2018 Standings 2018 Week 3 Schedule Quick Hits
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As of Monday, Sept. 10 • Football Contact: Kevin Best, [email protected] 2018 STANDINGS QUICK HITS ACC Games Overall THURSDAY NIGHT ACC MATCHUP ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak • A pair of undefeated ACC teams open their confer- Syracuse 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 117 52 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 ence schedule this Thursday when Boston College (2- Boston College 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 117 35 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 Won 2 0) travels to Wake Forest (2-0) for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff Clemson 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 76 33 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 on ESPN. Boston College is 2-0 to start the season for Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 74 37 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 3 the fi rst time since 2015 after wins over UMass and NC State 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 65 20 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 Won 4 Holy Cross. The Eagles have started 2-0 three times Louisville 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 45 58 .500 1-0 0-0 0-1 Won 1 during the Steve Addazio era. Wake Forest improved to Florida State 0 1 3 24 .000 1 1 39 50 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 Won 1 2-0 for the third consecutive season under head coach Dave Clawson with a win last week over Towson. ACC Games Overall COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak • This is the second Thursday night game of the Virginia Tech 1 0 24 3 1.000 2 0 86 20 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 season for Wake Forest, which began the year with a Duke 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 55 21 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 5 23-17 overtime win over Tulane on Thursday, Aug. 30. Miami 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 94 33 .500 1-0 0-0 0-1 Won 1 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 79 49 .500 1-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 • In ESPN Thursday night games, Wake Forest is 4-2 Virginia 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 58 33 .500 1-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 since 1997, with all six coming at home. Pitt 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 39 58 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 Lost 1 North Carolina 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 36 65 .000 0-0 0-2 0-0 Lost 3 • Boston College is 5-7 in ESPN Thursday night games as a member of the ACC, but has not played in a 2018 WEEK 3 SCHEDULE Thursday night game since 2011. Thursday, Sept. 13 Time, TV Sirius XM Internet WEEK THREE HIGHLIGHTS Boston College at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m., ESPN 84 84 84 • Two Saturday afternoon ACC contests highlight the Series: Boston College leads, 13-10-2; Last meeting: Wake Forest, 34-10 (2017) third week of the 2018 season. Florida State plays at ESPN: Dave Fleming, Brock Huard, Laura Rutledge Syracuse at noon on ESPN, and Georgia Tech visits Pitt at 12:30 p.m. on RSN. The Orange is 2-0 for the Saturday, Sept. 15 fi rst time since 2015 and ranks sixth in the country Florida State at Syracuse Noon, ESPN 145 386 977 averaging 58.5 points per game. Series: Florida State leads, 10-1; Last meeting: Florida State, 27-24 (2017) ESPN: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath • Two of the winningest active coaches in college foot- ball meet Saturday when Virginia plays host to Ohio. No. 21/20 Miami at Toledo ESPN2 108 194 956 Among coaches with fi ve years of FBS experience, Series: Miami leads, 2-0; Last meeting: Miami, 52-30 (2017) ESPN2: Kevin Brown, Andre Ware Ohio's Frank Solich ranks 10th with 156 career wins, while Virginia's Bronco Mendenhall is 20th with 108. No. 18/18 UCF at North Carolina Noon, ESPNU 111 201 964 Series: First meeting • NC State seeks its 13th straight non-conference win ESPNU: Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison at home Saturday when the Wolfpack play host to West Virginia of the Big 12. NC State has not lost to East Carolina at No. 13/11 Virginia Tech 12:20 p.m., Raycom 106 210 968 a non-conference opponent at Carter-Finley Stadium Series: Virginia Tech leads, 15-7; Last meeting: VT, 64-17 (2017) since falling to East Carolina late in the 2013 season. ACC Network: Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Lericia Harris • Playing its fi rst home game of the season, UNC plays Georgia Tech at Pitt 12:30 p.m., RSN 138 380 969 host to 18th-ranked UCF, which brings the nation's Series: Pitt leads, 7-5; Last meeting: GT, 35-17 (2017) longest winning streak (15 games) to Kenan Stadium RSN: Wes Durham, James Bates, Rebecca Kaple on Saturday at noon on ESPNU. This is UCF's fi rst game against an ACC team since losing to NC State in Ohio at Virginia 3 p.m., ACCNE 127 203 966 Series: Virginia leads,1-0; Last meeting: UVA, 41-7 (1993) the 2014 St. Petersburg Bowl. ACCNE: Joel Meyers, Forrest Conoly • Virginia Tech plays host to East Carolina on Saturday Georgia Southern at No. 2/2 Clemson 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 108 194 956 at 12:20 p.m. The Hokies are 2-0 against ECU under Series: First meeting head coach Justin Fuente, outscoring the Pirates by a ESPN2: Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Alex Corddry 118-34 margin the past two years. No. 14/15 West Virginia at NC State 3:30 p.m., ESPNU 94 193 955 RUSHING QUARTERBACKS Series: Tied, 5-5; Last meeting: NCSU, 23-7 (2010) • Four quarterbacks rank among the top 10 in the ACC ESPNU: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra in rushing through the fi rst two games of the season. Duke at Baylor 3:30 p.m., FS1 119 202 965 Syracuse's Eric Dungey is second in the conference Series: Duke leads, 2-0; Last meeting: Duke, 34-20 (2017) and 18th in the nation with 122.0 rushing yards per FS1: Brian Custer, Ben Leber game. Virginia signal-caller Bryce Perkins is third in the league at 115.0 yards per game, and a pair of Western Kentucky at Louisville 7:30 p.m., RSN 94 193 955 Georgia Tech quarterbacks – TaQuon Marshall and Series: Louisville leads 19-12; Last meeting: UL, 63-34 (1998) Tobias Oliver – rank sixth and ninth, respectively. RSN: Evan Lepler, Takeo Spikes, Lyndsay Rowley • Dungey and Marshall both rank in the top 15 in ACC career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Dungey is 14th with 21 rushing scores, while Marshall is 15th with 20. 1 2018 FOOTBALL NOTES NON-CONFERENCE WINS SIX ACC COACHES IN TOP 25 WIN PERCENTAGE • The ACC won 10 non-conference games last weekend, • Among active coaches, six current ACC head coaches ACADEMICS including three victories over FBS competition. No. 2 rank among the top 25 in the nation in career winning • Ten of 14 ACC Football teams earned a graduation Clemson won at Texas A&M, Duke beat Northwestern on percentage, led by Clemson’s Dabo Swinney at No. 5 with success rate (GSR) at or above the FBS average of the road and NC State defeated Georgia State in Raleigh. a .774 mark. 76. That ties for fi rst among Power 5 conferences, both in terms of percentage and in total number. • Over the last two weekends, the ACC has 19 wins over Career Winning Percentage non-conference opponents, which ranks second only to (Minimum Five Full Seasons in FBS) • The ACC remains the only Power 5 conference to the SEC. Pl. Name, School .......................Record .....Pct. have multiple teams score 90 or higher in GSR each 1. Urban Meyer, Utah ......................177-31-0 ...... .851 year since 2005. Duke (96), Wake Forest (93) and THREE IN AP TOP 25 2. Chris Petersen, Washington ........130-30-0 ...... .813 Boston College (90) reached that plateau last year. • Led by No. 2 Clemson, three ACC teams are ranked in 3. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M .............83-23-0 ...... .783 the Associated Press Top 25 football poll (Sept. 4). Clem- 4. Nick Saban, Alabama .................. 220-62-1 ...... .779 5. Dabo Swinney, Clemson .........103-30-0 .... .774 • In the 2017 U.S. News and World “Best Colleges” son received six fi rst-place votes to place second behind 6. David Shaw, Stanford ................... 75-22-0 ...... .773 rankings, ACC member schools combine for an Alabama, which received 54. Virginia Tech moved up one spot to No. 13 after beating William & Mary, while Miami 7. Bryan Harsin, Boise State.............. 51-17-0 ...... .750 average rank of 54.2, marking the 11th straight year 8. Gary Patterson, TCU ................... 162-57-0 ...... .740 that the ACC has led all Power 5 conferences. moved to No. 21 following a win over Savannah State. Boston College (45), Duke (10), NC State (9) and Florida 9. Mark Richt, Miami ................165-59-0 .... .737 State (1) also received votes in the poll. 10. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame ..............221-90-2 ...... .709 ATHLETICS 11. Bobby Petrino, Louisville ........118-49-0 ...