Week 6 - October 3-6, 2013

Across The ACC ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE Officers Movin’ On Up – The ACC continued its climb up the Coaches Poll following the fifth week of the season. At least one team from the ACC has advanced in the rankings in every week so far and no President & Chair...... Andrew P. Hertz team has taken a backwards step once they have been ranked in the Top 25. Clemson, who started Chair-Elect...... Luis E. Boué Vice Chair...... Lee. E. Stapleton the season at No. 8, has made its way up to No. 4 while also receiving a first place vote this week Vice Chair...... Michael B. Chavies for the first time in 2013; FSU was the preseason No. 12 and has jumped to No. 8 without playing a Secretary...... Ann E. Pope ranked opponent yet; and Miami, who started the season unranked, has made its way all the up to Treasurer...... Shaun M. Davis No. 14, moving up one spot from last week. Virginia Tech and Maryland also received votes. Immediate Past President/Chair..O. Ford Gibson CEO...... Eric L. Poms Four Ranked Teams (AP) - For the first time since Nov. 20, 2011, the ACC has four teams ranked Communications Staff in the Associated Press Top 25 in No. 3 Clemson, No. 8 Florida State, No. 14 Miami and No. 25 Larry Wahl (305) 341-4718 Maryland. Additionally, Virginia Tech is second among other teams receiving votes. VP, Communications & Community Outreach [email protected] Among the Unbeaten - Four Atlantic Coast Conference teams remain undefeated through the first Kallan Louis (305) 341-4737 four games of the season for the first time in history. Clemson, Florida State, Miami and Maryland Communications Coordinator are all 4-0, but the streak will end for at least one team this week as Maryland travels to Tallahassee [email protected] this weekend to face the 8th-ranked Seminoles in Doak Campbell . Mike Liotta (305) 341-4785 Communications & Media Intern ACC Play Heats Up - ACC action gets into full swing this weekend with five conference matchups [email protected] on tap, highlighted by Syracuse’s inaugural ACC football game as it hosts 4th-ranked Clemson in the Carrier Dome and a battle of two of the four undefeated ACC teams as FSU hosts Maryland. Nelson Adams (305) 341-4734 Wake Forest travels to NC State, Miami welcomes in Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech takes on North Communications & Media Intern Carolina in Chapel Hill. [email protected] Across Steady at the Top - The top five teams in the Coaches Poll remained the same for the second week in a row, but the rest of the poll saw some big changes once again. After a huge win against SEC rival LSU, Georgia moved up from No. 10 to No. 6 and put itself right back in the title talks; Oklahoma moved up two spots to No. 10 after defeating Notre Dame while dropping the Irish from the rankings; LSU dropped from No. 6 to No. 11; Oklahoma State owned the biggest fallout of the week as it dropped 9 spots to No. 20 after losing to unranked West Virginia; Ole Miss, Notre Dame and Wisconsin all fell out of the poll and 2013 Discover Orange Bowl runner-up Northern Illinois, Arizona State and Nebraska took their places. – Quarterbacks are running the show this year, and according to ESPN, Oregon’s Heisman Watch This week, 2013 Discover Orange Bowl Runner-Up Marcus Mariota, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel and Clemson’s Tahj Boyd are the three frontrunners Northern Illinois cracked the Coaches Poll Top 25 for the Heisman Trophy through the first five weeks of the season. for the first time this season. important media dates What The Experts Are Saying

Oct. Sun. First BCS Standings Released Sun. Dec. 8 BCS Selection Show / Coaches’ Teleconference 20 Matt Murschel 2013 Discover Orange Bowl Online Credential Dec. Credential Application / Media Hotel Reservations Mon. Nov. 3 Fri. Application Opens 20 Closes Mark Schlabach Brad Edwards Stewart Mandel Jerry Palm Brant Parsons

Dec. 2013 Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic Sat. Dec. 7 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game (ESPN) Sat. 21 (FSN) Florida State Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Discover Orange Bowl Louisville Oklahoma Oklahoma Oregon Louisville

Sat. Dec. 28 Afternoon Team Arrivals / HC Press Conferences Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Sun. Dec. 29 Oregon Oregon Stanford Ohio State Oregon Wed. Jan. 1 Post-Practice HC / Student Athlete Media Availability

Mon. Dec. 30 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 Coordinators / Student-Athletes Press Conferences Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Nebraska Ohio State Tues. Dec. 31 a.m. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 Stanford Stanford Oregon Stanford Stanford Thur. Jan. 2 a.m. Head Coaches Press Conference

Thur. Jan. 2 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 AvMed Orange Bowl Coaches Luncheon Georgia Georgia Texas A&M South Carolina Georgia p.m. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. 7:30 p.m. - 11:30 Oklahoma Wisconsin Florida State Louisville Florida State Thur. Jan. 2 p.m. Media Party

1:30 p.m. - 7:30 Baylor Baylor Baylor Oklahoma State Oklahoma Fri. Jan. 3 p.m. Bud Light Orange Bowl Game Day Fan Zone vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Fri. Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. Discover Orange Bowl Fresno State Louisville Louisville Fresno State N. Illinois Weekend Watch List Discover Orange Bowl- FWAA No. 13 UCLA at Utah Courage Award Thursday, October 3, 10:00 p.m. UCLA (3-0) opens conference play Thursday DALLAS (FWAA) - East Carolina outside night as it travels to Rice-Eccles Stadium to face linebacker Gabe Woullard is the second weekly division rival Utah (3-1). The Bruins, who rank nominee for the 2013 Discover Orange second in the nation in total offense (614.3), Bowl-FWAA Courage Award that will be will look to remain undefeated as they take on announced at the end of the season. a Utah team that has won two of the last three matchups between the two schools. Woullard, a 6-3, 227-pound senior, became an East Carolina starter for the final eight games Maryland at No. 8 FSU of the 2012 season and has never given up the Saturday, October 5, 12:00 p.m. spot. He has survived to play despite his Maryland (4-0) travels to the Sunshine State family’s ordeal during Hurricane Katrina, his capitol to challenge the 8th-ranked Seminoles father’s absence while serving in Iraq, and a (4-0) in a battle of the ACC unbeatens. The playing career that has led him to three high Terrapins are 4-0 for the first time since 2001 schools and three colleges because of the and are ranked in the AP Poll for the first aforementioned events. time since 2010 as they go up against Jameis Winston and FSU’s 4th-ranked scoring offense. “Moving around just made me stronger, made me jump into a new situation and learn fast,” Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami Woullard told The Greenville Daily Reflector. Saturday, October 5, 3:30 p.m. “I’ve seen a lot. I’ve taken that and brought it The Miami Hurricanes (4-0) are one of five here.” schools that have not trailed in a game so far In 2005, when Katrina hit the Mississippi this season and will be challenged to keep that Coast, Woullard’s home in Biloxi’s back bay going as they open their conference schedule against Coastal Division foe Georgia Tech (3-1). took a direct hit from the storm’s surge. The The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series 10-8, family escaped unharmed, but the house was but Miami has won the last four meetings. badly damaged. His father returned from serving in Iraq and took the family to the Los TCU at No. 10 Oklahoma Angeles where he fulfilled a dream and became Saturday, October 5, 7:00 p.m. a police officer. TCU (2-2) travels to Norman to face its third Woullard played three years of high school ranked opponent in five games this year in football at two different high schools. Oklahoma (4-0). Coming off a win against then- He left for the Chicago area for his senior ranked Notre Dame, the Sooners and their season and played at Oak Park-River Forest 6th-ranked scoring defense will look to move High School. He then attended Division III to 2-0 in the Big 12 before next week’s always highly-anticipated Red River Rivalry. Wisconsin-Whitewater as a freshman and was part of a national championship team. He No. 24 Arizona State at Notre Dame headed back to Pierce College in California for Saturday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. his sophomore season where he was recruited AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX by East Carolina. He is the third Pirate in school history to be nominated for the FWAA Courage The Sun Devils (3-1) and the Fighting Irish (3-2) Award joining Terrance Campbell (2008) and meet in Texas for just the third-ever matchup Rock Roggeman (2009). between the two schools. Notre Dame won both of the previous meetings but has a tough For the eighth straight year, the FWAA and the test ahead of it against Arizona State and the Discover Orange Bowl will announce weekly nation’s 7th-best passing offense. nominees during the season.

No. 3 Ohio State at No. 15 Northwestern Saturday, October 5, 8:00 p.m. Photo of the Week NCAA Football Rankings The Wildcats (4-0) welcome the Buckeyes (5-0) Coaches Poll AP Poll and ESPN’s College GameDay to Evanston, Illinois for their 2013 Big Ten opener. Ohio 1. Alabama (59) 1. Alabama (55) State’s current 17-game winning streak is the 2. Oregon (2) 2. Oregon (5) longest active streak in FBS football, while Northwestern’s seven in a row are tied for the 3. Ohio State 3. Clemson fourth-best active streak in the nation. 4. Clemson (1) 4. Ohio State 5. Stanford 5. Stanford West Virginia at No. 16 Baylor 6. Georgia 6. Georgia Saturday, October 5, 8:00 p.m. 7. Louisville 7. Louisville 8. Florida State 8. Florida State Coming off a huge win against then-No. 11 Oklahoma State, West Virginia (3-2) faces its 9. Texas A&M 9. Texas A&M third top-20 opponent in Baylor (3-0). The 10. Oklahoma 10. LSU Bears possess the nation’s best offense in 11. LSU 11. Oklahoma terms of points for (69.7), passing yards (444.3) 12. South Carolina 12. UCLA and total offense (751.3) and will look to keep 13. UCLA 13. South Carolina rolling as they open their Big 12 schedule against the Mountaineers. 14. Miami 14. Miami 15. Northwestern 15. Washington No. 18 Washington at No. 5 Stanford 16. Baylor 16. Northwestern Saturday, October 5, 10:30 p.m. Congratulations to ACC Commissioner John 17. Michigan 17. Baylor Swofford (right, pictured with OBC Immediate 18. Washington 18. Florida Stanford (4-0), which holds the nation’s second- 19. Florida 19. Michigan longest active winning streak at 12 games, Past President Ford Gibson) who just hosts its division rival Huskies (4-0) in Week achieved the longest tenure of any of the five 20. Oklahoma State 20. Texas Tech Six’s final battle of the unbeatens. The Cardinal 21. Fresno State 21. Oklahoma State is 32-3 (.914) at Stanford Stadium since their commissioners in the 61-year history of the 22. Texas Tech 22. Arizona State final home game of 2007 and will look to shut ACC on September 12, 2013. The ACC’s chief 23. Northern Illinois 23. Fresno State down Bishop Sankey, the nation’s leading executive since July 1, 1997, Swofford has now 24. Arizona State 24. Ole Miss rusher in terms of yards per game (151.8), and Washington’s 11th-ranked rushing offense. been on the job for more than 16 years. 25. Nebraska 25. Maryland