The 2005 ACC Championship Game was the inaugural contest of the game held to decide the

winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship in American college football. Held
December 3 at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, between the Virginia Tech
Hokies and the Florida State Seminoles, the game was the final contest of the regular season for the
two teams. Florida State and Virginia Tech had previously played in the 2000 National
Championship Game. In 2004 Virginia Tech had won the last ACC Championship to be awarded
without playing a championship game at the end of the season. In the 2005 season Tech lost only
one regular season conference game, to the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes, and won the Coastal
Division title. Florida State earned a bid to the ACC Championship Game by fighting through
an Atlantic Division schedule that included several nationally ranked teams. Florida State won the
game 27–22.