AROUND THE ACC

Tweetable fact: Boston College is 3-7 against Virginia Tech since joining the ACC, with the Hokies winning five consecutive.

Clemson (7-1, 5-1)

Next game: at Virginia, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: QB Tajh Boyd needs 14 yards rushing to become the first QB in ACC history with at least 10,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in a career. Boyd has 10,296 yards passing and 986 rushing. He also is one of 16 players on the Maxwell Award list. … DE Vic Beasley (Adairsville), who leads the ACC with 10 sacks, is a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award. Look for Beasley, a junior, to declare for the NFL draft after this season.

Tweetable fact: After Saturday, Clemson and Virginia will not play again until 2020.

Duke (6-2, 2-2)

Next game: vs. N.C. State, 4 p.m. Nov. 9, ESPNU

Huddle up: Duke is the Fiesta Bowl and Football Writers Association of America team of the week after its defeat of Virginia Tech. It was the first time the Blue Devils defeated the Hokies since 1981 and first time ever in Blacksburg, Va. … P Will Monday (Flowery Branch) is on the Ray Guy Award watch list. … Duke has the best record of any ACC team in North Carolina.

Tweetable fact: Duke is bowl eligible for the second consecutive year and likely will play in a bowl in consecutive years for the first time in school history.

Florida State (7-0, 5-0)

Next game: vs. Miami, 8 p.m. Saturday, ABC

Huddle up: FSU has won 11 consecutive over ACC opponents, its longest streak since winning 24 consecutive from 1998-2001. … WR Kelvin Benjamin is not expected to miss time after hurting his hand against N.C. State. He dropped passes in Saturday's win, leading to X-rays, which didn't show a serious injury. … QB Jameis Winston is the ACC rookie of the week for the fifth time. … FSU has committed only six turnovers: five interceptions and one fumble.

Tweetable fact: FSU and Miami haven't both been undefeated for their game since 1991, when both were 9-0.

Maryland (5-3, 1-3)

Next game: vs. Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9, FSSO

Huddle up: Coach Randy Edsall endorsed C.J. Brown as the starting QB. Brown has missed the past two games with a trunk injury. … CB Jeremiah Johnson (toe), who has missed every game since the opener, and LB L.A. Goree (back), also hope to return after the bye. … LB Cole Farrand had 23 tackles against Clemson, the most by a Maryland player since 1998. … LT Mike Madaras has left the program and withdrawn from school.

Tweetable fact: WR Amba Etta-Tawo (McEachern) caught his first career TD pass and had three catches for 26 yards against Clemson.

Miami (7-0, 3-0)

Next game: at Florida State, 8 p.m. Saturday, ABC

Huddle up: RB Duke Johnson, a sophomore, has 1,744 career yards, 16th on Miami's career rushing list. However, he has averaged 2.9 yards (127 yards on 44 attempts) in four games against ranked teams, according to the Miami Herald. … Justin Renfrow will start at DT, Tyrone Cornileus (Stephenson) at OLB and Ladarius Gunter at CB on Saturday. … Miami is 7-0 for the first time since 2003.

Tweetable fact: Despite being undefeated and No. 7, the Hurricanes opened as a 21-point underdog at Florida State. The line later moved to 22 points.

North Carolina (2-5, 1-3)

Next game: at N.C. State, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, WUPA

Huddle up: The Tar Heels allowed 59 yards passing in its win over Boston College, its fewest since Clemson threw for 37 against them Nov. 15, 1997. … Tommy Hibbard's 76-yard punt against Boston College was the sixth-longest punt in school history. … UNC likely will continue to use a four-RB platoon in hopes of boosting a run game that ranks 13th in the ACC at 102.1 yards per game. A.J. Blue leads the team with 249 yards rushing.

Tweetable fact: The Tar Heels broke a five-game losing streak to N.C. State last year.

N.C. State (3-4, 0-4)

Next game: vs. North Carolina, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, WUPA

Huddle up: RB Shadrach Thornton (Liberty County) had a career-high 173 yards and two TDs on 23 carries against FSU. He also caught five passes for 32 yards and had 205 of N.C. State's 316 yards of offense. … The Wolfpack have lost their first four ACC games for the fourth time since joining the conference in 1953. … North Carolina hasn't won in Raleigh since 1985, N.C. State's longest home win streak in the 119-year series.

Tweetable fact: C Quinton Schooley has played every offensive snap this season, a total of 497 (81.9 per game).

Pittsburgh (4-3, 2-2)

Next game: at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU

Huddle up: WR Devin Street is Pitt's leader in career receptions with 179 catches, passing Latef Grim, who had 178 career catches from 1998-2000. … LB Shane Gordon (collarbone) and G Cory King (back) are questionable against Georgia Tech. … Freshman RB James Conner didn't play after losing a fumble in the second quarter Saturday, but isn't in a permanent doghouse. He ranks second on the team with 382 yards rushing and four TDs.

Tweetable fact: QB Tom Savage has four TD passes and been sacked 18 times since throwing six TD passes against Duke on Sept. 21.

Syracuse (3-4, 1-2)

Next game: vs. Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO

Huddle up: No. 5 will be retired Saturday to honor former QB Donovan McNabb (1995-98). … RB Jerome Smith has nine TDs (eight rushing, one receiving), third in the ACC behind Virginia's Kevin Parks (10) and Miami's Dallas Crawford (10). … P Riley Dixon has been nominated for the Ray Guy Award. … Syracuse will play Villanova, Central Michigan, Maryland (joining the Big Ten) and Notre Dame in nonconference games in 2014.

Tweetable fact: Syracuse is one of three ACC teams to win at least two bowl games in the past three years, joining FSU and N.C. State.

Virginia (2-6, 0-4)

Next game: vs. Clemson, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: David Watford's 376 yards passing in the loss to Georgia Tech are the fourth-most in school history. He was 43-of-61, setting school records for attempts and completions. … S Anthony Harris has five interceptions, tied for first in the FBS. Virginia had only four interceptions as a team in 2012. … DT Brent Urban (ankle) is questionable against Clemson after missing the past two games. … CBs Demetrious Nicholson (lower extremity) and Maurice Canady (unspecified) also might not play.

Tweetable fact: WRs Darius Jennings (13 catches) and Tim Smith (10 catches) both set career highs.

Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-1)

Next game: at Boston College, noon Saturday, ABC

Huddle up: Freshman CB Kendall Fuller, brother of senior CB Kyle Fuller, is the ACC's co-DB of the week after he had three interceptions in the loss to Duke. He has five this season, passing fellow freshman CB Brandon Facyson (Northgate), who didn't play with a concussion. Facyson, who has four, hopes to play against Boston College. … The Hokies are third in the FBS in total defense (248.8 yards), second in passing defense (157.8 yards), fifth in rushing defense (91 yards) and fifth in scoring defense (14.8 points).

Tweetable fact: Kyle Fuller is a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award.

Wake Forest (4-4, 2-3)

Next game: at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO

Huddle up: QB Tanner Price needs four TDs to set the team mark for career TDs. Riley Skinner had 65. … Eleven first-year freshmen have played, including: SS Thomas Brown (Greenbrier), CB Deonte Davis (South Gwinnett), G Josh T. Harris (Milton), C Cory Helms (Milton) and WR Tyree Harris (Marietta). … Harris had 90 yards receiving before leaving Saturday's game with a bruised chest. His status was uncertain. … Anthony Wooding (Charlton County) is expected to start at S for A.J. Marshall (leg).

Tweetable fact: DT Nikita Whitlock is a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award.