What’s Inside 2013 ACC Standings Release No. 8, Sunday, October 13, 2013 This Week In ACC FB, School Links .............. 2 ACC Games Overall Media Information, SID Directory ........... 3-4 Atlantic Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L ...For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. ... Streak Sirius, National Radio, ACC Network ....5 Clemson .................4 0 ..155 49 2-0 2-0 ..... 6 0 ...245 97 4-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 ......Won 7 ACC Digital Network ........................6 Florida State ...........3 0 ..152 47 1-0 2-0 ..... 5 0 ...268 60 3-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 ......Won 7 2013 Football Schedule/Results ..........7 Maryland ................1 1 ....27 89 1-0 0-1 ..... 5 1 ...186 130 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 ......Won 1 Game Summaries ...........................8 Syracuse ................1 1 ....38 59 0-1 1-0 ..... 3 3 ...188 147 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 ......Won 1 ACC Notes By The Numbers ...............9 Boston College .......1 2 ....72 82 1-1 0-1 ..... 3 3 ...151 158 3-1 0-2 0-0 1-2 ......Lost 1 Prime Time Performances ............... 10 Wake Forest ...........1 2 ....45 93 1-0 0-2 ..... 3 3 ...120 132 2-1 1-2 0-0 1-2 ......Won 1 Game Previews for Week 8....... 11-12 NC State .................0 3 ....37 78 0-2 0-1 ..... 3 3 ...148 127 3-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 ......Lost 2 Game-by-Game Results, Stats ..... 13-15 ACC & ESPN Thursday Night ........ 16-18 Coastal Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. Streak Noting the ACC Coaches ............. 19-22 Virginia Tech ..........3 0 ....63 36 2-0 1-0 ..... 6 1 ...162 105 4-0 2-0 0-1 3-0 ......Won 6 ACC Legends ........................... 23-25 Miami .....................1 0 ....45 30 1-0 0-0 ..... 5 0 ...226 80 4-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 ......Won 6 National Rankings, Overtime ....... 26-27 Pitt .........................2 2 ....94 118 1-1 1-1 ..... 3 2 ...143 145 2-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 ......Lost 1 Long Plays, Non-Conf. Record ......28-30 Georgia Tech ..........2 2 ..106 96 1-1 1-1 ..... 3 3 ...196 134 2-1 1-2 0-0 2-2 ......Lost 3 Career Statistics ....................... 31-38 Duke .......................0 2 ....69 96 0-2 0-0 ..... 4 2 ...215 148 3-2 1-0 0-0 0-2 ......Won 2 ACC Statistics .......................... 39-47 Virginia ...................0 2 ....29 41 0-0 0-2 ..... 2 4 ...134 164 2-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 .....Lost 3 North Carolina ........0 2 ....37 55 0-0 0-2 ..... 1 4 ...118 157 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-2 ......Lost 3 Week #8 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) Thursday, October 17 Teams .................................................................. Series Record ................... Last Meeting .......................... Network .................... Kickoff (10, 11) Miami (5-0) at North Carolina (1-4) ...............................Series Tied (7-7-0) ....................North Carolina, 18-14, 2012 ............ ESPN ....................................7:45 Saturday, October 19 Syracuse (3-3) at Georgia Tech (3-3) .........................................Georgia Tech (2-0-0) ................Georgia Tech, 51-14, 2004 .............. ACC Network ......................12:30 Maryland (5-1) at Wake Forest (3-3) ............................................Maryland (43-17-1) ..................Maryland, 19-14, 2012 .................... ESPNU .................................3:30 Duke (4-2) at Virginia (2-4) ..........................................................Virginia (33-31-0) .....................Duke, 42-17, 2012 ........................... RSN .....................................3:30 Old Dominion (4-2) at Pitt (3-2) ...................................................First Meeting .............................First Meeting .................................... RSN .....................................7:00 (5, 5) Florida State (5-0) at (3, 4) Clemson (6-0) .........................Florida State (18-8-0) ...............Florida State, 49-37, 2012 ............... ABC ......................................8:00 Third-Ranked Clemson, Fifth-Ranked Florida State Meet in Clemson in Primetime With GameDay North Carolina Hosts 10th-ranked Miami on ESPN Thursday Night Georgia Tech Hosts Syracuse; Duke-Virginia and Maryland-Wake Forest Square off in ACC Action Passing the halfway point of the 2013 regular sea- in Clemson senior Tajh Boyd, who is 8th nation- ris is 9th nationally in pass effi ciency (169.7) son, all eyes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and ally in pass effi ciency, and Florida State redshirt while Johnson is 4th nationally in all-purpose nationally will be in Clemson this Saturday, as the freshman Jameis Winston, who ranks 2nd... yards per game (190.8), 10th in kickoff return 3rd-ranked Tigers and 5th-ranked Florida State The Tigers are coached by Dabo Swinney, while average (30.5) and 13th in rushing yards per Seminoles face each other in the fi rst meeting of the Seminoles are led by coach Jimbo Fisher... game (113.4/gm)...Miami has the best win- ACC teams ranked in the nation’s Top Five since This games marks the second straight year the ning percentage of any ACC school on ESPN Nov. 5, 2005...It is also just the fourth meeting of Atlantic Division rivals have met ranked in the Thursday Nights (16-3, .842), while North Top Five ACC teams in league history...The game Top 10 and it is the 11th such meeting of ACC Carolina is 6-5...In Atlanta, a pair of ground- will be nationally televised on ABC with an 8 pm schools ranked in the nation’s Top 10 (AP)...The oriented football teams will face each other kickoff...ESPN’s GameDay makes its second ap- winner of this game has produced the Atlantic when Syracuse visits Georgia Tech for the pearance at Clemson this year, the fi rst time that Division representative in the Dr Pepper ACC fi rst time at Bobby Dodd Stadium (12:30 pm, GameDay has visited the same campus twice Football Championship Game in each of the last ACC Network)...The Orange, coached by Scott in the fi rst eight weeks of a season...Three ACC four years...While the game with the Tigers and Shafer and led by the twin TB tandem of Je- teams are ranked in the nation’s Top 10 this week Seminoles concludes Week Eight, 10th-ranked rome Smith and Prince-Tyson Gulley, face in No. 3 Clemson, No. 5 Florida State and No. 10 Miami and Coastal Division foe North Carolina the Yellow Jackets, coached by Paul Johnson Miami, the fi rst time the ACC has had three Top kick off the weekend on Thursday night, when and led by BB David Sims and QB Vad Lee... 10 teams since Oct. 30, 2005, when three league Coach Larry Fedora’s Tar Heels host the un- Georgia Tech ranks 6th nationally in rushing teams (3-VT, 5-Mia, 9-FSU) earned Top 10 rank- beaten Hurricanes at Kenan Stadium before a offense (290.3 yds/gm) and Syracuse is 22nd ings in both the AP and USA Today Coaches poll... national TV audience (7:45 pm, ESPN)...UNC is (220.7), but the Orange are coming off a 362- The ACC is the only conference nationally to have led by junior TE Eric Ebron and QB Bryn Renner yard effort in a win last week over NC State, three undefeated teams in Clemson (6-0), Florida while Miami, coached by Al Golden, counters their fi rst ACC triumph and inaugural confer- State (5-0) and Miami (5-0)...The contest in Death with a potent offensive attack led by QB Stephen ence win on the road...Maryland (5-1), one Valley will match two of the top QBs in the nation Morris and big-play RB Duke Johnson... Mor- continued, page 2 of fi ve ACC teams with fi ve or more victories, faces another Atlantic Division test when the Terrapins travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to ACC News & Notes meet the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in a nationally televised game ACC Is Only Conference With at BB&T Field (3:30 pm; ESPNU)...The Terrapins, coached by Randy Three Undefeated Teams Edsall, and led by the wide receiver combination of Stefon Diggs and The Atlantic Coast Conference is the only conference in the Deon Long, received a 332-yard passing effort by backup QB Caleb FBS to have three unbeaten teams at this stage of the sea- Rowe in its win over Virginia...Maryland is looking to achieve bowl son. Heading into the fi nal half of the year, Clemson (6-0), eligibility for the fi rst time since 2010...The Demon Deacons, coached Florida State (5-0) and Miami (5-0) are all unbeaten. by Jim Grobe, are led by QB Tanner Price and WR Michael Campa- naro, the ACC’s leading pass receiver (8.8 catches/gm)...Wake is one ACC Features Top Five Matchup of fi ve ACC teams with 3-3 records this week that is looking to write For Fourth Time in League History For only the fourth time in league history, the ACC will see a positive second half to their season...In Charlottesville, Va., Coastal a clash of two league teams ranked in the nation’s Top Five Division rivals Duke and Virginia will collide at Scott Stadium (3:30 when 3rd-ranked Clemson hosts 5th-ranked Florida State pm; Regional Sports Networks)...The Blue Devils, coached by David this Saturday at Memorial Stadium. It’s the fi rst meeting Cutcliffe and led by QB Anthony Boone and WR Jamison Crowder, of Top Five ACC teams since Nov. 5, 2005, when No. 3 will be meeting the Cavaliers for the 65th time in a series in which Virginia Tech hosted 5th-ranked Miami. The other top fi ve Duke has recently held the upper hand, winning four of the last fi ve meetings occurred in 2004 (#5 Miami d.