[1] Clemson defeated Miami, 38–3, in the ACC Football Championship Game.

[3] Miami was played in the Orange Bowl as the ACC's other New Years Six team and lost to Wisconsin 24–34.

[6] Wake Forest won a shootout in the Belk Bowl with Texas A&M, 55–52.

[11] Duke beat Northern Illinois 36–14 in the Quick Lane Bowl.

[12] The 2018 ACC Football Kickoff event was held on July 18 & 19 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

On July 6, the ACC announced 28 student athletes from 14 schools that addressed the media at the kickoff event.

The poll was voted on by 148 media members, all of which were in attendance for the ACC Football Kickoff.

Source:[15] 1 A. J. Dillon (RB) - Boston College - 45 2 Christian Wilkins (DT) - Clemson - 42 3 Ryan Finley (QB) - NC State - 37 4 Cam Akers (RB) - Florida State - 13 5 Greg Dortch (WR) - Wake Forest – 3 T6 Joe Giles-Harris (LB) - Duke, TaQuon Marshall (QB) - Georgia Tech – 2 T8 Zach Allen - (DE) - Boston College, Eric Dungey (QB) - Syracuse, Jaylen Smith (WR) - Louisville, Olamide Zaccheaus (HB) - Virginia – 1 Source:[15] Notes: † denotes Homecoming game This is a list of the power conference teams (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC).