ACC PREVIEWS
Saturday, Oct. 1
Louisville (2-2, 0-2 ACC) at Boston College (1-3, 0-2 ACC)
Noon.; ACCN
UL leads series, 8-6
Last meeting: UL, 28-14 (2021)
Head Coaches:
Louisville – Scott Satterfi eld (20-21 in fourth season at Louisville; 71-45 in 10th overall)
Boston College – Jeff Hafl ey (13-14 in third season at Boston College and overall)

Notes: Louisville holds a 5-3 edge in ACC games versus the Eagles since joining the conference in 2014, including last season’s 28-14 win at Cardinal Stadium
• QB Malik Cunningham ran for three touchdowns to lead a strong Louisville ground attack, which piled up 315 rushing yards • Cunningham finished the game with 240 yards (133 rushing, 107 passing) • BC won the most recent meeting in Chestnut Hill in 2020 by a 34-27 score • Backup QB Dennis Grosel threw for two touchdowns after starter Phil Jurkovec was hurt, and RB David Bailey ran for two scores before being forced to leave the game due to an injury • The programs split six non-conference games between 1986 and 1998 • The Eagles are 4-3 versus the Cardinals at home • Louisville’s most recent win at Boston College came in 2016, when eventual Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson quarterbacked the fifth-ranked Cardinals to a 52-7 victory.

Saturday, Oct. 1

22 Wake Forest (3-1, 0-1 ACC) at #23 Florida State (4-0, 2-0 ACC)

TBA; TBA
FSU leads series, 30-8-1
Last meeting: WFU, 35-14 (2021)
Head Coaches:
Wake Forest – Dave Clawson (54-49 in ninth season at Wake Forest; 144-129 in 23rd season overall)
Florida State – Mike Norvell (12-13 in third season at FSU; 50-28 in seventh season overall)

Notes: Wake Forest makes its first trip to Tallahassee since 2018 after claiming home field wins in the last two meetings between the teams (2019 and 2021) • QB Sam Hartman threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns, and WR A.T. Perry grabbed seven passes for 155 yards and a TD in the Demon Deacons’ 35-14 win last season • Florida State had won seven straight in the series before Wake Forest’s current two-game win streak • The Seminoles are 20-3-1 all-time versus Wake Forest in Tallahassee, with the Demon Deacons’ wins coming in 1959, 2006 and 2008 • The Seminoles have won 23 of the 29 ACC meetings between the teams • The series opened with a 14-14 tie in 1956, and the programs played 10 games (nine in Tallahassee, one in Winston-Salem) over the next 17 years before the series was put on hold following the 1973 season, until FSU joined the ACC in 1992.

Saturday, Oct. 1
Virginia Tech (2-2, 0-0 ACC) at North Carolina (3-1, 0-0 ACC)
3:30 p.m.; ACCN
VT leads series, 25-12-6
Last meeting: VT, 17-10 (2021)
Head Coaches:
Virginia Tech – Brent Pry (2-2 in first season at Virginia Tech and overall)
North Carolina – Mack Brown (93-64-1 in 14th season at UNC; 268-140-1 in 34th season overall)

Notes: The Hokies and Tar Heels meet to open ACC play for the second consecutive season • QB Braxton Burmeister ran for a touchdown and threw for another in the opening game of the 2021 season as Virginia Tech upset No. 10 UNC 17-10 in Blacksburg • The Hokies have won five of the last six in the series, which was first played in 1895 • Virginia Tech is 14-4 versus the Tar Heels in ACC play • That includes the 2019 meeting between the teams in Blacksburg, which saw the Hokies claim a 43-41 decision in a six-overtime marathon that stands as the longest game in ACC history • Nineteen games in the series have been played at neutral sites, including the 1997 Gator Bowl (a 42-3 UNC win) • North Carolina cities Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem have played host to the game • Virginia sites have included Danville, Richmond, Roanoke and Norfolk • The Hokies are 9-5-2 all-time versus the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.

Saturday, Oct. 1
Wagner (0-3, 0-1 NEC) at Syracuse (4-0, 2-0 ACC)
5 p.m.; ACCNX/ESPN+
Syracuse leads series, 2-0
Last meeting: SU, 62-10 (2018)
Head Coaches:
Syracuse – Dino Babers (32=3-43 in seventh season at Syracuse; 69-59 in 11th season overall)
Wagner – Tom Masella (1-16 in third season at Wagner; 44-82 in 13th season overall)

Notes: Syracuse plays the third of a four-game homestand as it welcomes Wagner, which visits the Dome for the third time in program history and the first time since 2018 • The Orange has outscored the Seahawks by a combined 116-10 in the previous two meetings, including a 62-10 win in the most recent matchup four years ago • QB Eric Dungey tied a school record with fi ve touchdown passes to fi ve different receivers to lead Syracuse • Wagner has lost 22 consecutive games dating back to a win over LIU in September of 2019 • Syracuse has an open date following this weekend’s game before returning to ACC play against visiting NC State on Oct. 15 • The Orange’s road trip to Clemson on Oct. 22 will mark Syracuse’s first game away from home in six weeks • Wagner will be Syracuse’s next-to-last non-conference game; the Orange play host to Notre Dame on Oct. 29.

Saturday, Oct. 1

10 NC State (4-0, 0-0 ACC) at #5 Clemson (4-0, 2-0 ACC)

7:30 p.m.; ABC
Clemson leads series, 59-29-1
Last meeting: NCSU, 27-21, 2ot (2021)
Head Coaches:
NC State – Dave Doeren (68-49 in 10th season at NC State; 91-53 in 12th season overall)
Clemson – Dabo Swinney (154-36 in 15th season at Clemson overall)

Notes: Highly anticipated matchup between top-10 teams that were picked as the likely top-two Atlantic Division finishers in preseason • After winning a 27-21 double-overtime thriller last year as QB Devin Leary threw for four touchdowns in Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State seeks to win at Clemson for the first time since 2002 and for consecutive years in the series for the first time since 2002-03 • The Tigers are 26-11 versus the Pack in Clemson and lead 39-23 in ACC play • Last year’s NC State win snapped an eight-game Clemson series win streak • The teams will be meeting for the 90th time in the “Textile Bowl” series that was first played in 1899 at Rock Hill, S.C. • In addition to Rock Hill, the earlier days of the series featured games in Charlotte, N.C. and Columbia, S.C., as well as the South Carolina town of Florence • Following a run of six straight years in Charlotte, all games since 1945 have been played in Raleigh or Clemson.

Saturday, Oct. 1
Virginia (2-2, 0-1 ACC) at Duke (3-1, 0-0 ACC)
7:30 p.m.; RSN
Virginia leads series, 40-33
Last meeting: UVA, 48-0 (2021)
Head Coaches:
Virginia – Tony Elliott (2-2 in fi rst season at UVA and overall)
Duke – Mike Elko (3-1 in first season at Duke and overall)

Notes: Virginia seeks its eighth consecutive win in its series versus Duke, which was first played with back-to-back games in Richmond in 1890 and 1891 • The Cavaliers hold a 35-29 edge against the Blue Devils in ACC play • Duke has won 18 of the 31 previous matchups in Durham • A pair of first-year head coaches will be on the sidelines for Saturday’s game, which will be the first between the teams at Duke since Virginia’s 28-14 win at Wallace Wade Stadium in 2018 • QB Brennan Armstrong threw for two first-half touchdowns and ran for another and Virginia scored on all six possessions before halftime in last year’s 48-0 win • Prior to Virginia’s current win streak in the series, the Blue Devils had won the previous three matchups and six of the previous seven • Duke last won versus the Cavaliers in 2014, a 20-13 decision at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Saturday, Oct. 1
Georgia Tech (1-3, 0-1 ACC) at #24 Pitt (3-1, 0-0 ACC)
8 p.m.; ACCN
Pitt leads series, 2-1
Last meeting: Pitt, 52-21 (2021)
Head Coaches:
Georgia Tech – Brent Key, interim (0-0 in first season at Georgia Tech and overall)
Pitt – Pat Narduzzi (56-38 in eighth season at Pitt and overall)

Notes: The Panthers and Yellow Jackets meet for the 10th consecutive season, but for the first time in Pittsburgh since 2018 • Pitt seeks its fifth consecutive win in the series following last year’s 52-21 road victory • QB Kenny Pickett keyed the Panthers, passing for 389 yards and four touchdowns on his way to ACC Player of the Year honors • Pitt holds a 6-3 edge in ACC games between the programs • The series began with three games in Pittsburgh in 1918-20, with the Panthers winning each • The Yellow Jackets won both the 1955 Sugar Bowl and 1956 Gator Bowl meetings, and Pitt won twice behind All-America running back Tony Dorsett in 1974 and 1976 • The series then took a nearly 40-year sabbatical until the Panthers’ entry into the ACC in 2013 • The Panthers have won five of the previous six meetings between the teams in Pittsburgh • The Yellow Jackets will play their first game under interim head coach Brent Key, who was elevated to that role earlier this week.