The ACC football champion is the team that finishes the season with the highest winning percentage in conference games. If more than one team has the same winning percentage, the tied teams are declared co-champions.

In order to determine the conference's representative to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), the procedured listed below will be followed. All references to ranking refer to BCS standings released after the regular season is completed for all ACC members.

Two Way Tie (between Teams A & B)

1. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked higher -- Team A earns the BCS bid
2. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, but in the Top 10 -- Team A earns bid (*except if Team B is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the BCS standings, then Team B earns the BCS bid).
3. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, but is ranked five or fewer positions below Team B -- Team A earns the BCS bid.
4. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, and more than five positions below Team B -- Team B earns the BCS bid.

If two teams have the same ranking, or both are unranked, the bid goes to the team that has won the head-to-head game.

Three Way Tie (a "mini-conference" is created among the three tied teams)

Scenario I: All three teams have either a 7-1 or 6-2 conference record and have each won one and lost one against the other tied teams in the mini-conference. In this case, the highest ranked team among the three earns the bid. If two of the three teams have the same ranking, the bid is earned by the team winning the head-to-head matchup. Of none of the teams are ranked, the BCS Bowl would select the team of its choice from among the tied teams.

Scenario II: All three teams have 6-2 conference records. Within the mini-conference, Team A is 2-0, Team B is 1-1 and Team C is 0-2.
1. If Team A is ranked higher than Teams B and C, Team A earns the BCS bid.
2. If Team A is not the highest ranked but is in the Top 10, Team A earns the bid unless Team B or Team C is ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the BCS standings, then Team B or C receives the BCS bid.
3. If Team A is not ranked, but the highest ranked team in the mini-conference is ranked No. 21 or lower, Team A earns the BCS bid.
4. If Team A is not the highest ranked team and is ranked more than five spots below the highest ranked team in the mini-conference, Team A is eliminated from consideration.
Subsequently,
1. If Team B is ranked higher than Team C, Team B earns the BCS bid.
2. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C but is in the Top 10, Team B earns bid unless Team C is ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the BCS standings, then Team C receives the BCS bid.
3. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C, but ranked five or fewer spots below Team C, Team B earns the bid, unless Team C is ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the BCS standings, then Team C receives the BCS bid.
4. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C, but is ranked six or more spots below Team C, Team C earns the BCS bid.