By Will Vandervort.

With Florida State’s loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, the 2014 ACC Football season came to a close. It was a good year for the ACC as the conference had more wins over Power Five Conference Schools than any other conference. Three schools—Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson—won at least 10 games. In the first year of the College Football Playoffs, ACC Champion Florida State qualified as a national semifinalist. Here are the final power rankings for the 2014 season.

1. Florida State (13-1, 8-0 ACC), last week No. 1: For the first time in two years the Seminoles suffered a loss as five turnovers did them in a 59-20 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl. The Ducks snapped FSU’s 29-game winning streak, which was the nation’s longest and was one the longest in the history of college football. With a veteran offensive line leaving and possibly quarterback Jameis Winston deciding to turn professional there will be a lot of questions to answer for the Seminoles in 2015.

2. Georgia Tech (11-3, 6-2 ACC), last week No. 2: Quarterback Justin Thomas and his Georgia Tech teammates were tough to tackle in the Orange Bowl, rolling up 452 yards rushing to beat Mississippi State 49-34. Thomas ran for 121 yards and three touchdowns, and threw for 125 yards and a score. Synjyn Days ran for 171 yards and three scores, including a 69-yarder that defused Mississippi State’s comeback bid. No. 10 Georgia Tech earned its first Orange Bowl victory in 63 years. The Yellow Jackets improved to 2-8 in bowl games in the past 10 seasons. Thomas was chosen the game’s outstanding player. Georgia Tech senior Darren Waller had a career-high 114 yards on five catches, including a 41-yard score.

3. Clemson (10-3, 6-2 ACC), last week No. 3: Clemson dominated all aspects of the Russell Athletic Bowl in an impressive 40-6 win over the favored Oklahoma Sooners. For the Tigers and head coach Dabo Swinney, the victory marked a third straight year with an impressive bowl win against a storied opponent. Clemson beat LSU (Les Miles) in 2012, Ohio State (Urban Meyer) in 2013 and Oklahoma (Bob Stoops) this year. The Tigers have now recorded four straight seasons with double-digit wins, one of only four FBS programs to make that claim along with Alabama, Northern Illinois and Oregon. Quarterback Cole Stoudt was named the game MVP. He finished with 319 yards and three touchdowns on 26-for-36 passing and also added a rushing touchdown. Artavis Scott had eight receptions for 114 yards and one touchdown, and Mike Williams added nine catches for 112 yards and a touchdown. Clemson’s top-ranked defense forced five turnovers, while holding Oklahoma to 275 total yards.

4. Duke (9-4, 5-3 ACC), last week No. 5: Kalen Ballage returned a kickoff 96 yards to set up the winning score in No. 15 Arizona State’s 36-31 victory over Duke in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. Ballage’s big return came after Duke (9-4) took a 31-30 lead on receiver Jamison Crowder’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Issac Blakeney with 5:03 left.  Duke drove to 14 on its final drive, but Anthony Boone’s third-and-10 pass was intercepted by Kweishi Brown in the end zone with 45 seconds left. Richard had four touchdowns for Arizona State (10-3) to tie the Sun Bowl record with 24 points. Boone was 15 of 31 for 193 yards. Powell ran for 117 yards on 29 carries and had three catches for 52 yards, and Crowder had seven receptions for 102 yards.

5. Louisville (9-4, 5-3 ACC), last week No. 4: Brandon Radcliff ran for 91 yards and a touchdown, but 20th-ranked Louisville lost to No. 13 Georgia 37-14 in the Belk Bowl. Redshirt freshman quarterback Kyle Bolin made his first career start for Louisville and finished 20 of 40 for 301 yards with two interceptions and one touchdown. Georgia running back Nick Chubb ran for a career-high 266 yards and two touchdowns for No. 13 Georgia. Chubb averaged 8 yards per carry and the Bulldogs piled up 301 yards rushing against what was the nation’s second-best run defense.

6. NC State (8-5, 3-5 ACC), last week No. 8: NC State finished off its 2014 campaign winning the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl with a 34-27 win over Central Florida. The Wolfpack won its final three games, four of the final five overall.

7. Virginia Tech (7-6, 3-5 ACC), last week No. 10: J.C. Coleman set a new Virginia Tech bowl record for rushing yards and Joey Slye booted four field goals as the Virginia Tech football squad wrapped up the 2014 season with a 33-17 win over Cincinnati to claim the Military Bowl. The win gave the Hokies their seventh win of the season and assured them of their 22nd straight winning season. It was announced on Saturday that Frank Beamer will return to coach the Hokies in 2015.

8. Boston College (7-6, 4-4 ACC), last week No. 6: Jon Hilliman and Tyler Murphy ran for over 250 rushing yards combined, but Boston College fell to Penn State 31-30 in overtime in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. Christian Hackenberg hit Kyle Carter for a 10-yard touchdown pass in overtime and Penn State kicked the extra point that Boston College could not, lifting the Nittany Lions over the Eagles. Murphy hit David Dudeck for a 21-yard touchdown pass on Boston College’s drive, but kicker Mike Knoll shanked the extra point for the Eagles and that was the opening Penn State needed to complete its comeback from a 21-7 deficit late in the third quarter. Penn State’s Sam Ficken sent the game into OT with a 45-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in regulation and won it with his extra point.

9. Pitt (6-7, 4-4 ACC), last week No. 7: Greg Ward threw three touchdowns in the final 3:41 of the Armed Forces Bowl, two after Houston recovered onside kicks, and completed a game-winning 2-point conversion as the Cougars beat Pittsburgh 35-34 with an improbable comeback. Pitt led 31-6 when ACC offensive player of the year James Conner had his second touchdown run with 14 minutes left in the game. New Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi was at the game, a day after his finale as Michigan State’s defensive coordinator in the Spartans’, 42-41, come-from-behind win over Baylor in the Cotton Bowl. The young Panthers have an FBS-high 81 underclassmen, with Conner, All-ACC receiver Tyler Boyd and quarterback Chad Voytik among 28 sophomores.

10. Miami (6-7, 3-5 ACC), last week No. 9: Duke Johnson rushed for 132 yards and added another 51 yards on 5 receptions but Miami fell to South Carolina, 24-21, in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl. Dylan Thompson threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score for South Carolina. Pharoh Cooper was Thompson’s favorite target, catching nine passes for 170 yards, including a spectacular 25-yard grab on the decisive drive late in the fourth quarter. Miami’s Brad Kaaya threw for 236 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Johnson also appeared to suffer a right leg injury late in the fourth quarter and didn’t return to the game, though he was up and walking on the sideline in the final minutes.

11. North Carolina (6-7, 4-4 ACC), last week No. 11: Josh Hicks ran for 202 yards and a touchdown as Rutgers beat North Carolina, 40-21, in the inaugural Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field. Gary Nova threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns, and Robert Martin ran for 100 yards and two scores to help the Scarlet Knights (8-5) cap their first Big Ten season. Hicks was selected the player of the game. Rutgers led 40-7 before the Tar Heels (6-7) scored twice in the final 7 minutes. North Carolina also had two second-half touchdown passes taken away because of interference penalties.

12. Virginia (5-7, 3-5 ACC), last week No. 12: Mike London’s team showed enough improvement that he will return next season as head coach.

13. Syracuse (3-9, 1-7 ACC), last week No. 13: The Orange’s only win after the first month of the season was to Wake Forest. Like the Demon Deacons, Syracuse was a young team, but losing nine of its last 10 games is never acceptable at a proud program like Syracuse’s.

14. Wake Forest (3-9, 1-7 ACC), last week No. 14: It was not a good first year at Wake Forest from Dave Clawson, but just look what he had to work with on offense. Though he had an experienced defense, he had no one really back on offense as he played eight redshirt and true freshmen on offense this year, which is why the Demon Deacons had the worst offense in the country this past season.