ACC NOTES Win Four Consecutive Games by 45-Or-More Points
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Nov. 25, 2019 2019 STANDINGS ACC QUICK HITS ACC Games Overall 렠 ACC COASTAL DIVISION: After weeks of "Coastal ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Chaos," the division will be decided Friday when Clemson 8 0 370 84 1.000 11 0 505 118 1.000 7-0 4-0 0-0 Won 26 Virginia and Virginia Tech meet in the Commonwealth Louisville 5 3 282 305 .625 7 4 379 361 .636 4-2 2-2 1-0 Won 2 Cup at noon on ABC. The winner will capture the Coastal Division crown and play in the ACC Football Wake Forest 4 3 211 231 .571 8 3 363 312 .727 6-1 2-2 0-0 Won 1 Championship Game on Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Bank of Florida State 4 4 207 210 .500 6 5 332 302 .545 5-2 1-3 0-0 Won 2 America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Boston College 3 4 239 244 .429 5 6 345 361 .455 3-3 2-3 0-0 Lost 2 Syracuse 1 6 163 239 .143 4 7 300 338 .364 2-3 2-4 0-0 Lost 1 렠 Virginia Tech has won 15 consecutive games over NC State 1 6 119 247 .143 4 7 255 320 .364 4-2 0-5 0-0 Lost 5 the Cavaliers, and the Hokies can capture their seventh Coastal Division title with a win Friday. The Cavaliers are looking to become the seventh different team to ACC Games Overall represent the Coastal Division in the ACC FCG in the COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak last seven years. Virginia would also become the 11th Virginia 5 2 210 156 .714 8 3 365 252 .727 6-0 2-3 0-0 Won 3 different ACC team to play in the championship game. Virginia Tech 5 2 232 173 .714 8 3 341 245 .727 6-1 2-2 0-0 Won 3 렠 ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION: No. 3 Clemson has Pitt 4 3 140 161 .571 7 4 222 236 .636 4-2 3-2 0-0 Lost 1 clinched the ACC Atlantic Division title and will play Miami 4 3 193 156 .571 6 5 317 222 .545 4-2 2-1 0-2 Lost 1 the Coastal Division champion in the ACC Football North Carolina 3 4 205 200 .429 5 6 334 285 .455 3-3 1-3 1-0 Won 1 Championship Game. The Tigers are the first ACC Duke 2 5 180 222 .286 4 7 276 333 .364 2-3 2-3 0-1 Lost 5 team to represent either division in five consecutive ACC Championships Games. Clemson earned a berth Georgia Tech 2 6 153 276 .250 3 8 193 337 .273 2-4 1-4 0-0 Won 1 in the title game for the seventh time. 렠 The ACC is second in the nation with 35 wins 2019 WEEK 13 SCHEDULE against teams with a .500 record-or-better. Friday, Nov. 29 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web 렠 Eight ACC teams have qualified for a bowl game, Virginia Tech (8-3, 5-2) at Virginia (8-3, 5-2) Noon, ABC 84 84 84 including Clemson (11-0), Pitt (7-4), Virginia (8-3), Series: Virginia Tech leads series, 58-37-5; Last meeting: VT, 34-31, ot (2018) Virginia Tech (8-3), Wake Forest (8-3), Louisville ABC: Dave Fleming (play-by-play), Jim Mora (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline) (7-4), Miami (6-5) and Florida State (6-5). Boston College (5-6) needs to beat Pitt, and North Carolina Saturday, Nov. 30 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web (5-6) needs a win over NC State to qualify for the Clemson (11-0) at South Carolina (4-7) Noon, ESPN 133 193 955 postseason. Virginia Tech is bowl eligible for the 27th Series: Clemson leads series, 70-42-4; Last meeting: CU, 56-35 (2018) consecutive season, the longest active bowl streak in ESPN: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Tom Luginbill (sideline) the country. Florida State qualified for a bowl for the 38th time in the last 40 seasons. Georgia (10-1) at Georgia Tech (3-8) Noon, ABC 135 194 956 Series: Georgia leads series, 67-41-5; Last meeting: UGA, 45-21 (2018) The final weekend of the regular season features four ABC: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Dan Orlovsky (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline) games between the ACC and SEC, including Clemson at South Carolina, Georgia at Georgia Tech, Louisville Louisville (7-4) at Kentucky (6-5) Noon, SECN 121 203 966 at Kentucky and Florida State at Florida. In CFP era Series: Kentucky leads series, 16-15; Last meeting: UK, 56-10 (2018) (since 2014), ACC teams are 30-28 against the SEC SECN: Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), Alyssa Lang (sideline) with 11 of those 30 wins coming from Clemson. Wake Forest (8-3, 4-3) at Syracuse (4-7, 1-6) 12:30 p.m., RSN 108 202 965 렠 Clemson has won 26 consecutive games. That is the Series: Syracuse leads series, 5-3; Last meeting: SU, 41-24 (2018) second-longest streak in ACC history and the longest RSN: Tom Werme (play-by-play), James Bates (analyst), Kelsey Wingert (sideline) active streak in the country. The league record is 29 straight by Florida State from 2012-14. Boston College (5-6, 3-4) at Pitt (7-4, 4-3) 3:30 p.m., ACCN 135 194 956 Series: Pitt leads series, 17-13; Last meeting: Pitt, 30-20 (2014) ACC Win Streaks (all games) ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Kelsey Riggs (sideline) 29 - Florida State, 2012-14 26 - Clemson, 2018-present Miami (6-5, 4-3) at Duke (4-7, 2-5) 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 119 207 967 17 - Florida State, 1999-2000 Series: Miami leads series, 13-3; Last meeting: Duke, 20-12 (2018) 17 - Clemson, 2014-15 ESPN2: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), Eric Wood (sideline) 렠 Clemson has won a nation's best 29 consecutive North Carolina (5-6, 3-4) at NC State (4-7, 1-6) 7 p.m., ACCN 133 193 955 regular season games. The last time the Tigers lost Series: UNC leads series, 66-36-6; Last meeting: NCSU, 34-28,ot (2018) a regular season game was at Syracuse on Oct. 13, ACCN: Dave O'Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Katie George (sideline) 2017. Clemson has won 60 of its last 62 regular season games. Florida State (6-5, 4-4) at Florida (9-2, 6-2) 7:30 p.m., SECN 135 194 956 Series: Florida leads series, 35-26-2; Last meeting: UF, 41-14 (2018) 렠 Clemson has scored at least 45 points in six SECN: Adam Amin (play-by-play), Matt Hasselbeck (analyst), Pat McAfee (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline) consecutive games, which matches the 2013 Florida State Seminoles for the longest streak in ACC history. The Tigers have also won six in a row by 30-or-more points, which is the most in ACC history. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Clemson joined 1944 Army and 1972 Nebraska as the only teams in the AP Poll era to Weekly Release | 2019 Football • 1 ACC NOTES win four consecutive games by 45-or-more points. 1. James Conner, UP 2013-16 338 렠 Howell leads the ACC and ranks fifth in the country 2. Travis Etienne, CU 2017-present 330 with 32 TD passes, while throwing just six intercep- 렠 Clemson registered its 750th all-time victory with a 3. Ted Brown, NCSU 1975-78 312 tions. Lawrence has tossed 27 touchdown passes, 45-14 win over Florida State on Oct. 12. Clemson, which 4. Wali Lundy, UVA 2002-05 312 which is 14th in the country. now has 755 wins, leads all ACC teams and ranks 14th 5. C.J. Spiller, CU 2006-09 310 among all FBS schools. Virginia Tech is 16th with 751. 렠 Clemson's Lawrence has been named one of 16 semi- Georgia Tech (19th, 737) and Syracuse (22nd, 723) also 렠 Virginia kick returner Joe Reed (2016-present) is close finalists for the 2019 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback rank among the top 25 in wins. to becoming the second player in ACC history with 3,000 Award. In conjunction with ESPN, the Davey O’Brien kickoff return yards. Reed has 2,989 kickoff return yards Foundation and its National Selection Committee will 렠 Eleven ACC head coaches have won at least 50 career and currently ranks second behind ACC record-holder release the names of the three finalists on Monday, Nov. games, including five with more than 100 victories. The T.J. Graham of NC State (2008-11), who had 3,195. 25. The 2019 Davey O’Brien winner will be announced live five 100-win coaches are UNC's Mack Brown (249), Clem- Syracuse's Sean Riley ranks sixth with 2,433 kickoff on The Home Depot College Football Awards Thursday, son's Dabo Swinney (127), Wake Forest's Dave Clawson return yards. Dec. 12. (126), Virginia's Bronco Mendenhall (123) and Duke's David Cutcliffe (115). No other conference has as many ACC Career Kickoff Return Yards 렠 Duke's Koby Quansah, NC State's James Smith-Wil- coaches with 100 career wins. 1. T.J.