Teel Time: U.Va.'s goal of 70 ACC and 12 national titles in a decade beyond ambitious

Teel Time: U.Va.'s goal of 70 ACC and 12 national titles in a decade beyond ambitious


"Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage last month restated the Cavaliers’ 10-year goal of winning 70 ACC and 12 national championships. At first blush, the numbers are clearly ambitious. The conference record book reveals just how ambitious.
Indeed, North Carolina is the only ACC school ever to approach that success. From 1988-89 through 1997-98, the Tar Heels claimed 85 league and 15 national titles.
But remember, during that decade the ACC had eight or nine members. Today, 15 schools are chasing the conference’s 25 annual championships, though not all participate in each of those sports."

"# Florida State’s eight titles in 2013-14 were the most by any school since the ACC added Virginia Tech and Miami in 2004-05, and the most overall since North Carolina’s eight in 1997-98."


"# Virginia’s most recent year without an ACC title was 1990-91. Similarly, Florida State has won at least one championship every year since joining the ACC in 1991-92, with multiple titles in all but two of those years."


"# Finally, the all-time totals for ACC team championships, outright or shared: North Carolina 250, Maryland 199, Duke 125, Clemson 122, Virginia 120, North Carolina State 120, Florida State 76, Wake Forest 46, Georgia Tech 42, Virginia Tech 18, Miami 7, South Carolina 4, Notre Dame 2, Syracuse 1, Boston College 1."