ACC
• The ACC has won the most national titles of any other conference (six) in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball since 2015. The next closest is the SEC with four. The ACC is the only conference to win each of the four titles over that stretch.
• In addition, the ACC's six major national titles have come from five different programs – Clemson football (2016, 2018), Notre Dame women’s basketball (2018), North Carolina men’s basketball (2017), Duke men’s basketball (2016), Virginia baseball (2015).
• The ACC has won more football national titles than any other conference since 2013 (three of the last six) and more men’s basketball national championships than any other league since 2015 (two of the last four).
• In the fall standings of the Learfield Directors’ Cup, the ACC leads all conferences with four teams in the top 10, and eight teams in the top 20. Wake Forest leads the way at No. 6, followed by No. 7 Duke, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 10 NC State, No. 14 Virginia, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 17 Florida State and No. 19 Syracuse.
Men’s Basketball
• Six ACC teams are ranked among the Top 25 of the latest AP poll, including No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 21 NC State and No. 23 Louisville, which makes its initial appearance in the 2018-19 AP Top 25 under first-year head coach Chris Mack.
• Louisville is the ninth ACC team to be ranked in the AP poll this season, tying a league record set numerous times previously.
• For the 94th time, the ACC has two of the top three teams in the AP poll.
• Seven ACC teams are ranked in this week’s Coaches’ poll, two more than any other conference.
• In the latest NCAA Net Rankings through games of Jan. 23, the ACC is tied for the most teams among all leagues with five – No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 11 Virginia Tech and No. 13 Louisville.
• Duke’s RJ Barrett (15) and Zion Williamson (11) have combined to score 20 or more points in an ACC freshmen record 26 games this season, eclipsing the previous mark of 23 set by Florida State’s Dwayne Bacon (12) and Mailk Beasley (11) in 2016.
• Following Tuesday’s 79-64 win at Pitt, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski now has 479 career ACC wins. That figure alone would put him at No. 33 on the total career wins list among active Division I coaches. Krzyzwewski is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 1,116.
• On This Date - January 26, 2016 – Winston-Salem, N.C. – Virginia rallies from seven points down with 15 seconds left to play to defeat Wake Forest 72-71 on Darius Thompson’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. Led by Malcolm Brogdon’s 28 points, the 11th-ranked Cavaliers score 18 points in the game’s final 1:23 to overcome a 14-point second half deficit.
Women's Basketball
• Six ACC teams are ranked this week’s polls. Five ACC teams are ranked in both the AP and USA Today/ Coaches polls, with four teams in the top 14. Notre Dame is the top ranked team in both polls for the third consecutive week, followed by No. 4/4 Louisville, No. 8/8 NC State, No. 13/14 Syracuse and No. 22/19 Florida State. Miami is No. 23 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, giving the ACC six ranked teams this week.
• The ACC is the No. 1 RPI ranked conference in the country. Ten ACC teams are in the top 51 of the RPI through games played on Jan. 22 (the most of any league – next closest is the SEC with nine). There are five teams in the Top 25 are Notre Dame (1), Louisville (5), Syracuse (6), NC State (7) and Florida State (22).
• In Charlie Creme’s latest Bracketology (Jan. 21), eight ACC teams are predicted to earn bids to the 2019 NCAA Championship.
• Several ACC teams enter this weekend with notable win streaks: NC State (19 games), Notre Dame (13 games), Louisville (4 games) and Miami (3 games).
• With a 19-0 record, NC State is off to its best start in program history. The Wolfpack is the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I (men’s or women’s basketball).
• The ACC owns 158 non-conference wins, the most of any league, and the third best non-conference winning percentage (.793). The ACC’s has 10 teams with double-digit win totals, the most of any league.
• The ACC owns 12 wins over non-conference ranked opponents with eight teams winning at least one game versus a top 25 foe.
• The ACC has two active 2,000 point scorers – Louisville’s Asia Durr and Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale owns 2,185 points for her career, which ranks 13th all-time on the ACC’s career scoring list, while Durr’s 2,106 points are good for 19th all-time.
Football
• ACC Champion Clemson won the league’s eighth football national championship with a 44-16 win over No. 1 Alabama on Jan. 7. The 28-point margin of victory was the largest over a No. 1 ranked team in ACC history.
• The ACC has now won three of the last six football national championships (Clemson 2018 & 2016, Florida State 2013), which leads all leagues.
• The ACC finished the bowl season with a 6-5 record, which does not include Boston College’s bowl game vs. Boise that was canceled due to weather. The six postseason wins tied for the most among all conferences.
• The ACC is the only conference to send every team to at least one bowl game over the last three seasons.
• The ACC’s 19 postseason wins over the last three years is the most of any conference.
Baseball
• Five ACC baseball teams are ranked among the Baseball America Preseason Top 25 – No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Florida State, No. 11 Louisville, No. 14 Clemson and No. 22 Duke.
• Ten ACC players were named to the D1 Baseball preseason All-America team, including three first-teamers in OF Michael Busch of North Carolina and SPs Drew Parrish of Florida State and Graeme Stinson of Duke.
Men's Lacrosse
• All five ACC men's lacrosse teams are ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason Poll, led by No. 2 Duke. The Blue Devils are followed by No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 Syracuse and No. 16 North Carolina. The ACC is tied for the most teams in the top 25 among all conferences.
• Eleven ACC men's lacrosse players have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America Team, highlighted by three first-team selections – Virginia midfielder Dox Aitken, Duke midfielder Brad Smith and Notre Dame midfielder Bryan Costabile. The ACC's 11 Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-Americans are the most of any league.
Women's Lacrosse
• An NCAA-best seven ACC women's lacrosse teams are ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason Poll, led by No. 1 Boston College. The Eagles are followed by No. 3 North Carolina, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Syracuse, No. 14 Virginia, No. 20 Duke and No. 22 Notre Dame.
• Eleven ACC women's lacrosse players have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-America Team, highlighted by five first-team selections – Boston College attackers Sam Apuzzo and Kenzie Kent, midfielder Dempsey Arsenault and defender Elizabeth Miller, and North Carolina attacker Katie Hoeg. The ACC's 11 Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-Americans are the most of any league.
Swimming & Diving
• Seven ACC men’s squads are ranked in the latest CSCAA Poll – the most of any conference – including No. 5 NC State, No. 8 Louisville, No. 14 Virginia, No. 19 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Virginia Tech, No. 22 Florida State and No. 23 Notre Dame.
• Five ACC women’s teams are ranked in the most recent CSCAA Poll, including No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 NC State, No. 16 Louisville, No. 19 Notre Dame and No. 21 Duke.
Track and Field
• Florida State continues to lead the ACC in the USTFCCCA rankings with the men’s team at No. 3 and women at No. 5. Women’s rankings also include No. 19 Louisville, No. 21 Georgia Tech, No. 24 Miami and No. 24 NC State.
Tennis
• Seven ACC women's teams are ranked in the most recent Oracle/ITA Rankings – the most of any conference – including No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 13 Georgia Tech, No. 15 Florida State, No. 17 Miami, No. 21 Virginia and No. 24 Syracuse.
• Five ACC men's squads are ranked in the latest Oracle/ITA Rankings – tied for the second-most of any conference – including reigning national champion and No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 16 Virginia, No. 17 Notre Dame and No. 19 Florida State.
Wrestling
• A season-high five ACC teams are ranked among the nation’s top 25 in this week’s NWCA Coaches poll. NC State maintains the No. 8 spot, followed by No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 13 Pitt, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 25 Virginia, which makes its first appearance in this season’s rankings. NC State is ranked among the nation’s top 10 for the 52nd consecutive week.
• The ACC has a 44-17 (.721) record against non-conference opponents.
• Twenty-four ACC wrestlers are nationally-ranked by InterMat this week in their respective weight classes, including 13 ranked among the nation’s top 10.
• Forty-two ACC wrestlers were listed as the NCAA released the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2018-19 wrestling season on Thursday (Jan. 24). The final rankings will be one of the tools used as part of the selection process to determine qualifiers and seeding for the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
• The ACC has won the most national titles of any other conference (six) in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball since 2015. The next closest is the SEC with four. The ACC is the only conference to win each of the four titles over that stretch.
• In addition, the ACC's six major national titles have come from five different programs – Clemson football (2016, 2018), Notre Dame women’s basketball (2018), North Carolina men’s basketball (2017), Duke men’s basketball (2016), Virginia baseball (2015).
• The ACC has won more football national titles than any other conference since 2013 (three of the last six) and more men’s basketball national championships than any other league since 2015 (two of the last four).
• In the fall standings of the Learfield Directors’ Cup, the ACC leads all conferences with four teams in the top 10, and eight teams in the top 20. Wake Forest leads the way at No. 6, followed by No. 7 Duke, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 10 NC State, No. 14 Virginia, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 17 Florida State and No. 19 Syracuse.
Men’s Basketball
• Six ACC teams are ranked among the Top 25 of the latest AP poll, including No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 21 NC State and No. 23 Louisville, which makes its initial appearance in the 2018-19 AP Top 25 under first-year head coach Chris Mack.
• Louisville is the ninth ACC team to be ranked in the AP poll this season, tying a league record set numerous times previously.
• For the 94th time, the ACC has two of the top three teams in the AP poll.
• Seven ACC teams are ranked in this week’s Coaches’ poll, two more than any other conference.
• In the latest NCAA Net Rankings through games of Jan. 23, the ACC is tied for the most teams among all leagues with five – No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 11 Virginia Tech and No. 13 Louisville.
• Duke’s RJ Barrett (15) and Zion Williamson (11) have combined to score 20 or more points in an ACC freshmen record 26 games this season, eclipsing the previous mark of 23 set by Florida State’s Dwayne Bacon (12) and Mailk Beasley (11) in 2016.
• Following Tuesday’s 79-64 win at Pitt, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski now has 479 career ACC wins. That figure alone would put him at No. 33 on the total career wins list among active Division I coaches. Krzyzwewski is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 1,116.
• On This Date - January 26, 2016 – Winston-Salem, N.C. – Virginia rallies from seven points down with 15 seconds left to play to defeat Wake Forest 72-71 on Darius Thompson’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. Led by Malcolm Brogdon’s 28 points, the 11th-ranked Cavaliers score 18 points in the game’s final 1:23 to overcome a 14-point second half deficit.
Women's Basketball
• Six ACC teams are ranked this week’s polls. Five ACC teams are ranked in both the AP and USA Today/ Coaches polls, with four teams in the top 14. Notre Dame is the top ranked team in both polls for the third consecutive week, followed by No. 4/4 Louisville, No. 8/8 NC State, No. 13/14 Syracuse and No. 22/19 Florida State. Miami is No. 23 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, giving the ACC six ranked teams this week.
• The ACC is the No. 1 RPI ranked conference in the country. Ten ACC teams are in the top 51 of the RPI through games played on Jan. 22 (the most of any league – next closest is the SEC with nine). There are five teams in the Top 25 are Notre Dame (1), Louisville (5), Syracuse (6), NC State (7) and Florida State (22).
• In Charlie Creme’s latest Bracketology (Jan. 21), eight ACC teams are predicted to earn bids to the 2019 NCAA Championship.
• Several ACC teams enter this weekend with notable win streaks: NC State (19 games), Notre Dame (13 games), Louisville (4 games) and Miami (3 games).
• With a 19-0 record, NC State is off to its best start in program history. The Wolfpack is the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I (men’s or women’s basketball).
• The ACC owns 158 non-conference wins, the most of any league, and the third best non-conference winning percentage (.793). The ACC’s has 10 teams with double-digit win totals, the most of any league.
• The ACC owns 12 wins over non-conference ranked opponents with eight teams winning at least one game versus a top 25 foe.
• The ACC has two active 2,000 point scorers – Louisville’s Asia Durr and Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale owns 2,185 points for her career, which ranks 13th all-time on the ACC’s career scoring list, while Durr’s 2,106 points are good for 19th all-time.
Football
• ACC Champion Clemson won the league’s eighth football national championship with a 44-16 win over No. 1 Alabama on Jan. 7. The 28-point margin of victory was the largest over a No. 1 ranked team in ACC history.
• The ACC has now won three of the last six football national championships (Clemson 2018 & 2016, Florida State 2013), which leads all leagues.
• The ACC finished the bowl season with a 6-5 record, which does not include Boston College’s bowl game vs. Boise that was canceled due to weather. The six postseason wins tied for the most among all conferences.
• The ACC is the only conference to send every team to at least one bowl game over the last three seasons.
• The ACC’s 19 postseason wins over the last three years is the most of any conference.
Baseball
• Five ACC baseball teams are ranked among the Baseball America Preseason Top 25 – No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Florida State, No. 11 Louisville, No. 14 Clemson and No. 22 Duke.
• Ten ACC players were named to the D1 Baseball preseason All-America team, including three first-teamers in OF Michael Busch of North Carolina and SPs Drew Parrish of Florida State and Graeme Stinson of Duke.
Men's Lacrosse
• All five ACC men's lacrosse teams are ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason Poll, led by No. 2 Duke. The Blue Devils are followed by No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 Syracuse and No. 16 North Carolina. The ACC is tied for the most teams in the top 25 among all conferences.
• Eleven ACC men's lacrosse players have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America Team, highlighted by three first-team selections – Virginia midfielder Dox Aitken, Duke midfielder Brad Smith and Notre Dame midfielder Bryan Costabile. The ACC's 11 Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-Americans are the most of any league.
Women's Lacrosse
• An NCAA-best seven ACC women's lacrosse teams are ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason Poll, led by No. 1 Boston College. The Eagles are followed by No. 3 North Carolina, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Syracuse, No. 14 Virginia, No. 20 Duke and No. 22 Notre Dame.
• Eleven ACC women's lacrosse players have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-America Team, highlighted by five first-team selections – Boston College attackers Sam Apuzzo and Kenzie Kent, midfielder Dempsey Arsenault and defender Elizabeth Miller, and North Carolina attacker Katie Hoeg. The ACC's 11 Face-off Yearbook Preseason All-Americans are the most of any league.
Swimming & Diving
• Seven ACC men’s squads are ranked in the latest CSCAA Poll – the most of any conference – including No. 5 NC State, No. 8 Louisville, No. 14 Virginia, No. 19 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Virginia Tech, No. 22 Florida State and No. 23 Notre Dame.
• Five ACC women’s teams are ranked in the most recent CSCAA Poll, including No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 NC State, No. 16 Louisville, No. 19 Notre Dame and No. 21 Duke.
Track and Field
• Florida State continues to lead the ACC in the USTFCCCA rankings with the men’s team at No. 3 and women at No. 5. Women’s rankings also include No. 19 Louisville, No. 21 Georgia Tech, No. 24 Miami and No. 24 NC State.
Tennis
• Seven ACC women's teams are ranked in the most recent Oracle/ITA Rankings – the most of any conference – including No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 13 Georgia Tech, No. 15 Florida State, No. 17 Miami, No. 21 Virginia and No. 24 Syracuse.
• Five ACC men's squads are ranked in the latest Oracle/ITA Rankings – tied for the second-most of any conference – including reigning national champion and No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 16 Virginia, No. 17 Notre Dame and No. 19 Florida State.
Wrestling
• A season-high five ACC teams are ranked among the nation’s top 25 in this week’s NWCA Coaches poll. NC State maintains the No. 8 spot, followed by No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 13 Pitt, No. 17 North Carolina and No. 25 Virginia, which makes its first appearance in this season’s rankings. NC State is ranked among the nation’s top 10 for the 52nd consecutive week.
• The ACC has a 44-17 (.721) record against non-conference opponents.
• Twenty-four ACC wrestlers are nationally-ranked by InterMat this week in their respective weight classes, including 13 ranked among the nation’s top 10.
• Forty-two ACC wrestlers were listed as the NCAA released the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2018-19 wrestling season on Thursday (Jan. 24). The final rankings will be one of the tools used as part of the selection process to determine qualifiers and seeding for the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
