Boston College (2-7, 1-5 in ACC)
Next game: vs. Notre Dame, 8 p.m. Saturday, ABC
Huddle up: Boston College has scheduled a home-and-home series with Ohio State in 2020 and 2021. … The Eagles are No. 118 in the FBS in rushing, averaging 74.7 yards per game. They had 12 yards against Wake Forest, 32 against Georgia Tech and 8 against Maryland. Despite that, TB Andre Williams has 584 yards rushing. Williams was hurt in the loss to Wake Forest, and David Dudeck or Rolandan Finch will play if he can't. Finch led the Eagles with 705 yards last season, but has had fumbling issues. … WR Alex Amidon is 76 yards from tying Brian Brennan's single-season school record of 1,149 receiving yards, set in 1983.
Tweetable fact: LB Nick Clancy ranks third in the nation with 11.9 tackles per game.
Clemson (8-1, 5-1)
Next game: vs. Maryland, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: Clemson has returned a kickoff for a TD against Maryland in each of the past three years. Sammy Watkins returned one 89 yards for a score last season. … TE Brandon Ford (abdominal) and RB Andre Ellington (hamstring), who ranks second in the ACC with 730 yards rushing, are both expected to play Saturday. … QB Tajh Boyd, the ACC's offensive back of the week, threw for five TDs and ran for one, the most by any player in the ACC this season. … DE Vic Beasley (Adairsville) leads Clemson with five sacks despite backing up Corey Crawford (Carver-Columbus). Beasley also has 11 tackles.
Tweetable fact: Clemson's 718 yards against Duke are the most by an ACC team this season.
Duke (6-4, 3-3)
Next game: at Georgia Tech, Nov. 17, TBD
Huddle up: With a bye week, the Blue Devils didn't practice Sunday or Monday, but began working on schemes to stop Georgia Tech's option offense. … RB Juwan Thompson (Woodward Academy) missed the loss to Clemson with what's being described as upper-body injuries. Thompson ranks third on the team with 277 yards rushing. … LB C.J. France (Carver-Columbus) is sixth on the team with 36 tackles. … Freshman walk-on S Hud Mellencamp, son of John Mellencamp, missed Saturday's game to attend a rally for President Obama with his dad.
Tweetable fact: WR Desmond Scott has caught at least one pass in 36 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in school history.
Florida State (8-1, 5-1)
Next game: at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
Huddle up: Florida State is the only team in the top 10 in 10 national categories and the only team to rank in the top eight in total offense and total defense. The Seminoles rank first in total defense (227.1), second in pass-efficiency defense (90.9), third in scoring (44.8), third in rushing defense (72.9), third in scoring defense (3.0), third in passing efficiency (169.9) and fourth in pass defense (154.2). … CBs Xavier Rhodes, Nick Waisome and Ronald Darby have combined for 17 of Florida State's 47 pass breakups.
Tweetable fact: The Seminoles have held their opponents to 60 three-and-out possessions, most in the nation.
Maryland (4-5, 2-3)
Next game: at Clemson, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: Leading tackler Demetrius Hartsfield was lost for the season with a torn ACL, the fourth Maryland player to suffer that injury this season, joining QBs C.J. Brown, Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe. Hartsfield, who has 78 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks, has 338 career tackles. Four other Terrapins have been lost to season-ending injuries. … Converted LB Shawn Petty threw for 115 yards and two TDs and ran for 24 in the loss to Georgia Tech. He fumbled twice and had an interception.
Tweetable fact: Maryland has played 15 freshmen, third-most in the FBS behind Texas and TCU.
Miami (5-4, 4-2)
Next game: at Virginia, noon Saturday, ABC
Huddle up: LB Gabe Terry is the ACC's special-teams player of the week after blocking a punt to set up Miami's first TD in the win over Virginia Tech. It was the Hurricanes' first blocked punt since 2008. … RB Duke Johnson is the freshman of the week after he had 217 all-purpose yards and a TD. … DE Shayon Green (Tift County) leads Miami with 57 tackles.
Tweetable fact: Miami has had 19 different lineups in coach Al Golden's 21 games as coach.
North Carolina (6-3, 3-2)
Next game: vs. Georgia Tech, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, WUPA
Huddle up: RB Giovani Bernard won't disclose if he's leaving for the NFL until after the season. Bernard, who leads the FBS in all-purpose yards, redshirted in 2010 after tearing the ACL in his right knee. "If things look good for me, I may go, I may not," he told the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun. … Casey Barth is among the 20 finalists for the Groza Award, which goes to the top collegiate kicker. Barth holds the school record in field goals, PATs and with 354 points.
Tweetable fact: Next year's opener against South Carolina might be played on Thursday night, but ESPN is still working out the details.
North Carolina State (5-4, 2-3)
Next game: vs. Wake Forest, 3 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: Mike Glennon is the only QB in the ACC to have accounted for all of his team's passing yards this season. Glennon has thrown for 2,652 yards and 20 TDs. … The Wolfpack have won 12 of the past 13 home meetings with Wake Forest since 1984. … They have allowed 84 first-quarter points and have a total of 19 turnovers in their four losses. … C Camden Wentz (Lassiter) has made 34 consecutive starts, tied for most on the team with S Earl Wolff.
Tweetable fact: The 33-6 loss to Virginia was the second-most lopsided ACC home loss in coach Tom O'Brien's six seasons.
Virginia (3-6, 1-4)
Next game: vs. Miami, noon Saturday, ABC
Huddle up: Coach Mike London liked the results of the QB rotation between Phillip Sims and Michael Rocco, so he'll likely use it the rest of the season. Sims and Rocco took turns at QB, leading the Cavaliers to an upset of N.C. State. … Virginia forced five turnovers and moved from No. 120 into a tie for 117th in turnover margin. … DT Chris Braithwaite (five tackles, two of the Cavaliers' six sacks) is the ACC's DL of the week, and CB Maurice Canady (seven tackles, interception) is the co-DB of the week. It was Canady's first career start.
Tweetable fact: Virginia's six sacks Saturday nearly doubled its season's total of seven before that game.
Virginia Tech (4-5, 2-3)
Next game: vs. Florida State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
Huddle up: WR Marcus Davis blamed a lack of leadership for Virginia Tech's struggles, according to The Washington Post. "Of course, we don't have the same players, but at the same time, we don't have the same attitude as we used to have," he told the paper. … Several changes have been made on defense, including naming special-teams standout Alonzo Tweedy as a starter at LB.
Tweetable fact: Virginia Tech has won its past seven home games and lost its past seven road games.
Wake Forest (5-4, 3-4)
Next game: at N.C. State, 3 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: WR Michael Campanaro, the ACC's WR of the week, returned from a broken hand to tie an ACC record with 16 catches in the win over Boston College. He had 123 yards and three TDs. … CB Kevin Johnson is the co-DB of the week after he had seven tackles, picked off his third pass in four games and broke up two other passes. … Wake Forest has held its past four opponents to 53.5 yards rushing after allowing an average of 237 yards in the first five games.
Tweetable fact: Wake Forest has won six of the past nine games against N.C. State.
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