2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season explained

2019 ACC Football season
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Sport:	Football
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Duration:	August 29, 2019, to January 13, 2020
No Of Teams:	14
Draft:	2020 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2020 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Isaiah Simmons – (Clemson)
Picked By:	Arizona Cardinals, 8th Overall
Season:	Regular season
Mvp Link:	Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards
Conf1:	Atlantic
Conf1 Link:	Atlantic Coast Conference#Divisions
Conf1 Champ:	Clemson
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Louisville
Conf2:	Coastal
Conf2 Link:	Atlantic Coast Conference#Divisions
Conf2 Champ:	Virginia
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Virginia Tech
Finals:	ACC Championship Game
Finals Link:	2019 ACC Championship Game
Finals Champ:	Clemson
Finals Runner-Up:	Virginia
Finals Mvp:	Tee Higgins, WR - Clemson
Prevseason Link:	2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
Prevseason Year:	2018
Nextseason Link:	2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
Nextseason Year:	2020

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 67th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (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.^[1] The new cable/satellite television channel ACC Network debuted this season, and broadcast 40 regular season games.^[2]

Previous season

Clemson defeated Pittsburgh 42–10 in the ACC Football Championship Game.^[3] The victory, along with a 12–0 regular season record, earned Clemson a berth in the College Football Playoff. 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 Alabama 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 Charlotte, North Carolina. 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Atlantic
1	Clemson	1,209 (171)
2	Syracuse	913 (2)
3	Florida State	753
4	NC State	666
5	Boston College	588
6	Wake Forest	462
7	Louisville	253

Coastal
1	Virginia	1,003 (82)
2	Miami	992 (55)
3	Virginia Tech	827 (20)
4	Pittsburgh	691 (8)
5	Duke	566 (6)
6	North Carolina	463 (1)
7	Georgia Tech	302 (1)

Media poll (ACC Championship)
1	Clemson	170
2	Syracuse	2
3	Virginia	1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Source:^[6]

1 Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson – 127
2 Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson – 24
3 A. J. Dillon, RB, Boston College – 15
4 Bryce Perkins, QB, Virginia – 6
5 Cam Akers, RB, Florida State – 1

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Offense

Position	Player	School	Votes
Wide receiver	Tee Higgins	style=	Clemson	145
	Justyn Ross	style=	Clemson	123
	Tamorrion Terry	style=	Florida State	69
Tight end	Brevin Jordan	style=	Miami	66
Advanced Playmaker	Deon Jackson	style=	Duke	47
Tackle	Tremayne Anchrum	style=	Clemson	100
Tackle	Ben Petrula	style=	Boston College	54
Guard	John Simpson	style=	Clemson	136
Guard	Gage Cervenka	style=	Clemson	45
Center	Sean Pollard	style=	Clemson	75
Quarterback	Trevor Lawrence	style=	Clemson	161
Running back	Travis Etienne	style=	Clemson	144
Running back	A. J. Dillon	style=	Boston College	144

Defense

Position	Player	School	Votes
Defensive end	Xavier Thomas	style=	Clemson	84
Defensive end	Alton Robinson	style=	Syracuse	83
Defensive tackle	Marvin Wilson	style=	Florida State	105
Defensive tackle	Nyles Pinckney	style=	Clemson	49
Linebacker	Shaquille Quarterman	style=	Miami	118
	Isaiah Simmons	style=	Clemson	109
	Michael Pinckney	style=	Miami	66
Cornerback	Bryce Hall	style=	Virginia	122
Cornerback	A. J. Terrell	style=	Clemson	62
Safety	Andre Cisco	style=	Syracuse	80
Safety	Tanner Muse	style=	Clemson	78

Specialist

Position	Player	School	Votes
Placekicker	Andre Szmyt	style=	Syracuse	88
Punter	Sterling Hofrichter	style=	Syracuse	70
Specialist	Maurice Ffrench	style=	Pittsburgh	48

Source:^[6]

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN^[7] ! Rivals^[8] ! 24/7^[9] !Signees
style=	Boston College	56	60	61	19
style=	Clemson	10	9	10	28
style=	Duke	42	48	47	21
style=	Florida State	22	18	18	22
style=	Georgia Tech	61	43	52	20
style=	Louisville	68	89	72	14
style=	Miami	30	35	28	17
style=	North Carolina	35	31	32	19
style=	NC State	31	31	29	24
style=	Pittsburgh	49	50	55	19
style=	Syracuse	58	54	53	20
style=	Virginia	40	39	39	23
style=	Virginia Tech	27	25	26	23
style=	Wake Forest	54	59	54	21

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 Bobby Petrino was fired after starting the season 2–8.^[10] The interim coach, Lorenzo Ward, was not retained and Scott Satterfield was announced as the new head coach on December 2, 2018.^[11]
On November 25, 2018, North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora was fired^[12] and replaced by returning coach Mack Brown.^[13]
On November 28, 2018, Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson announced his retirement from coaching effective after Georgia Tech's bowl game.^[14] On December 7 it was announced Temple head coach Geoff Collins, a former grad assistant and recruiting coordinator for Georgia Tech, would be the new head coach.^[15]
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.^[16]

Head coaching records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Steve Addazio	7	51–49	38–38	18–30
Clemson	Dabo Swinney	12	116–30	116–30	69–16
Duke	David Cutcliffe	12	111–101	67–72	31–57
Florida State	Willie Taggart	2	52–57	5–7	3–5
Georgia Tech	Geoff Collins	1	15–10	0–0	0–0
Louisville	Scott Satterfield	1	51–24	0–0	0–0
Miami	Manny Diaz	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
North Carolina	Mack Brown	11	244–122–1	69–46–1	40–35–1
	Dave Doeren	7	66–38	43–34	20–28
Pittsburgh	Pat Narduzzi	5	28–24	28–24	20–12
Syracuse	Dino Babers	4	55–35	18–19	10–14
Virginia	Bronco Mendenhall	4	115–65	16–22	8–16
Virginia Tech	Justin Fuente	4	51–38	25–15	15–9
Wake Forest	Dave Clawson	6	118–115	28–35	12–28

Notes

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

Rankings

**Legend**
	Improvement in ranking
	Drop in ranking
	Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"	RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т	Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Boston College	AP		RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Clemson	AP	1 (52)	1 (54)	1 (56)	1 (57)	1 (55)	2 (18)	2 (15)	3 (11)	4 (9)	4 (7)	4 (7)	3 (3)	3 (3)	3 (3)	3 (3)	3 (3)	2
C	1 (59)	1 (58)	1 (60)	1 (62)	1 (62)	2 (30)	2 (20)	2 (14)	2 (10)	3 (10)	3 (9)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (5)	2
CFP	Not released	5	3	3	3	3	3
Duke	AP
C	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
CFP	Not released
Florida State	AP
C	RV
CFP	Not released
Georgia Tech	AP
C
CFP	Not released
Louisville	AP
C
CFP	Not released
Miami	AP	RV	RV
C	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
North Carolina	AP		RV	RV
C		RV	RV
CFP	Not released
NC State	AP
C	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Pittsburgh	AP					RV		RV		RV		RV	RV	RV
C								RV	RV		RV		RV
CFP	Not released
Syracuse	AP	22	21	RV
C	22	22
CFP	Not released
Virginia	AP	RV	RV	25	21	18	23	20	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	22	18	22	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	25	25
CFP	Not released					23	24
Virginia Tech	AP	RV											RV	25	23	RV
C	RV								RV	RV		RV	RV	23	RV	RV
CFP	Not released				24
Wake Forest	AP				RV	RV	22	19	RV	25	23	22	RV
C			RV	RV	24	20	17	RV	23	22	20	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released	19

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 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.^[17] This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.

Week fourteen

Championship game

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 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.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
August 24		Miami			L 20–24
August 31		North Carolina			W 24–20
August 31		Duke			L 3–42
September 2		Louisville			L 17–35
September 7	No. 21 Syracuse				L 20–63
September 7		No. 1 Clemson			W 24–10
September 13		Boston College			L 24–48
September 14	NC State				L 27–44
September 14	Pittsburgh				L 10–17
September 21	Boston College				W 30–16
September 28	No. 18 Virginia	No. 10 Notre Dame			L 20–35
November 2	Virginia Tech	No. 16 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		L 20–21
November 9	No. 15 Notre Dame	Duke			L 7–38
November 23	Boston College	No. 15 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		L 7–40
November 30	No. 3 Clemson	South Carolina			W 38–3
November 30	Florida State	No. 8 Florida		Sunshine Showdown/Florida Cup	L 17–40
November 30		Georgia Tech			L 7–52
November 30	Louisville				L 13–45

ACC vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 30	Mountain West	Utah State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	W 38–35
August 31	American	East Carolina	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 34–6
August 31	Mountain West	Boise State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 31–36
September 6	C-USA	Wake Forest	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 41–21
September 7	MAC	Ohio	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 20–10
September 7	C-USA	Old Dominion	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 31–17
September 7	American	South Florida	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	W 14–10
September 7	Sun Belt	Louisiana–Monroe	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 45–44 ^OT
September 14	C-USA	Louisville	Western Kentucky	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 38–21
September 14	C-USA	Duke	Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	W 41–18
September 21	MAC	Central Michigan	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FL	W 17–12
September 21	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 31–34
September 21	MAC	Ball State	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 34–23
September 21	American	No. 15 UCF	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 35–34
September 21	MAC	Western Michigan	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 52–33
September 21	C-USA	Old Dominion	No. 21 Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 28–17
September 21	C-USA	Charlotte	No. 1 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 52–10
September 28	American	Georgia Tech	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Pennsylvania, PA	L 2–24
November 23	C-USA	Miami	FIU	Marlins Park • Miami, FL	L 24–30

ACC vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include ACC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	No. 22 Syracuse	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	W 24–0
November 23	Liberty	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 55–27

ACC vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 6	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 52–17
September 7	Western Carolina	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 41–0
September 7	Richmond	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 45–13
September 7	North Carolina A&T	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 45–13
September 7	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 42–0
September 14	Furman	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 24–17
September 14	The Citadel	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 24–27 ^OT
September 14	Bethune–Cookman	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FL	W 63–0
September 21	Elon	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	W 49–7
September 28	Delaware	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 17–14
September 28	Holy Cross	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	W 41–3
October 12	Rhode Island	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 34–17
November 2	Wofford	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 59–14
November 16	Alabama State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 49–12
November 23	Mercer	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 56–7

Records against other conferences

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
Big Ten	1–2
Big 12	0–2
BYU/Notre Dame	0–5
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	3–6
Power 5 Total	4–15

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	3–1
C–USA	6–1
Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame)	2–0
MAC	4–0
Mountain West	1–1
Sun Belt	1–1
Other FBS Total	17–4

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	14–1

Total Non-Conference Record	35–20

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
Big Ten	1–1
Big 12	0–0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0–1
SEC	1–3
Power 5 Total	2–5

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–1
C–USA	0–1
Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	1–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0

Other FBS Total	2–2
Total Bowl Record	4–7

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	ACC win
	ACC loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	ACC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
2019 Independence Bowl	December 26	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	Miami	Louisiana Tech	L 0–14	33,129
2019 Quick Lane Bowl	December 26	Ford Field • Detroit, MI	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Eastern Michigan	W 34–30	34,765
2019 Military Bowl	December 27	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	Noon	North Carolina	Temple	W 55–13	24,242
2019 Pinstripe Bowl	December 27	Yankee Stadium • New York, NY	ESPN	3:20 p.m.	Wake Forest	Michigan State	L 21–27	36,895
2019 Music City Bowl	December 30	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	Louisville	Mississippi State	W 38–28	46,850
2019 Belk Bowl	December 31	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	Noon	Virginia Tech	Kentucky	L 30–37	44,138
2019 Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	2:00 p.m.	Florida State	Arizona State	L 14–20	42,412
2020 Birmingham Bowl	January 2	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN	Noon	Boston College	No. 21 Cincinnati	L 6–38	27,193
New Year's Six bowl games
2019 Orange Bowl	December 30	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 24 Virginia	No. 9 Florida	L 28–36	65,326
College Football Playoff bowl games
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	December 28	State Farm Stadium • Glendale, AZ	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson	No. 2 Ohio State	W 29–23	71,330
CFP National Championship	January 13	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson	No. 1 LSU	L 25–42	76,885

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Quarterback			Running Back			Offensive Line			Receiver			Defensive Line			Linebacker			Defensive Back			Specialist			Rookie
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sep. 3)^[18]	Jamie Newman	Wake Forest	QB	Travis Etienne	Clemson	RB	Charlie Heck	North Carolina	OT	Sage Surratt	Wake Forest	WR	Josh Black	Syracuse	NT	Rayshard Ashby	Virginia Tech	LB	Myles Wolfolk	North Carolina	SS	Brian Delaney	Virginia	PK	Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB
Week 2 (Sep. 9)^[19]	Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB	Cam Akers	Florida State	RB	John Simpson	Clemson	OG	Scotty Washington	Wake Forest	WR	Tomon Fox	North Carolina	DE	Charlie Thomas	Georgia Tech	LB	K'Von Wallace	Clemson	S	Joe Reed	Virginia	KR	Sam Howell (2)	North Carolina	QB
Week 2 (Sep. 9)^[19]	Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB	Cam Akers	Florida State	RB	John Phillips	Boston College	OG	Scotty Washington	Wake Forest	WR	Tomon Fox	North Carolina	DE	Charlie Thomas	Georgia Tech	LB	K'Von Wallace	Clemson	S	Joe Reed	Virginia	KR	Sam Howell (2)	North Carolina	QB
Week 3 (Sep. 16)^[20]	Trevor Lawrence	Clemson	QB	A. J. Dillon	Boston College	RB	John Simpson (2)	Clemson	OG	Sage Surratt (2)	Wake Forest	WR	Carlos Basham Jr.	Wake Forest	DE	Isaiah Simmons	Clemson	LB	Nasir Greer	Wake Forest	SS	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	P	Jarren Williams	Miami	QB
Week 3 (Sep. 16)^[20]	Bryce Perkins	Virginia	QB	A. J. Dillon	Boston College	RB	John Simpson (2)	Clemson	OG	Sage Surratt (2)	Wake Forest	WR	Carlos Basham Jr.	Wake Forest	DE	Isaiah Simmons	Clemson	LB	Nasir Greer	Wake Forest	SS	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	P	Jarren Williams	Miami	QB
Week 4 (Sep. 23)^[21]	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB	A. J. Dillion (2)	Boston College	RB	Bryce Hargrove	Pittsburgh	OG	Trishton Jackson	Syracuse	WR	Marvin Wilson	Florida State	DT	Charles Snowden	Virginia	OLB	Chris Ingram	NC State	CB	Aaron Mathews	Pittsburgh	WR	Jarren Williams (2)	Miami	QB
Week 4 (Sep. 23)^[21]	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB		Florida State	RB	Bryce Hargrove	Pittsburgh	OG	Trishton Jackson	Syracuse	WR	Marvin Wilson	Florida State	DT	Charles Snowden	Virginia	OLB	Chris Ingram	NC State	CB	Aaron Mathews	Pittsburgh	WR	Jarren Williams (2)	Miami	QB
Week 5 (Sep. 30)^[22]	Alex Hornibrook	Florida State	QB	A. J. Dillon (3)	Boston College	RB	Jack Wohlabaugh	Duke	C	Tee Higgins	Clemson	WR	Larrell Murchison	NC State	DT	Koby Quansah	Duke	LB	Cyrus Fagan	Florida State	S	Sterling Hofrichter (2)	Syracuse	P/PK	Amari Gainer	Florida State	LB
Week 6 (Oct. 7)^[23]	Sam Howell (2)	North Carolina	QB	Javian Hawkins	Louisville	RB	Mekhi Becton	Louisville	OT	Seth Dawkins	Louisville	WR	Patrick Jones II	Pittsburgh	DE	Rayshard Ashby (2)	Virginia Tech	LB	Paris Ford	Pittsburgh	S	Blanton Creque	Louisville	PK	Sam Howell (3)	North Carolina	QB
Week 7 (Oct. 14)^[24]	Evan Conley	Louisville	QB	Travis Etienne (2)	Clemson	RB	Matt Bockhorst	Clemson	OG	Sage Surratt (3)	Wake Forest	WR	Victor Dimukeje	Duke	DE	Louis Acceus	NC State	LB	Trajan Bandy	Miami	CB	Hassan Hall	Louisville	KR/RB	Evan Conley	Louisville	QB
Week 8 (Oct. 21)^[25]	Sam Howell (3)	North Carolina	QB	David Bailey	Boston College	RB	Zion Johnson	Boston College	OG	Sage Surratt (4)	Wake Forest	WR	Justin Foster	Clemson	DE	Rayshard Ashby (3)	Virginia Tech	LB	Joey Blount	Virginia	FS	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	P	Quincy Patterson II	Virginia Tech	QB
Week 8 (Oct. 21)^[25]	Sam Howell (3)	North Carolina	QB	David Bailey	Boston College	RB	Zion Johnson	Boston College	OG	Sage Surratt (4)	Wake Forest	WR	Justin Foster	Clemson	DE	Rayshard Ashby (3)	Virginia Tech	LB	Joey Blount	Virginia	FS	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	PK	Quincy Patterson II	Virginia Tech	QB
Week 9 (Oct. 28)^[26]	Trevor Lawrence (2)	Clemson	QB	Cam Akers (3)	Florida State	RB	Tremayne Anchrum	Clemson	OT	Diondre Overton	Clemson	WR	Jason Strowbridge	North Carolina	DT	Chazz Surratt	North Carolina	ILB	Hamsah Nasirildeen	Florida State	S	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	PK	Javian Hawkins	Louisville	RB
Week 10 (Nov. 4)^[27]	Bryce Perkins (2)	Virginia	QB	A. J. Dillon (4)	Boston College	RB	Zion Johnson (2)	Boston College	OG	Dyami Brown	North Carolina	WR	Gregory Rousseau	Miami	DE	Rayshard Ashby (4)	Virginia Tech	LB	Divine Deablo	Virginia Tech	FS	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	P	Sam Howell (4)	North Carolina	QB
Week 11 (Nov. 11)^[28]	Jarren Williams	Miami	QB	Travis Etienne (3)	Clemson	RB	John Simpson (3)	Clemson	OG	Tamorrion Terry	Florida State	WR	DaShawn Crawford	Virginia Tech	DT	Michael Pinckney	Miami	LB	Hamsah Nasirildeen (2)	Florida State	S	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	P	Jarren Williams (3)	Miami	QB
Week 12 (Nov. 18)^[29]	Kenny Pickett (2)	Pittsburgh	QB	Travis Etienne (4)	Clemson	RB	Dakota Davis	Syracuse	RG	Dazz Newsome	North Carolina	WR	Jaylen Twyman	Pittsburgh	DT	Dorian Etheridge	Louisville	LB	Hamsa Nasirildeen (3)	Florida State	S	AJ Reed	Duke	PK	Sam Howell (5)	North Carolina	QB
Week 12 (Nov. 18)^[29]	Kenny Pickett (2)	Pittsburgh	QB	Travis Etienne (4)	Clemson	RB	Dakota Davis	Syracuse	RG	Dazz Newsome	North Carolina	WR	Jaylen Twyman	Pittsburgh	DT	Lakiem Williams	Syracuse	MLB	Hamsa Nasirildeen (3)	Florida State	S	AJ Reed	Duke	PK	Sam Howell (5)	North Carolina	QB
Week 13 (Nov. 25)^[30]	Malik Cunningham	Louisville	QB	Javian Hawkins (2)	Louisville	RB	Nathan Gilliam	Wake Forest	RG	Kendall Hinton	Wake Forest	WR	Jordan Domineck	Georgia Tech	DE	Rayshard Ashby (5)	Virginia Tech	LB	De'Vante Cross	Virginia	FS	Damond Philyaw-Johnson	Duke	KR	Javian Hawkins	Louisville	RB
Week 13 (Nov. 25)^[30]	Malik Cunningham	Louisville	QB	Javian Hawkins (2)	Louisville	RB	Nathan Gilliam	Wake Forest	RG	Kendall Hinton	Wake Forest	WR	Jordan Domineck	Georgia Tech	DE	Rayshard Ashby (5)	Virginia Tech	LB	De'Vante Cross	Virginia	FS	Damond Philyaw-Johnson	Duke	KR	James Graham	Georgia Tech	QB
Week 14 (Dec. 1)^[31]	Bryce Perkins (3)	Virginia	QB	A. J. Dillion (5)	Boston College	RB	Zion Johnson (3)	Boston College	LG	Dyami Brown (2)	North Carolina	WR	Chris Rumph II	Duke	DE	Noah Taylor	Virginia	LB	Trill Williams	Syracuse	Nickelback	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	PK	Sam Howell (6)	North Carolina	QB

All Conference Teams

Source:^[32]

First Team

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Trevor Lawrence	style=	Clemson
RB	Travis Etienne	style=	Clemson
RB	A. J. Dillon	style=	Boston College
WR	Sage Surratt	style=	Wake Forest
	Tee Higgins	style=	Clemson
	Tutu Atwell	style=	Louisville
TE	Brevin Jordan	style=	Miami
T	Tremayne Anchrum	style=	Clemson
T	Mekhi Becton	style=	Louisville
G	John Simpson	style=	Clemson
G	John Phillips	style=	Boston College
C	Jimmy Morrissey	style=	Pittsburgh
All Purpose Back	Joe Reed	style=	Virginia
First Team Defense
DE	Gregory Rousseau	style=	Miami
DE	Carlos Basham Jr.	style=	Wake Forest
DT	Jaylen Twyman	style=	Pittsburgh
DT	Marvin Wilson	style=	Florida State
LB	Isaiah Simmons	style=	Clemson
	Chazz Surratt	style=	North Carolina
	Shaquille Quarterman	style=	Miami
CB	Caleb Farley	style=	Virginia Tech
CB	A. J. Terrell	style=	Clemson
S	Paris Ford	style=	Pittsburgh
S	Tanner Muse	style=	Clemson
First Team Special Teams
PK	Nick Sciba	style=	Wake Forest
P	Sterling Hofrichter	style=	Syracuse
SP	Joe Reed	style=	Virginia

Second Team

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Bryce Perkins	style=	Virginia
RB	Cam Akers	style=	Florida State
RB	Javian Hawkins	style=	Louisville
WR	Dazz Newsome	style=	North Carolina
	Tamorrion Terry	style=	Florida State
	Trishton Jackson	style=	Syracuse
TE	Noah Gray	style=	Duke
T	Charlie Heck	style=	North Carolina
T	Ben Petrula	style=	Boston College
G	Gage Cervenka	style=	Clemson
G	Zion Johnson	style=	Boston College
C	Sean Pollard	style=	Clemson
All Purpose Back	Hassan Hall	style=	Louisville
Second Team Defense
DE	Patrick Jones II	style=	Pittsburgh
DE	Victor Dimukeje	style=	Duke
DT	Larrell Murchison	style=	NC State
DT	Tyler Davis	style=	Clemson
LB	Rayshard Ashby	style=	Virginia Tech
	Max Richardson	style=	Boston College
	Michael Pinckney	style=	Miami
CB	Dane Jackson	style=	Pittsburgh
CB	Derion Kendrick	style=	Clemson
S	Hamsah Nasirildeen	style=	Florida State
S	Andre Cisco	style=	Syracuse
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Christopher Dunn	style=	NC State
P	Dom Maggio	style=	Wake Forest
SP	Damond Philyaw-Johnson	style=	Duke

Third Team

Position	Player	Team
Third Team Offense
QB	Sam Howell	style=	North Carolina
RB	Jordan Mason	style=	Georgia Tech
RB	Michael Carter	style=	North Carolina
WR	Kendall Hinton	style=	Wake Forest
	Maurice Ffrench	style=	Pittsburgh
	Dyami Brown	style=	North Carolina
TE	Hunter Long	style=	Boston College
T	Justin Herron	style=	Wake Forest
T	Jackson Carman	style=	Clemson
G	Bryce Hargrove	style=	Pittsburgh
G	Nate Gilliam	style=	Wake Forest
C	Alec Lindstrom	style=	Boston College
All Purpose Back	Maurice Ffrench	style=	Pittsburgh
Third Team Defense
DE	Xavier Thomas	style=	Clemson
DE	Chris Rumph II	style=	Duke
DT	Jason Strowbridge	style=	North Carolina
DT	Nyles Pinckney	style=	Clemson
LB	Jordan Mack	style=	Virginia
	Lakiem Williams	style=	Syracuse
	Koby Quansah	style=	Duke
CB	Asante Samuel Jr.	style=	Florida State
CB	Essang Bassey	style=	Wake Forest
S	K'Von Wallace	style=	Clemson
S	Joey Blount	style=	Virginia
Third Team Special Teams
PK	Andre Szmyt	style=	Syracuse
P	Trenton Gill	style=	NC State
SP	Hassan Hall	style=	Louisville

ACC Individual Awards

ACC Player of the Year

Travis Etienne^[33] ACC Rookie of the Year

Sam Howell^[34] ACC Coach of the Year

Scott Satterfield^[35] ACC Offensive Player of the Year

Travis Etienne^[33] ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year

Sam Howell^[34] Jacobs Blocking Trophy

Mekhi Becton^[36] ACC Defensive Player of the Year

Isaiah Simmons^[33] ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year

Gregory Rousseau^[34]

All-Americans

See main article: 2019 College Football All-America Team.

Consensus

Unanimous	Consensus
2019 Consensus All-Americans
Isaiah Simmons – Clemson	John Simpson – Clemson

Associated Press

First Team	Second Team	Third Team
2019 AP All-Americans^[37]
Isaiah Simmons – Clemson	Travis Etienne – Clemson John Simpson – Clemson Jaylen Twyman – Pittsburgh	A. J. Dillon – Boston College Nick Sciba – Wake Forest Tanner Muse – Clemson Sterling Hofrichter – Syracuse

Walter Camp

First Team	Second Team	Third Team
2019 Walter Camp All-Americans^[38]
John Simpson – Clemson Isaiah Simmons – Clemson Joe Reed – Virginia	Travis Etienne – Clemson Jaylen Twyman – Pittsburgh	None

FWAA

First Team	Second Team
2019 FWAA All-Americans^[39]
John Simpson – Clemson Isaiah Simmons – Clemson	Travis Etienne – Clemson Gregory Rousseau – Miami Jaylen Twyman – Pittsburgh Nick Sciba – Wake Forest Sterling Hofrichter – Syracuse

National Award Winners

Isaiah Simmons – Butkus Award^[40]

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total
style=	Boston College	Alumni Stadium	44,500^[41]	35,213	30,111	32,848	39,352†	30,275	37,312
style=	Clemson	Memorial Stadium	81,500^[42]	79,118	81,500†	81,500†	80,500	81,081	81,500†	80,875
style=	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium	40,000^[43]	38,313	22,610	21,741	40,004†	16,286	15,913
style=	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium	79,560^[44]	52,969	46,350	60,351	50,517	63,995†	52,857
style=	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium	55,000^[45]	46,599	42,871	45,044	41,219	43,263	38,198	55,000†
style=	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium	60,800^[46]	58,187†	48,808	46,007	51,015	48,689	46,769
style=	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium	65,326^[47]	52,036	49,997	53,183	54,538†	54,106	53,111
style=	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium	50,500^[48]	50,500	50,500	50,500	50,500	50,500	50,500
style=	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium	57,583^[49]	57,633	55,681	57,702	55,860	57,886†	54,089	56,413
style=	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field	68,400^[50]	47,144	42,168	42,056	44,141	47,918†	39,290	40,889
style=	Syracuse	Carrier Dome	49,262^[51]	50,248†	40,700	40,575	44,886	42,857	33,719
style=	Virginia	Scott Stadium	61,500^[52]	45,250	57,826†	44,573	52,847	44,596	37,329	52,619
style=	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium	65,632^[53]	57,282	52,314	59,537	51,716	65,632†	65,632†	55,936
style=	Wake Forest	BB&T Field	31,500^[54]	29,027	31,345†	24,079	24,434	24,782	31,199	24,130

Bold – Exceeded capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

See main article: 2020 NFL draft.

Round #	Pick #	College
1	8	Clemson
1	11	Louisville
1	16	Clemson
2	33	Clemson
2	52	Florida State
2	62	Boston College
3	100	Clemson
3	101	Virginia Tech
4	109	Clemson
4	126	North Carolina
4	127	Clemson
4	140	Miami
4	144	Miami
5	148	Syracuse
5	151	Virginia
5	154	North Carolina
5	158	Virginia
5	174	NC State
5	176	Miami
5	178	Wake Forest
6	195	Wake Forest
6	206	Georgia Tech
7	228	Syracuse
7	229	NC State
7	239	Pittsburgh
7	242	Miami
7	250	Clemson

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