Noting ACC Football 2015 ACC Standings Release No. 12, Monday, October 12, 2015 ACC Has Two Teams in ACC Games Overall Amway Coaches’ Poll Top Eight; Atlantic Division ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak Clemson, 6th, Florida State 8th Florida State ..........3 0 .....67 40 1-0 2-0.....5 0 ...160 70 3-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 Won 5 Duke Enters Poll at No. 24 Clemson ................2 0 .....63 41 1-0 1-0.....5 0 ...177 83 4-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Won 8 Both undefeated Clemson (6th) and Syracuse ...............1 0 .....30 17 1-0 0-0.....3 2 ...155 123 3-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 Lost 2 Florida State (8th) are in the Top 10 Louisville ...............1 1 .....37 33 0-1 1-0.....2 3 ...137 101 1-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 Won 2 of the Amway Coaches poll again this Wake Forest ..........1 2 .....36 54 0-1 1-1.....3 3 ...118 102 1-2 2-1 0-0 1-2 Won 1 week. Duke entered the national rank- NC State ................0 2 .....26 48 0-1 0-1.....4 2 ...211 96 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 Lost 2 ings for the fi rst time this season at No. Boston College ......0 3 .......7 26 0-2 0-1.....3 3 ...124 43 3-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 Lost 2 24 with North Carolina among others receiving votes. Coastal Division ...W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak Duke ......................2 0 .....43 27 2-0 0-0.....5 1 ...189 56 3-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 Won 3 Four of the Top Seven Defenses Pitt ........................2 0 .....43 32 1-0 1-0.....4 1 ...136 103 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 Won 2 Nationally Reside in the ACC North Carolina .......1 0 .....38 31 0-0 1-0.....4 1 ...193 90 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 Won 4 Boston College, which leads the nation Virginia Tech .........1 1 .....41 30 1-1 0-0.....3 3 ...186 134 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 Won 1 in virtually every major defensive cat- Miami ....................0 1 .....24 29 0-1 0-0.....3 2 ...172 116 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 Lost 2 egory, leads a contingent of four ACC Virginia ..................0 1 .....19 26 0-0 0-1.....1 4 ...111 179 1-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 Lost 2 schools that rank in the nation’s Top 7 Georgia Tech .........0 3 .....75 115 0-1 0-2.....2 4 ...231 161 2-1 0-3 0-0 0-2 Lost 4 in total defense. BC, which is yielding Week #7 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) just 140.3 yards a game, is followed by NC State (3rd, 247.8), Duke (4th, Saturday, October 17 ................................Series Record ..... Last Meeting .............. Network .... Kickoff 252.8) and Pitt (7th, 264.6). In all, Louisville (2-3) at (11, 8) Florida State (5-0) .......FSU (13-2-0) ......... FSU, 42-31, 2014 .............ESPN ............12:00 seven ACC teams rank in the Top 25 in Pitt (4-1) at Georgia Tech (2-4) ............................Pitt (5-4-0) .............GT, 56-28, 2014 ...............ACC Network 12:30 total defense. Virginia Tech (3-3) at Miami (3-2) .......................Miami (19-13-0) .... Miami, 30-6, 2014 ............ESPNU ............3:30 Pitt’s Narduzzi Off To Notable Start Syracuse (3-2) at Virginia (1-4) ...........................Series Tied (2-2-0) Virginia, 27-24, 2005 .......RSN ................3:30 New Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi has Boston College (3-3) at (5, 6) Clemson (5-0) .......Clemson (13-9-2) .. Clemson, 17-13, 2014 ......ESPNU ............7:00 coached his Panthers to wins in his Wake Forest (3-3) at North Carolina (4-1) ...........UNC (68-35-2) ....... Wake Forest, 28-27, 2012 .RSN ................7:00 fi rst two ACC games. Only four oth- ers in ACC history have achieved this 111th-Ranked1th-Ranked FFloridalorida SStatetate HHostsosts LLouisvilleouisville distinction in their fi rst year as FBS head coaches in league history: Boston FFifth-Rankedifth-Ranked CClemsonlemson HHostsosts BBostonoston CCollegeollege College’s Jeff Jagodzinski (4-0, 2007); Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher (4-0, 1106th06th MMeetingeeting fforor WWakeake FForestorest aandnd NNorthorth CCarolinaarolina 2010), South Carolina’s Warren Geise (3-0, 1956); and Maryland’s Ralph Heading into the midway point of the 2015 sea- seven league teams ranked among the NCAA’s Friedgen (2-0, 2000). son, three Atlantic Coast Conference teams are Top 22 in total defense, led by top-ranked Boston ranked in this week’s Amway Coaches poll, College, and including NC State (third), Duke Boston College Defense on two of them in the Top 10...Clemson (6th) and (fourth), Pitt (seventh), Clemson (13th), Wake Historic Start Florida State (8th) continue to be ranked in the Forest (15th) and Florida State (22nd)...In a pair Boston College’s defense has permitted Coaches Top 10, and this week they were joined of important Atlantic Division matchups, division only two touchdowns through its fi rst in the national rankings by Duke, which debuted leader Florida State (3-0) will seek to maintain six games. It’s the fi rst FBS defense at No. 24... In the Associated Press poll, Clem- its half-game advantage over Clemson, hosting to allow two or fewer TDs through six son and Florida State each moved up one place Louisville at Doak Campbell Stadium in Talla- games since Wisconsin allowed two in 2004. The Eagles have been charged to fi fth and 11th, respectively, while Duke also hassee, Fla. (Noon, ESPN), while Clemson hosts with four allowed touchdowns as a made its fi rst appearance of the year in AP at No. Boston College at Memorial Stadium in Clem- team, but one of them was on a fumble 25... The Blue Devils and NC State each have bye son (7 p.m., ESPNU)...The key Coastal Division return and another on a kickoff return. weeks this week after six consecutive games to matchups include Georgia Tech hosting Pitt at open the season...In all, the ACC is 33-15 (.688) Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. (12:30 p.m., ACC is One of Only Two Leagues against non-conference competition but Week ACC Network) and Miami hosting Virginia Tech With 10 Teams in Seven of the Road to Charlotte features exclu- at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. (3:30 the Sagarin Index Top 50 sively conference play on Saturday: four intradi- p.m., ESPNU)...The Panthers of Coach Pat Nar- In this week’s Sagarin Index computer visional games and two interdivisional contests duzzi are tied with Duke for the Coastal Division ratings published by USA TODAY, the ACC is one of only two conferences on the slate...The Coastal and Atlantic Divisions lead with a 2-0 ACC mark...The interdivisional (the SEC, which also has 10, is the have split four meetings this fall with the Atlantic contests include Virginia hosting Syracuse (3:30 other) in the nation to have 10 teams maintaining a slight overall edge (96-89, .518) p.m., RSN) and North Carolina hosting Wake ranked in Sagarin’s Top 50. The next since the beginning of Divisional play in 2005... Forest (7 p.m., RSN)...The Tar Heels and Demon closest league has eight. Defense continues to dominate in the ACC, with conƟ nued, page 2 This Week In ACC Football The ACC On Sirius/XM (Listed channels subject to change) Game Broadcast XM Sirius Satellite Radio Date Game (Radio Network) ......................Time ........Time ...Channel Channel The first intercollegiate athletics confer- O. 17 ...Louisville at Florida State (FSU) ................ 12:00 pm ....11:00 am .....193 ........132 ence to reach agreement to have its sports O. 17 ...Pitt at Georgia Tech (GT) .......................... 12:30 pm ....11:30 am. ....202 ........119 broadcast on satellite radio, the Atlantic Coast Conference begins its 12th season in O. 17 ...Virginia Tech at Miami (Miami) .................3:30 pm ......2:30 pm .......194 ........108 its partnership with Sirius/XM Radio. Since 2004, the ACC has had its football and O. 17 ...Syracuse at Virginia (UVA) ........................3:30 pm ......3:30 pm .......193 ........132 men’s basketball games broadcast over O. 17 ...Boston College at Clemson (CU) ...............7:00 pm ......7:00 pm .......193 ........132 XM or Sirius Satellite Radio. In addition to the ACC Football Championship Game, O. 17 ...Wake Forest at North Carolina (UNC) ........7:00 pm ......7:00 pm .......194 ........108 Sirius/XM also broadcasts the ACC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments and the ACC Baseball Tournament. Deacons will be meeting for the 106th time, but the fi rst since Virginia Tech at Miami (Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU) 2012 and the fi rst in Chapel Hill since 2011. The Hokies of Coach Frank Beamer head to South Florida to face Louisville at No. 11 Florida State (Saturday, Noon, ESPN) Miami, coached by Al Golden, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gar- This Atlantic Division matchup at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tal- dens...Both teams impressed last week, Tech in a 28-13 home lahassee, Fla., features the Cardinals, coached by Bobby Petrino win over NC State, and the Hurricanes in a close road loss to arch- and led by true freshman QB Lamar Jackson and a strong de- rival Florida State...Tech is led by QB Brenden Motley and WR fense ranked 26th nationally in total defense and tied for 12th in Isaiah Ford, while Miami features the nation’s 18th-best passing pass interceptions, against the 11th-ranked Seminoles, coached offense, guided by QB Brad Kaaya and WR Herb Waters...Kaaya, by Jimbo Fisher and led by QB Everett Golson, who has not who threw for 405 yards in a losing cause to 11th-ranked Florida thrown a pass interception in 139 attempts this year...Florida State, leads the ACC in passing offense (299.8) and total offense State RB Dalvin Cook ranks second nationally in rushing and is (292.4) and Miami is fourth nationally in turnover margin (+1.8).