The Atlantic Coast Conference's statistical leaders in total offense and touchdown responsibility and 10 players who earned first-team, second-team or honorable mention All-Conference honors this past season secured spots on the 42-member 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Football Team, announced Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford.

The 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John D. Swofford is an ambitious slate which has conference teams playing 11 games against teams ranked in the final 2009 AP poll, 14 against opponents that are projected to be in the nation's pre-season Top 25 and 26 games against teams which participated 2009 in post-season bowl games.

Follow the 2010 Football Signing Day from all 12 ACC schools with links to each school's Signing Day Central page.

When Super Bowl XLIV kicks off on this Sunday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., the Atlantic Coast Conference will have a strong presence with both of the participating teams: the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. No fewer than 17 players on the rosters of the Super Bowl teams played their collegiate football at ACC schools while 10 of the coaches who will be working the game as participants have some connection to an ACC institution.

For the second straight year, the Atlantic Coast Conference leads all conferences by a wide margin in the number of former football standouts selected from its current schools to play in the National Football League's Pro Bowl, which will be held this Sunday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has 13 players from eight schools who have accepted invitations to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game. The Game will be held January 23, 2010, in Orlando, Fla., kicking off at 3 p.m. All 13 players will represent the East.

Gaines Adams, one of just three players in Clemson football history to be a named a unanimous first-team All-American, died Sunday morning, January 17, in his home town of Greenwood, SC. He was 26 years old.

No. 10 Iowa solved No. 9 Georgia Tech's explosive triple option and Ricky Stanzi threw two early touchdown passes for a 24-14 victory Tuesday night in the coldest Orange Bowl ever.

Jermaine Thomas ran for two touchdowns, Florida State scored 20 straight points to take control and the Seminoles knocked off No. 18 West Virginia 33-21 at the Gator Bowl in the final game of Bowden's storied 44-year career as a head coach

Ryan Williams capped a brilliant first season with a record-setting game, running for two touchdowns to power Virginia Tech past Tennessee 37-14 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Thursday night.

John Clay had 121 yards rushing and two touchdowns, powering No. 24 Wisconsin past 14th-ranked Miami 20-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday night.

C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown and had 172 all-purpose yards in his final college game, leading Clemson to a 21-13 victory Sunday night in the Music City Bowl.

Montel Harris finished with 102 yards on 23 carries for his fifth straight 100-yard game, but BC struggled to move the ball in the second half. The Eagles had just 19 yards in the third quarter and never mounted a sustained drive in the second half until the game had been decided.

Dion Lewis rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown to pass Tony Dorsett as Pittsburgh's top freshman rusher, and Dan Hutchins kicked a 33-yard field goal with 52 seconds left to give the 17th-ranked Panthers a 19-17 win over North Carolina on Saturday in the Meineke Bowl.

Mike London, the head football coach at the University of Richmond for the last two years, is the new head football coach at the University of Virginia, UVa Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced today. London will be returning to head up a Cavalier program where he twice previously served stints as an assistant coach.

The Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday announced the post season bowl pairings for its seven NCAA bowl-eligible teams. The ACC's seven bowl-bound teams gives the conference 41 teams which have participated post-season bowl games over the past five years, which is second only the SEC, which has had 42.

ACC Bowl List

Jonathan Dwyer's 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaining gave the 12th-ranked Yellow Jackets a 39-34 victory over No. 25 Clemson in Saturday night's Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game.

2009 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Site

This week's spotlight includes Clemson's DeAndre McDaniel & Jacoby Ford and Georgia Tech's Ben Anderson & Brad Sellers

In recognition of his tremendous courage, perseverance and inspiration, ACC Commissioner John Swofford will honor Mark Herzlich with the Commissioner's Cup. The cup is given at the Commissioner's discretion and this marks the first to be awarded to a student-athlete.

NC State running back Toney Baker (High Point, N.C.), who missed both the 2007 and 2008 seasons with a knee injury, is the recipient of the 2009 Brian Piccolo Award, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today.