The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the

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play for the

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(ACC). It began on August 29, 2019, and ended on January 13, 2020. The ACC consists of 14 members in two divisions. The entire 2019 schedule was released on January 16, 2019. The new cable/satellite television channel

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debuted this season, and broadcast 40 regular season games.

Previous season

Clemson defeated

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42–10 in the ACC Football Championship Game. The victory, along with a 12–0 regular season record, earned Clemson a berth in the

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. The Tigers were the number two seed in the playoff and faced Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl. The Tigers won this game 30–3 and advanced to the National Championship game where they defeated

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44–16. With this victory Clemson earned the 2019 College Football National Championship.

Preseason

ACC Kickoff

The 2019 ACC Kickoff was held on July 17 & 18 at the Westin Hotel in

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. On July 2, 2019, the ACC announced that 28 athletes from the 14 ACC teams would be available for press questions at the Kickoff event. The Preseason Poll was released on July 22, 2019, after the Kickoff Event. Clemson was elected an overwhelming favorite to repeat as ACC Champions, receiving 170 of 173 Championship votes.

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Source: 1

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, QB, Clemson – 127
2 Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson – 24
3 A. J. Dillon, RB, Boston College – 15
4 Bryce Perkins, QB, Virginia – 6
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Preseason All-Conference Teams

=Offense

=Defense

=Specialist

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Recruiting classes

Coaches

Coaching changes

In 2019 the ACC Conference will have 4 new head coaches for the 2019 season. * On November 11, 2018, Louisville head coach

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was fired after starting the season 2–8. The interim coach, Lorenzo Ward, was not retained and Scott Satterfield was announced as the new head coach on December 2, 2018. * On November 25, 2018, North Carolina head coach

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was fired and replaced by returning coach

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. * On November 28, 2018, Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson announced his retirement from coaching effective after Georgia Tech's bowl game. On December 7 it was announced

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head coach Geoff Collins, a former grad assistant and recruiting coordinator for Georgia Tech, would be the new head coach. * On December 30, 2018, Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt announced his retirement from coaching and was replaced by Manny Diaz. Diaz was previously the defensive coordinator at Miami and had been hired on December 13, 2018, to be the head coach at Temple.

Head coaching records

''Notes'' *Records shown are prior to the 2019 season *Years at school includes the 2019 season

Rankings

Schedule

The regular season will begin on August 24 and will end on November 30. The ACC Championship game is scheduled for December 7, 2019.

Regular season

Week zero

Week one

Week two

Week three

The game between North Carolina and Wake Forest is being played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the conference standings. This was done because the two

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otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.

Week four

Week five

Week six

Week seven

Week eight

Week nine

Week ten

Week eleven

Week twelve

Week thirteen

Week fourteen

Championship game

ACC vs other conferences

ACC vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams ( Big 10,

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, 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 designated non-conference game between North Carolina and Wake Forest is not included in this list. All rankings are from the current 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,

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ACC vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against

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, which includes

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, or UMass.

ACC vs FCS matchups

Records against other conferences

Regular season Post Season

Postseason

Bowl games

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

All Conference Teams

Source: First Team Second Team Third Team

ACC Individual Awards

ACC Player of the Year : Travis Etienne ACC Rookie of the Year : Sam Howell ACC Coach of the Year : Scott Satterfield ACC Offensive Player of the Year : Travis Etienne ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year : Sam Howell Jacobs Blocking Trophy :

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ACC Defensive Player of the Year : Isaiah Simmons ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year : Gregory Rousseau

All-Americans

Consensus

Associated Press

Walter Camp

FWAA

National Award Winners

* Isaiah Simmons –

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