(AP) \u2014 Issues to look at this week within the Atlantic Coast Convention:
Pittsburgh (7-3, 5-1 ACC) at No. 15 Georgia Tech (9-1, 6-1), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
The Yellow Jackets\u00a0can clinch a spot in the ACC championship game<\/a>\u00a0with a win per week earlier than its rivalry recreation in opposition to No. 4 Georgia. The Panthers are amongst 4 one-loss groups within the ACC standings.
Louisville (7-3, 4-3) at SMU (7-3, 5-1), Saturday, midday ET (ESPN2)
The Mustangs enter the sport with a 13-1 document in ACC regular-season video games of their two seasons since becoming a member of the league. The Cardinals are reeling after residence losses to\u00a0California<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Clemson<\/a>\u00a0that adopted a 7-1 begin.
No. 14 Miami (8-2, 4-2) at Virginia Tech (3-7, 2-4), Saturday, midday ET, (ESPN)
The Hurricanes are trying prone to miss the ACC title recreation with losses to\u00a0Louisville<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SMU<\/a>, however they’re nonetheless\u00a0chasing CFP consideration<\/a>\u00a0with nonconference wins in opposition to\u00a0Notre Dame<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0South Florida<\/a>. They go to a Hokies workforce taking part in for the primary time for the reason that faculty\u00a0hired former Penn State coach James Franklin<\/a>\u00a0as its subsequent coach.
\u2014 Duke quarterback Darian Mensah wants a giant recreation Saturday in opposition to rival North Carolina (4-6, 2-4) to assist the Blue Devils stabilize their wobbly footing. Duke (5-5, 4-2) has misplaced two straight since\u00a0a thrilling win at Clemson<\/a>, with Mensah’s lone TD cross\u00a0against Virginia last week<\/a>\u00a0coming after the Cavaliers had taken a 31-3 lead.
\u2014 N.C. State working backs Hollywood Smothers and Duke Scott had been bottled up for a mixed 12 yards on 14 dashing makes an attempt final week\u00a0against Miami<\/a>. The working recreation has been a power all yr for N.C. State (5-5, 2-4), which hosts Florida State (5-5, 2-5) on Friday in a recreation with each groups in search of bowl eligibility.
The league has 4 groups within the\u00a0AP Top 25 poll<\/a>\u00a0with No. 14 Miami, No. 15 Georgia Tech and No. 19 Virginia. … It is time for the 128th version of\u00a0the \u201cBig Game\u201d between instate rivals California and Stanford<\/a>. The Golden Bears have gained 4 straight and 5 of six conferences. … Wake Forest (7-3, 4-3) steps out of league play in opposition to Delaware, which may give Jake Dickert an opportunity to put up the most effective win complete for any first-year Demon Deacons coach in program historical past. … Syracuse (3-7) visits No. 9 Notre Dame having misplaced six straight since a 3-1 begin that included a win at Clemson, the place the Orange\u00a0lost starting quarterback Steve Angeli to injury<\/a>. … Clemson (5-5, 4-4) is closing the schedule with two instate foes in Furman on Saturday and rival South Carolina subsequent week. … Boston School and Virginia have an open week.
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(AP) \u2014 Issues to look at this week within the Atlantic Coast Convention:Pittsburgh (7-3, 5-1 ACC) at No. 15 Georgia Tech (9-1, 6-1), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)The Yellow Jackets\u00a0can clinch a spot in the ACC championship game\u00a0with a win per week earlier than its rivalry recreation in opposition to No. 4 Georgia. The Panthers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n