Conference · Division I · 2025–26

Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states

The Atlantic Coast Conference lists 18 Division I men's basketball programs and 283 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 15.7, an average listed height of 6'6", 64% of players new this season, and 28% from the college's own state.

Computed from 283 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 21, 2026

18
programs · avg roster 15.7
6'6"
avg listed height (Division I 6'5")
64%
new this season (Division I 63%)
28%
in-state (Division I 25%)

Taller than the rest of Division I: 6'6" against 6'5".

Over Atlantic Coast Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'6"; across every Division I program at strength it is 6'5" — 0.7 inches taller.

Turnover in line with Division I: 64% of players are new this season.

Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 64% in the Atlantic Coast Conference, 63% across Division I. Turnover is where next season's spots are.

As local as Division I: 28% of players come from the college's own state.

Of Atlantic Coast Conference players with a home on record, 28% list the college's own state and 4% a home outside the US; across Division I the shares are 25% and 7%. The single largest home state is California (11%).

Atlantic Coast Conference against Division I

2025–26 rosters · share of players

Atlantic Coast

Freshmen34%
New this season64%
In-state28%
Outside the US4%

n = 283

Division I

Freshmen27%
New this season63%
In-state25%
Outside the US7%

n = 5,532

Atlantic CoastDivision IDifference
Roster size15.715.4+0.3
Avg height6'6"6'5"+0.7 in
Freshmen34%27%+7 pts
New this season64%63%+1 pts
In-state28%25%+3 pts
Outside the US4%7%−3 pts

Atlantic Coast Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters

Programs
ProgramStatePlayersAvg heightFreshmenNew this seasonIn-state
Boston CollegeMassachusetts166'6"31%50%15%
CalCalifornia186'6"24%72%38%
ClemsonSouth Carolina136'7"46%—0%
DukeNorth Carolina146'7"36%57%17%
Florida StateFlorida156'5"33%80%38%
Georgia TechGeorgia256'5"58%—33%
LouisvilleKentucky166'6"19%56%17%
Miami (FL)Florida146'7"22%——
NC StateNorth Carolina156'6"33%87%31%
North CarolinaNorth Carolina166'7"19%75%38%
Notre DameIndiana156'7"33%47%31%
PittsburghPennsylvania146'6"36%64%27%
SMUTexas156'6"53%53%50%
StanfordCalifornia176'6"19%35%44%
SyracuseNew York156'6"40%80%27%
VirginiaVirginia156'6"40%80%29%
Virginia TechVirginia146'7"50%71%18%
Wake ForestNorth Carolina166'6"25%56%21%

Where Atlantic Coast Conference players come from

Home states
HomePlayersShare
California2611%
North Carolina2310%
Texas219%
Florida177%
Virginia136%
Illinois125%
Georgia115%
New York115%

How to read this page

Every number is over Atlantic Coast Conference programs whose 2025–26 roster lists at least 8 players. "Avg height" is over players with a listed height; "Freshmen" over players with a readable class label; "New this season" is the share of players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength in both seasons; "In-state" and "Outside the US" are over players with a home on record.

A conference-level measure is shown only when 30 players carry the fact behind it, a program-level one when 8 do — a dash is a cell under the floor, not a zero. The Division I figures are pooled over every Division I program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.

What this means for a recruit looking at the Atlantic Coast

How to read it

This conference recruits about as locally as its division.

28% of its players list the college's own state, and California alone supplies 11%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.

Rosters here turn over at the division's pace.

64% of 2025–26 players were not on the same program's roster the season before. The program table shows which rosters turned over most — those are the programs with spots to fill.

Height differences between conferences are real but small next to the level.

0.7 inches separates the Atlantic Coast from the Division I average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.

Those are the Atlantic Coast's rosters. Where does your profile fit?

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

283 player-seasons · 1,060 programs · 2024–25 to 2025–26

Definitions and scope
Source
Official 2025–26 rosters (and 2024–25 for turnover) published by the athletics sites of NCAA Division I men's basketball programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Conference
The canonical conference each program plays in this season, realignment notes folded away; a program whose move has not happened yet counts in the conference it plays in.
Floors
A conference needs 5 programs at strength and 30 players to get a page; each conference measure needs 30 players carrying the fact; each program measure 8.
Home
A player's home state as the roster lists it; a value that is not a US state or DC is outside the US.
Sample
283 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 18 Atlantic Coast Conference programs counted.
Computed
Sep 21, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1

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