As of Monday, Nov. 5 • Football Contact: Kevin Best, [email protected] 2018 STANDINGS QUICK HITS ACC Games Overall CLOSING STRETCH OF ACC DIVISIONAL RACES ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Arguably the biggest game of the college football Clemson 6 0 316 80 1.000 9 0 430 120 1.000 5-0 4-0 0-0 Won 9 weekend is Saturday night's ACC's matchup between Boston College 4 1 160 117 .800 7 2 335 217 .778 5-0 2-2 0-0 Won 3 No. 2 Clemson and No. 17 Boston College, which could determine the Atlantic Division. College Syracuse 4 2 222 180 .667 7 2 390 253 .778 5-0 2-2 0-0 Won 3 GameDay, ESPN's popular college football pregame NC State 3 2 158 164 .600 6 2 260 204 .750 5-0 1-2 0-0 Won 1 show, will broadcast live from Chestnut Hill, Massa- Florida State 2 5 141 229 .286 4 5 214 274 .444 3-2 1-3 0-0 Lost 2 chusetts. It is the third time that the College GameDay Wake Forest 1 4 134 218 .200 4 5 291 335 .444 2-4 2-1 0-0 Lost 1 crew has come to Chestnut Hill. The last appearance came on Oct. 3, 2009, when the Eagles defeated Louisville 0 6 129 292 .000 2 7 194 367 .222 2-3 0-3 0-1 Lost 6 Florida State at Alumni Stadium. ACC Games Overall A win by Clemson would give the Tigers their sixth COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Atlantic Division title (fi fth outright) and clinch a berth Pitt 4 1 180 152 .800 5 4 247 274 .556 4-1 1-3 0-0 Won 2 in the 2018 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 1, in Charlotte, North Caroli- Virginia 4 2 136 109 .667 6 3 239 173 .667 4-1 1-2 1-0 Lost 1 na. The Tigers have won three consecutive ACC titles. Virginia Tech 3 2 126 116 .600 4 4 246 227 .500 1-3 3-1 0-0 Lost 2 With a win, Boston College would essentially tie Clem- Georgia Tech 3 3 207 188 .500 5 4 349 254 .556 2-2 3-2 0-0 Won 2 son in the division. Clemson closes out its conference Duke 2 3 121 139 .400 6 3 271 200 .667 2-2 4-1 0-0 Won 1 season the following week (Nov. 17) vs. Duke. BC has remaining league games at Florida State (Nov. 17) and Miami 2 3 114 100 .400 5 4 288 174 .556 4-1 1-2 0-1 Lost 3 vs. Syracuse (Nov. 24). North Carolina 1 5 153 213 .167 1 7 189 278 .125 1-2 0-5 0-0 Lost 5 In the ever-evolving Coastal Division race, Pitt has moved to the front as the leaders head down the 2018 WEEK 11 SCHEDULE stretch. The Panthers are 4-1 and control their destiny with remaining games against Virginia Tech, at Wake Thursday, Nov. 8 Time, TV Sirius XM Internet Forest and at Miami. Virginia and Virginia Tech sit Wake Forest (4-5, 1-4) at NC State (6-2, 3-2) 7:30 p.m., ESPN 84 84 84 just behind Pitt with two losses each. The Hokies and Series: NC State leads series, 66-39-6; Last meeting: Wake Forest, 30-24 (2017) Panthers meet Saturday in Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m. ESPN: Dave Fleming, Matt Hasselbeck, Tim Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge on ESPNU. Miami (2-3) and Georgia Tech (3-3) play Saturday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 in another pivotal ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons Coastal clash. Friday, Nov. 9 Time, TV Sirius XM Internet Louisville (2-7, 0-6) at Syracuse (7-2, 4-2) 7 p.m., ESPN2 108 207 981 BOWL ELIGIBILITY Series: Louisville leads series, 10-6; Last meeting: Louisville, 56-10 (2017) Six ACC teams are bowl eligible and three others ESPN2: Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker are just one win shy of qualifying. Clemson (9-0), Boston College (7-2), Virginia (6-3), Syracuse (7-2), Saturday, Nov. 10 Time, TV Sirius XM Internet NC State (6-2) and Duke (6-3) have already clinched North Carolina (1-7, 1-5) at Duke (6-3, 2-3) 12:20 p.m., Raycom 103 193 955 a postseason bowl bid. Miami (5-3) and Georgia Tech Series: North Carolina leads series, 60-39-4; Last meeting: Duke, 27-17 (2017) (5-4) are one win away from postseason eligibility. The ACC leads all conferences with 21 bowl bids over the Raycom: Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Lericia Harris last two years. Liberty (4-4) at Virginia (6-3, 4-2) 3 p.m., RSN 125 203 966 Duke is bowl eligible for the sixth time in the last Series: First meeting seven years. RSN: Wes Durham, James Bates, Rebecca Kaple Virginia is bowl eligible in back-to-back years for the Virginia Tech (4-4, 3-2) at Pitt (5-4, 4-1) 3:30 p.m., ESPNU 108 194 956 fi rst time in 14 seasons, when the Cavaliers went to Series: Virginia Tech leads series, 10-7; Last meeting: Virginia Tech, 20-14 (2017) bowl games in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. ESPNU: Kevin Brown, Andre Ware Syracuse's 51-41 win over NC State made the Miami (5-4, 2-3) at Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3) 7 p.m., ESPN2 125 203 966 Orange bowl eligible for the fi rst time since 2013. Series: Miami leads series, 12-11; Last meeting: Miami, 25-24 (2017) ESPN2: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra Clemson is bowl eligible for the 14th consecutive season. Florida State (4-5, 2-5) at Notre Dame (9-0) 7:30 p.m., NBC 129 129 129 Series: Florida State leads series, 6-2, Last meeting: Florida State, 31-27 (2014) AP TOP 25 NBC: Mike Tirico, Doug Flutie, Kathryn Tappen Four ACC teams are ranked in this week's Associat- ed Press Top 25 football poll (Nov. 4), including No. 2 Clemson (9-0, 6-0) at Boston College (7-2, 4-1) 8 p.m., ABC 103 193 955 Clemson, No. 13 Syracuse, No. 17 Boston College and Series: Clemson leads series, 16-9; Last meeting: Clemson, 34-7 (2017) No. 22 NC State. ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor Clemson has been ranked in 63 consecutive AP polls, including 60 in the top 10. Syracuse is ranked for the fi rst time since becoming 1 2018 FOOTBALL NOTES a member of the ACC. Prior to this year, the Orange had 166 - Virginia (1989-90; last game of 1989, fi rst two of not appeared in the top 25 since the fi nal poll of the 2001 1990) ACADEMICS season. That year, the Orange fi nished 10-3 and defeated 159 - Louisville (2015-16) • Ten of 14 ACC Football teams earned a graduation Kansas State 26-3 in the Insight.com Bowl. This is the 158 - Florida State (2013) success rate (GSR) at or above the FBS average of highest Syracuse has been ranked since 1998 when the 76. That ties for fi rst among Power 5 conferences, Orange was No. 11 on Sept. 28. Clemson has outscored its last four opponents by 204 both in terms of percentage and in total number. points. That is an ACC record for victory margin over four MOST TEAMS RANKED consecutive games, topping the previous mark of 184 by • The ACC remains the only Power 5 conference to Nine ACC teams have been ranked this year, including Florida State in 2000. have multiple teams score 90 or higher in GSR each Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, NC State, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech. That ties Clemson scored a 77-16 win over Louisville last year since 2005. Duke (96), Wake Forest (93) and weekend. That is the second-highest single-game total in Boston College (90) reached that plateau last year. the league record for most teams ranked in a season. In 2008, the ACC also had nine ranked teams. ACC history. The Tigers posted 82 points in a win over Wake Forest in 1981 and Florida State had 77 against NC • In the 2018 U.S. News and World “Best Colleges” State in 1995. rankings, ACC member schools combine for an The nine ranked teams is tied with the SEC for the most this year. average rank of 54.7, marking the 12th straight year HIGH-SCORING WEEKENDS that the ACC has led all Power 5 conferences. 9 - ACC The ACC has registered two of its highest scoring 9 - SEC weekends in league history this year. In week two (Sept. ATHLETICS 8 - Pac 12 8), the ACC's 14 schools scored 550 points, all coming • The ACC is the only conference to win national 7 - Big 12 against non-conference opponents. Last week (Oct. championships in football, men’s basketball, 6 - Big Ten 25-27), ACC teams posted 521 points, all in conference women’s basketball and baseball over the last four games. That was the sixth-highest scoring weekend of years. NOTING THE ACC all-time. Seven ACC teams scored 40 or more points last Through 10 weeks of the season, 2018 is the highest week.