2009 ACC football season
The 2009 ACC football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from September 3, 2009, to January 5, 2010 (based on current bowl tie-in with the Fedex Orange Bowl but can run shorter or longer if teams are invited to different bowl games). The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions will meet in the 2009 ACC Championship Game.
Previous season
Boston College and Florida State tied for the Atlantic division championship. Boston College beat Florida State during the regular season so they represented the Atlantic division in the 2008 ACC Championship Game. A similar situation occurred in the Coastal division where Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech tied. Virginia Tech won the regular season meeting so they represented the Coastal division in the championship game. Virginia Tech would win the ACC championship game 30-12 over Boston College and would represent the ACC in the Fedex Orange Bowl where they would defeat Cincinnati, the champions of the Big East Conference, 20-7.
The ACC would ultimately send 10 teams to bowl games, the most of any conference in 2008. Boston College (9-5) lost to Vanderbilt 16-14 in the Music City Bowl. Florida State (9-4) beat Wisconsin 42-13 in the Champs Sports Bowl. Georgia Tech (9-4) lost to LSU 38-3 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Maryland (8-5) beat Nevada 42-35 in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl. North Carolina (8-5) lost to West Virginia 31-30 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Wake Forest (8-5) beat Navy 29-19 in the EagleBank Bowl. Miami (7-6) lost to California 24-17 in the Emerald Bowl. Clemson (7-6) lost to Nebraska 26-21 in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl. North Carolina State (6-7) lost to Rutgers 29-23 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Virginia (5-7) and Duke (4-8).
Preseason
Preseason poll
The 2009 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, NC on July 27. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division and the conference. Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division. Jonathan Dwyer of Georgia Tech was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.
Atlantic Division poll
Florida State – 479 (56)
Clemson – 387 (14)
North Carolina State – 364 (10)
Wake Forest – 295 (7)
Maryland – 157
Boston College – 145
Coastal Division poll
Virginia Tech – 512 (78)
Georgia Tech – 415 (9)
North Carolina – 350
Miami – 21
Virginia – 148
Duke – 120
Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner
Virginia Tech- 69
Florida State- 7
Georgia Tech- 7
Clemson- 2
North Carolina State- 2
Preseason All Conference Teams
Offence
QB Russell Wilson- NC State, RB Jonathan Dwyer- Georgia Tech, RB C.J. Spiller- Clemson, WR Demaryius Thomas- Georgia Tech, WR Jacoby Ford- Clemson, TE Greg Boone- Virginia Tech, OT Jason Fox- Miami, OT Anthony Castonzo- Boston College, OG Sergio Render- Virginia Tech, OG Rodney Hudson- Florida State, C Matt Tennant- Boston College, PK Matt Bosher- Miami.
Defence
DE Jason Worilds- Virginia Tech, DE Willie Young- NC State, DT Vince Oghobaase- Duke, DT Marvin Austin- North Carolina, LB Dekoda Watson- Florida State, LB Quan Sturdivant- North Carolina, LB Alex Wujciak- Maryland, CB Ras-I Dowling- Virginia, CB Kendric Burney- North Carolina, S Morgan Burnett- Georgia Tech, S Kam Chancellor- Virginia Tech, P Travis Baltz- Maryland, Specialist: C.J. Spiller- Clemson.
Regular season
All times Eastern time
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.
Week One
ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Atlanta for the Chich-fil-A College Kickoff against Virginia Tech and Alababma
Players of the Week
Week Two
Players of the Week
Week Three
Players of the Week
Week Four
Players of the Week
Week Five
ESPN's College Gameday broadcast from Chestnut Hill, MA for the Boston College vs Florida State game. Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich, the 2008 ACC Defensive player of the year who eariler in the year was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, annouced he was now cancer free.
Players of the Week
Week Six
Players of the Week
Week Seven
Players of the Week
Week Eight
Players of the Week
Week Nine
Players of the Week
Bowl games
If a situation occurs where there are more than 9 bowl eligible teams the bowls with tie ins must take a team with 7 or more wins before taking a 6-6 team. This occured in 2008 where the EagleBank Bowl was forced to invite Wake Forest to play Navy, despite the fact that they had already faced each other during the regular season, over 6-6 North Carolina State because they were the last ACC team with 7 wins not yet in a bowl. North Carolina State would eventually receive an at-large bid to the PapaJohns.com Bowl.
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