Jackson, Watson Remain 2016 ACC Standings Release No. 16, Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1-2 in ESPN Heisman Watch ACC Games Overall Louisville QB Lamar Jackson and Atlantic Division ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak Clemson QB Deshaun Watson re- Clemson ................4 0 ...148 70 2-0 2-0.....7 0 ...256 107 4-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 Won 7 mained at the top of ESPN’s Heis- Louisville ...............3 1 ...185 104 2-0 1-1.....5 1 ...314 146 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 Won 1 man Watch for the third straight 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 ..........2 2 .....92 125 1-1 1-1.....5 2 ...244 202 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 Won 2 week. The Heisman Watch is a com- NC State ................1 1 .....50 40 1-0 0-1.....4 2 ...187 112 4-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 Lost 1 pilation of votes by ESPN.com’s Syracuse ...............1 2 .....68 107 1-0 0-2.....3 4 ...185 233 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-2 Won 1 writers and editors. Boston College ......0 3 .....24 122 0-2 0-1.....3 3 ...127 142 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 Lost 1 Led By Jackson, ACC Prominent in Midseason ESPN.com Awards Coastal Division ...W L .. For Opp Hm Rd ..W L .. For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div Streak North Carolina .......3 1 .....97 118 2-1 1-0.....5 2 ...205 189 2-1 3-0 0-1 2-1 Won 1 With Louisville QB Lamar Jackson Virginia Tech .........2 1 ...100 34 1-0 1-1.....4 2 ...214 109 3-0 1-2 0-0 1-0 Lost 1 leading the way, the ACC is promi- Pitt ........................2 1 ...118 102 1-0 1-1.....5 2 ...269 220 4-0 1-2 0-0 2-1 Won 3 nent in ESPN writer Mark Schla- Virginia ..................1 1 .....65 65 0-1 1-0.....2 4 ...170 194 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-1 Lost 1 bach’s midseason college fooball Miami ....................1 2 .....67 61 0-2 1-0.....4 2 ...222 97 2-2 2-0 0-0 1-1 Lost 2 awards. Schlabach tabbed Jack- Georgia Tech .........1 3 .....79 112 0-2 1-1.....4 3 ...187 153 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 Won 1 son as his Offensive Player of the Duke ......................0 3 .....48 82 0-2 0-1.....3 4 ...161 153 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 Lost 1 Year and Heisman Front Runner. Week #8 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) Also honored were Justin Fuente Thursday, October 20 ...............................Series Record ..... Last Meeting .............Network ..... Kickoff of Virginia Tech as “Best First-Year Coach”; Pitt RB James Conner as Miami (4-2) at Virginia Tech (4-2) ..........................Miami (20-14-0) .... VT, 30-20, 2015 .............ESPN ................7:00 Comeback Player of the Year; and Saturday, October 22 ................................Series Record ..... Last Meeting .............Network ..... Kickoff Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence as NC State (4-2) at (7, 7) Louisville (5-1) ...............Louisville (5-1-0) ... Louisville, 20-13, 2015 ..ABC ................. Noon the Top Freshman on Defense. Syracuse (3-4) at Boston College (3-3) ................Syracuse (30-19-2) Syracuse, 20-17, 2015 ...ACC Network ..12:30 Six ACC Quarterbacks Selected (22, 21) North Carolina (5-2) at Virginia (2-4) .....UNC (62-54-4) .......UNC, 26-13, 2015 ............RSN ................3:00 to Manning Award Watch List Miami, Virginia Tech Meet in Thursday Night Matchup The Manning Award added three ACC quartebacks to its Midseason Watch 7th-Ranked Louisville, NC State Meet in Atlantic Contest List, bringing the total of ACC signal UVa-UNC Clash for 121st Time; Syracuse-BC Meet for 50th callers recognized as candidates for the national quarterback of the year Four ACC Schools Ranked; games, three of them on Saturday...All four games award to six. Added were Florida Four Others Receiving Votes are conference contests, evenly split between two State redshirt freshman Deondre Four ACC teams remain ranked in this week’s AP Coastal Division matches and two Atlantic Division Francois, North Carolina junior and Amway Coaches polls...Clemson leads the way battles....In the other Coastal game, North Caro- Mitch Trubisky and Virginia Tech in AP at No. 4, followed by Louisville (7), Florida lina travels to Virginia for the 121st edition of the junior Jerod Evans. Clemson junior State (13) and North Carolina (22)...The Tigers are most-played ACC rivalry... In the Atlantic, seventh- Deshaun Watson, Louisville sopho- No. 3 in the Coaches poll with Louisville (7), Florida ranked Louisville hosts NC State and Syracuse, more Lamar Jackson and Miami ju- State (15) and UNC (21) also ranked. Miami, Virgin- off its impressive win against Virginia Tech, travels nior Brad Kaaya had been named to ia Tech, NC State and Pitt were also among teams to Boston College...The Cardinals look to remain in the preseason list. receiving votes in both polls. the chase for the Atlantic ticket to this year’s 2016 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship, which will ACC Has Five Named Candidates Hokies-Hurricanes Headline Week Eight be held on December 3 at Camping World Stadium for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award With the ACC’s Coastal Division still up for grabs-- in Orlando, Florida...Clemson, thanks to an over- Five ACC football student-athletes North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Pitt and Virginia all time escape over the upset-bent Wolfpack, remains have been named among the fi nal 30 have just one loss each--a major Coastal matchup in control of the division...The Tigers are one of six for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award, highlights the ACC’s Week Eight schedule when Vir- ACC teams that enjoy a bye week in their schedule, which honors seniors who have no- ginia Tech hosts Miami this Thursday night at Lane joined by Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Pitt table achievements in four areas of Stadium in Blacksburg (7 pm, ESPN)...The Hokies and Wake Forest. excellence: community, classroom, coached by Justin Fuente and led by QB Jerod Ev- character and competition. Named ans, are a half-game behind North Carolina (3-1) ACC 36-10 against Non-Conference Foes from the ACC were Pitt T Adam Bis- with a 2-1 ACC record, while Miami, coached by The ACC has a 36-10 record against non-confer- nowaty and LB Mike Caprara, Duke Mark Richt and led by QB Brad Kaaya, is a game ence competition, a .783 winning percentage and S DeVon Edwards, Wake Forest SS and a half back and looking to remaining divisional the second-best winning percentage in the nation Ryan Janvion and Miami P Justin race with a 1-2 ACC mark...The Thursday night con- by .001. test begins a weekend that features only four ACC Vogel. 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. 20 ..Miami at Virginia Tech (VT) ...................... 7:00 pm ......6:00 pm .........84 ..........84 ...........84 The fi rst intercollegiate athletics conference to reach agreement to have its sports broadcast O. 20 ...Miami at Virginia Tech (UM) ..................... 7:00 pm ......6:00 pm .......193 ........145 .........955 on satellite radio, the Atlantic Coast Conference begins its 12th season in its partnership with O. 22 ..NC State at Louisville (Lou) ...................... 12:00 pm ....11:00 am .......84 ..........84 ...........84 Sirius/XM Radio. Since 2004, the ACC has O. 22 ..Syracuse at Boston College (BC) .............. 12:30 p.m. ..11:30 am .....193 ........132 .........955 had its football and men’s basketball games broadcast over XM or Sirius Satellite Radio. O. 22 ..North Carolina at Virginia (UVa) ................3:00 pm ......3:00 pm .......194 ........157 .........956 Five ACC Tight Ends Named to in his fi rst season with the Canes, is tied for fourth nationally in scoring John Mackey Award Watch List defense (14.0) and leads the nation in team tackles for loss (10.5).... Five ACC TEs are among the 30 players named nationally to the John Miami is 3-0 against Virginia Tech on Thursday night on ESPN....The Mackey Tight End of the Year Watch list. Honored from the ACC were Hokies hold a 7-6 advantage in Blacksburg, but Miami captured the last Jordan Leggett of Clemson, Cole Hikutini of Louisville, Scott Orndoff meeting there, a 30-6 decision on Thursday night in 2014. of Pitt, Bucky Hodges of Virginia Tech and Cam Serigne of Wake For- No. 7 Louisville Hosts NC State in Atlantic Contest est. Hikutini and Serigne have aready been named Mackey TEs of the Seventh-ranked Louisville, coached by Bobby Petrino and led by Heis- Week for their play this season. man Trophy candidate Lamar Jackson, hosts NC State this Saturday at Watson, Trubisky Named to Unitas Award Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium (Noon, ABC). The Wolfpack are coached Clemson QB Deshaun Watson and Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina Dave Doeren and led by QB Ryan Finley and RB Matthew Dayes.... have been named among the fi nal 15 candidates for the Johnny Uni- The Cardinals lead the nation in scoring offense and total offense, led tas Golden Arm Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s by Jackson who leads the nation in TDR and scoring...Louisville also top QB who is a senior or redshirt junior.