Boston College (1-2, 0-1 in ACC)
Next game: vs. Clemson, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
Huddle up: QB Chase Rettig leads the ACC in passing with 317 yards per game, with six TDs and one interception. … LB Nick Clancy leads the country with 14.3 tackles per game. He's following in the footsteps of former Boston College LB Luke Kuechly, who led the nation with 191 tackles last season and finished as the ACC's leading career tackler with 532. … WR Bobby Swigert (knee) has returned to practice.
Tweetable fact: WR Alex Amidon, who has averaged 122 yards per game, has been added to the Biletnikoff Award watch list.
Clemson (3-1, 0-1)
Next game: at Boston College, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
Huddle up: Coach Dabo Swinney hinted at changes in the secondary after Florida State QB E.J. Manuel threw for 380 yards. Swinney said CBs Darius Robinson (Westlake) and Bashaud Breeland might face challenges for their jobs. … QB Tajh Boyd is averaging 205.6 yards per game in his career, second all-time at Clemson behind Charlie Whitehurst, who averaged 219 yards per game. … Boyd called a players-only meeting before practice Monday to help his teammates refocus.
Tweetable fact: Chandler Catanzaro has made 15 consecutive field goals, breaking the school record of 14 with a 50-yarder against FSU.
Duke (3-1, 0-0)
Next game: at Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m., WUPA
Huddle up: WR Conner Vernon has 227 career catches and needs six to set the ACC's career mark for receptions with 233. Former Clemson WR Aaron Kelly holds the record with 232. Vernon has made 35 consecutive starts. … The Blue Devils are 3-1 for the first time since 2008 and have opened with three consecutive home victories for the first time since 1994. … RB Juwan Thompson (Woodward Academy), who rushed for 457 yards in 2011, is Duke's second-leading rusher with 94 yards.
Tweetable fact: Backup QB Brandon Connette is the first Duke player to rush for a TD, catch a TD pass and pass for a TD since D. Bryant in 2000.
Florida State (4-0, 2-0)
Next game: at South Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN
Huddle up: The Seminoles are the only team to rank in the top 10 nationally in 10 categories. They are among the leaders in total defense, rushing defense, scoring defense, pass defense, pass-efficiency defense, scoring offense, total offense, passing efficiency, rushing offense and kickoff returns. … DE Bjoern Werner has averaged 1.62 sacks per game, tied for second in the nation. … LB Ukeme Eligwe (Stone Mountain) has a hand injury and didn't play against Clemson. He's questionable this week.
Tweetable fact: WR Rodney Smith has at least one pass in 29 consecutive games, dating to Sept. 18, 2010.
Maryland (2-2, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 6, ESPNU
Huddle up: WR Stefon Diggs is the ACC freshman of the week after he had three catches for 113 yards and two TDs in Saturday's loss. He also had 63 yards on kickoff returns and 25 on punt returns for 201 all-purpose yards. … QB Perry Hills has an efficiency rating of 132.4, but has been sacked 16 times, second most in the nation. He was sacked five times against West Virginia.
Tweetable fact: Maryland held West Virginia to an average of 1 yard per carry.
Miami (3-1, 2-0)
Next game: vs. N.C. State, noon, ESPNU
Huddle up: Eddie Johnson (North Atlanta) is the ACC's linebacker of the week after he had nine tackles, including stopping Georgia Tech QB Tevin Washington for no gain on a fourth-down run in OT. … Freshman RB Duke Johnson leads the nation in all-purpose yards with 209.5 per game. He averages 80 yards rushing per game and 30.4 yards on kick returns. … Coach Al Golden said WR Malcolm Lewis will miss the rest of the season and apply for a medical redshirt after dislocating his ankle Saturday.
Tweetable fact: The Hurricanes had 609 yards of offense against Georgia Tech, their most since they had 629 against McNeese State in 2000.
North Carolina (2-2, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Idaho, 3:30 p.m., FSSO
Huddle up: QB Bryn Renner has thrown for 684 yards in the past two games, the most in school history for passing yards in consecutive games. Renner leads the ACC in passing with 1,191 yards and TD passes with 11. … DB Jabari Price was the ACC DB of the week with eight tackles, a sack and a pass breakup in the win over East Carolina. … TB Giovani Bernard returned from a knee injury to rush for 50 yards, catch six passes for 52 and score twice.
Tweetable fact: The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents 78-10 in the second half, including 52-0 in the third quarter.
North Carolina State (3-1, 0-0)
Next game: at Miami, noon, ESPNU
Huddle up: Freshman Shadrach Thornton (Liberty County) had 145 yards on 21 carries to become the first N.C. State RB to rush for 100 yards this season and the first freshman to gain 100 yards since 2005. He also is first N.C. State freshman to eclipse 100 yards in his first collegiate game since 1981. … Starting RB Tony Creecy (undisclosed injury) missed Saturday's game, and Mustafa Greene was suspended for the second straight week. Creecy is expected back this week, but Thornton also will play, coach Tom O'Brien said.
Tweetable fact: Mike Glennon has completed 65.9 percent of his passes for 694 yards and five TDs during a three-game win streak.
Virginia (2-2, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Huddle up: Coach Mike London said QB Michael Rocco will continue to start, even though the offense has struggled with him and he is the only QB in the ACC with more interceptions (five) than TDs (four). Backup Phillip Sims, who transferred from Alabama, has thrown three TD passes in relief. … D.J. Hill (Newton County) had eight tackles starting in place of LB LaRoy Reynolds, who had surgery for an undisclosed injury Friday. Reynolds is expected to return this season.
Tweetable fact: RB Khalek Shepherd leads the ACC in kick returns, averaging 32.4 yards, including a 72-yard return.
Virginia Tech (3-1, 1-0)
Next game: vs. Cincinnati (at Landover, Md.), 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
Huddle up: Kyshoen Jarrett leads the nation in punt returns with an average of 35.4 yards. … Logan Thomas has thrown TD passes to seven players this season, but nobody has more than one. … He has completed only 51.7 percent of his attempts. … Thomas has a lacerated thumbnail, but should be OK to play against Cincinnati, coach Frank Beamer said. … Virginia Tech has scored in 221 consecutive games, the 15th-longest streak in FBS history. Only Michigan, Florida, TCU, Air Force and Tennessee have longer current streaks.
Tweetable fact: Virginia Tech is 0-1 against Big East teams, losing to Pittsburgh on Sept. 15.
Wake Forest (3-1, 1-1)
Next game: vs. Duke, 12:30 p.m., WUPA
Huddle up: Josh Harris (126 yards rushing) and Deandre Martin (115 yards) gave Wake Forest two 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time since 2005. … G Nikita Whitlock (ankle) missed the past two games and is questionable. … DE Zach Thompson is the ACC's defensive lineman of the week with 12 tackles against Army. … WR Michael Campanaro has averaged nine catches per game, fifth in the nation. … Wake Forest has won 12 consecutive games against Duke, dating to 1999.
Tweetable fact: Wake Forest had 296 yards rushing Saturday after gaining 205 in its first three games combined.
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