# 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7–7, 5–3 in ACC play to share the Coastal Division Championship with Miami and North Carolina. With Miami and North Carolina on post seasons bans, Georgia Tech represented the division in the ACC Championship Game where they were defeated by Florida State. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated USC.

## Previous season

They finished the 2011 Season at 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated by Utah 30-27 in OT.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 8:00 pm | at No. 15 Virginia Tech | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (Battle of the Techs) | ESPN | L 17–20 $^{OT}$ | 65,632 |
| September 8 | 7:00 pm | Presbyterian* | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPN3 | W 59–3 | 41,678 |
| September 15 | 3:30 pm | Virginia | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPNU | W 56–20 | 44,225 |
| September 22 | 3:00 pm | Miami (FL) | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACC RSN | L 36–42 $^{OT}$ | 50,390 |
| September 29 | 12:00 pm | Middle Tennessee* | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACC RSN | L 28–49 | 39,270 |
| October 6 | 3:30 pm | at No. 15 Clemson | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC (rivalry) | ESPN | L 31–47 | 82,873 |
| October 20 | 3:00 pm | Boston College | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACC RSN | W 37–17 | 40,112 |
| October 27 | 3:00 pm | BYU* | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACC RSN | L 17–41 | 50,103 |
| November 3 | 12:30 pm | at Maryland | Byrd StadiumCollege Park,MD | ACCN | W 33–13 | 33,471 |
| November 10 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ACCN | W 68–50 | 50,000 |
| November 17 | 3:30 pm | Duke | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPNU | W 42–24 | 41,904 |
| November 24 | 12:00 pm | at No. 3 Georgia* | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) | ESPN | L 10–42 | 92,746 |
| December 1 | 7:45 pm | vs. No. 13 Florida State | Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game) | ESPN | L 15–21 | 64,778 |
| December 31 | 2:00 pm | vs. USC* | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) | CBS | W 21–7 | 47,922 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | Not released |