November 27, 2010
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    UNC Athletic Comm. (2011). "UNC Announces Coaching Change". insidecarolina.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
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    "Eagles' Kuechly Named ACC's Top Defender". theacc.com. 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
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    "Tigers' Watkins Tabbed as ACC's Top Rookie". theacc.com. 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
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    "Virginia's London Named ACC Coach of the Year". theacc.com. 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
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    "UNC's Giovani Bernard Named 2011 ACC Brian Piccolo Award". theacc.com. 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
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    "Virginia Tech's Danny Coale Honored with ACC's Jim Tatum Award". theacc.com. 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
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    "Fayetteville native Dwayne Allen wins Mackey Award as nation's top tight end". fayobserver.com. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
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    "Luke Kuechly wins Lombardi Award". bceagles.com. 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
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    "Amerson Wins 2011 Jack Tatum Award". gopack.com. 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
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