List of Atlantic Coast Conference national championships

The list of ACC national champions begins in the Atlantic Coast Conference's first full academic year of competition in 1953 and, through the 2023-2024 academic year, totals 144 NCAA team national championships and 8 FBS national championships in football. ACC members won a total of six national championships in the 2023-24 school year—in women's cross country (NC State), field hockey (North Carolina), men's soccer (Clemson), women's soccer (Florida State), women's swimming and diving (Virginia), and men's lacrosse (Notre Dame).

Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football, which is not an official NCAA-sanctioned championship. Up to 1982, teams representing member schools also claimed five Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships.

Totals by school

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The following table ranks ACC schools by the number of NCAA recognized national championships each school has won as an ACC member. This does not include Division I-A/FBS football championships, or Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships. This list also does not include national championships won by new ACC members Stanford, Cal or SMU.

Institution Nickname Location Founded Joined Conference Varsity Sports ACC NCAA Championships[1]
(as of June 25, 2024)
Non-ACC NCAA Championships
Boston College Eagles Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 1863 2005 31 4 2
Clemson University Tigers Clemson, South Carolina 1889 1953 19 5 0
Duke University Blue Devils Durham, North Carolina 1838 1953 20 17 0
Florida State University Seminoles Tallahassee, Florida 1851 1991 17 7 4
Georgia Institute of Technology Yellow Jackets Atlanta, Georgia 1885 1978 17 1 0
University of Louisville Cardinals Louisville, Kentucky 1798 2014 21 0 2
University of Miami Hurricanes Coral Gables, Florida 1925 2004 17 0 5
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1789 1953 27 50 0
North Carolina State University Wolfpack Raleigh, North Carolina 1887 1953 25 5 0
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish South Bend, Indiana 1842 2013 23 9 15
University of Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1787 2013 19 0 0
Syracuse University Orange Syracuse, New York 1870 2013 20 3 13
University of Virginia Cavaliers Charlottesville, Virginia 1819 1953 26 33 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hokies Blacksburg, Virginia 1872 2004 21 0 0
Wake Forest University Demon Deacons Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1834 1953 18 10 0

Fall sports

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Men's cross country (1)

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Year School
2015 Syracuse
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA team title in 1951.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA team title in 1957.

Women's cross country (7)

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Year School Notes
1979 NC State AIAW
1980 NC State AIAW
1981 Virginia
1982 Virginia
2021 NC State
2022 NC State
2023 NC State

Field hockey (23)

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Year School
1987 Maryland
1989 North Carolina
1993 Maryland
1995 North Carolina
1996 North Carolina
1997 North Carolina
1999 Maryland
2002 Wake Forest
2003 Wake Forest
2004 Wake Forest
2005 Maryland
2006 Maryland
2007 North Carolina
2008 Maryland
2009 North Carolina
2010 Maryland
2011 Maryland
2015 Syracuse
2018 North Carolina
2019 North Carolina
2020 North Carolina
2022 North Carolina
2023 North Carolina

Football (8)

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The NCAA does not name an official champion for Division I-A/FBS football. The following table lists national titles that are reported by the NCAA's web page.[2]

Year School Notes
1953 Maryland AP, Coaches, UPI
1981 Clemson AP, Coaches, UPI
1990 Georgia Tech Coaches
1993 Florida State AP, Coaches
1999 Florida State AP, BCS, Coaches
2013 Florida State AP, BCS, Coaches
2016 Clemson AP, CFP, Coaches
2018 Clemson AP, CFP, Coaches
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1978, Georgia Tech was named national champion in 1917, 1928, and 1952 by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami was named national champion in 1983 (AP & UPI), 1987 (AP & UPI), 1989 (AP & Coaches), 1991 (AP), and 2001 (AP, Coaches, BCS).
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won a national championship in 1959.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2005, Boston College claims a national championship in 1940.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Pittsburgh claims national championships in 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1976.[3] Other sources credit the Panthers with up to 8 additional national championships. See Pitt football national championships for more details.[4]
  • Notre Dame, which joined the ACC in non-football sports in 2013 but remains an FBS independent, officially claims 11 national titles. Many sources, however, credit the Fighting Irish with 13 titles. See Notre Dame Fighting Irish football national championships for more details.

Men's soccer (20)

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Year School Notes
1968 Maryland Shared with Michigan State; championship match was tied after two overtime periods.
1984 Clemson
1987 Duke
1988 Clemson
1989 Virginia Shared with Santa Clara; championship match was stopped after two overtime periods due to weather.
1991 Virginia
1992 Virginia
1993 Virginia
1994 Virginia
2001 North Carolina
2005 Maryland
2007 Wake Forest
2008 Maryland
2009 Virginia
2011 North Carolina
2013 Notre Dame
2014 Virginia
2021 Clemson
2022 Syracuse
2023 Clemson

Women's soccer (26)

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Year School Notes
1981 North Carolina AIAW
1982 North Carolina
1983 North Carolina
1984 North Carolina
1986 North Carolina
1987 North Carolina
1988 North Carolina
1989 North Carolina
1990 North Carolina
1991 North Carolina
1992 North Carolina
1993 North Carolina
1994 North Carolina
1996 North Carolina
1997 North Carolina
1999 North Carolina
2000 North Carolina
2003 North Carolina
2006 North Carolina
2008 North Carolina
2009 North Carolina
2012 North Carolina
2014 Florida State
2018 Florida State
2021 Florida State
2023 Florida State
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won three national titles (1995, 2004, 2010).

Winter sports

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Men's basketball (15)

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Year School Notes
1957 North Carolina
1974 NC State
1982 North Carolina
1983 NC State
1991 Duke
1992 Duke
1993 North Carolina
2001 Duke
2002 Maryland
2005 North Carolina
2009 North Carolina
2010 Duke
2015 Duke
2017 North Carolina
2019 Virginia
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA title (2003).
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2014, Louisville won two NCAA titles (1980, 1986). A third title in 2013 was vacated due to NCAA sanctions stemming from a major sex scandal.
  • Prior to 1939 the NCAA did not sanction a post-season tournament to determine a national champion. Some schools claim basketball national championships based on polls from this era. Four current ACC schools claim pre-1939 national titles:

Women's basketball (3)

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Year School
1994 North Carolina
2006 Maryland
2018 Notre Dame
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA title (2001).

Men's ice hockey (3)

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Year School
2008 Boston College
2010 Boston College
2012 Boston College
  • The ACC does not sanction men's ice hockey. Boston College competes as a member of Hockey East. The Eagles also won national championships in 1949 and 2001 prior to their joining the ACC in 2005.

Women's indoor track and field (1)

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Year School Notes
1981 Virginia AIAW
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won one NCAA team title in 1985.

Women's swimming and diving (4)

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Year School
2021 Virginia
2022 Virginia
2023 Virginia
2024 Virginia

Fencing (5)

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Year School
2017 Notre Dame
2018 Notre Dame
2021 Notre Dame
2022 Notre Dame
2023 Notre Dame
  • The ACC reinstated fencing as a sponsored sport in the 2014–15 school year.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won a total of eight national team titles: three men's (1977, 1978, 1986), one women's (1987), and four combined titles (1994, 2003, 2005, 2011).

Men's Gymnastics

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The ACC does not currently sponsor men's gymnastics as a conference sport. However, current ACC schools have won national championships.

  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won national championships in men's gymnastics in 1951 and 1952.

Spring sports

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Baseball (2)

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Year School
1955 Wake Forest
2015 Virginia
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami won national championships in baseball in 1982, 1985, 1999, and 2001.

Men's golf (4)

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Year School
1974 Wake Forest
1975 Wake Forest
1986 Wake Forest
2003 Clemson
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won an NCAA national championship in men's golf in 1944.

Women's golf (8)

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Year School
1999 Duke
2002 Duke
2005 Duke
2006 Duke
2007 Duke
2014 Duke
2019 Duke
2023 Wake Forest
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2004, Miami won the DGWS championship in 1970, AIAW championships in 1972, 1977, and 1978, and an NCAA national championship in 1984.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won the AIAW championship in 1981.

Men's lacrosse (24)

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Year School Notes
1955 Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1956 Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1959 Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1967 Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1970 Maryland Wingate Memorial Trophy
1972 Virginia
1973 Maryland
1975 Maryland
1981 North Carolina
1982 North Carolina
1986 North Carolina
1991 North Carolina
1999 Virginia
2003 Virginia
2006 Virginia
2010 Duke
2011 Virginia
2013 Duke
2014 Duke
2016 North Carolina
2019 Virginia
2021 Virginia
2023 Notre Dame
2024 Notre Dame

Women's lacrosse (17)

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Year School Notes
1981 Maryland AIAW
1986 Maryland
1991 Virginia
1992 Maryland
1993 Virginia
1995 Maryland
1996 Maryland
1997 Maryland
1998 Maryland
1999 Maryland
2000 Maryland
2001 Maryland
2004 Virginia
2010 Maryland
2013 North Carolina
2014 Maryland
2016 North Carolina
2021 Boston College
2022 North Carolina

Men's outdoor track and field (2)

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Year School
2006 Florida State
2008 Florida State
  • Florida State's 2007 national championship was vacated by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.[5]

Women's outdoor track and field

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  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1991, Florida State won one NCAA team title in 1984.

Women's rowing (2)

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Year School
2010 Virginia
2012 Virginia

Softball (1)

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Year School
2018 Florida State

Women's tennis (3)

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Year School
2007 Georgia Tech
2009 Duke
2023 North Carolina

Men's tennis (7)

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Year School
2013 Virginia
2015 Virginia
2016 Virginia
2017 Virginia
2018 Wake Forest
2022 Virginia
2023 Virginia
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Notre Dame won one NCAA team title (1959, shared with Tulane).

Discontinued Sports

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Boxing[6]

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  • Prior to joining the ACC in 2013, Syracuse won one NCAA team title in 1936.
  • Prior to joining the ACC in 1953, Virginia won one NCAA team title in 1938.


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Combined Championships Summary" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "FBS Football Championship History". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. ^ Borghetti, E.J.; Nestor, Mendy; Welsh, Celeste, eds. (2008). 2008 Pitt Football Media Guide (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. p. 156. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  4. ^ College Football Data Warehouse: Pittsburgh All National Championships: Pittsburgh Total National Championships, accessdate=2009-04-08 Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "NCAA appeals committee upholds Florida State penalties". National Collegiate Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Discontinued Sports" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 13 September 2024.