2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football season explained

2020 ACC Football season
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Sport:	Football
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Duration:	September 3, 2020, to January 2, 2021
No Of Teams:	15
Tv:	ESPN Family, (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network), Fox Sports Networks
Draft:	2021 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2021 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Trevor Lawrence – (Clemson)
Picked By:	Jacksonville Jaguars, 1st overall
Season:	Regular season
Mvp Link:	awards
Season Champs:	Notre Dame
Second Place:	Clemson
Finals:	ACC Championship Game
Finals Link:	2020 ACC Championship Game
Finals Champ:	Clemson
Finals Runner-Up:	Notre Dame
Finals Mvp:	Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
Prevseason Link:	2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
Prevseason Year:	2019
Nextseason Link:	2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
Nextseason Year:	2021

The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, part of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 68th season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It began on September 3, 2020, and ended in January 2021. For 2020, the ACC consisted of 15 members in one division.^[1]

The original 2020 schedule was released on January 22, 2020.^[2] On July 29, a revised concept of the schedule was released in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was announced that teams would play a ten-game conference schedule, which would include Notre Dame. An option was left for one out-of-conference game, provided that game was played in the home state of the ACC school.^[1]

Previous season

Clemson defeated Virginia 62–17 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 three seed in the playoff and faced Ohio State in the 2019 Fiesta Bowl. The Tigers won the game 29–23 and advanced to the National Championship game where they lost to LSU 25–42.

Preseason

ACC Kickoff

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC announced that its 2020 Football Kickoff would be held virtually instead of at the Westin in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Kickoff was scheduled for July 21–23, 2020.^[4] On July 13, it was announced that the Kickoff was postponed until further notice.^[5] On September 4, 2020, the ACC Preseason Media Poll was released.^[6]

1	Clemson	2,008 (132)
2	Notre Dame	1,824 (2)
3	North Carolina	1,682
4	Louisville	1,434
5	Virginia Tech	1,318
6	Miami	1,280
7	Florida State	1,177
8	Pittsburgh	1,132
9	Virginia	994
10	Wake Forest	659
11	NC State	634
12	Duke	618
13	Boston College	532
14	Syracuse	449
15	Georgia Tech	339

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Source:^[6]

Ranking	Player	Position	Team	Votes
1	Trevor Lawrence	QB	Clemson	100
2	Travis Etienne	RB		30
3	Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina	1
	Chazz Surratt	LB
	Ian Book	QB	Notre Dame
	Carlos Basham Jr.	DE	Wake Forest

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Offense

Position	Player	School	Votes
Wide receiver	Tamorrion Terry	style=	Florida State	100
	Tutu Atwell	style=	Louisville	96
	Dazz Newsome	style=	North Carolina	75
Tight end	Brevin Jordan	style=	Miami	77
Advanced Playmaker	Michael Carter	style=	North Carolina	82
Tackle	Jackson Carman	style=	Clemson	64
	Ben Petrula	style=	Boston College	61
Guard	Zion Johnson	style=	Boston College	78
	Aaron Banks	style=	Notre Dame	34
Center	Jimmy Morrissey	style=	Pittsburgh	80
Quarterback	Trevor Lawrence	style=	Clemson	131
Running back	Travis Etienne	style=	Clemson	133
	Javian Hawkins	style=	Louisville	80

Defense

Position	Player	School	Votes
Defensive end	Carlos Basham Jr.	style=	Wake Forest	89
	Patrick Jones II	style=	Pittsburgh	37
Defensive tackle	Marvin Wilson	style=	Florida State	108
	Tyler Davis	style=	Clemson	75
Linebacker	Chazz Surratt	style=	North Carolina	106
	Rayshard Ashby	style=	Virginia Tech	66
	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	style=	Notre Dame	47
Cornerback	Asante Samuel Jr.	style=	Florida State	90
	Derion Kendrick	style=	Clemson	85
Safety	Paris Ford	style=	Pittsburgh	62
	Hamsah Nasirildeen	style=	Florida State	56

Specialist

Position	Player	School	Votes
Placekicker	Nick Sciba	style=	Wake Forest	69
Punter	Trenton Gill	style=	NC State	43
Specialist	Damond Philyaw-Johnson	style=	Duke	48

Source:^[6]

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN^[7] ! Rivals^[8] ! 24/7^[9] !Signees

style=	Boston College	60	63	65	13
style=	Clemson	1	1	1	23
style=	Duke	42	58	53	17
style=	Florida State	22	22	21	18
style=	Georgia Tech	27	23	26	24
style=	Louisville	33	37	39	25
style=	Miami	19	16	17	19
style=	North Carolina	17	17	19	26
style=	NC State	31	45	42	19
style=	Pittsburgh	44	47	41	17
style=	Syracuse	58	53	58	19
style=	Virginia	48	55	50	14
style=	Virginia Tech	70	80	63	15
style=	Wake Forest	54	58	57	19

Coaches

Coaching changes

The ACC entered the 2020 season with two new head football coaches:

• On November 4, 2019, Florida State head coach Willie Taggart was fired^[10] and replaced by Mike Norvell on December 7, 2019.^[11]
• On December 1, 2019, Boston College head coach Steve Addazio was fired after seven seasons and a starting the season 2–8.^[12] Jeff Hafley was named head coach on December 14, 2019.^[13]

Head coaching records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Jeff Hafley	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Clemson	Dabo Swinney	13	130–31	130–31	77–16
Duke	David Cutcliffe	13	116–108	72–79	34–62
Florida State	Mike Norvell	1	38–15	0–0	0–0
Georgia Tech	Geoff Collins	2	18–19	3–9	2–6
Louisville	Scott Satterfield	2	59–29	8–5	5–3
Miami	Manny Diaz	2	6–7	6–7	4–4
North Carolina	Mack Brown	12	251–128–1	76–52–1	44–39–1
	Dave Doeren	8	70–46	47–42	21–35
Pittsburgh	Pat Narduzzi	6	36–29	36–29	24–16
Syracuse	Dino Babers	5	60–42	23–26	12–20
Virginia	Bronco Mendenhall	5	124–70	25–27	14–18
Virginia Tech	Justin Fuente	5	59–43	33–20	20–12
Wake Forest	Dave Clawson	7	126–119	36–40	16–32

Notes

• Records shown are prior to the 2020 season
• Years at school includes the 2020 season

Rankings

See also: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football 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 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	Wk 16	Final
Boston College	AP			RV			RV	RV
C			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Clemson	AP	1 (38)	1 (60)	1 (59)	1 (55)	1 (52)	1 (59)	1 (54)	1 (52)	1 (33)	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
C	1 (38)	1 (37)	1 (44)	1 (42)	1 (46)	1 (55)	1 (52)	1 (52)	1 (43)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
CFP	Not released	3	3	3	3	2
Duke	AP
C	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Florida State	AP	RV	RV
C							RV
CFP	Not released
Georgia Tech	AP		RV
C		RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Louisville	AP	RV	18	24	RV
C	RV	16	RV
CFP	Not released
Miami	AP	RV	17	12	8	7	13	11	12	11	9	12	10	9	9	19	18	22
C	RV	18	14	8	7	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	8	19	18	22
CFP	Not released	10	10	10	18	18
North Carolina	AP	18	12	11	12	8	5	14	15	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	20	16	14	18
C	19	11	12	11	9	6	13	13	24	RV	24	23	RV	20	15	14	17
CFP	Not released	19	17	17	15	13
NC State	AP					RV	RV	23						RV	RV	24	24	RV
C			RV		RV	RV	22	RV	RV			RV	RV	24	23	22	RV
CFP	Not released			23	22	23
Notre Dame	AP	10	7	7	5	5	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5
C	10	7	7	5	5	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2 (2)	4	5
CFP	Not released	2	2	2	2	4
Pittsburgh	AP		25	21	24	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
CFP	Not released
Syracuse	AP
C
CFP	Not released
Virginia	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Virginia Tech	AP	RV	20	20	RV	19	23	19		RV
C	24	19	24	23	18	23	20	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released
Wake Forest	AP									RV	RV
C								RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Regular season

The regular season began on September 10 and ended on December 5. The ACC Championship game was played on December 19.^[14]

Week fourteen

Championship game

ACC vs other conferences

ACC vs Power 5 matchups

The other Power 5 conferences (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) announced a conference-only schedule model, and no ACC team played another Power 5 team during the regular season.^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}

ACC vs Group of Five matchups

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

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 10	C-USA	UAB	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	W 31–14
September 12	C-USA	Western Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 35–21
September 19	American	UCF	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 21–49
September 19	American	South Florida	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 52–0
September 26	Sun Belt	Texas State	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 24–21
October 31	C-USA	Charlotte	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 53–19

ACC vs FBS independents matchups

The following games featured ACC teams competing against FBS Independents, which included Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn, and UMass.

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
October 17	Liberty	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	L 21–38
November 7	Liberty	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 35–38
November 21	Liberty	NC State	Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 15–14

ACC vs FCS matchups

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 12	Austin Peay	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 55–0
September 19	The Citadel	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 49–0
October 2	Campbell	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest • Winston-Salem, NC	W 66–14
October 3	Jacksonville State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 41–24
November 21	Abilene Christian	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 55–15
December 5	Western Carolina	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 49–9

Records against other conferences

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
BYU	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–1
C–USA	3–0
Independents (Excluding BYU)	1–2
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	1–0
Other FBS Total	6–3
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	6–0
Total Non-Conference Record	12–3

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–1
BYU	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–3
Power 5 Total	0–6
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C–USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding BYU)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
Total Bowl Record	0–6

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	ACC win
	ACC loss

See also: 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games.

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	ACC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
2020 Cheez-It Bowl	December 29	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	No. 18 Miami	No. 21 Oklahoma State	L 34–37
2020 Duke's Mayo Bowl	December 30	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wisconsin	L 28–42	1,500
2021 Gator Bowl	January 2	TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 NC State	Kentucky	L 21–23	10,422
New Year's Six bowl games
2021 Orange Bowl	January 2	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 13 North Carolina	No. 5 Texas A&M	L 27–41	13,737
College Football Playoff bowl games
Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	January 1	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	No. 4 Notre Dame	No. 1 Alabama	L 14–31	18,373
Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	January 1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson	No. 3 Ohio State	L 28–49	3,000

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
		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^[19]		Trevor Lawrence	Clemson	QB		Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	RB		Corey Gaynor	Miami	C		Braden Smith	Louisville	WR		Curtis Ryans	Georgia Tech	DE		Chazz Surratt	North Carolina	LB		Asante Samuel Jr.	Florida State	DB		Marvin Wilson	Florida State	DT		Jeff Sims	Georgia Tech	QB
Week 2^[20]		D'Eriq King	Miami	QB		Ricky Person Jr.	NC State	RB		Ikem Ekwonu	NC State	OG		Zay Flowers	Boston College	WR		Victor Dimukeje	Duke	DE		Cam Bright	Pittsburgh	OLB		Bubba Bolden	Miami	S		José Borregales	Miami	PK		Jahmyr Gibbs	Georgia Tech	RB
										Robert Hainsey	Notre Dame	OT						Rashad Weaver	Pittsburgh	DE
Week 3^[21]		D'Eriq King (2)	Miami	QB		Sean Tucker	Syracuse	RB		Brock Hoffman	Virginia Tech	C		Lavel Davis Jr.	Virginia	WR		Patrick Jones II	Pittsburgh	DE		Zane Zandier	Virginia	ILB		Trill Williams	Syracuse	DB		Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	PK		Lavel Davis Jr.	Virginia	WR
Week 4^[22]		Devin Leary	NC State	QB		Khalil Herbert	Virginia Tech	RB		Christian Darrisaw	Virginia Tech	LT		Emeka Emezie	NC State	WR		Emmanuel Belmar	Virginia Tech	DE		Baylon Spector	Clemson	LB		Andrew Booth Jr.	Clemson	DB		Lawrance Toafili	Florida State	RB		Khalil Herbert	Virginia Tech	RB
										Cade Stewart	Clemson	C		D. J. Turner	Pittsburgh	WR
Week 5^[23]		Trevor Lawrence (2)	Clemson	QB		Michael Carter	North Carolina	RB		Brian Anderson	North Carolina	C		Zay Flowers (2)	Boston College	WR		Patrick Jones II (2)	Pittsburgh	DE		SirVocea Dennis	Pittsburgh	OLB		Bubba Bolden (2)	Miami	S		Charlie Ham	Duke	PK		Jeff Sims (2)	Georgia Tech	QB
		Phil Jurkovec	Boston College	QB
Week 6^[24]		Trevor Lawrence (3)	Clemson	QB		Kenneth Walker III	Wake Forest	RB		Ikem Ekwonu (2)	NC State	LT		Amari Rodgers	Clemson	WR		Quincy Roche	Miami	DE		Payton Wilson	NC State	LB		Chamarri Conner	Virginia Tech	NB		Lou Hedley	Miami	P		Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	RB
										Doug Nester	Virginia Tech	RG
Week 7^[25]		Ian Book	Notre Dame	QB		Javian Hawkins	Louisville	RB		Liam Eichenberg	Notre Dame	LT		Michael Harley	Miami	WR		Carlos Basham Jr.	Wake Forest	DE		Chazz Surratt (2)	North Carolina	LB		Nick Anderson	Wake Forest	S		Will Spiers	Clemson	P		Nick Anderson	Wake Forest	S
Week 8^[26]		Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB		Travis Etienne	Clemson	RB		Jackson Carman	Clemson	LT		Dyami Brown	North Carolina	WR		Daelin Hayes	Notre Dame	DE		Charles Snowden	Virginia	OLB		Chamarri Conner (2)	Virginia Tech	CB		Isiah Fisher-Smith	Duke	S		DJ Uiagalelei	Clemson	QB
										Brock Hoffman (2)	Virginia Tech	C
Week 9^[27]		D'Eriq King (3)	Miami	QB		Kyren Williams (2)	Notre Dame	RB		Aaron Banks	Notre Dame	OG		Michael Harley (2)	Miami	WR		Jaelan Phillips	Miami	DE		Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	Notre Dame	LB		Brandon Hill	Pittsburgh	SS		Zonovan Knight	NC State	RB		DJ Uiagalelei (2)	Clemson	QB
Week 10^[28]		Sam Howell (2)	North Carolina	QB		Michael Carter (2)	North Carolina	RB		Tommy Kraemer	Notre Dame	OG		Dazz Newsome	North Carolina	WR		Jaelan Phillips (2)	Miami	DE		Noah Taylor	Virginia	OLB		Shaun Crawford	Notre Dame	S		Lou Hedley (2)	Miami	P		Lavel Davis Jr. (2)	Virginia	WR
						Christian Beal-Smith	Wake Forest	RB
Week 11^[29]		Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB		Zonovan Knight	NC State	RB		Bryce Hargrove	Pittsburgh	LG		D. J. Turner (2)	Pittsburgh	WR		Daniel Joseph	NC State	DE		Isaiah Moore	MLB	NC State		Kei'Trel Clark	CB	Louisville		Alex Kessman (2)	Pittsburgh	PK		Aydan White	NC State	CB
																										Damar Hamlin	S	Pittsburgh
Week 12^[30]		Trevor Lawrence (4)	Clemson	QB		Kyren Williams (3)	Notre Dame	RB		Zach Quinney	Georgia Tech	LT		Cornell Powell	Clemson	WR		Jordan Domineck	Georgia Tech	DE		Payton Wilson (2)	NC State	LB		Mario Goodrich	Clemson	CB		Trebor Pena	Syracuse	KR		Jeff Sims (3)	Georgia Tech	QB
										Liam Eichenberg (2)	Notre Dame	LT
Week 13^[31]		Dennis Grosel	Boston College	QB		Kyren Williams (4)	Notre Dame	RB		Ryan Swoboda	Virginia	RT		Javon McKinley	Notre Dame	WR		Quincy Roche (2)	Miami	DE		Payton Wilson (3)	NC State	LB		Clarence Lewis	Notre Dame	CB		Christopher Dunn	NC State	PK		Myles Murphy	Clemson	DE
						Sean Tucker	Syracuse	RB																						Porter Wilson	Duke	P
Week 14^[32]
		Sam Howell (3)	North Carolina	QB		Michael Carter (3)	North Carolina	RB		Joshua Ezeudu	North Carolina	LG		Dyami Brown (2)	North Carolina	WR		Miles Fox	Wake Forest	DT		Jeremiah Gemmel	North Carolina	LB		Hamsah Nasirildeen	Florida State	S		Alex Kessman (3)	Pittsburgh	PK		Jalen Mitchell	Louisville	RB

All Conference Teams

Source:^[33]

First Team

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Trevor Lawrence	style=	Clemson
RB	Travis Etienne	style=	Clemson
	Michael Carter	style=	North Carolina
WR	Amari Rodgers	style=	Clemson
	Dyami Brown	style=	North Carolina
	Zay Flowers	style=	Boston College
TE	Hunter Long	style=	Boston College
T	Liam Eichenberg	style=	Notre Dame
	Christian Darrisaw	style=	Virginia Tech
G	Aaron Banks	style=	Notre Dame
	Tommy Kraemer	style=	Notre Dame
C	Alec Lindstrom	style=	Boston College
All Purpose Back	Travis Etienne	style=	Clemson
First Team Defense
DE	Patrick Jones II	style=	Pittsburgh
	Rashad Weaver	style=	Pittsburgh
DT	Bryan Bresee	style=	Clemson
	Alim McNeill	style=	NC State
LB	Chazz Surratt	style=	North Carolina
	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	style=	Notre Dame
	Payton Wilson	style=	NC State
CB	Asante Samuel Jr.	style=	Florida State
	Derion Kendrick	style=	Clemson
S	Divine Deablo	style=	Virginia Tech
	Kyle Hamilton	style=	Notre Dame
First Team Special Teams
PK	José Borregales	style=	Miami
P	Pressley Harvin III	style=	Georgia Tech
SP	D. J. Turner	style=	Pittsburgh

Second Team

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Sam Howell	style=	North Carolina
RB	Javonte Williams	style=	North Carolina
	Kyren Williams	style=	Notre Dame
WR	Jaquarii Roberson	style=	Wake Forest
	Tutu Atwell	style=	Louisville
	Dez Fitzpatrick	style=	Louisville
TE	Brevin Jordan	style=	Miami
T	Jackson Carman	style=	Clemson
	Robert Hainsey	style=	Notre Dame
G	Ben Petrula	style=	Boston College
	Matt Bockhorst	style=	Clemson
C	Jimmy Morrissey	style=	Pittsburgh
All Purpose Back	Khalil Herbert	style=	Virginia Tech
Second Team Defense
DE	Jaelan Phillips	style=	Miami
	Chris Rumph II	style=	Duke
DT	Marvin Wilson	style=	Florida State
	Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa	style=	Notre Dame
LB	Isaiah McDuffie	style=	Boston College
	James Skalski	style=	Clemson
	Charles Snowden	style=	Virginia
CB	Andrew Booth Jr.	style=	Clemson
	Kei'Trel Clark	style=	Louisville
S	Nolan Turner	style=	Clemson
	Bubba Bolden	style=	Miami
	Damar Hamlin	style=	Pittsburgh
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Alex Kessman	style=	Pittsburgh
P	Lou Hedley	style=	Miami
SP	Nykeim Johnson	style=	Syracuse

Third Team

Position	Player	Team
Third Team Offense
QB	Ian Book	style=	Notre Dame
RB	Khalil Herbert	style=	Virginia Tech
	Zonovan Knight	style=	NC State
WR	Mike Harley Jr.	style=	Miami
	Taj Harris	style=	Syracuse
	Cornell Powell	style=	Clemson
TE	Michael Mayer	style=	Notre Dame
T	Ikem Ekwonu	style=	NC State
	Zion Johnson	style=	Boston College
G	Joshua Ezeudu	style=	North Carolina
	Joe Sculthorpe	style=	NC State
C	Jarrett Patterson	style=	Notre Dame
All Purpose Back	Michael Carter	style=	North Carolina
Third Team Defense
DE	Carlos Basham Jr.	style=	Wake Forest
	Quincy Roche	style=	Miami
DT	Jarrod Hewitt	style=	Virginia Tech
	Miles Fox	style=	Wake Forest
LB	SirVocea Dennis	style=	Pittsburgh
	Nick Jackson	style=	Virginia
	Max Richardson	style=	Boston College
CB	Nick McCloud	style=	Notre Dame
	Ifeatu Melifonwu	style=	Syracuse
S	Michael Carter II	style=	Duke
	Nick Anderson	style=	Wake Forest
Third Team Special Teams
PK	Nick Sciba	style=	Wake Forest
P	Nolan Cooney	style=	Syracuse
SP	Thayer Thomas	style=	NC State

ACC Individual Awards

ACC Player of the Year

Trevor Lawrence, Clemson^[34] ACC Rookie of the Year

Kyren Williams, Notre Dame^[35] ACC Coach of the Year

Brian Kelly, Notre Dame^[36] ACC Offensive Player of the Year

Trevor Lawrence, Clemson^[34] ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year

Kyren Williams, Notre Dame^[35] Jacobs Blocking Trophy

Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame^[37] ACC Defensive Player of the Year

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame^[34] ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year

Bryan Bresee, Clemson^[35]

All-Americans

See main article: 2020 College Football All-America Team.

Consensus All-Americans

2020 Consensus All-Americans
Unanimous	Consensus
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech José Borregales – Miami	Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame Patrick Jones II – Pittsburgh Travis Etienne – Clemson

Associated Press

2020 AP All-Americans^[38]
First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Aaron Banks – Notre Dame Travis Etienne – Clemson José Borregales – Miami Rashad Weaver – Pittsburgh Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech	Javonte Williams – North Carolina Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame Christian Darrisaw – Virginia Tech Hunter Long – Boston College Jaelan Phillips – Miami Patrick Jones II – Pittsburgh Alim McNeill – NC State Lou Hedley – Miami	Trevor Lawrence – Clemson Michael Carter – North Carolina Tommy Kraemer – Notre Dame Dyami Brown – North Carolina Kyle Hamilton – Notre Dame

AFCA

2020 AFCA All-Americans^[39]
First Team	Second Team
Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame Aaron Banks – Notre Dame Rashad Weaver – Pittsburgh Jaelan Phillips – Miami Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech José Borregales – Miami	Trevor Lawrence – Clemson Travis Etienne – Clemson Patrick Jones II – Pittsburgh Kyle Hamilton – Notre Dame Nolan Turner – Clemson

FWAA

2020 FWAA All-Americans^[40]
First Team	Second Team
Trevor Lawrence – Clemson Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame Rashad Weaver – Pittsburgh Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Kyle Hamilton – Notre Dame José Borregales – Miami Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech Travis Etienne – Clemson	Hunter Long – Boston College Christian Darrisaw – Virginia Tech Jaelan Phillips – Miami

The Sporting News

2020 Sporting News All-Americans^[41]
First Team	Second Team
Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame Travis Etienne – Clemson Patrick Jones II – Pittsburgh Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Chazz Surratt – North Carolina José Borregales – Miami Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech	Kyren Williams – Notre Dame Hunter Long – Boston College Aaron Banks – Notre Dame Javonte Williams – North Carolina Rashad Weaver – Pittsburgh

WCFF

2020 Walter Camp All-Americans^[42]
First Team	Second Team
Liam Eichenberg – Notre Dame José Borregales – Miami Rashad Weaver – Pittsburgh Patrick Jones II – Pittsburgh Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Notre Dame Pressley Harvin III – Georgia Tech	Christian Darrisaw – Virginia Tech Aaron Banks – Notre Dame Trevor Lawrence – Clemson Travis Etienne – Clemson Jaelan Phillips – Miami Kyle Hamilton – Notre Dame

National Award Winners

• Nolan Cooney – Brian Piccolo Award^[43]
• Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah – Butkus Award^[44]

Home game attendance

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance was limited at all stadiums for the season. Depending on state regulations, some universities did not allow any fans.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average
style=	Boston College	Alumni Stadium	44,500^[45]	No attendance due to COVID-19
style=	Clemson	Memorial Stadium	81,500^[46]	18,609	18,735	18,885†	18,629	18,690	18,819	112,367	18,728
style=	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium	40,000^[47]	No attendance due to COVID-19
style=	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium	79,560^[48]	17,538	13,589	18,016†	16,568	14,872		80,583	16,117
style=	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium	55,000^[49]	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	66,000	11,000
style=	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium	60,800^[50]	11,179	12,120†	11,465	11,901	11,192	10,959	68,816	11,469
style=	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium	65,326^[51]	8,153	12,806†	9,000	9,940	12,092		51,991	10,398
style=	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium	50,500^[52]	0	3,535	3,535	3,535	3,535	3,535	17,675	3,535
style=	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium	57,583^[53]	350	4,032	4,032	4,032	4,032	4,032	20,510	3,418
style=	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium	77,622^[54]	10,097	10,085	10,409	10,182	11,011†	6,831	58,615	9,769
style=	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field	68,400^[55]	0	0	0	0	5,451†	4,612	10,063	5,032
style=	Syracuse	Carrier Dome	49,262^[56]	No attendance due to COVID-19
style=	Virginia	Scott Stadium	61,500^[57]	0	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	250	4,250	708
style=	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium	65,632^[58]	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	250	250	4,500	750
style=	Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest	31,500^[59]	68	2,058	2,186†	2,135			6,447	1,612

Bold – Exceeded capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

See main article: 2021 NFL draft.

The following list includes all ACC Players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL draft

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Trevor Lawrence	QB	Clemson	1	1	1	Jacksonville Jaguars
Jaelan Phillips	DE	Miami	1	18	18	Miami Dolphins
Caleb Farley	CB	Virginia Tech	1	22	22	Tennessee Titans
Christian Darrisaw	OT	Virginia Tech	1	23	23	Minnesota Vikings
Travis Etienne	RB	Clemson	1	25	25	Jacksonville Jaguars
Gregory Rousseau	DE	Miami	1	30	30	Buffalo Bills
Javonte Williams	RB	North Carolina	2	3	35	Denver Broncos
Jackson Carman	OT	Clemson	2	14	46	Cincinnati Bengals
Asante Samuel Jr.	CB	Florida State	2	15	47	Los Angeles Chargers
Tutu Atwell	WR	Louisville	2	25	57	Los Angeles Rams
Carlos Basham Jr.	DE	Wake Forest	2	29	61	Buffalo Bills
Andre Cisco	S	Syracuse	3	1	65	Jacksonville Jaguars
Alim McNeill	DT	NC State	3	8	72	Detroit Lions
Chazz Surratt	LB	North Carolina	3	14	78	Minnesota Vikings
Divine Deablo	S	Virginia Tech	3	16	80	Las Vegas Raiders
Hunter Long	TE	Boston College	3	17	81	Miami Dolphins
Dyami Brown	WR	North Carolina	3	18	82	Washington Football Team
Amari Rodgers	WR	Clemson	3	21	85	Green Bay Packers
Patrick Jones II	DE	Pittsburgh	3	26	90	Minnesota Vikings
Ifeatu Melifonwu	CB	Syracuse	3	37	101	Detroit Lions
Michael Carter	RB	North Carolina	4	2	107	New York Jets
Dez Fitzpatrick	WR	Louisville	4	4	109	Tennessee Titans
Chris Rumph II	OLB	Duke	4	13	118	Los Angeles Chargers
Janarius Robinson	DE	Florida State	4	29	134	Minnesota Vikings
Rashad Weaver	DE	Pittsburgh	4	30	135	Tennessee Titans
Joshua Kaindoh	DE	Florida State	4	39	144	Kansas City Chiefs
Brevin Jordan	TE	Miami	5	3	147	Houston Texans
Michael Carter II	S	Duke	5	10	154	New York Jets
Noah Gray	TE	Duke	5	18	162	Kansas City Chiefs
Jason Pinnock	CB	Pittsburgh	5	31	175	New York Jets
Cornell Powell	WR	Clemson	5	37	181	Kansas City Chiefs
Hamsah Nasirildeen	S	Florida State	6	2	186	New York Jets
Jaylen Twyman	DT	Pittsburgh	6	15	199	Minnesota Vikings
Jalen Camp	WR	Georgia Tech	6	25	209	Jacksonville Jaguars
Victor Dimukeje	DE	Duke	6	26	210	Arizona Cardinals
Damar Hamlin	S	Pittsburgh	6	28	212	Buffalo Bills
Quincy Roche	OLB	Miami	6	32	216	Pittsburgh Steelers
Khalil Herbert	RB	Virginia Tech	6	33	217	Chicago Bears
Isaiah McDuffie	ILB	Boston College	6	36	220	Green Bay Packers
Dazz Newsome	WR	North Carolina	6	37	221	Chicago Bears
Jimmy Morrissey	C	Pittsburgh	7	2	230	Las Vegas Raiders
Pressley Harvin III	P	Georgia Tech	7	27	254	Pittsburgh Steelers

Further reading

• News: Jury still out on Notre Dame’s 1-and-done ACC member status . . . November 11, 2020 . November 12, 2020.

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