FBS conference belt

The ACC Belt

A companion lineage restricted to ACC: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two ACC members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in ACC at the time. Caught it by beating NC State on November 15, 2025. Defended it 5 more times since.

Next ACC gameMiami vs. Florida State · October 17, 2026 — Florida State takes it with a win.

161Reigns

525Belt Games

20Programs

Longest Reign

Florida State — 3 yrs, 51 days

September 12, 1992 – November 2, 1995

Most Defenses, One Reign

Florida State — 27

starting September 12, 1992

Most Reigns, All-Time

Clemson — 23 separate reigns

20 ACC programs have held it

#	Team	Reign	Length	Def.	Won it	Lost it
1	Duke	September 19, 1953 – September 22, 1956	3 yrs, 3 days	11	Established it (first game on record)	lost to South Carolina
2	South Carolina	September 22, 1956 – October 25, 1956	33 days	2	beat Duke 7–0	lost to Clemson
3	Clemson	October 25, 1956 – September 28, 1957	338 days	2	beat South Carolina 7–0	lost to North Carolina
4	North Carolina	September 28, 1957 – October 19, 1957	21 days	0	beat Clemson 26–0	lost to Maryland
5	Maryland	October 19, 1957 – November 9, 1957	21 days	1	beat North Carolina 21–7	lost to Clemson
6	Clemson	November 9, 1957 – November 16, 1957	7 days	0	beat Maryland 26–7	lost to Duke
7	Duke	November 16, 1957 – November 23, 1957	7 days	0	beat Clemson 7–6	lost to North Carolina
8	North Carolina	November 23, 1957 – November 30, 1957	7 days	0	beat Duke 21–13	lost to Virginia
9	Virginia	November 30, 1957 – September 20, 1958	294 days	0	beat North Carolina 20–13	lost to Clemson
10	Clemson	September 20, 1958 – October 23, 1958	33 days	2	beat Virginia 20–15	lost to South Carolina
11	South Carolina	October 23, 1958 – November 1, 1958	9 days	0	beat Clemson 26–6	lost to Maryland
12	Maryland	November 1, 1958 – October 10, 1959	343 days	1	beat South Carolina 10–6	lost to Wake Forest
13	Wake Forest	October 10, 1959 – October 24, 1959	14 days	1	beat Maryland 10–7	lost to North Carolina
14	North Carolina	October 24, 1959 – September 24, 1960	336 days	2	beat Wake Forest 21–19	lost to NC State
15	NC State	September 24, 1960 – October 15, 1960	21 days	2	beat North Carolina 3–0	lost to Duke
16	Duke	October 15, 1960 – November 19, 1960	35 days	2	beat NC State 17–13	lost to North Carolina
17	North Carolina	November 19, 1960 – October 7, 1961	322 days	2	beat Duke 7–6	lost to Clemson
18	Clemson	October 7, 1961 – October 14, 1961	7 days	0	beat North Carolina 27–0	lost to Wake Forest
19	Wake Forest	October 14, 1961 – October 21, 1961	7 days	0	beat Clemson 17–13	lost to NC State
20	NC State	October 21, 1961 – October 28, 1961	7 days	0	beat Wake Forest 7–0	lost to Duke
21	Duke	October 28, 1961 – October 26, 1963	1 yr, 363 days	11	beat NC State 17–6	lost to NC State
22	NC State	October 26, 1963 – October 17, 1964	357 days	5	beat Duke 21–7	lost to Duke
23	Duke	October 17, 1964 – November 7, 1964	21 days	0	beat NC State 35–3	lost to Wake Forest
24	Wake Forest	November 7, 1964 – November 14, 1964	7 days	0	beat Duke 20–7	lost to South Carolina
25	South Carolina	November 14, 1964 – September 25, 1965	315 days	1	beat Wake Forest 23–13	lost to Duke
26	Duke	September 25, 1965 – October 16, 1965	21 days	0	beat South Carolina 20–15	lost to Clemson
27	Clemson	October 16, 1965 – November 6, 1965	21 days	1	beat Duke 3–2	lost to North Carolina
28	North Carolina	November 6, 1965 – November 20, 1965	14 days	0	beat Clemson 17–13	lost to Duke
29	Duke	November 20, 1965 – October 8, 1966	322 days	1	beat North Carolina 34–7	lost to Maryland
30	Maryland	October 8, 1966 – November 5, 1966	28 days	1	beat Duke 21–19	lost to NC State
31	NC State	November 5, 1966 – November 18, 1967	1 yr, 13 days	6	beat Maryland 24–21	lost to Clemson
32	Clemson	November 18, 1967 – November 23, 1968	1 yr, 5 days	6	beat NC State 14–6	lost to South Carolina
33	South Carolina	November 23, 1968 – October 17, 1970	1 yr, 328 days	9	beat Clemson 7–3	lost to Maryland
34	Maryland	October 17, 1970 – October 24, 1970	7 days	0	beat South Carolina 21–15	lost to NC State
35	NC State	October 24, 1970 – November 14, 1970	21 days	1	beat Maryland 6–0	lost to Wake Forest
36	Wake Forest	November 14, 1970 – October 9, 1971	329 days	1	beat NC State 16–13	lost to NC State
37	NC State	October 9, 1971 – October 16, 1971	7 days	0	beat Wake Forest 21–14	lost to Duke
38	Duke	October 16, 1971 – November 13, 1971	28 days	0	beat NC State 41–13	lost to Wake Forest
39	Wake Forest	November 13, 1971 – October 7, 1972	329 days	0	beat Duke 23–7	lost to Maryland
40	Maryland	October 7, 1972 – October 21, 1972	14 days	0	beat Wake Forest 23–0	lost to Duke
41	Duke	October 21, 1972 – November 11, 1972	21 days	0	beat Maryland 20–14	lost to Wake Forest
42	Wake Forest	November 11, 1972 – November 18, 1972	7 days	0	beat Duke 9–7	lost to Virginia
43	Virginia	November 18, 1972 – September 15, 1973	301 days	0	beat Wake Forest 15–12	lost to NC State
44	NC State	September 15, 1973 – October 19, 1974	1 yr, 34 days	9	beat Virginia 43–23	lost to North Carolina
45	North Carolina	October 19, 1974 – November 9, 1974	21 days	1	beat NC State 33–14	lost to Clemson
46	Clemson	November 9, 1974 – October 18, 1975	343 days	2	beat North Carolina 54–32	lost to Duke
47	Duke	October 18, 1975 – October 23, 1976	1 yr, 5 days	5	beat Clemson 25–21	lost to Maryland
48	Maryland	October 23, 1976 – October 1, 1977	343 days	3	beat Duke 30–3	lost to NC State
49	NC State	October 1, 1977 – October 15, 1977	14 days	0	beat Maryland 24–20	lost to North Carolina
50	North Carolina	October 15, 1977 – September 23, 1978	343 days	4	beat NC State 27–14	lost to Maryland
51	Maryland	September 23, 1978 – November 18, 1978	56 days	4	beat North Carolina 21–20	lost to Clemson
52	Clemson	November 18, 1978 – September 15, 1979	301 days	0	beat Maryland 28–24	lost to Maryland
53	Maryland	September 15, 1979 – October 13, 1979	28 days	0	beat Clemson 19–0	lost to NC State
54	NC State	October 13, 1979 – October 20, 1979	7 days	0	beat Maryland 7–0	lost to North Carolina
55	North Carolina	October 20, 1979 – November 3, 1979	14 days	0	beat NC State 35–21	lost to Maryland
56	Maryland	November 3, 1979 – September 27, 1980	329 days	1	beat North Carolina 17–14	lost to North Carolina
57	North Carolina	September 27, 1980 – November 7, 1981	1 yr, 41 days	8	beat Maryland 17–3	lost to Clemson
58	Clemson	November 7, 1981 – September 29, 1984	2 yrs, 327 days	15	beat North Carolina 10–8	lost to Georgia Tech
59	Georgia Tech	September 29, 1984 – October 6, 1984	7 days	0	beat Clemson 28–21	lost to NC State
60	NC State	October 6, 1984 – October 13, 1984	7 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 27–22	lost to Maryland
61	Maryland	October 13, 1984 – September 27, 1986	1 yr, 349 days	10	beat NC State 44–21	lost to NC State
62	NC State	September 27, 1986 – October 11, 1986	14 days	0	beat Maryland 28–16	lost to Georgia Tech
63	Georgia Tech	October 11, 1986 – November 22, 1986	42 days	1	beat NC State 59–21	lost to Wake Forest
64	Wake Forest	November 22, 1986 – October 17, 1987	329 days	2	beat Georgia Tech 24–21	lost to Maryland
65	Maryland	October 17, 1987 – October 31, 1987	14 days	1	beat Wake Forest 14–0	lost to North Carolina
66	North Carolina	October 31, 1987 – November 7, 1987	7 days	0	beat Maryland 27–14	lost to Clemson
67	Clemson	November 7, 1987 – October 22, 1988	350 days	4	beat North Carolina 13–10	lost to NC State
68	NC State	October 22, 1988 – November 5, 1988	14 days	0	beat Clemson 10–3	lost to Virginia
69	Virginia	November 5, 1988 – October 7, 1989	336 days	4	beat NC State 19–14	lost to Clemson
70	Clemson	October 7, 1989 – October 14, 1989	7 days	0	beat Virginia 34–20	lost to Georgia Tech
71	Georgia Tech	October 14, 1989 – October 28, 1989	14 days	1	beat Clemson 30–14	lost to Duke
72	Duke	October 28, 1989 – September 22, 1990	329 days	3	beat Georgia Tech 30–19	lost to Virginia
73	Virginia	September 22, 1990 – November 3, 1990	42 days	2	beat Duke 59–0	lost to Georgia Tech
74	Georgia Tech	November 3, 1990 – September 28, 1991	329 days	2	beat Virginia 41–38	lost to Clemson
75	Clemson	September 28, 1991 – September 12, 1992	350 days	6	beat Georgia Tech 9–7	lost to Florida State
76	Florida State	September 12, 1992 – November 2, 1995	3 yrs, 51 days	27	beat Clemson 24–20	lost to Virginia
77	Virginia	November 2, 1995 – October 5, 1996	338 days	3	beat Florida State 33–28	lost to Georgia Tech
78	Georgia Tech	October 5, 1996 – October 19, 1996	14 days	0	beat Virginia 13–7	lost to Clemson
79	Clemson	October 19, 1996 – September 20, 1997	336 days	4	beat Georgia Tech 28–25	lost to Florida State
80	Florida State	September 20, 1997 – September 12, 1998	357 days	6	beat Clemson 35–28	lost to NC State
81	NC State	September 12, 1998 – October 10, 1998	28 days	0	beat Florida State 24–7	lost to Georgia Tech
82	Georgia Tech	October 10, 1998 – October 24, 1998	14 days	1	beat NC State 47–24	lost to Florida State
83	Florida State	October 24, 1998 – September 22, 2001	2 yrs, 333 days	20	beat Georgia Tech 34–7	lost to North Carolina
84	North Carolina	September 22, 2001 – November 1, 2001	40 days	3	beat Florida State 41–9	lost to Georgia Tech
85	Georgia Tech	November 1, 2001 – November 10, 2001	9 days	0	beat North Carolina 28–21	lost to Virginia
86	Virginia	November 10, 2001 – August 31, 2002	294 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 39–38	lost to Florida State
87	Florida State	August 31, 2002 – November 23, 2002	84 days	6	beat Virginia 40–19	lost to NC State
88	NC State	November 23, 2002 – September 6, 2003	287 days	0	beat Florida State 17–7	lost to Wake Forest
89	Wake Forest	September 6, 2003 – September 27, 2003	21 days	0	beat NC State 38–24	lost to Virginia
90	Virginia	September 27, 2003 – October 11, 2003	14 days	1	beat Wake Forest 27–24	lost to Clemson
91	Clemson	October 11, 2003 – October 16, 2003	5 days	0	beat Virginia 30–27	lost to NC State
92	NC State	October 16, 2003 – November 15, 2003	30 days	2	beat Clemson 17–15	lost to Florida State
93	Florida State	November 15, 2003 – September 11, 2004	301 days	0	beat NC State 50–44	lost to Miami
94	Miami	September 11, 2004 – October 30, 2004	49 days	2	beat Florida State 16–10	lost to North Carolina
95	North Carolina	October 30, 2004 – November 6, 2004	7 days	0	beat Miami 31–28	lost to Virginia Tech
96	Virginia Tech	November 6, 2004 – November 5, 2005	364 days	8	beat North Carolina 27–24	lost to Miami
97	Miami	November 5, 2005 – November 20, 2005	15 days	1	beat Virginia Tech 27–7	lost to Georgia Tech
98	Georgia Tech	November 20, 2005 – October 21, 2006	335 days	3	beat Miami 14–10	lost to Clemson
99	Clemson	October 21, 2006 – October 26, 2006	5 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 31–7	lost to Virginia Tech
100	Virginia Tech	October 26, 2006 – October 25, 2007	364 days	6	beat Clemson 24–7	lost to Boston College
101	Boston College	October 25, 2007 – November 3, 2007	9 days	0	beat Virginia Tech 14–10	lost to Florida State
102	Florida State	November 3, 2007 – November 10, 2007	7 days	0	beat Boston College 27–17	lost to Virginia Tech
103	Virginia Tech	November 10, 2007 – October 18, 2008	343 days	5	beat Florida State 40–21	lost to Boston College
104	Boston College	October 18, 2008 – October 25, 2008	7 days	0	beat Virginia Tech 28–23	lost to North Carolina
105	North Carolina	October 25, 2008 – November 15, 2008	21 days	1	beat Boston College 45–24	lost to Maryland
106	Maryland	November 15, 2008 – November 22, 2008	7 days	0	beat North Carolina 17–15	lost to Florida State
107	Florida State	November 22, 2008 – September 7, 2009	289 days	0	beat Maryland 37–3	lost to Miami
108	Miami	September 7, 2009 – September 26, 2009	19 days	1	beat Florida State 38–34	lost to Virginia Tech
109	Virginia Tech	September 26, 2009 – October 17, 2009	21 days	2	beat Miami 31–7	lost to Georgia Tech
110	Georgia Tech	October 17, 2009 – September 25, 2010	343 days	5	beat Virginia Tech 28–23	lost to NC State
111	NC State	September 25, 2010 – October 2, 2010	7 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 45–28	lost to Virginia Tech
112	Virginia Tech	October 2, 2010 – October 1, 2011	364 days	7	beat NC State 41–30	lost to Clemson
113	Clemson	October 1, 2011 – October 29, 2011	28 days	3	beat Virginia Tech 23–3	lost to Georgia Tech
114	Georgia Tech	October 29, 2011 – November 10, 2011	12 days	0	beat Clemson 31–17	lost to Virginia Tech
115	Virginia Tech	November 10, 2011 – December 4, 2011	24 days	2	beat Georgia Tech 37–26	lost to Clemson
116	Clemson	December 4, 2011 – September 22, 2012	293 days	0	beat Virginia Tech 38–10	lost to Florida State
117	Florida State	September 22, 2012 – October 6, 2012	14 days	0	beat Clemson 49–37	lost to NC State
118	NC State	October 6, 2012 – October 27, 2012	21 days	1	beat Florida State 17–16	lost to North Carolina
119	North Carolina	October 27, 2012 – November 10, 2012	14 days	0	beat NC State 43–35	lost to Georgia Tech
120	Georgia Tech	November 10, 2012 – December 2, 2012	22 days	1	beat North Carolina 68–50	lost to Florida State
121	Florida State	December 2, 2012 – October 24, 2015	2 yrs, 326 days	22	beat Georgia Tech 21–15	lost to Georgia Tech
122	Georgia Tech	October 24, 2015 – October 31, 2015	7 days	0	beat Florida State 22–16	lost to Virginia
123	Virginia	October 31, 2015 – November 7, 2015	7 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 27–21	lost to Miami
124	Miami	November 7, 2015 – November 14, 2015	7 days	0	beat Virginia 27–21	lost to North Carolina
125	North Carolina	November 14, 2015 – December 5, 2015	21 days	2	beat Miami 59–21	lost to Clemson
126	Clemson	December 5, 2015 – November 12, 2016	343 days	6	beat North Carolina 45–37	lost to Pittsburgh
127	Pittsburgh	November 12, 2016 – September 23, 2017	315 days	2	beat Clemson 43–42	lost to Georgia Tech
128	Georgia Tech	September 23, 2017 – October 14, 2017	21 days	1	beat Pittsburgh 35–17	lost to Miami
129	Miami	October 14, 2017 – November 24, 2017	41 days	4	beat Georgia Tech 25–24	lost to Pittsburgh
130	Pittsburgh	November 24, 2017 – September 22, 2018	302 days	1	beat Miami 24–14	lost to North Carolina
131	North Carolina	September 22, 2018 – September 27, 2018	5 days	0	beat Pittsburgh 38–35	lost to Miami
132	Miami	September 27, 2018 – October 13, 2018	16 days	1	beat North Carolina 47–10	lost to Virginia
133	Virginia	October 13, 2018 – November 2, 2018	20 days	2	beat Miami 16–13	lost to Pittsburgh
134	Pittsburgh	November 2, 2018 – November 24, 2018	22 days	2	beat Virginia 23–13	lost to Miami
135	Miami	November 24, 2018 – September 7, 2019	287 days	0	beat Pittsburgh 24–3	lost to North Carolina
136	North Carolina	September 7, 2019 – September 13, 2019	6 days	0	beat Miami 28–25	lost to Wake Forest
137	Wake Forest	September 13, 2019 – October 12, 2019	29 days	1	beat North Carolina 24–18	lost to Louisville
138	Louisville	October 12, 2019 – October 19, 2019	7 days	0	beat Wake Forest 62–59	lost to Clemson
139	Clemson	October 19, 2019 – November 7, 2020	1 yr, 19 days	10	beat Louisville 45–10	lost to Notre Dame
140	Notre Dame	November 7, 2020 – December 19, 2020	42 days	3	beat Clemson 47–40	lost to Clemson
141	Clemson	December 19, 2020 – September 25, 2021	280 days	1	beat Notre Dame 34–10	lost to NC State
142	NC State	September 25, 2021 – October 23, 2021	28 days	1	beat Clemson 27–21	lost to Miami
143	Miami	October 23, 2021 – November 13, 2021	21 days	2	beat NC State 31–30	lost to Florida State
144	Florida State	November 13, 2021 – October 1, 2022	322 days	3	beat Miami 31–28	lost to Wake Forest
145	Wake Forest	October 1, 2022 – October 29, 2022	28 days	1	beat Florida State 31–21	lost to Louisville
146	Louisville	October 29, 2022 – November 12, 2022	14 days	0	beat Wake Forest 48–21	lost to Clemson
147	Clemson	November 12, 2022 – September 4, 2023	296 days	2	beat Louisville 31–16	lost to Duke
148	Duke	September 4, 2023 – October 21, 2023	47 days	1	beat Clemson 28–7	lost to Florida State
149	Florida State	October 21, 2023 – August 24, 2024	308 days	4	beat Duke 38–20	lost to Georgia Tech
150	Georgia Tech	August 24, 2024 – September 7, 2024	14 days	0	beat Florida State 24–21	lost to Syracuse
151	Syracuse	September 7, 2024 – September 20, 2024	13 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 31–28	lost to Stanford
152	Stanford	September 20, 2024 – September 28, 2024	8 days	0	beat Syracuse 26–24	lost to Clemson
153	Clemson	September 28, 2024 – November 2, 2024	35 days	3	beat Stanford 40–14	lost to Louisville
154	Louisville	November 2, 2024 – November 16, 2024	14 days	0	beat Clemson 33–21	lost to Stanford
155	Stanford	November 16, 2024 – November 23, 2024	7 days	0	beat Louisville 38–35	lost to California
156	California	November 23, 2024 – November 30, 2024	7 days	0	beat Stanford 24–21	lost to SMU
157	SMU	November 30, 2024 – December 7, 2024	7 days	0	beat California 38–6	lost to Clemson
158	Clemson	December 7, 2024 – September 13, 2025	280 days	0	beat SMU 34–31	lost to Georgia Tech
159	Georgia Tech	September 13, 2025 – November 1, 2025	49 days	4	beat Clemson 24–21	lost to NC State
160	NC State	November 1, 2025 – November 15, 2025	14 days	0	beat Georgia Tech 48–36	lost to Miami
161	Miami	November 15, 2025 – Present	324 days	5	beat NC State 41–7	— present —

No reigns match “.”

Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in ACC keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.

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