The win marked Duke's first league title since it split one with the Cavaliers in 1989 before the establishment of the ACC Championship Game. Virginia (10-3) was also seeking its first-ever conference championship game victory but couldn't overcome a barrage of clutch plays from the Blue Devils.

The simple answer to all of this mess is to tell Notre Dame to join a conference, but in reality, the only program not a part of the ACC is its football team, w

11 teams, plus Notre Dame, are bowl eligible. Cal is obligated to be placed in a Pac-12-affiliated bowl and have already accepted a bid to the Hawaii Bowl. See the ACC bowl tie-ins and affiliations below: *NOTE: Notre Dame, if not in the CFP, can be selected by any of the bowls with ACC tie-ins.*

Duke is ACC champion for the first time since 1989, but its five regular-season losses mean the CFP committee selected Miami for the field.

The five-loss Blue Devils weren't ranked in the College Football Playoff committee's final top 25 and didn't get a spot in the 12-team playoff field despite winning the ACC title Saturday night.

Here's where ACC teams landed in the updated US LBM Coaches and AP Top 25 polls for Week 15: ACC teams in bold. First-place votes in parentheses. This section will be updated when the new Coaches' Poll is released. This section will be updated when the new AP Top 20 poll is released.

ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips yesterday issued a statement in response to Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua’s comments on the school’s relationship with the conference after missing the College Football Playoff.

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King, Miami defensive end Rueben Bain Jr., and Virginia coach Tony Elliott won top honors from The Associated Press for the 2025 season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.