Top 12 Best ACC Schools

The ACC is considered one of the six "power conferences" in American college sports. Best known for men's basketball, this list contains all ACC Schools features every college within the Atlantic Coast Conference.

12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech, is a public, land-grant, research university with a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, educational facilities in six regions statewide, and a study-abroad site in Switzerland.
11. Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, non-sectarian, coeducational research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834.
10. University of Virginia

The University of Virginia, is a research university founded by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and located in Charlottesville, Virginia. UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies.
9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, or simply Carolina, is a coeducational public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
8. University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately 4 miles from the northeast border of Washington, D.C.
7. Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.
6. University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
5. North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University, officially North Carolina State University at Raleigh, is a public, coeducational, research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
4. Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.
3. Florida State University

The Florida State University is an American public space-grant and sea-grant research university. Its primary campus is located on a 1,391.54-acre campus in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.
2. Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university located in Clemson, South Carolina.
1. Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, 6 miles west of downtown Boston.