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Week 6: Games of Oct. 5, 7 theACC.com • October 2, 2017 Contacts: Kevin Best, [email protected]; Mike Finn, mfi [email protected] 2017 STANDINGS ACC Games Overall ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct. PF PA Home Road W L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Div. Streak Clemson 3 0 1.000 112 45 1-0 2-0 5 0 1.000 182 54 3-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 Won 10 NC State 2 0 1.000 60 46 1-0 1-0 4 1 .800 174 117 3-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 Won 4 Louisville 1 1 .500 68 82 0-1 1-0 4 1 .800 200 123 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 Won 2 Wake Forest 1 1 .500 53 36 0-1 1-0 4 1 .800 170 72 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 Lost 1 Florida State 1 1 .500 47 46 0-1 1-0 1 2 .333 54 70 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 Won 1 Syracuse 0 1 .000 25 33 0-0 0-1 2 3 .400 165 122 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 Lost 2 Boston College 0 2 .000 17 68 0-1 0-1 2 3 .400 88 145 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 Won 1 ACC Games Overall COASTAL DIVISION W L Pct. PF PA Home Road W L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Div. Streak Georgia Tech 2 0 1.000 68 24 2-0 0-0 3 1 .750 146 76 3-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 Won 3 Miami 1 0 1.000 31 6 0-0 1-0 3 0 1.000 124 49 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Won 8 Duke 1 1 .500 33 48 0-1 1-0 4 1 .800 168 92 3-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 Lost 1 Virginia 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 .750 125 85 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 2 Virginia Tech 0 1 .000 17 31 0-1 0-0 4 1 .800 177 72 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 Lost 1 Pi 0 1 .000 17 35 0-0 0-1 2 3 .400 122 158 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 Won 1 North Carolina 0 3 .000 59 107 0-2 0-1 1 4 .200 142 165 0-3 1-1 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Thursday, October 5 Time TV Sirius XM Series No. 17/17 Louisville at No. 24/24 NC State 8 p.m. ESPN 84 84 Louisville leads series, 6-1 Saturday, October 7 Wake Forest at No. 2/2 Clemson noon ESPN2 134 193 Clemson leads series, 64-17-1 Duke at Virginia 12:20 p.m. ACC Network 83 83 Virginia leads series 35-33 Pi at Syracuse 12:30 p.m. RSN 93 194 Pi leads series, 38-31-3 No. 13/12 Miami at Florida State 3:30 p.m. ESPN 81 81 Miami leads series, 31-30 No. 21/22 Notre Dame at North Carolina 3:30 p.m. ABC 134 193 Notre Dame leads series, 17-2 No. 16/19 Virginia Tech at Boston College 7:15 p.m. ESPN2 134 193 Virginia Tech leads series, 17-8 QUICK HITS - WEEK SIX A ba le of Top 25 squads kicks off week six of the ACC schedule Coastal Division rivals Virginia and Duke will meet for the 68th me when No. 17/17 Louisville travels to No. 24/24 NC State on Thursday, this Saturday in a series which began in 1890 in Richmond, Virginia. Oct. 5. The game will be televised by ESPN at 8 p.m. from Carter-Finley UVA holds a slim, 35-33 advantage, and has won the last two mee ngs. Stadium in Raleigh. This is the fi rst me the two teams have met on an Under David Cutcliff e, Duke has taken six of the last nine contests. ESPN Thursday night game. Clemson’s win over 12th-ranked Virginia Tech last week marked the NC State is ranked No. 24 in both the Associated Press and Amway fi rst me in ACC and AP poll history that a team has recorded three wins Coaches Top 25 Polls. This marks the fi rst Top 25 ranking for NC State over Top 15 teams in the month of September. The Tigers downed No. since the fi nal poll of the 2010 season when the Wolfpack was No. 25. 13 Auburn on Sept. 9, No. 14 Louisville on Sept. 16 and No. 12 Virginia Tech on Sept. 30. The combined score of those three games was 92-44. Louisville’s Lamar Jackson has 37 career rushing touchdowns and is just one shy of the ACC career mark for a quarterback (38) set by Geor- Wake Forest travels to No. 2/2 Clemson on Saturday for a noon gia Tech’s Tevin Washington (2009-12). Jackson needs only 13 yards to kickoff on ESPN2. Tigers’ head coach Dabo Swinney has never lost to have 10,000 career total off ense yards. the Demon Deacons. Five ACC teams are ranked in both the AP and Amway Coaches Miami holds a one-game advantage (31-30) in the series with Top 25 Polls this week. No. 2/2 Clemson leads the way, followed by No. Florida State, which resumes this weekend in Tallahassee at 3:30 p.m on 13/12 Miami, No. 16/19 Virginia Tech, No. 17/17 Louissville and No. ESPN. The Seminoles have won all seven mee ngs with Jimbo Fisher as 24/24 NC State. Florida State leads all others receiving votes and Geor- head coach. Ironically, FSU leads in games played in Miami (20-17) but gia Tech is also receiving votes. Miami leads 14-10 in games played in Tallahassee. 1 2017 ACC FOOTBALL NOTES QUICK HITS Seven ACC quarterbacks ACC Quarterbacks Making Pi travels to Syracuse on Saturday for a rematch of last Novem- have made their fi rst career First Career Start in 2017 (7) ber’s high-scoring aff air. Pi ’s 76-61 win was the highest-scoring regular starts this season. Boston Anthony Brown, Boston College season game in FBS history with more than 1,300 yards of combined College’s Anthony Brown, Kelly Bryant, Clemson Josh Jackson, Virginia Tech total off ense (668 for Clemson’s Kelly Bryant, Vir- TaQuon Marshall, Georgia Tech Streaking Syracuse and 644 for ginia Tech’s Josh Jackson and Chazz Surra , North Carolina • Clemson’s win over Virginia Tech was its Pi ). The two teams set Georgia Tech’s TaQuon Mar- James Blackman, Florida State 10th straight win overall since losing to an FBS record for most shall all made their fi rst starts Ben DiNucci, Pi Pi at home on Nov. 12 of last year. That combined points (137) in week one. North Carolina’s es South Florida for the second-longest in a single regula on Chazz Surra made his fi rst ca- current win streak in the FBS behind only game and most com- reer start in week two vs. Louisville. Florida State true freshman James Oklahoma (14). Miami’s eight-game win bined touchdowns (20). Blackman and Pi sophomore Ben DiNucci made their fi rst starts on streak is the fourth best in the FBS. Sept. 23. In addi on, Miami’s Malik Rosier made just the second start of Clemson has been his career in the Hurricanes’ season-opener against Bethune-Cookman. • Clemson’s win over 12th-ranked Virginia ranked in the top 10 of Tech was its eighth straight win over a top the AP poll in each of ABC’s Saturday Night Football featuring Clemson at Virginia Tech on 25 team, the longest streak in Clemson his- the past 32 weeks. That Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. earned a 3.0 overnight, the best among all networks tory. The Tigers are now 10-1 in matchups es Alabama for the in week 5. of top 15 teams over the last three years longest current steak in and 13-1 in its last 14 games against teams the na on. COASTAL NOTES ranked in the top 25 of at least one poll. Pi QB Max Browne completed 28 of 32 passes (.875) for 410 yards North Carolina in the Panthers’ 42-10 win over Rice. His total included three dropped • With its 31-17 win at Virginia Tech, plays host to No. 21/22 passes. The 410 yards were the most for a Panther QB since 2013 when Clemson won its 12th-straight road game, Notre Dame at 3:30 Tom Savage threw for 426 against Duke. a school record, and its 10th-straight ACC p.m. on ABC. The road win. The league record for consecu ve Figh ng Irish have won Virginia LB Micah Kiser, a semifi nalist for the pres gious Na onal ACC road wins is 12, set during the 1992-94 17 of the previous 19 Football Founda on Campbell Trophy, is ed for second na onally in seasons by Florida State. Clemson’s 12- mee ngs, including sacks per game. He made fi ve in UVA’s fi rst four games, a 1.25 average. game road winning streak is ed for second a high-scoring 50-43 best in the na on with Alabama. Oklahoma decision at South Bend Duke senior cornerback Bryon Fields Jr.