2018 Standings 2018 Week 8 Schedule Quick Hits
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As of Monday, Oct. 15 • Football Contact: Kevin Best, [email protected] 2018 STANDINGS QUICK HITS ACC Games Overall AROUND THE ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Two of the remaining eight undefeated FBS teams Clemson 3 0 139 47 1.000 6 0 253 87 1.000 3-0 3-0 0-0 Won 6 are from the ACC – No. 3 Clemson and No. 16 NC NC State 2 0 63 44 1.000 5 0 165 84 1.000 4-0 1-0 0-0 Won 7 State. In fact, Clemson and NC State are two of just Boston College 2 1 102 82 .667 5 2 277 182 .714 4-0 1-2 0-0 Won 1 four undefeated Power 5 teams left in the country. Syracuse 1 2 90 78 .333 4 2 258 151 .667 3-0 1-2 0-0 Lost 2 Alabama and Ohio State are the others. Clemson and Florida State 1 3 65 106 .250 3 3 138 151 .500 2-1 1-2 0-0 Lost 1 NC State will face each other this weekend in Clemson Wake Forest 0 2 37 104 .000 3 3 194 221 .500 2-3 1-0 0-0 Lost 1 at 3:30 p.m. in a nationally-televised game on ESPN. Louisville 0 4 78 159 .000 2 5 143 234 .286 2-2 0-2 0-1 Lost 4 Each of the last two meetings have been decided by a touchdown in the Tigers' favor. ACC Games Overall COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak The Clemson-NC State game is the fi fth all-time ACC Virginia Tech 3 0 77 36 1.000 4 2 197 147 .667 1-1 3-1 0-0 Won 1 matchup between undefeated teams with at least fi ve Miami 2 1 88 53 .667 5 2 262 127 .714 4-0 1-1 0-1 Lost 1 wins. It is the fi rst since No. 5 Florida State won at No. Virginia 2 1 64 51 .667 4 2 167 115 .667 3-0 0-2 1-0 Won 1 3 Clemson in 2013, 51-14. Pitt 2 1 103 94 .667 3 4 170 216 .429 3-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 1 Duke 1 1 42 45 .500 5 1 192 106 .833 2-1 3-0 0-0 Won 1 • 1990 (11/3) - Virginia (7-0) vs. Georgia Tech (6-0-1) North Carolina 1 2 67 104 .333 1 4 103 169 .200 1-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 2 • 1993 (10/16) - Florida State (6-0) vs. Virginia (5-0) Georgia Tech 1 3 120 132 .250 3 4 262 198 .429 2-2 1-2 0-0 Lost 1 • 1997 (11/8) - North Carolina (8-0) vs. FSU (8-0) • 2013 (10/19) - Clemson (6-0) vs. Florida State (5-0) 2018 WEEK 8 SCHEDULE • 2018 (10/20) - Clemson (6-0) vs. NC State (5-0) The Tigers are the only team in ACC history to start Saturday, October 20 Time, TV Sirius XM Internet 6-0 in four consecutive seasons. Clemson has started North Carolina (1-4, 1-2) at Syracuse (4-2, 1-2) 12:20 p.m., Raycom 113 193 955 6-0 in six of the last eight seasons and has won 28 of Series: Tied, 2-2; Last meeting: Syracuse, 49-47, 3ot (2003) its last 30 games against conference opponents. In Raycom: Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Lericia Harris Clemson's most recent outing, the Tigers beat Wake Forest by a 63-3 score. The Tiger's 60-point margin of Virginia (4-2, 2-1) at Duke (5-1, 1-1) 12:30 p.m., RSN 98 194 956 victory was the program’s largest in conference play in Series: Virginia leads series, 36-33, Last meeting: Virginia, 28-21 (2017) school history. RSN: Wes Durham, James Bates, Rebecca Kaple NC State is 5-0 for the fi rst time since 2002 and No. 16 NC State (5-0, 2-0) at No. 3 Clemson (6-0, 3-0) 3:30 p.m., ESPN 113 193 955 is ranked 16th in the AP Top 25 poll and 15th in the Series: Clemson leads series, 57-28-1; Last meeting: Clemson, 38-31 (2017) Coaches Poll. The Wolfpack's seven-game win streak ESPN: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe is the fourth-longest active streak in the nation. Only UCF (18 games), Ohio State (11) and Alabama (8) Wake Forest (3-3, 0-2) at Florida State (3-3, 1-3) 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 78 203 964 have a longer streak than the Pack. Clemson has won Series: Florida State leads series, 29-6-1, Last meeting: Florida State, 26-19 (2017) six in a row and Miami has won fi ve straight. ESPN2: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra Four teams in the Coastal Division - Georgia Tech, Miami, Pitt and Virginia Tech - and two in the Atlantic Division - Boston College and Louisville - have the weekend off. Virginia, fresh off a 16-13 win over No.16 Miami, plays at Duke at 12:30 p.m. on RSN, and North Carolina visits Syracuse at 12:20 p.m. on Raycom. In addition to the NC State at Clemson game, the Atlantic also features Wake Forest at Florida State at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2. AP TOP 25 Two ACC teams are ranked in this week's Associat- ed Press Top 25 football poll (Oct. 14). Clemson is No. 3 and NC State is No. 16. Miami, Duke and Virginia are also receiving votes. Clemson has been ranked in 60 consecutive AP polls, including 57 in the top 10. Last season, the Wolfpack was ranked 10 weeks during the season, reaching as high as No. 14 in late October. That marked the fi rst time NC State was ranked in the AP poll since the fi nal poll of the 2010 season. NON-CONFERENCE NOTES The ACC's seven road non-conference wins are the most of any conference. 1 2018 FOOTBALL NOTES Clemson (T7th) and Florida State (13th) rank among the The ACC's three road Power 5 non-conference wins top 20 in sacks per game. BC's Wyatt Ray is third in the ACADEMICS are tied for the most of any conference. country with 1.42 sacks per contest, followed by Florida • Ten of 14 ACC Football teams earned a graduation State's Brian Burns, who is fi fth nationally. The Orange's success rate (GSR) at or above the FBS average of The ACC has the second-most non-conference wins of Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson are both tied at 10th 76. That ties for fi rst among Power 5 conferences, any conference. with 1.0 per game. Clemson's Clelin Ferrell is also 10th. both in terms of percentage and in total number. The ACC has the third-best non-conference winning Led by Clemson, three ACC teams are ranked in the top • The ACC remains the only Power 5 conference to percentage of any conference. 20 in scoring defense. The Tigers are giving up only 14.5 points per game, which ranks sixth. NC State is allowing have multiple teams score 90 or higher in GSR each ROAD WINS 16.8 to rank 16th, followed by No. 20 Duke at 17.7 per year since 2005. Duke (96), Wake Forest (93) and game. Boston College (90) reached that plateau last year. There are four Power 5 conference teams with three true road wins and three of those are from the ACC - Clemson, Duke, and Virginia Tech. Florida is the other. Wake Forest's Greg Dortch is second in the country • In the 2018 U.S. News and World “Best Colleges” in receptions per game (8.0) and 12th in receiving yards rankings, ACC member schools combine for an • Clemson road wins – at Texas A&M, at Georgia Tech, at (98.7). average rank of 54.7, marking the 12th straight year Wake Forest that the ACC has led all Power 5 conferences. • Duke road wins – at Northwestern, at Baylor, at Georgia Clemson's Travis Etienne ranks fi fth nationally with Tech 126.8 rushing yards per game. BC's AJ Dillon, who has ATHLETICS • Virginia Tech road wins – at Florida State, at Duke, at missed the last two weeks, is averaging 130.4 yards • The ACC is the only conference to win national North Carolina rushing, but does not qualify for the national rankings. championships in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball over the last four UPCOMING MILESTONES Pitt's Maurice Ffrench is tied for the national lead in years. kickoff return TDs with two. The two-time ACC Specialist Virginia's Olamide Zaccheaus (193) is closing in of the Week also leads the ACC and ranks second in the on 200 career receptions. Duke's T.J. Rahming (202) country with a 33.8-yard kickoff return average. • The ACC has won a combined four football became the 22nd player in ACC history to reach the and men’s basketball national titles over the 200-reception mark last weekend in a win over Georgia VIRGINIA'S THORNHILL IS WALTER CAMP DEFEN- last fi ve years, twice as many as any other Tech. conference. SIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Georgia Tech's TaQuon Marshall and Syracuse's Eric Virginia safety Juan Thornhill has been named the Walter • The ACC has had a team in either the College Dungey have each rushed for 27 career touchdowns, Camp Football Foundation National Defensive Player of Football Playoff or the BCS National Championship which ranks seventh all-time among ACC quarterbacks.