League tops the U.S. News & World Report list for the 12th straight year
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – For the 12th consecutive year, the Atlantic Coast Conference leads the way among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences in the “Best Colleges” rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. 
 
Member schools combined for an average rank of 54.7. The ACC is the only FBS conference to place six member schools among the top 35 of the U.S. News & World Report rankings and its seven institutions among the top 40 are three more than any peer conference.
 
Duke boasts the league’s highest ranking at eighth and is joined in the top 40 by No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 25 Virginia, No. 27 Wake Forest, No. 30 North Carolina, No. 35. Georgia Tech and No. 38 Boston College.
 
See the following link for the complete latest U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges” rankings: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges
 
In addition to the overall best college rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranks 20 schools for Quality of Undergraduate Teaching. ACC members occupy six of the spots, while no other Power 5 conference has more than one. Duke ranks 10th, followed by No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 13 Wake Forest and Georgia Tech, and No. 16 Boston College and Clemson.
 
Notable from this year’s rankings: 

• The average rank of ACC schools is 54.7.
• The ACC has led the FBS conferences in best average rank in each of the last 12 years.
• The ACC has had a school finish in the top 10 every year since 2006 (one of only two FBS conferences that can make that claim).                 
• The ACC is the only FBS conference with seven member institutions among the top 40 – three more than any peer league. 

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