# 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 70th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
Syracuse were the defending regular season champions of the Atlantic Division and Wake Forest were the defending regular season champions of the Coastal Division. Syracuse were the defending ACC tournament champions. Syracuse went on to win the 2022 NCAA tournament and entered the season as defending national champions on top of their league titles.
Wake Forest repeated as champions of the Atlantic Division and Notre Dame won the Coastal Division regular season title. Neither of those two teams could use their regular season championships to win the ACC tournament title, as Clemson won as the fourth seed. Nine ACC teams would go on to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Notre Dame and Clemson both qualified for the College Cup and both won their Semifinal victories to face-off in the National Championship game. Clemson would go on to win the game 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it marked the third straight year that an ACC team won the college soccer championship.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division :
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Boston College | Newton Campus Soccer Field | 1,800 |
| Clemson | Riggs Field | 6,500 |
| Louisville | Lynn Stadium | 5,300 |
| NC State | Dail Soccer Field | 3,000 |
| Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium | 1,500 |
| Wake Forest | Spry Stadium | 3,000 |
Coastal Division :
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Duke | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000 |
| North Carolina | Dorrance Field | 4,200 |
| Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium | 2,500 |
| Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735 |
| Virginia | Klöckner Stadium | 7,100 |
| Virginia Tech | Thompson Field | 2,500 |
Note: Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL) are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference but do not sponsor men's soccer.

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
| Boston College | Bob Thompson | 4 | 11–16–8 | 11–16–8 | 4–11–6 |
| Clemson | Mike Noonan | 14 | 362–191–72 | 153–78–36 | 56–40–16 |
| Duke | John Kerr Jr. | 16 | 219–155–48 | 139–96–35 | 54–53–20 |
| Louisville | John Michael Hayden | 5 | 34–29–7 | 34–29–7 | 17–16–3 |
| North Carolina | Carlos Somoano | 13 | 156–55–36 | 145–55–36 | 59–23–20 |
| NC State | George Kiefer | 7 | 205–137–68 | 43–43–21 | 11–29–13 |
| Notre Dame | Chad Riley | 6 | 51–36–11 | 51–36–11 | 18–21–5 |
| Pittsburgh | Jay Vidovich | 8 | 276–109–40 | 69–55–9 | 24–27–7 |
| Syracuse | Ian McIntyre | 14 | 228–149–69 | 121–85–40 | 25–41–19 |
| Virginia | George Gelnovatch | 28 | 361–152–67 | 361–152–67 | 100–72–35 |
| Virginia Tech | Mike Brizendine | 15 | 102–122–35 | 102–122–35 | 26–72–20 |
| Wake Forest | Bobby Muuss | 9 | 204–87–37 | 129–31–13 | 48–11–8 |
Notes
* Records shown are prior to the 2023 season
* Years at school includes the 2023 season
* ACC records include only years with current school.

## Preseason
### Hermann Trophy

The ACC placed five players on the watch-list, which was announced on August 24.
| Player | Class | Position | School |
| Gage Guerra | Junior | FW | Louisville |
| Alex Meinhard | Senior | FW | Clemson |
| Filip Mirkovic | Junior | MF | Pittsburgh |
| Garrison Tubbs | Senior | DF | Wake Forest |
| Vemund Hole Vik | Graduate Student | DF | North Carolina |

### Preseason Poll

The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 16, 2023 prior to the season beginning. Full results of the poll are shown below:
Atlantic Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Clemson | 58 (5) |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 56 (3) |
| 3 | Syracuse | 53 (4) |
| 4 | Louisville | 34 |
| 5 | Boston College | 23 |
| 6 | NC State | 22 |
Coastal Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 56 (5) |
| 2 | Duke | 51 (3) |
| 3 | Virginia | 50 (3) |
| 4 | North Carolina | 39 (1) |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 28 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 22 |
Media poll (ACC Championship) :
| Team | Votes |
| Clemson | 6 |
| Wake Forest | 2 |
| Duke | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 |
| Syracuse | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |

### Preseason awards
#### Preseason All-ACC Watchlist

| Position | Player | Class | School |
| Goalkeeper | Connor Jordan-Hyde | Senior | Virginia Tech |
| Defender | Paddy Burns | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Midfielder | Augustine Boadi | Sophomore | Boston College |
| Midfielder | Ousmane Sylla | Senior | Clemson |
| Midfielder | Nick Pariano | Senior | Duke |
| Midfielder | Sander Roed | Junior | Louisville |
| Midfielder | Sam Williams | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Midfielder | Will Buete | Junior | NC State |
| Midfielder | Filip Mirkovic | Senior | Pittsburgh |
| Midfielder | Giona Leibold | Junior | Syracuse |
| Midfielder | Hosei Kijima | Senior | Wake Forest |
| Forward | Leo Afonso | Senior | Virginia |

## Regular season

* Index to colors and formatting
* ACC member won
* ACC member lost
* ACC member tied
* ACC teams in bold
All times Eastern time.

### Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 28)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| August 24 | 4:00 p.m. | Merrimack | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 1–0 | 551 |
| August 24 | 4:00 p.m. | UCLA | Virginia Tech | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | L 1–4 | 170 |
| August 24 | 6:00 p.m. | Iona | No. 15 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,980 |
| August 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Grand Canyon | No. 18 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 3–1 | 1,324 |
| August 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Penn State | No. 5 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 1–1 | 2,000 |
| August 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Providence | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 2–0 | 1,276 |
| August 24 | 7:00 p.m. | UCF | No. 9 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | L 1–2 | 4,090 |
| August 24 | 7:30 p.m. | Loyola (MD) | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 1–1 | 3,335 |
| August 24 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 16 Tulsa | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 1–0 | 687 |
| August 24 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 Indiana | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | T 1–1 | 2,092 |
| August 25 | 7:00 p.m. | Radford | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 1,447 |
| August 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Jacksonville | No. 4 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–1 | 1,023 |
| August 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Duquesne | Virginia Tech | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | L 1–5 | 133 |
| August 27 | 2:30 p.m. | Furman | No. 4 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 6–0 | 1,129 |
| August 27 | 6:00 p.m. | California | No. 18 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 1,352 |
| August 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Loyola Marymount | No. 15 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | L 1–3 | 1,445 |
| August 27 | 7:00 p.m. | IUPUI | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 5–0 | 512 |
| August 27 | 7:30 p.m. | American | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| August 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Boston College | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT | L 1–3 | 325 |
| August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Binghamton | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 3–0 | 1,422 |
| August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Howard | No. 5 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 5–0 | 734 |
| August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | UNC Wilmington | No. 9 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | T 1–1 | 1,575 |
| August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | USC Upstate | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–0 | 1,804 |
| August 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Bellarmine | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 3–0 | 887 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Forster Ajago | Duke | Alex Svetanoff | Louisville |
| Matthew Roou | Notre Dame | Alex Svetanoff | Louisville |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 2 (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Wofford | No. 3 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | T 2–2 | 645 |
| August 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Loyola (MD) | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 1,357 |
| August 31 | 8:00 p.m. | George Mason | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,473 |
| September 1 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 8 Pittsburgh | Georgetown | Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. | L 1–4 | 977 |
| September 1 | 5:30 p.m. | Jacksonville | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 1–0 | 486 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | North Carolina | ETSU | Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN | W 2–1 | 1,127 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | NIU | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 1–0 | 1,301 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 20 Penn State | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 2,684 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | South Carolina | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 2–0 | 4,573 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 13 UCF | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | L 1–3 | 397 |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | UNC Greensboro | No. 12 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 2–0 | 1,221 |
| September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 16 Wake Forest | No. 20 Maryland | Ludwig Field • College Park, MD | T 0–0 | 4,644 |
| September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Davidson | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 950 |
| September 4 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 3 Duke | Princeton | Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 2–0 | 1,200 |
| September 4 | 5:30 p.m. | Green Bay | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 0–0 | 421 |
| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Furman | No. 16 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 5–1 | 1,360 |
| September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Albany | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 1–0 | 1,257 |
| September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 20 Maryland | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 2–1 | 2,139 |
| September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | North Carolina | VCU | Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA | W 4–1 | 607 |
| September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | NC State | Stetson | Athletic Training Center • DeLand, FL | L 0–2 | 241 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Gage Guerra | Louisville | Trace Alphin | Wake Forest |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 3 (Sep. 5 – Sep. 11)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Detroit Mercy | No. 20 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 1–0 | 204 |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 Marshall | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | L 1–3 | 1,081 |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Presbyterian | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 6–0 | 1,465 |
| September 5 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 19 Kentucky | No. 7 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 4–2 | 2,350 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Boston College | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | NCST 2–0 | 1,954 |
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | North Carolina | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 2,407 |
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia | No. 10 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 2–0 | 1,569 |
| September 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 7 Louisville | No. 4 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 2–2 | 1,832 |
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | No. 20 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 3–2 | 1,703 |
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 Wake Forest | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | PITT 3–0 | 714 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Gage Guerra (2) | Louisville | Julian Eyestone | Duke |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 4 (Sep. 12 – Sep. 18)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | South Florida | Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL | W 3–2 | 1,239 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | No. 20 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 4–0 | 915 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Howard | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 412 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia | No. 9 James Madison | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | T 1–1 | 1,464 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Siena | No. 7 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| September 12 | 8:00 p.m. | Michigan State | No. 10 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | L 0–1 | 532 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Duke | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 2–0 | 2,953 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 Notre Dame | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 1–1 | 4,298 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 Pittsburgh | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 0–0 | 636 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | No. 5т Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | VT 2–1 | 1,071 |
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | NC State | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 3–1 | 2,319 |
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 7 Syracuse | No. 20 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 2,217 |
| September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Fairleigh Dickinson | No. 17 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 5–1 | 419 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Virginia | Timi Adams | Virginia Tech |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 5 (Sep. 19 – Sep. 25)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 19 | 5:30 p.m. | Boston University | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 2–2 | 359 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 7–0 | 1,173 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Liberty | No. 14 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 3–1 | 753 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 Notre Dame | No. 4 Akron | First Energy Stadium • Akron, OH | T 0–0 | 2,535 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 7 Syracuse | Cornell | Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY | L 1–2 | 915 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | UNC Wilmington | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 3–0 | 769 |
| September 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Evansville | No. 10 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 2–0 | 831 |
| September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | North Florida | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 1–0 | 1,298 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | VT 1–0 | 964 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | No. 14 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | WAKE 1–0 | 2,528 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | No. 7 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | CUSE 3–2 | 1,911 |
| September 22 | 8:00 p.m. | Virginia | No. 15 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 3–1 | 1,710 |
| September 24 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 11 Duke | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | UNC 2–1 | 2,858 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 10 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | LOU 5–2 | 563 |
| September 25 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 Denver | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 3–1 | 703 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Damien Barker John | Louisville | Bryan Dowd | Notre Dame |
| Quenzi Huerman | North Carolina | Bryan Dowd | Notre Dame |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 6 (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | High Point | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 3–2 | 415 |
| September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 Wake Forest | Campbell | Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC | W 3–1 | 307 |
| September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | Charleston | No. 21 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–2 | 418 |
| September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | ETSU | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,400 |
| September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Gardner-Webb | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 432 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Louisville | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 3–0 | 1,761 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 18 North Carolina | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 0–0 | 1,010 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 7 Syracuse | No. 21 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 5–3 | 1,524 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 2–1 | 2,876 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 Wake Forest | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | WAKE 1–0 | 207 |
| October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 Notre Dame | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | UND 3–1 | 1,615 |
| October 2 | 5:30 p.m. | Suffolk | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 2–0 | 224 |
| October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Kansas City | No. 8 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 3–2 | 812 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Nick Pariano | Duke | Joey Batrouni | Virginia |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 7 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 9)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Colgate | No. 18 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 1–0 | 784 |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Elon | No. 13 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 2–0 | 814 |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 Hofstra | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | T 1–1 | 1,092 |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Winthrop | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 4–1 | 1,005 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 Louisville | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 4–0 | 2,575 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 1–1 | 712 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | No. 20 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | PITT 3–1 | 913 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Wake Forest | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | WAKE 3–0 | 1,636 |
| October 6 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 18 Syracuse | No. 13 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | CUSE 1–0 | 2,387 |
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Duke | No. 11 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 1–0 | 1,451 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Ousmane Sylla | Clemson | Jahiem Wickham | Syracuse |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 8 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 16)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast | No. 14 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 3–0 | 1,114 |
| October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | William & Mary | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 315 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | American | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | L 1–2 | 295 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Elon | No. 15 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–0 | 559 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Oberlin | No. 8 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 6–0 | 229 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Ohio State | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | T 2–2 | 587 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Temple | No. 10 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | L 1–2 | 352 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Wofford | No. 4 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 2–0 | 956 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Yale | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | L 0–1 | 211 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 Notre Dame | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | UND 1–0 | 2,115 |
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Boston College | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | LOU 1–0 | 822 |
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 Pittsburgh | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 2–1 | 2,551 |
| October 13 | 8:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 15 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 2–1 | 1,457 |
| October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 North Carolina | No. 4 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | WAKE 1–0 | 2,454 |
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 21 Clemson | No. 10 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 1,612 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Forster Ajago | Duke | Garrison Tubbs | Wake Forest |
| Mouhameth Thiam | Virginia | Garrison Tubbs | Wake Forest |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 9 (Oct. 17 – Oct. 23)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 17 | 5:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | Queens | Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park • Charlotte, NC | W 3–2 | 155 |
| October 17 | 5:30 p.m. | Stonehill | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | L 1–2 | 236 |
| October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisville | Oakland | Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI | W 4–0 | 100 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Duquesne | No. 23 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 2–0 | 975 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | High Point | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | T 0–0 | 373 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Notre Dame | Michigan | U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | W 3–0 | 1,893 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Robert Morris | No. 3 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 5–1 | 699 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | William & Mary | No. 11 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 0–0 | 684 |
| October 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Yale | No. 22 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 2–0 | 487 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Boston College | No. 15 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 6–0 | 2,470 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 18 Virginia | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | UVA 3–0 | 2,061 |
| October 20 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 6 Notre Dame | No. 3 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 2,261 |
| October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 Duke | No. 23 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 0–0 | 1,180 |
| October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 22 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 320 |
| October 22 | 5:00 p.m. | Louisville | No. 11 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | UNC 2–0 | 3,887 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Virginia | Andrew Cordes | North Carolina |
| Reference: ||||

### Week 10 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)

| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | High Point | No. 14 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 3–1 | 1,094 |
| October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Howard | No. 8 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 7–0 | 523 |
| October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Radford | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 2–3 | 642 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10т Clemson | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | T 1–1 | 1,289 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 20 Pittsburgh | No. 5 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 6–0 | 2,224 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 Syracuse | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 1–1 | 517 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | No. 8 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 7–1 | 1,367 |
| October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 3 Wake Forest | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | T 2–2 | 1,052 |
| October 27 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 10т North Carolina | No. 14 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 1–0 | 2,487 |

#### Players of the Week

| Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Eno Nto | Notre Dame | Aidan O'Connor | Virginia |
| Reference: ||||

## Rankings
### United Soccer Coaches

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Final |
| Boston College | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | 9 | RV | | | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 15 | 10т | 14 | 14 | 1 (7) |
| Duke | 4 (1) | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| Louisville | RV | 12 | 7 | 5т | 10 | 8 | 21 | | | | | 20 | 24 |
| North Carolina | | | | | | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10т | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| NC State | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | | | 20 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 (1) |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | RV | 17 | RV | RV | 20 | 11 | 23 | 20 | | | |
| Syracuse | 1 (4) | 1 (8) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
| Virginia | 15 | RV | | | RV | | RV | | 18 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Virginia Tech | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | 18 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |

### Top Drawer Soccer

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
| Boston College | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | 4 | 10 | 18 | | 23 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Duke | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Louisville | | | 19 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 23 | | | | | 20 | 24 | | | | |
| North Carolina | | | | | | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| NC State | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | | | | 20 | | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 20 | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Virginia | | | | | 22 | | | | 22 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Virginia Tech | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | 17 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

## Postseason
### ACC Tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 9 | Louisville | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Clemson | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Clemson | 5 | 4 | Clemson (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| | | | 7 | North Carolina | 1 (4) |
| 6 | Syracuse | 1 | 7 | North Carolina | 1 (4) |
| 7 | North Carolina | 3 | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | School | First round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 2 | Notre Dame | BYE | W 2–0 vs. Kentucky – (Notre Dame, IN) | T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Notre Dame, IN) | T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. Indiana – (Notre Dame, IN) | W 1–0 vs. Oregon State – (Louisville, KY) | L 1–2 vs. No. 14 Clemson – (Louisville, KY) |
| 3 | North Carolina | BYE | W 2–0 vs. Memphis – (Chapel Hill, NC) | T 2–2 (5–3 PKs) vs. No. 17 Hofstra – (Chapel Hill, NC) | L 0–1 vs. Oregon State – (Chapel Hill, NC) | | |
| 7 | Virginia | BYE | W 2–1 vs. FIU – (Charlottesville, VA) | L 0–1 vs. Indiana – (Charlottesville, VA) | | | |
| 9 | Clemson | BYE | W 3–0 vs. Charlotte – (Clemson, SC) | W 1–0 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH) | W 2–0 vs. No. 22 Stanford – (Clemson, SC) | W 1–0 vs. No. 5 West Virginia – (Louisville, KY) | W 2–1 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Louisville, KY) |
| 10 | Wake Forest | BYE | L 2–3 $^{2OT}$ vs. Indiana – (Winston-Salem, NC) | | | | |
| 15 | Duke | BYE | L 1–2 vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Durham, NC) | | | | |
| | Louisville | W 4–3 vs. Dayton – (Louisville, KY) | L 0–1 @ No. 5 West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV) | | | | |
| | Pittsburgh | L 2–3 vs. James Madison – (Pittsburgh, PA) | | | | | |
| | Syracuse | W 3–1 vs. Boston University – (Syracuse, NY) | L 0–3 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH) | | | | |
| | W–L (%): | 2–1–0 (.667) | 4–4–0 (.500) | 1–1–2 (.500) | 1–1–1 (.500) | 2–0–0 (1.000) | 1–1–0 (.500) Total: 11–8–3 (.568) |

### Awards
#### All-ACC awards and teams

Source:
2023 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Coach of the Year | Chad Riley – Notre Dame |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Forster Ajago – Duke |
| Midfielder of the Year | Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse Mouhameth Thiam – Virginia |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Garrison Tubbs – Wake Forest |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Bryan Dowd – Notre Dame |
| Freshman of the Year | Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia |
2023 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team |
| Ousmane Sylla – Clemson Forster Ajago – Duke Nick Pariano – Duke Quenzi Huerman – North Carolina Bryan Dowd – Notre Dame Matthew Roou – Notre Dame Filip Mirkovic – Pittsburgh Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia Mouhameth Thiam – Virginia Garrison Tubbs – Wake Forest | Brandon Parrish – Clemson Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke Amir Daley – Duke Julian Eyestone – Duke Damien Barker-John – Louisville Sander Roed – Louisville Riley Thomas – North Carolina Eno Nto – Notre Dame Trace Alphin – Wake Forest Jahlane Forbes – Wake Forest Hosei Kijima – Wake Forest Roald Mitchell – Wake Forest | Joran Gerbet – Clemson Pape Mar Boye – Clemson Nathan Richmond – Clemson Antino Lopez – Duke Josh Jones – Louisville Sam Williams – North Carolina Bryce Boneau – Notre Dame Kyle Genenbacher – Notre Dame Daniel Russo – Notre Dame Jackson Gilman – Pittsburgh Lorenzo Boselli – Syracuse | Xavier O'Neil – Boston College Pape Mar Boye – Clemson Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke Julian Eyestone – Duke Hakim Karamoko – NC State Nolan Spicer – Notre Dame Albert Thorsen – Pittsburgh Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia Brendan Lambe – Virginia Noe Uwimana – Virginia Tech Liam O'Gara – Wake Forest |

## MLS SuperDraft

The ACC had twenty players selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, which were the most picks from any conference. The ACC also lead all conferences with six first round selections. The twenty selections were the second most in ACC history behind the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.

### Total picks by school

| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – |
| Clemson | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Duke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Louisville | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| NC State | – | – | – | – |
| North Carolina | – | – | – | – |
| Notre Dame | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Virginia | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Virginia Tech | – | – | – | – |
| Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |

### List of selections

| Round | Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | Wayne Frederick | Colorado Rapids | MF | Duke |
| 1 | 6 | Bryan Dowd | Chicago Fire | GK | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 12 | Aidan O'Connor | New York Red Bulls | DF | Virginia |
| 1 | 17 | Hosei Kijima | St. Louis City SC | MF | Wake Forest |
| 1 | 21 | Jeorgio Kocevski | Orlando City SC | MF | Syracuse |
| 1 | 26 | Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Huston Dynamo | FW | Virginia |
| 2 | 32 | Leo Afonso | Inter Miami CF | FW | Virginia |
| 2 | 33 | Olu Oyegunle | Atlanta United FC | DF | Syracuse |
| 2 | 36 | Brandon Parrish | D.C. United | MF | Clemson |
| 2 | 37 | Damien Barker John | Real Salt Lake | FW | Louisville |
| 2 | 38 | Jahlane Forbes | Charlotte FC | DF | Wake Forest |
| 2 | 47 | Josh Jones | Real Salt Lake | DF | Louisville |
| 2 | 52 | Antino Lopez | Seattle Sounders FC | DF | Duke |
| 2 | 54 | Filip Mirkovic | Orlando City SC | MF | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 55 | Ousmane Sylla | Huston Dynamo | MF | Clemson |
| 3 | 69 | Gage Guerra | Portland Timbers | FW | Louisville |
| 3 | 70 | Nathan Richmond | Charlotte FC | MF | Clemson |
| 3 | 75 | Bryce Boneau | Nashville SC | MF | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 78 | Babacar Niang | Minnesota United FC | MF | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 84 | Ruben Mesalles | Real Salt Lake | DF | Duke |

## Homegrown players

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
| Original MLS team | Player | Pos. | School |
| Atlanta United FC | Garrison Tubbs | DF | Wake Forest |
| Philadelphia Union | Nick Pariano | MF | Duke |
| New York Red Bulls | Roald Mitchell | MF | Wake Forest |