Boston College (1-1, 0-1 in ACC)
Next game: at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m.
Huddle up: QB Chase Rettig leads the ACC in passing at 330 yards and total offense with 320.5 yards per game, despite minus-19 yards rushing. … LB Josh Keyes (concussion), TE Brian Miller (knee), DB Spenser Rositano (lung), WR Colin Larmond Jr. (leg) and G Harris Williams (foot) did not play against Maine and are questionable this week. … WR Spiffy Evans had career highs in catches (four) and yards (53), scored on a TD reception and returned a punt 82 yards for a TD against Maine.
Tweetable fact: Northwestern leads the all-time series 3-1, including a 24-17 victory last September.
Clemson (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Furman, FSSO, 3 p.m.
Huddle up: WR Sammy Watkins is eligible to return this week from his two-game suspension for an offseason drug arrest. He had 82 catches for 1,219 yards and 12 TDs as a freshman last season. … Furman was Clemson's opponent when the program played its first game in October 1896. Clemson won that game 14-6 and has a 29-game winning streak against Furman. … K Spencer Benton is the ACC specialist of the week after setting an ACC record with a 61-yard field goal in Saturday's win.
Tweetable fact: WR DeAndre Hopkins has back-to-back 100-yard games and four TDs without Watkins.
Duke (1-1, 0-0)
Next game: vs. N.C. Central, 7 p.m.
Huddle up: Duke gained 27 yards rushing on 23 carries, Stanford returned a punt 76 yards for a TD and returned an interception for a TD in a 50-13 win over the Blue Devils. "It was the worst offensive performance we've had to start a game. We didn't block people," coach David Cutcliffe said. … WR Jamison Crowder has caught a pass of 50 or more yards in each of the first two games. … Will Monday (Flowery Branch) leads the ACC and is 10th in the nation with a 46.3 punting average.
Tweetable fact: WR Conner Vernon needs 19 catches to set the ACC career mark for receptions with 233.
Florida State (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Wake Forest, noon, ESPN
Huddle up: QB E.J. Manuel is making his fourth appearance against Wake Forest — the only team he has faced in all of four seasons. Manuel led the Seminoles to a 41-28 win in his first career start in 2009. He is 36-for-57 for 547 yards, four TDs and three picks against Wake Forest. … The Seminoles have scored in all 17 trips to the red zone this season, including 15 TDs. … FB Chad Abram (ankle), TE Nick O'Leary (thigh), G Bryan Stork (neck), DT Moses McCray (concussion), OL Daniel Foose (back) and WR Josh Gehres (hamstring) are questionable this week.
Tweetable fact: FSU leads the ACC in scoring (62 points) and points allowed (1.5 points).
Maryland (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Connecticut, 12:30 p.m., WUPA
Huddle up: The Terrapins have turned the ball over eight times in two games, with all eight being committed by freshmen. QB Perry Hills has thrown three interceptions and fumbled, Wes Brown has fumbled twice, and Albert Reid and Stefon Diggs once each. … Maryland has allowed 559 yards in two games, its best two-game stretch since 2007.
Tweetable fact: Randy Edsall will coach against Connecticut, his former team, for the first time Saturday.
Miami (1-1, 1-0)
Next game: vs. Bethune-Cookman, noon
Huddle up: Miami allowed 52 points, tied for fourth-most in program history behind 66 at Syracuse in 1998, 61 at Texas Tech in 1940 and 56 at Syracuse in 1970. … The Hurricanes are 109th in pass defense and scoring defense, 89th against the run and 114th in total defense out of 120 FBS teams after a 52-13 loss to Kansas State. … Freshmen CB Deon Bush and S A.J. Highsmith will start against Bethune-Cookman. Also, OLB Tyrone Cornileus (Stephenson) is taking snaps with the first team.
Tweetable fact: Freshman RB Duke Johnson leads the ACC with 198.5 all-purpose yards a game.
North Carolina (1-1, 0-1)
Next game: at Louisville, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2
Huddle up: Coach Larry Fedora wants Giovani Bernard, who missed Saturday's loss to Wake Forest with a knee injury, back in the lineup, but is unsure of his status against Louisville. He was replaced by A.J. Blue (106 yards) and Romar Morris (70 yards) against Wake Forest. … The Tar Heels ran 82 plays against Wake Forest, the most since they had 87 in a triple-OT game against Syracuse in 2003. … North Carolina has made 131 consecutive extra-point attempts, including a school record 93 by Casey Barth and 38 by Thomas Moore.
Tweetable fact: OG Jonathan Cooper will make his 38th career start against Louisville, more than any other active OL in the ACC.
North Carolina State (1-1, 0-0)
Next game: vs. South Alabama, 6 p.m.
Huddle up: CB David Amerson picked off his 14th career pass, and Brandan Bishop had his 10th. Amerson is two from the school record for career interceptions of 16. … Earl Wolff is the ACC's DB of the week with seven tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery. … P Wil Baumann tied his career-high with nine punts on against Connecticut. … T Rob Crisp (undisclosed) is questionable, and CB C.J. Wilson (academic issues) is out indefinitely.
Tweetable fact: Mike Glennon threw four touchdown passes in N.C. State's 35-13 victory over South Alabama in 2011.
Virginia (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
Huddle up: Virginia has five players from Georgia: QB Greyson Lambert (Wayne County), WR Miles Gooch (Towers), OLB D.J. Hill (Newton County), CB C.J. Moore (Buford) and OG Sam Jowers (Westminster). … Expect backup QB Phillip Sims to continue to see snaps behind starter Michael Rocco, coach Mike London said. Sims, who transferred from Alabama in May, was awarded a waiver from the NCAA for immediate eligibility. He played two series against Penn State, but Rocco led the Cavaliers to the game-winning TD.
Tweetable fact: WR Darius Jennings averaged 52 yards on his two career TD catches, a 53-yarder last season and a 51-yarder Sept. 1.
Virginia Tech (2-0, 1-0)
Next game: at Pittsburgh, noon, ESPNU
Huddle up: LB Bruce Taylor, who sprained his ankle against Georgia Tech and missed last week's game, said he'll play Saturday. LB Tariq Edwards (knee) also is struggling this week. … Defensive coordinator Bud Foster said playing Pittsburgh (0-2) will be like "playing a wounded animal. They're going to be backed up in a corner," he told The Roanoke (Va.) Times. … Virginia Tech has blocked five punts — and 10 kicks total — in the past 11 games against Pittsburgh. … The Hokies have 230 interceptions since the start of the 2000 season, the most in the country.
Tweetable fact: The Hokies have the longest road winning streak in the FBS at 13 games, two ahead of Oregon's 11.
Wake Forest (2-0, 1-0)
Next game: at Florida State, noon, ESPN
Huddle up: WR Michael Campanaro leads the ACC in receptions per game (11) and receiving yards per game (130). … QB Tanner Price was the ACC's offensive back of the week after throwing for a career high 327 yards in a 28-27 win over North Carolina. He also rushed for two TDs. … DE Hasan Hazime is the ACC's defensive lineman of the week with five tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and two pass deflections. … DE Zach Thompson (eye) T Devin Bolling (knee) are considered day-to-day.
Tweetable fact: Wake Forest has won two of its past three games against Florida State in Tallahassee.
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