2017_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Sports 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.[1] 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.

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Preseason

ACC Media days

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.[2]

ACC Championship Votes

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

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

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense
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Specialist
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Recruiting classes

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Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

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Rankings

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Schedule

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† denotes Homecoming game

Regular season

Week 1

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Week 2

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^[a] The game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes.[8]
^[b] The 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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^[c] The game between Georgia Tech and UCF was canceled due to the wake of Hurricane Irma due to UCF using their stadium for recovery efforts.[9]

Week 4

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Week 5

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Week 6

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^[b] The 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.

Week 7

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Week 8

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Week 9

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Week 10

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Week 11

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Week 12

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Week 13

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Championship game

Week 14 (2017 ACC Championship Game)

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ACC vs other conferences

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.

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Records against other conferences

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

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Postseason

Bowl games

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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All-conference teams

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ACC Individual Awards

All-Americans

Consensus

Unanimous selection: Bradley Chubb - NC State

Associated Press

[29]

  • AP First Team:

Bradley Chubb - NC State, Clelin Ferrell - Clemson,

  • AP Second Team:

Lamar Jackson - Louisville, Mitch Hyatt - Clemson, Christian Wilkins - Clemson, Dorian O'Daniel - Clemson, Derwin James - Florida State,

  • AP Third Team:

Tyrone Crowder - Clemson, Jaylen Samuels - NC State, Steve Ishmael - Syracuse, Austin Bryant - Clemson, Micah Kiser - Virginia, Tremaine Edmunds - Virginia Tech, Quin Blanding - Virginia,

Walter Camp

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  • Walter Camp First Team:

Bradley Chubb - NC State

  • Walter Camp Second Team:

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

FWAA

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  • FWAA First Team:

Bradley Chubb - NC State, Austin Bryant - Clemson, Derwin James - Florida State,

  • FWAA Second Team:

Lamar Jackson - Louisville, Steve Ishmael - Syracuse, Mitch Hyatt - Clemson, Clelin Ferrell - Clemson, Micah Kiser - Virginia, Quin Blanding - Virginia,

National Award Winners

Home game attendance

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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.[46]

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References

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