ACC Conference Record in Bowl Games for 2024 Season

Karl Rasmussen | Jan 3, 2025

Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward looks up at the scoreboard during the second half against the Iowa State Cyclones during the Pop-Tarts Bowl. / Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images

The ACC had a disappointing college football season in 2024, and that was summed up adequately by their dismal showing as a conference in this season's bowl games. 13 of the 17 ACC teams qualified for bowl games this year, including the conference's two College Football Playoff teams: Clemson and SMU.

They didn't fare too well in postseason play. Both of the conference's CFP teams were eliminated in their first matchups, and the rest of the ACC limped through their bowl games. Here's a look at how the teams fared:

ACC Bowl Games:

Bowl Game	Teams & Score	ACC Record
CFP First-Round Game	SMU (10) vs. Penn State (38)	0-1
CFP First-Round Game	Clemson (24) vs. Texas (38)	0-2
Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk	California (13) vs. UNLV (24)	0-3
GameAbove Sports Bowl	Pittsburgh (46) vs. Toledo (48)	0-4
Birmingham Bowl	Georgia Tech (27) vs. Vanderbilt (35)	0-5
DirecTV Holiday Bowl	Syracuse (52) vs. Washington State (35)	1-5
Wasabi Fenway Bowl	UConn (27) vs. North Carolina (14)	1-6
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl	Boston College (15) vs. Nebraska (20)	1-7
Pop-Tarts Bowl	Iowa State (42) vs. Miami (41)	1-8
Go Bowling Military Bowl	East Carolina (26) vs. NC State (21)	1-9
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl	Louisville (35) vs. Washington (34)	2-9
Taxslayer Gator Bowl	Duke (20) vs. Ole Miss (52)	2-10
Duke's Mayo Bowl	Minnesota (24) vs. Virginia Tech (10)	2-11

Through the first 11 of the conference's 13 bowl game appearances, only two teams have emerged victorious: Louisville and Syracuse. Every other ACC team has fallen short in their bowl games, with Duke and Virginia Tech still yet to play.

Syracuse secured the conference's biggest victory, defeating Washington State by 17 while dropping an ACC-best 52 points. Meanwhile, SMU's 28-point loss to Penn State in the opening round of CFP play was the conference's biggest margin of defeat during bowl season.

The conference whimpered to the finish, with Duke losing 52–20 to Ole Miss in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl and Virginia Tech falling to Minnesota 24–10 in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

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