Boston College (6-4, 3-3 ACC)
Next game: at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: Matt Patchan, who played DT for Florida in 2008 and OT for the Gators the next three seasons, is the ACC's OL of week after grading at 92 percent in RB Andre Williams' record-breaking game. Patchan received a sixth year of eligibility and transferred to Boston College in 2013. … Williams, who has 1,810 yards, needs to average 272.7 yards in the final three games to break the FBS single-season record of 2,628, set by Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders in 1988.
Tweetable fact: Williams set the ACC single-game (339) and single-season rushing record in Saturday's win.
Clemson (9-1, 7-1)
Next game: vs. Citadel, noon Saturday
Huddle up: QB Tajh Boyd will play in his final home game despite suffering a bruised collarbone and sternum in last week's win over Georgia Tech. … WR Sammy Watkins needs 8 receiving yards to set the school record and pass former teammate DeAndre Hopkins' career total of 3,020. … Clemson's QBs completed 76 percent of their attempts for 818 yards against Virginia and Georgia Tech. … The Tigers have scored at least 50 points in four games this season, tying the school single-season mark.
Tweetable fact: WR Martavis Bryant has averaged 20.5 yards per catch (34 for 698 yards).
Duke (8-2, 4-2)
Next game: at Wake Forest, noon Saturday, ESPN2
Huddle up: Duke can clinch the Coastal Division title by defeating Wake Forest and North Carolina on Nov. 30. FSU already has clinched the Atlantic title. … Freshman CB Deondre Singleton (Archer) is the ACC's DB of the week after he had 10 tackles and an interception and broke up two passes in the win over Miami. … QB Brandon Connette has rushed for 12 TDs and thrown for 13, the only player in program history with 10 or more TDs running and passing in the same season.
Tweetable fact: At No. 25, Duke is ranked for the first time since 1994.
Florida State (10-0, 8-0)
Next game: vs. Idaho, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: FSU is the only team in ACC history with 41 or more points in 10 consecutive games. The Seminoles have scored 527 points, the fourth-best total in ACC history, with two regular-season games, the conference championship and a bowl to play. … FSU scored in less than two minutes in 10 of its past 14 offensive possessions, against Wake Forest and Syracuse. … Roberto Aguayo has 69 PATs this season to set a school and ACC record.
Tweetable fact: FSU has led 35-0 with 12 minutes remaining in the second quarter in three of its past four games.
Maryland (6-4, 2-4)
Next game: vs. Boston College, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: CB William Likely is the ACC co-rookie of the week after returning a punt 63 yards for a TD and finishing with 179 all-purpose yards, three tackles and broke up a pass. … Maryland likely will have to pay $52 million to leave the ACC after an appeals court ruling this week. Maryland is joining the Big Ten in 2014. … The Terrapins, who won in Blacksburg, Va., for the first time since 1949, held Virginia Tech to 54 yards rushing.
Tweetable fact: Maryland has averaged 4.4 penalties, 17th fewest nationally and second fewest in the ACC.
Miami (7-3, 3-3)
Next game: vs. Virginia, noon Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: Stephen Morris (7,226 yards) is one of four Miami QBs with more than 7,000 career passing yards. The others: Ken Dorsey, Jacory Harris and Gino Torretta. … The Miami Herald reported that the Chick-fil-A Bowl might be interested in Miami, but it must win out. "We get to go to a bowl game for the first time in three seasons, which is obviously going to help us move the program forward," coach Al Golden told the paper.
Tweetable fact: Stacy Coley is the first Cane since Devin Hester in 2004 to return a punt and a kickoff for TDs in the same season.
North Carolina (5-5, 3-3)
Next game: vs. Old Dominion, noon Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: Freshman WR Ryan Switzer returned two punts for TDs in the win over Pitt to tie an ACC record. He has returned three for scores this season. … DE Kareem Martin is the DL of the week with eight tackles, 3 1/2 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup. … QB Marquise Williams has been the leading rusher in four of the past six games. … Old Dominion is 8-3, with losses to Maryland, Pitt and East Carolina.
Tweetable fact: One more victory would make the Tar Heels bowl-eligible after starting the season 1-5.
N.C. State (3-7, 0-7)
Next game: vs. East Carolina, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, WUPA
Huddle up: Freshman WR Jumichael Ramos (Lovejoy) had five catches for 109 yards and a TD in in the loss to Boston College. … WR/PR Rashard Smith (Dublin) threw a TD pass and caught one for a score in the loss. He also has returned two punts for TDs. … East Carolina is 8-2 and is bowl-eligible for the third time in four years. … N.C. State is 0-7 in the ACC for the first time in program history.
Tweetable fact: N.C. State hasn't finished with less than 10 TD passes since 1990. It has eight this season.
Pittsburgh (5-5, 2-4)
Next game: at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m. Saturday
Huddle up: Starting CBs Trenton Coles and Titus Howard are injured, joining a group that includes LG Cory King (hamstring), LT Adam Bisnowaty (back) and DE Ejuan Price (back). … Pitt QB Tom Savage (knee) and WR Devin Street (ankle) both missed time with injuries in the loss to North Carolina. … Savage played at the Carrier Dome as Rutgers' starting QB in 2009. He was sacked nine times in a 31-13 loss. Savage transferred to Arizona, then to Pitt. … Street is the first Panther with 200 career catches.
Tweetable fact: DT Aaron Donald leads the FBS with 22 1/2 tackles for loss.
Syracuse (5-5, 3-3)
Next game: vs. Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. Saturday
Huddle up: CB Julian Whigham returned to Syracuse this week after spending time in a Tallahassee hospital for an injury he suffered in the loss to FSU. FSU coach Jimbo Fisher visited him in the hospital. … Syracuse held a 23-minute advantage in time of possession in its 59-3 loss to FSU. The Seminoles scored 59 points on 45 plays. … RB George Morris II (Central Gwinnett) had a career-high 23 carries for 67 yards and also returned two kickoffs for 42 yards.
Tweetable fact: TE Josh Parris (Stephenson) had one catch for 10 yards against FSU in his first career start.
Virginia (2-8, 0-6)
Next game: at Miami, noon Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: S Anthony Harris had at least one interception in each of the past four games and has seven total, tied for first in the FBS. … DT Brent Urban (ankle) and CB Maurice Canady (undisclosed) could return this week. Urban has been out since Oct. 12, and Canady has missed three games. … Freshman Eric Smith (Columbia) has started the past six games at RT. … Virginia has three former head coaches on staff: Tom O'Brien (N.C. State, Boston College), Steve Fairchild (Colorado State) and Larry Lewis (Idaho State).
Tweetable fact: RB Kevin Parks has seven career 100-yard games.
Virginia Tech (7-4, 4-3)
Next game: at Virginia, noon or 3:30 p.m. Nov. 30, TBD
Huddle up: Virginia Tech can still win the Coastal Division, but must defeat Virginia in the final regular-season game and still receive help from other teams. Duke, Georgia Tech and Miami also are in the running. … The Hokies had been 15-0 when QB Logan Thomas doesn’t throw an interception before Saturday’s loss to Maryland. … The Hokies joined the 2010 Virginia Cavaliers as the only ACC teams since 2005 to lose to Boston College, Duke and Maryland in the same year.
Tweetable fact: Virginia Tech is 30-6 in November (28-6 in the ACC) since 2004.
Wake Forest (4-6, 2-5)
Next game: vs. Duke, noon Saturday, ESPN2
Huddle up: Wake Forest is 32-10 against teams from North Carolina under coach Jim Grobe. The Demon Deacons defeated N.C. State on Oct. 5 in their only other game against an in-state program this year. … S Anthony Wooding (Charlton County) had nine tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in the loss to FSU. … CB Merrill Noel forced a fumble and recovered one against FSU. … QB Tanner Price needs four TDs to pass Riley Skinner, who has 65, for career TDs.
Tweetable fact: This is the first time Wake Forest will face a ranked Duke team since 1994.
