2012 ACC Championship Game

The 2012 ACC Championship Game was the eighth football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the winners of the ACCs two divisions, the Atlantic Division's Florida State Seminoles[1] and the Coastal Division's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. With three teams tied for the first place in the Coastal Division, only Georgia Tech was eligible for the Championship Game. Miami self-imposed a postseason ban in a bid to lessen possible NCAA sanctions (see 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal). North Carolina was serving a one-year bowl ban handed down by the NCAA as part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal.

Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, site of the 2012 ACC Championship Game

2012 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Florida State Seminoles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10–2) (6–6) 21 15 Head coach:  Jimbo Fisher Head coach:  Paul Johnson AP Coaches BCS 13 12 13 AP Coaches BCS N/A N/A N/A
1 2 3 4 Total Florida State 7 14 0 0 21 Georgia Tech 0 6 3 6 15
Date	December 1, 2012
Season	2012
Stadium	Bank of America Stadium
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP	James Wilder Jr.
Favorite	Florida State by 14
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox

This was the game's third consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 11 Clemson x		7	–	1					11	–	2
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Maryland		2	–	6					4	–	8
Boston College		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
North Carolina†		5	–	3					8	–	4
Miami‡		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					6	–	7
Virginia		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions.[2] ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.[2] Rankings from AP Poll

References

1. "Florida State tops Maryland, earns spot in ACC title game". Usatoday.com. 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
2. "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.