As of Sept. 8 2019 STANDINGS ACC FOOTBALL NOTES ACC Games Overall RETURN TO COMPETITION ATLANTIC DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak The ACC Board of Directors announced July 29 that Clemson 8 0 370 84 1.000 14 1 659 203 .933 7-0 5-0 2-1 Lost 1 if public health guidance allows, ACC sponsored fall Louisville 5 3 282 305 .625 8 5 430 434 .615 4-2 2-3 2-0 Won 1 sports would begin competition during the week Wake Forest 4 4 241 270 .500 8 5 414 378 .615 6-1 2-3 0-1 Lost 2 of Sept. 7-12. The announcement followed several months of discussion and scenario planning among Boston College 4 4 265 263 .500 6 7 377 418 .462 3-3 3-3 0-1 Lost 1 the league membership and Medical Advisory Group. Florida State 4 4 207 210 .500 6 7 363 362 .462 5-2 1-4 0-1 Lost 2 Each decision is based on the best available medical Syracuse 2 6 202 269 .250 5 7 339 368 .417 3-3 2-4 0-0 Won 1 guidelines and coincides with our universities’ NC State 1 7 129 288 .125 4 8 265 361 .333 4-3 0-5 0-0 Lost 6 academic missions. The Medical Advisory Group continues to meet and update its report. ACC Games Overall 2020 ACC Football: COASTAL DIVISION W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak • The season’s first games will take place Sept. 10-12 Virginia 6 2 249 186 .750 9 5 449 380 .643 7-0 2-3 0-2 Lost 2 • The 2020 scheduling model includes 11 games (10 Virginia Tech 5 3 262 212 .625 8 5 401 321 .615 6-1 2-3 0-1 Lost 2 plus one: 10 conference and one non-conference) • All non-conference game opponents, selected by the Pitt 4 4 159 187 .500 8 5 275 292 .615 4-3 3-2 1-0 Won 1 respective school, must be played in the home state of North Carolina 4 4 246 210 .500 7 6 430 308 .538 3-3 2-3 2-0 Won 3 the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents Miami 4 4 210 183 .500 6 7 334 263 .462 4-2 2-2 0-3 Lost 3 must meet the medical protocol requirements as Duke 3 5 207 239 .375 5 7 303 350 .417 3-3 2-3 0-1 Won 1 agreed upon by the ACC • The 11 games will be played over at least 13 weeks Georgia Tech 2 6 153 276 .250 3 9 200 389 .250 2-5 1-4 0-0 Lost 1 with each team having two open dates • There will be one division 2020 SCHEDULE (SEPT. 10-12) • Notre Dame will also play a 10-game conference schedule and be eligible to compete in the 2020 ACC Thursday, Sept. 10 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web Football Championship Game UAB at Miami 8 p.m., ACCN 84 84 84 • All television revenue for the 2020 season, including Series: First Meeting Notre Dame’s home games broadcast by NBC, will be ACCN: Dave O'Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Katie George (sideline) shared equally by all 15 institutions • The ACC Football Championship Game will be played Saturday, Sept. 12 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web on either December 12 or 19 at Bank of America Sta- Syracuse at North Carolina Noon, ACCN 105 193 955 dium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will feature the Series: SU leads series, 3-2; Last meeting: SU, 40-37, 2ot (2018) top two teams based upon highest conference-game ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline) winning percentage • All 15 teams will continue to be part of the ACC’s bowl selection process; should Notre Dame win the Duke at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m., NBC 129 129 129 ACC Football Championship Game it would be eligible Series: Notre Dame leads series, 4-2; Last meeting: ND, 38-7 (2019) for the Orange Bowl, if not selected as a College NBC: Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Tony Dungy (analyst), Kathryn Tappen (sideline) Football Playoff semifinal team Georgia Tech at Florida State 3:30 p.m., ABC 105 193 955 RETURNING STANDOUTS Series: FSU leads series, 14-10-1; Last meeting: GT, 22-16 (2015) • For the first time in ACC history, the league returns ABC: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline) two quarterbacks (North Carolina’s Sam Howell and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence) who threw 35 or Austin Peay at Pitt 4 p.m., ACCN 81 81 81 more touchdown passes the previous season. Add Series: First Meeting in Miami’s D’Eriq King, who threw 36 TDs in 2018 ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Quint Kessenich (sideline) at Houston, and the ACC has the only three QBs in the country playing this fall who have thrown 35 or Clemson at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m., ABC 105 193 955 more touchdowns in a single season. The only other Series: Clemson leads series, 67-17-1; Last meeting: CU, 52-3 (2019) returning quarterback who threw 35-plus touchdowns ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Todd McShay (sideline) last year was Ohio State’s Justin Fields. Western Kentucky at Louisville 8 p.m., ACCN 146 194 956 • The ACC is the only FBS conference with two return- Series: Louisville leads series, 21-12; Last meeting: UL, 38-21 (2019) ing 1,500-yard rushers in Clemson’s Travis Etienne ACCN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Eric Wood (sideline) (1,604 yards) and Louisville’s Javian Hawkins (1,525 yards). The only other time the ACC returned two 1,500-yard backs was 2016 with Florida State’s Dalvin Cook and Clemson’s Wayne Gallman. North Carolina’s Michael Carter (1,003 yards in 2019) gives the ACC three returning 1,000-yard rushers. • Clemson is the first ACC team since Florida State in 1995 to return the first-team all-conference quar- terback (Trevor Lawrence) and a first-team running back (Travis Etienne). The 1995 FSU team returned QB Danny Kanell and RB Warrick Dunn. 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