Record*: 90-66, .577 W-L% (4th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 82-66 by NCAA.
SRS: 5.41 (3rd of 12) ▪ SOS: 2.96 (4th of 12)
Division Champions: Boston College (Atlantic) and Virginia Tech (Coastal)
Conference Champion: Virginia Tech (Won Championship Game 30-12)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Clemson, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | W | L | Pct | W | L | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Florida State | 9 | 4 | .692 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 33.4 | 20.2 | 10.67 | 2.67 | |
| Boston College | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 24.7 | 18.4 | 6.72 | 2.15 | |
| Maryland | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 2.96 | 1.73 | |
| Wake Forest | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 21.0 | 18.3 | 7.45 | 4.68 | |
| Clemson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 25.2 | 17.3 | 6.97 | 2.51 | |
| North Carolina State | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 23.5 | 26.3 | 1.41 | 3.57 | |
| Coastal | W | L | Pct | W | L | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 4 | .714 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 22.1 | 16.7 | 8.14 | 2.43 | |
| Georgia Tech | 9 | 4 | .692 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 24.4 | 20.3 | 6.78 | 1.70 | |
| North Carolina | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 27.7 | 21.2 | 7.90 | 2.67 | W-L-T adjusted to 0-5 by NCAA. |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 4.85 | 3.62 | |
| Virginia | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 16.1 | 21.7 | 1.40 | 4.57 | |
| Duke | 4 | 8 | .333 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 20.1 | 23.4 | -0.39 | 3.28 | |
| School | Pre | 9/2 | 9/7 | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | 12/7 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 17 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Florida State | 24 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 21 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Boston College | 23 | 20 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 9 | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 25 | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 22 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 23 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 21 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | Gator Bowl | Nebraska | 26 | Clemson | 21 | Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) |
| 2009-01-01 | Orange Bowl | Virginia Tech | 20 | Cincinnati | 7 | Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) |
| 2008-12-31 | Chick-fil-A Bowl | Louisiana State | 38 | Georgia Tech | 3 | Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2008-12-31 | Music City Bowl | Vanderbilt | 16 | Boston College | 14 | Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN) |
| 2008-12-30 | Humanitarian Bowl | Maryland | 42 | Nevada | 35 | Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, ID) |
| 2008-12-29 | PapaJohns.com Bowl | Rutgers | 29 | North Carolina State | 23 | PapaJohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, AL) |
| 2008-12-27 | Champs Sports Bowl | Florida State | 42 | Wisconsin | 13 | Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando, FL) |
| 2008-12-27 | Emerald Bowl | California | 24 | Miami (FL) | 17 | Emerald Bowl (San Francisco, CA) |
| 2008-12-27 | Meineke Car Care Bowl | West Virginia | 31 | North Carolina | 30 | Meineke Car Care Bowl (Charlotte, NC) |
| 2008-12-20 | EagleBank Bowl | Wake Forest | 29 | Navy | 19 | EagleBank Bowl (Washington, DC) |