Atlantic Coast Conference: East Coast Represent

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is… you guessed it…an athletic conference of colleges located on the East Coast. There are twelve college members of the Atlantic Coast Conference: Boston College, Clemson University, Duke University, Florida State University, Georgia Tech, University of Maryland, University of Miami, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest University.

These schools all participate in the NCAA’s Division 1. Football teams participate in the Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the higher of two levels of Division 1 college football.

The League was founded in 1953, and it has competitions in 20 sports including: Baseball, basketball (men and women), cross country (men and women), field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling.

Atlantic Coast College Scoreboard

• ACC schools have captured 10 NCAA basketball championships. North Carolina has won four, Duke has won three, North Carolina State has won two and Maryland has won one. And how’s this for a slam dunk? 8 of the 12 members have advanced to the final four at least once.
• ACC football teams play in the Orange Bowl in the Bowl Championship series.
• In men’s soccer, the ACC has won 12 national championships, including 11 in the 24 seasons between 11 in the 24 seasons between 1984 and 2007. Five of those have been won by Virginia.
• In women’s soccer, North Carolina has won 18 of the 25 NCAA titles since the NCAA crowned its first champion.
  So if you play for a school in the Atlantic Coast Conference you have to step up your game..east coast styles. Represent.

By: CampusCompare