Friday, Sept. 29
Louisville (4-0, 2-0 ACC) at NC State (3-1, 1-0 ACC)
7 p.m.; ESPN
Louisville leads series, 8-4
Last meeting: Louisville, 25-10 (2022)
Head Coaches: Louisville: – Jeff Brohm (4-0 in first season at Louisville / 70-44 in 10th season overall)
NC State: – Dave Doeren (75-55 in 11th season at NC State / 98-59 in 13th season overall)
Notes:
- Louisville holds an 8-4 overall lead in the series, but NC State has won two of the last three games played at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. • The Wolfpack has won its last seven ACC home openers. The last time NC State lost its first league game at home was in 2015 to Louisville (L, 20-13). • NC State has opened the 2023 season with a 3-1 record, with its only loss coming to then-10th-ranked Notre Dame. It marks the 12th consecutive season that NC State has started the season at least 3-1 or better. • Louisville enters the contest having won five in a row for the first time since the 2016 season. • Louisville scored on its first seven drives of the game last week in the win over Boston College for the first time since scoring on its first seven drives in a 73-10 win over Murray State to open the 2007 season.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Clemson (2-2, 0-2 ACC) at Syracuse (4-0, 0-0 ACC)
Noon; ABC
Clemson leads series, 9-2
Last meeting: Clemson, 27-21 (2022)
Head Coaches: Clemson: – Dabo Swinney (163-41 in 16th season at Clemson / 163-41 in 16th season overall)
Syracuse: – Dino Babers (41-49 in eighth season at Syracuse / 77-65 in 12th season overall)
Notes:
- Clemson is seeking its first conference win of 2023 and will attempt to hand Syracuse its first loss of the 2023 campaign when the two teams meet this Saturday. • Clemson has not lost consecutive games in a single season since November 2011. Clemson’s 158 consecutive games played without back-to-back losses in the same season are the program’s longest streak in school history and the nation’s longest active streak. • Syracuse will try to start the campaign with five straight victories for the second consecutive year and the third time since 1987 when the Orange went 11-0-1 overall. • Syracuse is one of only two FBS schools that rank in the top seven nationally in both scoring offense and scoring defense. The other is Oklahoma. • The contest will feature the ACC’s two active leaders in career rushing touchdowns. Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader leads the ACC and ranks second in the nation with 35 career rushing touchdowns, while Clemson running back Will Shipley ranks second in the ACC and is tied for eighth nationally with 27 career rushing touchdowns.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Virginia (0-4, 0-1 ACC) at Boston College (1-3, 0-2 ACC)
2 p.m.; The CW
Boston College leads series, 6-1
Last meeting: Virginia, 43-32 (2020)
Head Coaches: Virginia: – Tony Elliott (3-11 in second season at UVA / 3-11 in second season overall)
Boston College: – Jeff Hafley (16-23 in fourth season at BC / 16-23 in fourth season overall)
Notes:
- Boston College leads the all-time series, 6-1, having last met in 2020. Virginia won its first match-up in the series to end the 2020 season, 43-32 in Charlottesville. • The series started in 1963 with a 30-21 BC win. The Cavaliers last visited Boston College in 2010. • Both teams are searching for their first ACC win. • Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos ranks 24th in the country with 66 points responsible for. He has accounted for 11 total touchdowns, including eight through the air and three on the ground. • Dating back to last season, UVA has lost seven straight games and is 0-4 for the first time since 1982. UVA has lost four straight games for the first time since 2020. • UVA finished with a season-high 113 yards rushing in the 24-21 loss to NC State last Friday, the most in a game since North Carolina last season (186 yards).
Saturday, Sept. 30
Bowling Green (1-3, 0-1 MAC) at Georgia Tech (2-2, 1-1 ACC)
3:30 p.m.; ACCN
Georgia Tech leads series, 1-0
Last meeting: GT, 63-17 (2018)
Head Coaches: Bowling Green: – Scot Loeffler (14-32 in fifth season at BGSU / 14-32 in fifth season overall)
Georgia Tech: – Brent Key (6-6 in first full season at GT / 6-6 in first full season overall)
Notes:
- Georgia Tech will host Bowling Green for just the second time on Saturday, as the two teams met back in 2018, a 63-17 win for the Yellow Jackets. • Georgia Tech is second in the ACC in fewest sacks allowed at 0.75 per game and in third-down conversion percentage at 51.7 percent this season. • GT quarterback Haynes King is tied for the ACC lead with 11 passing touchdowns and is second in both passing yards 1,132 and passing yards per game 283.0. • The Yellow Jackets offense ranks 17th nationally at 480.0 yards per game. • Bowling Green is playing in the state of Georgia for just the second time in program history. • Bowling Green has limited all four of its opponents this season to under 400 yards of total offense, including Liberty (389), who currently ranks No. 11 nationally (501.0 ypg). BGSU is the only team to hold Michigan under 400 yards so far this season.
Saturday, Sept. 30
No. 11 Notre Dame (4-1) at No. 17 Duke (4-0, 1-0 ACC)
7:30 p.m.; ABC
Notre Dame leads series, 5-2
Last meeting: Notre Dame, 27-13 (2020)
Head Coaches: Notre Dame: – Marcus Freeman (13-6 in second full season at ND / 13-6 in second full season overall)
Duke: – Mike Elko (13-4 in second season at Duke / 13-4 in second season overall)
Notes:
- Duke will wrap its non-conference slate versus No. 11 Notre Dame in primetime on Saturday night. • Saturday will be the eighth meeting between Notre Dame and Duke, but the first with both teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25. • Duke is 4-0 this season, with four consecutive 20-plus point wins, marking the first time in program history. • Duke ranks first in the ACC and fourth nationally in scoring defense, having allowed just 8.8 points per game. • Notre Dame is hoping to extend its 29-game regular season win streak against Atlantic Coast Conference teams this weekend at Duke. The Irish have not lost a regular-season game to an ACC team since 2017. • The Irish quarterback Sam Hartman, a transfer from Wake Forest, has thrown 91 touchdown passes since 2021 – the most of any Power 5 quarterback.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Pitt (1-3, 0-1 ACC) at Virginia Tech (1-3, 0-0 ACC)
8 p.m.; ACCN
Series is tied, 11-11
Last meeting: Pitt, 45-29 (2022)
Head Coaches: Pitt: – Pat Narduzzi (63-44 in ninth season at Pitt / 63-44 in ninth season overall)
Virginia Tech: – Brent Pry (4-11 in second season at VT / 4-11 in second season overall)
Notes:
- Pitt has won three consecutive games against Virginia Tech, including last season’s 45-29 win at Acrisure Stadium. • VT is 7-3 all-time in Blacksburg over the Panthers, with Saturday night’s game the first night game at Lane Stadium between the two teams since 2022. • Both Pitt and Virginia Tech could be without their starting quarterbacks. Pitt’s Phil Jurkovec left the game versus North Carolina last week due to an injury and did not return in the second half. VT’s Grant Wells has missed each of the last two games for the Hokies with an injury. • The Panthers are averaging 3.50 sacks per game to rank 11th nationally and rank 12th nationally in total defense, surrendering only 270.2 yards per game. Both averages rank second in the ACC. • Virginia Tech linebacker Keli Lawson has registered double-digit tackles in each of the last three games for the Hokies and led the team in tackles with 12 last time out at Marshall.
