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ACC Has 5 in AP, Coaches Polls 2016 ACC Standings Release No. 17, Sunday, October 23, 2016 Five ACC teams were selected for this ACC Games Overall week’s Associated Press and Amway Atlantic Division ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak Coaches polls. Clemson (3rd), Lou- Clemson ................4 0 ...148 70 2-0 2-0.....7 0 ...256 107 4-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 Won 7 isville (5th) and Virginia Tech (25th) Louisville ...............4 1 ...239 117 3-0 1-1.....6 1 ...368 159 4-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 Won 2 had the same rankings in each poll. Florida State ..........2 2 .....92 125 1-1 1-1.....5 2 ...244 202 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 Won 2 Wake Forest ..........2 2 .....74 73 1-0 1-2.....5 2 ...152 125 3-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 Lost 1 Florida State was 12th in AP and14th Syracuse ...............2 2 .....96 127 1-0 1-2.....4 4 ...213 253 2-2 2-1 0-1 1-2 Won 2 in the Coaches poll. North Caro- NC State ................1 2 .....63 94 1-0 0-2.....4 3 ...200 166 4-0 0-3 0-0 1-2 Lost 2 lina was 21st in AP and 22nd in the Boston College ......0 4 .....44 150 0-3 0-1.....3 4 ...147 170 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 Coaches. Jackson, Watson Remain Coastal Division ...W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak 1-2 in ESPN Heisman Watch North Carolina .......4 1 ...132 132 2-1 2-0.....6 2 ...240 203 2-1 4-0 0-1 3-1 Won 2 Louisville QB Lamar Jackson and Virginia Tech .........3 1 ...137 50 2-0 1-1.....5 2 ...251 125 4-0 1-2 0-0 2-0 Won 1 Clemson QB Deshaun Watson re- Pitt ........................2 1 ...118 102 1-0 1-1.....5 2 ...269 220 4-0 1-2 0-0 2-1 Won 3 mained at the top of ESPN’s Heis- Virginia ..................1 2 .....79 100 0-2 1-0.....2 5 ...184 229 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2 Lost 2 man Watch for the third straight Georgia Tech .........1 3 .....79 112 0-2 1-1.....4 3 ...187 153 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 Won 1 week. The Heisman Watch is a com- Miami ....................1 3 .....83 98 0-3 1-0.....4 3 ...236 121 2-2 2-1 0-0 1-2 Lost 3 pilation of votes by ESPN.com’s Duke ......................0 3 .....48 82 0-2 0-1.....3 4 ...161 153 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 Lost 1 writers and editors. Week #9 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) ACC Has Two of the Thursday, October 27 ...............................Series Record ..... Last Meeting .............Network ..... Kickoff Most-Watched Games of 2016 (25, 25) Virginia Tech (5-2) at Pitt (5-2) ..............VT (8-7-0) ..............Pitt, 20-13, 2015 ............ESPN .................7:00 Two of the most-watched games in Saturday, October 29 ................................Series Record ..... Last Meeting .............Network ..... Kickoff college football on any network this (5, 5) Louisville (6-1) at Virginia (2-5) .................Series Tied (2-2-0) Louisville, 38-31, 2015 ..ABC/ESPN2 ........Noon year were ACC games or involved an ACC team. The ABC telecast of Lou- Duke (3-4) at Georgia Tech (4-3) .........................GT (50-32-1) ......... Duke, 34-20, 2015 .........RSN ................ Noon isville at Clemson drew 9,286,000 Boston College (3-4) at NC State (4-3) ................BC (8-5-0) ............. NC State, 24-8, 2015 ......ACC Network ...12:30 viewers, the second-most of any Miami (4-3) at Notre Dame (2-5) .........................ND (16-7-1) ........... ND, 41-3, 2012 ..............NBC ...................3:30 game this year, while the ESPN tele- Army West Point (4-2) at Wake Forest (5-2) ........WF (11-4-0) ...........WF, 17-14, 2015 ............RSN ..................3:30 cast of Florida State and Ole Miss (3, 3) Clemson (7-0) at (12,14) Florida State (5-2) ..FSU (20-9-0) ......... Clemson, 23-13, 2015 ....ABC ...................8:00 had 8,354,000 viewers, the year’s third-most viewed game. Additional- ly, the same two games were the top No. 25 Virginia Tech, Pitt Meet in Thursday Coastal Clash two most streamed games this year. FSU-Ole Miss generated 59,703,000 Third-Ranked Clemson Faces No. 12 Florida State streamed minutes, while Louis- ville-Clemson created 51,107,000 in Primetime Atlantic Division Showdown streamed minutes. Key Atlantic, Coastal Clashes travelling to Pittsburgh on Thursday night to Eleven From ACC Named Headline Week Nine face the Pitt Panthers, who are coached by Midseason All-Americas Clemson and Virginia Tech look to maintain their Pat Narduzzi and led by multi-talented WR- Eleven ACC players were named to advantages in the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions KR Quadree Henderson at Heinz Field (7 pm, at least one midseason All-America as the ACC heads into Week Nine of the 2016 ESPN)...The Hokies, who climbed back into team announced this week. Louisville campaign...Clemson, ranked third nationally, fac- both national polls at No. 25 this week are a QB Lamar Jackson and Florida State es 12th-ranked Florida State at Doak S. Campbell half-game behind North Carolina in the Coast- RB Dalvin Cook were each named Stadium (8 pm, ABC)...The Tigers, coached by al Division standings... But they are tied with to six teams. Pitt KR-WR Quadree the Tar Heels in the loss column and have the Henderson was named to fi ve teams Dabo Swinney and led by QB Deshaun Watson, and DE Ejuan Price was selected by hold a game lead in the loss column over sev- tiebreaker advantage by virtue of their Oct. 15 four. Clemson DL Christian Wilkins enth-ranked Louisville as well as the advantage in win over UNC... The Panthers, just a half-game was named to three teams. Pitt G the tiebreaker for the Atlantic Division berth in the behind Tech, are looking to be a force in the Dorian Johnson earned selection to Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game in Division race. two teams while Florida State T Rod- Orlando, Fla., ...Florida State, coached by Jimbo ACC Slate Features Seven Games erick Johnson and Clemson LB Ben Fisher and led by RB Dalvin Cook, is looking to In all, the ACC has seven games this week, Boulware were each named to one climb back into the Atlantic race after facing the one on Thursday and six on Saturday...Five of team. Wake Forest DE Duke Ejiofor, league’s toughest early-season schedule, with its the games are conference matchups, with two Florida State DE DeMarcus Walker fi rst six foes a combined 24-2 prior to facing the and Syracuse WR Amba Etta-Tawo non-conference contests...Four of the fi ve con- were also named second-team mid- Noles... Virginia Tech, coached by Justin Fuente ference games are intradivisional clashes, with and led by QB Jerod Evans, opens the weekend season All-Americas by SI.com. conti nued, page 2 This Week In ACC Football (Listed channels subject to change) ...............Game .......Broadcast ...XM ... Sirius ......App The ACC On Sirius/XM Date ...Game (Radio Network) ......................Time ........Time ...Channel Channel . Channel Satellite Radio O. 27 ..Virginia Tech at Pitt (Pit) ...........................7:00 pm ......6:00 pm .........84 ..........84 ...........84 The fi rst intercollegiate athletics con- ference to reach agreement to have O. 27 ..Virginia Tech at Pitt (VT) ...........................7:00 pm ......6:00 p.m. .....193 ........145 .........955 its sports broadcast on satellite radio, O. 29 ..Louisville at Virginia (UVa) ........................12:00 pm ....11:00 am .......81 ..........81 ...........81 the Atlantic Coast Conference begins O. 29 ..Duke at Georgia Tech (GT) ........................12:00 pm. ...11:00 am .....193 ........132 .........955 its 12th season in its partnership with O. 29 ..Boston College at NC State (NCS) .............12:30 pm ....11:30 pm .....194 ........113 .........956 Sirius/XM Radio. Since 2004, the ACC has had its football and men’s O. 29 ...Miami at Notre Dame (ND) ........................3:30 pm ......3:30 pm .......129 ........129 .........129 basketball games broadcast over XM O. 29 ...Army-West Point at Wake Forest (WF) ..... 3:30 pm ......3:30 pm .......193 ........132 .........955 or Sirius Satellite Radio. O. 29 ...Clemson at Florida State (FSU) ................. 8:00 pm ......8:00 pm .........84 ..........84 ...........84 one interdivisonal game...North Carolina and Syracuse both TD passes (20) and is 14th nationally in points responsible for... have the weekend off with open dates. The Tigers are also eighth in total defense (298.6), fourth in team ACC Has 36-10 Non-Conference Record pass effi ciency defense (90.94) and fourth in team tackles for With a pair of non-conference games scheduled this week, the loss (9.0)...Florida State RB Dalvin Cook, who is seventh in rush- ACC heads into them having compiled a 36-10 non-conference ing yards per game (128.6), needs 100 yards to become only the record, which is now the best of any conference...Miami, coached seventh ACC player in history to record three 1,000-yard rushing by Mark Richt, and led by QB Brad Kaaya, seeks to break a seasons in a career...Florida State DE DeMarcus Walker is sec- three-game losing streak when the Hurricanes travel to South ond nationally in sacks (1.21)...Since 2010, FSU (73) and Clem- Bend, Indiana, to face Notre Dame, coached by Brian Kelly at son (69) rank 2nd and 3rd nationally in wins.