Boston College (6-3, 3-2 ACC)
Next game: vs. Louisville, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2
Huddle up: CB Manuel Asprilla is the ACC DB of the week, with 10 tackles in Saturday's victory. … RB Myles Willis (Marist) scored on a career-long 68-yard TD run and finished with 79 yards on six carries. … The Eagles are 4-0 on the road this season. … Boston College has held opponents to less than 100 yards rushing six times this season. … With 965 yards, Tyler Murphy broke Doug Flutie's career school mark for rushing yards by a QB.
Tweetable fact: Boston College is bowl-eligible for the second consecutive season.
Clemson (6-2, 5-1)
Next game: at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
Huddle up: Clemson has had 10 offensive players miss a combined 42 games because of injuries and three defensive players have missed a combined 14 games. … DB Martin Jenkins (Centennial) is questionable with a sprained foot. … RB Tyshon Dye (Elbert County) is expected to make his debut after missing time with injuries. … DE Vic Beasley (Adairsville) is on lists for the Lombardi, Lott and Bednarick awards. … Clemson leads the ACC in total defense at 268.8 yards per game.
Tweetable fact: Clemson is 4-9 all-time on Thursday night games, but has won its past three.
Duke (7-1, 3-1)
Next game: at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: DeVon Edwards (Alcovy) is the ACC specialist of the week after he returned a kickoff 99 yards for a TD in the win over Pittsburgh. He has three career kickoff returns for scores to tie the school record and also made 10 tackles as a DB. … Duke WRs hold the ACC's top two spots for career receptions. Conner Vernon (2009-12) has the record with 283, and current WR Jamison Crowder is second with 247. … QB Anthony Boone is 17-3 as a starter.
Tweetable fact: Duke has won 15 of its past 18 games.
Florida State (8-0, 5-0)
Next game: vs. Virginia, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Freshman RB Dalvin Cook averaged 12.2 yards per carry while rushing nine times for 110 yards and two TDs in the win over Louisville, which had averaged giving up only 2.8 yards per rush. … LB Terrance Smith (Southwest DeKalb) is expected to play after missing last week's game with a pectoral injury. … Roberto Aguayo's school-record streak of 23 consecutive FGs was snapped with a 41-yard miss against Louisville. … FSU has given up at least 30 points three times this season.
Tweetable fact: Florida State stretched the nation's longest winning streak to 24 games.
Louisville (6-3, 4-3)
Next game: at Boston College, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2
Huddle up: WR DeVante Parker and RB Michael Dyer have 661 yards of offense — 77 percent of Louisville's total — in the past two games after combining for just 65 in the first seven games. … Louisville allowed more than 30 points for the first time in 14 games, which was the longest streak in the nation. … QB Will Gardner (Coffee) threw for a career-high 330 yards in the loss to FSU. … S Gerod Holliman leads the FBS with 10 interceptions.
Tweetable fact: Opponents have 48 turnovers in the past 22 games against Louisville.
Miami (6-3, 3-2)
Next game: vs. Florida State, 8 p.m. Nov. 15, ABC
Huddle up: RB Duke Johnson has averaged 168.6 yards rushing in the past five games and ranks second in the ACC with 1,213 yards and nine TDs rushing. He's scored in eight consecutive games. … Freshman QB Brad Kaaya leads the ACC with 20 TD passes. … Coach Al Golden hopes OL Alex Gall (back) will return for the FSU game. … He told the Miami Herald that the Hurricanes will work on themselves this week and "move on to Florida State" next week.
Tweetable fact: Miami hasn't won a home game against Florida State since 2004.
North Carolina (4-5, 2-3)
Next game: vs. Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. Nov. 15, WUPA
Huddle up: RB Romar Morris was suspended one game after being charged Sunday with driving while impaired. He has 162 yards rushing and four TDs this season. … UNC was held to 11 yards rushing in the loss to Miami, but two poor punt snaps resulted in minus-55 yards and QB Marquise Williams lost another 33 yards. … WR Ryan Switzer returned five punts for TDs in 2013, but doesn't have one this season.
Tweetable fact: North Carolina doesn't leave the Research Triangle in its final three games, with two at home and one at nearby Duke.
North Carolina State (5-4, 1-4)
Next game: vs. Georgia Tech, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, WUPA
Huddle up: DE Art Norman (Chamblee) had 2.5 of N.C. State's 13 tackles for loss in Saturday's win. That total includes eight sacks. In addition, the Wolfpack held Syracuse to 38 yards rushing on 37 carries. … Niklas Sade set N.C. State's career mark with 52 field goals after he made three Saturday. The previous mark was 50. … Wil Baumann ranks fifth in the FBS in punting, with a 46.5-yard average. He had a 60-yarder against Syracuse.
Tweetable fact: Saturday's game will mark the 300th played at Carter-Finley Stadium. It opened in 1966.
Pittsburgh (4-5, 2-3)
Next game: at North Carolina, 12:30 p.m. Nov. 15, WUPA
Huddle up: RB James Conner is the ACC RB of the week for the third time this season after he rushed for a career-high 263 yards and three TDs on Saturday. He wasn't stopped for loss on any of his 38 carries. … Conner leads the nation with 1,342 rushing yards and leads the ACC with 17 TDs. … T.J. Clemmings is the OL of the week for the third time for his role in accumulating 594 yards of offense in the loss to Duke.
Tweetable fact: Pittsburgh has had more than 500 yards of offense in two consecutive games.
Syracuse (3-6, 1-4)
Next game: vs. Duke, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: RB Prince-Tyson Gulley needs 25 yards to become the 22nd player in Syracuse history to reach 2,000 career rushing yards. … Duke is the 62nd school to visit the Carrier Dome since it opened in 1980. … Syracuse is tied for ninth in the FBS for the fewest fumbles lost with three. … Freshman LB Zaire Franklin had eight tackles, including one for loss and forced a fumble on Saturday.
Tweetable fact: Syracuse is on pace to allow eight rushing TDs, which would be the lowest total for the Orange since 1996.
Virginia (4-5, 2-3)
Next game: at Florida State, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Coach Mike London has returned to the hot seat, thanks to a three-game losing streak. … Virginia is 10-25 since last playing Florida State in 2011, a 14-13 loss. The Cavaliers are 1-6 against Top 25 teams in that span. … WR Darius Jennings has 22 plays for more than 20 yards this season, including 11 kickoff returns, 10 receptions and one carry. He leads Virginia with 108.4 all-purpose yards. … Virginia is minus-3 in turnover margin the past four games.
Tweetable fact: Virginia has allowed eight sacks in nine games, tied for eighth in the FBS.
Virginia Tech (4-5, 1-4)
Next game: at Duke, noon Nov. 15, ESPNU
Huddle up: Backup QB Mark Leal, who has graduated, has left the program to pursue a "professional" opportunity. Brenden Motley will move to No. 2 QB behind Michael Brewer. … Brewer threw for a career-high 345 yards on 31 completions in Saturday's loss to Boston College. … Virginia Tech has been outrushed 832-215 in consecutive losses to Pittsburgh, Miami and Boston College. The Hokies are averaging 2.6 yards a carry in that stretch.
Tweetable fact: Virginia Tech must win two of three remaining games to avoid missing a bowl for the first time since 1992.
Wake Forest (2-6, 0-4)
Next game: vs. Clemson, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
Huddle up: Wake Forest ranks last in the ACC in total offense at 213.5 yards, and Clemson leads the ACC in total defense at 268.6 yards. … WR Matt James could return Thursday night from a broken right hand he suffered Sept. 27. He has 18 catches for 217 yards. … Wake Forest has lost four consecutive games overall and 10 consecutive to ranked opponents. … The Demon Deacns are 4-1 in Thursday night games.
Tweetable fact: All of Wake Forest's points have come from players who either redshirted or were not with the program in 2013.
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