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The Atlantic Coast Conference is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division I, with member institutions in California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. It was founded in 1953, when seven schools split off from the Southern Conference primarily in response to that conference's ban on postseason play.
The ACC is traditionally perceived as the strongest conference in college basketball. It also features some of the strongest academic institutions in Division I.
Current members (year joined)[]
- Boston College (joined in 2005)
- California (joined in 2024)
- Clemson (charter member)
- Duke (charter member)
- Florida State (joined in 1991)
- Georgia Tech (joined in 1979)
- Louisville (joined in 2014)
- Miami (FL) (joined in 2004)
- North Carolina (charter member)
- North Carolina State (charter member)
- Notre Dame (joined in 2013)
- Pittsburgh (joined in 2013)
- SMU (joined in 2024)
- Stanford (joined in 2024)
- Syracuse (joined in 2013)
- Virginia (joined in December 1953; first basketball season in 1953–54)
- Virginia Tech (joined in 2004)
- Wake Forest (charter member)
Former members[]
- Maryland (1953-2014)
- South Carolina (1953-1971)