2022 SCHEDULE – WEEK 3
Friday, Sept. 16 Time, TV SiriusXM App/Web
Florida State (2-0, 0-0) at Louisville (1-1, 0-1) 7:30 p.m., ESPN 84 84
Series: Florida State leads series, 16-6; Last meeting: Louisville, 31-23 (2021)
ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
Saturday, Sept. 17 Time, TV SiriusXM App/Web
Wofford (0-2) at Virginia Tech (1-1) 11 a.m., ACCN 121 or 194 956
Series: First Meeting
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Eddie Royal (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline)
Purdue (1-1) at Syracuse (2-0) Noon, ESPN2 111 or 193 955
Series: Purdue leads series, 1-0; Last meeting: Purdue, 54-0 (2004)
ESPN2: Brian Custer (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst), Lauren Sisler (sideline)
Old Dominion (1-1) at Virginia (1-1) 2 p.m., ACCN 94 or 204 967
Series: Virginia leads series, 1-0; Last meeting: Virginia, 28-17 (2019)
ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Lericia Harris (sideline)
No. 20/17 Ole Miss (2-0) at Georgia Tech (1-1) 3:30 p.m., ABC 121 or 194 956
Series: Series tied, 2-2; Last meeting: Ole Miss, 25-17 (2013)
ABC: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), Tom Luginbill (sideline)
Liberty (1-1) at No. 19/18 Wake Forest (2-0) 5 p.m., ACCN 111 or 193 955
Series: Wake Forest leads series, 2-0; Last meeting: Wake Forest, 20-17 (2012)
ACCN: Mike Corey (play-by-play), Forrest Conoly (analyst), Marilyn Payne (sideline)
North Carolina A&T (0-2) at Duke (2-0) 6 p.m., ACCNX 94 or 204 967
Series: Duke leads series, 2-0; Last meeting: Duke, 45-17 (2021)
ACCNX: Mike Morgan (play-by-play), Mike Glennon (analyst), Jalyn Johnson (sideline)
Texas Tech (2-0) at No. 16/12 NC State (2-0) 7 p.m., ESPN2 121 or 194 956
Series: NC State leads series, 4-1; Last meeting: NC State, 49-21 (2003)
ESPN2: Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), Taylor McGregor (sideline)
No. 23/25 Pitt (1-1) at Western Michigan (1-1) 7:30 p.m., ESPNU 159 or 202 965
Series: Western Michigan leads series, 1-0; Last meeting: Western Michigan, 44-41 (2021)
ESPNU: Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
Maine (0-2) at Boston College (0-2) 7:30 p.m., RSN 156 or 201 964
Series: Boston College leads series, 6-3; Last meeting: Boston College, 24-3 (2015)
RSN: Tom Werme (play-by-play); James Bates (analyst); Lauren Jbara (sideline)
Louisiana Tech (1-1) at No. 5/4 Clemson (2-0) 8 p.m., ACCN 81 81
Series: Clemson leads series, 3-0; Last meeting: Clemson, 51-0 (2006)
ACCN: Dave O”Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Kelsey Riggs (sideline)
No. 13/13 Miami (2-0) at No. 24/22 Texas A&M (1-1) 9 p.m., ESPN 133 or 190 961
Series: Miami leads series, 2-1; Last meeting: Miami, 41-23 (2008)
ESPN: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
Open: North Carolina
ACC NOTES
The ACC is 19-4 vs. non-conference competition through the first two weeks of the season, including an 11-4 mark vs. FBS competition. The league’s 19-4 record vs. non-conference opponents is the best since going 20-3 in the first two weeks of 2014. Opportunity awaits again this weekend as the ACC plays 11 non-conference games, including four vs. Power 5 opponents.
Eight ACC teams are unbeaten heading into week three, which equals the most of any conference. North Carolina, which is off this week, is the only 3-0 team in the country. All four ACC teams in the state of North Carolina are undefeated through week two for the first time ever – Duke (2-0), North Carolina (3-0), NC State (2- 0) and Wake Forest (2-0). Clemson is 2-0 for the seventh time in the last eight years. Syracuse is 2-0 for the first time since since winning 10 games in 2018, and Florida State is 2-0 for the first time since 2016.
PREVIEWING WEEK THREE
A conference game on Friday and four Power 5 non-conference matchups on Saturday, highlight week three of the ACC football season. Florida State, which is receiving votes in both polls, carries its 2-0 record to Louisville for a prime time conference matchup on Friday (7:30 p.m./ESPN). It is the second consecutive Friday night game for the Cardinals, who have won the last two meetings with FSU.
Syracuse, which is 2-0 for the first time since winning 10 games in 2018, kicks off a four-game homestand Saturday against Purdue of the Big Ten (Noon/ESPN2). It is just the second meeting between the two schools and first since 2004. Syracuse QB Garrett Shrader has a QBR of 84.8, which ranks 14th in the country.
Georgia Tech welcomes No. 20/17 Ole Miss to Atlanta for an ACC-SEC battle Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m./ ABC) at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Rebels and Yellow Jackets have not met in the regular season since 1946, but have played three times since in bowl games.
In one of the more intriguing games of the day, No. 16/12 NC State looks to improve to 3-0 when the Pack takes on Big 12 rival Texas Tech (7 p.m./ESPN2) at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Red Raiders are receiving votes in both polls. NC State QB Devin Leary had a big day last week against Charleston Southern accounting for six touchdowns (four passing, two rushing).
No. 13/13 Miami caps off a busy day of ACC action Saturday night at No. 24/22 Texas A&M (9 p.m./ESPN) in another clash between the ACC and SEC. Saturday marks the first 2022 road game for Miami, which plays four of its first five at home. Hurricanes’ QB Tyler Van Dyke is completing 73 percent of his pass attempts.
The remainder of the Week 3 schedule includes four games against Group of 5/Independent opponents and three against FCS competition.
STREAKS
Clemson’s current eight-game win streak is the longest of any Power 5 school and is the second-longest in the nation behind Louisiana (14).
Clemson also has the nation’s longest home win streak at 35 games. NC State has the 10th longest current home streak at 11 games and Wake Forest is 11th with 10.
Pitt has won six consecutive road games, which is the second-longest in the country behind Georgia (7).
FIVE ACC TEAMS IN TOP 25 POLLS
Five ACC teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 poll (Sept. 11). The five teams are the second-most of any conference. No. 5 Clemson leads the way and is joined by No. 13 Miami, No. 16 NC State, No. 19 Wake Forest and No. 23 Pitt. North Carolina and Florida State also received votes.
No. 4 Clemson leads a group of five ACC teams ranked among the top 25 of the USA TODAY Sports AFCA coaches poll. The Tigers are joined by No. 12 NC State, No. 13 Miami, No. 18 Wake Forest and No. 25 Pitt. The ACC’s five ranked teams are second-most among all conferences. Florida State, North Carolina and Syracuse also received votes.
RECORD CHASE – MALIK CUNNINGHAM, UL
• Louisville’s Malik Cunningham is ninth in ACC history in total offense and is 76 yards behind North Carolina’s Sam Howell for eighth, 117 yards behind Syracuse’s Eric Dungey for seventh and 313 yards behind NC State’s Ryan Finley for sixth. Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman is 14th. Cunningham is also ranked third in rushing yards by a quarterback and is approaching the top 10 in all-time ACC rushing touchdowns.
Career Total Offense
Rk. Player, School Years TDs
- Philip Rivers, NC State 2000-03 13,582
- Lamar Jackson, Louisville 2015-17 13,175
- Kenny Pickett, Pitt 2017-21 13,112
- Tajh Boyd, Clemson 2010-13 13,069
- Deshaun Watson, Clemson 2014-16 12,097
- Ryan Finley, NC State 2014-18 11,529
- Eric Dungey, Syracuse 2015-18 11,333
- Sam Howell, North Carolina 2018-21 11,292
- Malik Cunningham, UL 2018-present 11,216
- Trevor Lawrence, Clemson 2018-20 11,041
- Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech 1996-99 10,640
- Marquise Williams, North Carolina 2012-15 10,423
- Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech 2010-13 10,363
- Sam Hartman, Wake Forest 2018-present 10,304
Career Rushing Touchdowns
Rk. Player, School Years TDs
- Travis Etienne, Clemson 2017-20 70
- James Conner, Pitt 2013-14,16 52
- Lamar Jackson, Louisville 2015-17 50
- Ted Brown, NC State 1975-78 49
- James Davis, Clemson 2005-08 47
- Dalvin Cook, Florida State 2014-16 46
- Robert Lavette, Georgia Tech 1981-84 45
- Rick Badanjek, Maryland 1982-85 44
- Leon Johnson, North Carolina 1993-96 43
Wali Lundy, Virginia 2002-05 43
- Malik Cunningham, UL 2018-present 39
Career Rushing Touchdowns by a Quarterback
Rk. Player, School Years TDs
- Lamar Jackson, Louisville 2015-17 50
- Malik Cunningham, UL 2018-present 39
- Tevin Washington, Georgia Tech 2009-12 38
Career Rushing Yards by a Quarterback
Rk. Player, School Years TDs
- Lamar Jackson, Louisville 2015-17 4,132
- Joshua Nesbitt, Georgia Tech 2007-10 2,806
- Malik Cunningham, UL 2018-present 2,774
- Woodrow Dantzler, Clemson 1998-01 2,761
- Marquise Williams,UNC 2012-15 2,458
RECORD CHASE – SAM HARTMAN, WF
• Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman ranks eighth in ACC history with 76 touchdowns. He is three shy of Chris Weinke of FSU, who is seventh with 79.
• Hartman threw 39 touchdown passes in 2021 to rank second in the conference and leads returning ACC quarterbacks this season. Leary threw for 35 touchdowns last fall and Armstrong for 31. Twenty-seven of Leary’s TDs came against ACC competition.
Career Passing Touchdowns
Rk. Player, School Years TDs
- Tajh Boyd, Clemson 2010-13 107
- Philip Rivers, NC State 2000-03 95
- Sam Howell, North Carolina 2019-21 92
- Deshaun Watson, Clemson 2014-16 90
Trevor Lawrence, Clemson 2018-20 90 - Kenny Pickett, Pitt 2017-21 81
- Chris Weinke, Florida State 1997-00 79
- Russell Wilson, NC State 2008-10 76
Sam Hartman, WF 2018-present 76 - Jacory Harris, Miami 2008-11 70
THE CONFERENCE OF QUARTERBACKS
Ten of 14 ACC teams returned a quarterback this year with at least nine career starts. Louisville’s Malik Cunningham leads with 40 career starts and Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman has 34. Both NC State’s Devin Leary and Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong have 22 career starts. Kedon Slovis has started 28 career games, including 26 at USC before transferring to Pitt for the 2022 season.
Name, School ……………………..Career Starts
Malik Cunningham, Louisville……………………….. 40
Sam Hartman, Wake Forest ………………………….. 34
Kedon Slovis, Pitt* ……………………………………… 28
Grant Wells, Virginia Tech** ………………………… 25
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia ………………………… 22
Devin Leary, NC State ………………………………….. 22
Phil Jurkovec, Boston College ………………………. 18
Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech……………………………….. 18
D.J. Uiagalelei, Clemson ………………………………. 17
Jordan Travis, Florida State ………………………….. 16
Garrett Shrader, Syracuse ……………………………. 16
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami…………………………………. 11
*26 starts at USC before transferring to Pitt
**23 starts at Marshall before transferring to VT
The ACC has three of the top 12 returning quarterbacks in the country based on last season’s passing yards per game. Virginia’s Armstrong is the top returning player in the country after finishing last season with 404.5 passing yards per game, Wake Forest’s Hartman is eighth (302.0
ypg), Miami’s Van Dyke is 11th (293.1 ypg) and NC State’s Leary is 12th (286.1 ypg).
Three of the top seven quarterbacks in the country entering the 2022 season are from the ACC, according to USA Today – No. 3 Hartman of Wake Forest, No. 4 Van Dyke of Miami and No. 7 Leary of NC State.
In 2021, Armstrong ranked fourth nationally in total passing yards (4,449) while Hartman (4,228) ranked seventh. Hartman’s 39 touchdown passes tied for fifth nationally, and Leary’s 35 TD passes ranked 10th. Armstrong stood second nationally in total yards per game (427.3), and Hartman (327.9) placed seventh.
Louisville’s Cunningham led the league and ranked fourth in the country with 20 rushing touchdowns in 2021 while also averaging 218.5 yards passing.
2022 SUBWAY ACC CHAMP GAME SET FOR PRIMETIME
The 2022 Subway Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game will kick off at 8 p.m. on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game will feature the winner of the Atlantic Division vs. the winner of the Coastal Division.
This is the 13th time in the last 14 years that the game will be held in primetime, and 12 different teams have competed in the game since it began in 2005. Last season, No. 15 Pitt, behind the play of ACC Player of the Year Kenny Pickett, captured its first ACC football title with a
46-21 victory over No. 16 Wake Forest.
Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, has been the site of 11 of the last 12 ACC Football Championship Games. In 2018, the ACC and the Charlotte Sports Foundation reached an agreement to keep the game in Charlotte through 2030. Not including the 2020 game, which had limited attendance due to the pandemic, ACC Football Championship Games played at Bank of America Stadium have had an average attendance of nearly 70,000 fans. The ACC has the second-highest average attendance of any Power 5 conference championship game since 2010.
The winner of the conference championship game has gone on to play in the National Championship Game or compete in the College Football Playoff in eight of the last nine seasons, including two teams in 2020. The ACC has the second most CFP appearances of any conference.
RETURNING LEAGUE LEADERS
In addition to the prolific quarterbacks, several other statistical leaders from last year return in 2022, including Syracuse running back Sean Tucker, North Carolina wide receiver Josh Downs and Virginia linebacker Nick Jackson.
Tucker led the ACC and ranked fourth in the country with 124.7 rushing yards per game. He shattered the Syracuse single-season rushing record (1,496) in 2021 and was named a first-team FWAA All-American. Tucker headlines a contingent of five returning rushers who ranked among last season’s top 10 in yards per game – Boston College’s Patrick Garwo (87.1 ypg), Louisville’s Cunningham (79.3 ypg), Clemson’s Will Shipley (73.9 ypg) and Syracuse’s Shrader (65.1 ypg).
A Biletnikoff semifinalist, UNC’s Downs led the league in receptions per game (7.8) and was second in receiving yards per game (102.7). He set program records with 101 receptions and 1,335 receiving yards. Returning standouts Dontayvion Wicks of Virginia (100.3 ypg), A.T. Perry of Wake Forest (92.4 ypg), Keytaon Thompson of Virginia (82.5 ypg) and Zay Flowers of Boston College (62.2 ypg) all ranked among the top 10 in receiving yards per game last season.
More than half of the top 20 tacklers from a year ago return in 2022, including three players – Virginia’s Jackson (117), Syracuse’s Mikel Jones (111) and NC State’s Drake Thomas (100) – who had at least 100 tackles. NC State’s Payton Wilson, who led the league in tackles in 2020, but missed most of last season with an injury, also returns. Georgia Tech’s Ayinde Eley, Duke’s Shaka Heyward, North Carolina’s Cedric Gray, Florida State’s Jammie Robinson, Virginia Tech’s Dax Hollifield, NC State’s Tanner Ingle, Pitt’s SirVocea Dennis, Virginia Tech’s Chamarri Conner, and Syracuse’s Stefon Thompson all ranked in the top 20 of ACC tacklers last year.
RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE
The ACC returned 47 players who earned first-, second-, or third-team All-ACC honors from a year ago, including five first-team offensive players and seven first-team defensive players. Another 37 who were honorable-mention picks also return.
ACC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE NOTES
The 70th season of ACC Football features 56 league games and 56 non-conference contests. Each team will play eight league contests, which includes six division games, one permanent non-division opponent and one rotating opponent from the opposite division. The 2022 schedule includes a minimum of one open date for each team, and at least one conference contest is scheduled each week, except for Week Zero.
Once again, the ACC’s non-conference schedule is arguably the most difficult in the country. In addition to 21 games against Power 5 opponents, the ACC will play eight non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2021 AP Top 25 poll. All 14 ACC teams play at least one Power 5 non-conference opponent, while seven schools – Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Pitt and Syracuse – play two. ACC teams will play 27 games against opponents that appeared in a bowl game last year.
Games Against Notre Dame
ACC teams will play four non-conference games against Notre Dame in 2022: Notre Dame at North Carolina, Sept. 24 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Notre Dame at Syracuse, Oct. 29 (Syracuse, New York) Clemson at Notre Dame, Nov. 5 (Notre Dame, Indiana) Boston College at Notre Dame, Nov. 19 (Notre Dame, Indiana)
Subway ACC Football Championship Game
The 2022 Subway ACC Football Championship Game will be played Dec. 3 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and feature the winner of the Atlantic Division vs. the winner of the Coastal Division. The ACC and the Charlotte Sports Foundation have an agreement in place to keep the championship game in Charlotte through the 2030 season.
ACC COACHING NOTES
Four new football coaches have been hired in the ACC for the 2022 season: Duke’s Mike Elko, Miami’s Mario Cristobal, Virginia’s Tony Elliott and Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry.
Among active head coaches, the ACC’s Dabo Swinney (Clemson), Mack Brown (North Carolina), Mike Norvell (Florida State), Dave Doeren (NC State) and Scott Satterfield (Louisville) rank among the top 30 in the nation in career winning percentage. Swinney’s .809 winning percentage ranks second in the nation. Brown is second among all active coaches with 268 victories.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney secured his 150th career win in the Cheez-It Bowl vs. Iowa State in 2021. Swinney joins Bobby Bowden as the only head coaches ever to lead an ACC program to 150 wins. It was Swinney’s 11th bowl victory, which ties Bowden’s record (11) for the most career bowl wins leading an ACC program.
Two of the five active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC. Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national titles in 2016 and 2018. North Carolina’s Mack Brown won a national title at Texas in 2005.
Four current league coaches have won ACC Coach of the Year honors – North Carolina’s Mack Brown in 1996, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney in 2015 & 2018, Louisville’s Scott Satterfield in 2019 and Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson in 2021.
AROUND THE ACC
Boston College: Preseason first-team All-ACC wide receiver Zay Flowers made four catches for 79 yards, including a long of 49, against Virginia Tech. Flowers moved up two spots to ninth all-time at BC in receptions at 136.
Clemson: Clemson won its 35th consecutive home game with a 35-12 victory over Furman to extend its school record for both the longest home winning streak and longest home unbeaten streak in school history.
Duke: Since 2017, Duke is 7-1 in Power 5 nonconference games in August and September – the most such wins by any Power 5 team. The Blue Devils’ lone loss came to Alabama in 2019. In the win over Northwestern, Jalon Calhoun (108) and Eli Pancol (106) each recorded 100 receiving yards, marking the first time since November 21, 2015 that the Blue Devils had two 100-yard receivers.
Florida State: Ontaria Wilson caught both of FSU’s touchdown passes vs. LSU, tying career highs with two touchdowns and seven catches. He had a game-high 102 receiving yards, the second-most in his career.
Georgia Tech: With the win over Western Carolina, Georgia Tech won for the ninth time in its last 10 Saturday night games at Bobby Dodd Stadium and the 10th time in its last 11 Saturday night home games (including last season’s 45-22 win over No. 21/20 North Carolina at Mercedes-Benz Stadium).
Louisville: Louisville won its fourth straight game against a team from Florida with a 20-14 victory over UCF. It was its first win after trailing at halftime since a 2016 win vs. Wake Forest.
Miami: The Hurricanes shut out Southern Miss in the second half en route to a 30-7 victory. QB Tyler Van Dyke threw for 241 yards and Henry Parrish Jr. rushed for 102 yards.
North Carolina: QB Drake Maye’s 11 touchdown passes are the most by a UNC quarterback in a three-game span since Mitch Trubisky had 11 in three games in 2016 (three vs. JMU, five vs. Pitt, three at FSU).
NC State: The Wolfpack won their 11th straight home game overall and 10th straight home opener under head coach Dave Doeren with a 55-3 win over Charleston Southern.
Pitt: Kedon Slovis made his debut as Pitt’s starting QB in the Panthers’ win over West Virginia and threw for 308 yards and a touchdown. His passing yards were the most by a Pitt quarterback in a season opener since Matt Lytle had 349 against Villanova in 1998.
Syracuse: In the win over UConn, Syracuse was led by QB Garrett Shrader, who delivered a near perfect evening with 287 yards, three passing touchdowns and completing 20 of 23 pass attempts. Shrader rushed for two touchdowns as well.
Virginia: Quarterback Brennan Armstrong saw his school-record streak of 18 games with a touchdown pass come to an end against Illinois.
Virginia Tech: Brent Pry earned his first career win as a head coach with a 27-10 home victory over Boston College.
Wake Forest: QB Sam Hartman tallied 300 yards, four passing touchdowns and zero interceptions in his season debut in knocking off SEC rival Vanderbilt. Hartman’s big-play target on Saturday was redshirt junior A.T. Perry as he hauled in five passes for 142 yards and one touchdown.
