Boston College and Florida State tied for the Atlantic division championship . Boston College beat Florida State during the regular season so they represented the Atlantic division in the 2008 ACC Championship Game . A similar situation occurred in the Coastal division where Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech tied . Virginia Tech won the regular season meeting so they represented the Coastal division in the championship game . Virginia Tech would win the ACC championship game 30-12 over Boston College and would represent the ACC in the FedEx Orange Bowl where they would defeat Cincinnati , the champions of the Big East Conference , 20-7 . The ACC would ultimately send 10 teams to bowl games , the most of any conference in 2008 . Boston College ( 9-5 ) lost to Vanderbilt 16-14 in the Music City Bowl . Florida State ( 9-4 ) beat Wisconsin 42-13 in the Champs Sports Bowl . Georgia Tech ( 9-4 ) lost to LSU 38-3 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl . Maryland ( 8-5 ) beat Nevada 42-35 in the Roady 's Humanitarian Bowl . North Carolina ( 8-5 ) lost to West Virginia 31-30 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl . Wake Forest ( 8-5 ) beat Navy 29-19 in the EagleBank Bowl . Miami ( 7-6 ) lost to California 24-17 in the Emerald Bowl . Clemson ( 7-6 ) lost to Nebraska 26-21 in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl . North Carolina State ( 6-7 ) lost to Rutgers 29-23 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl . The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Virginia ( 5-7 ) and Duke ( 4-8 )
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