Friday’s game
Miami at Pittsburgh, noon, ESPN
Saturday’s games
Clemson at South Carolina, noon, ESPN
Georgia at Georgia Tech, noon, ESPN2
Virginia Tech at Virginia, noon, ESPNU
Louisville at Kentucky, Noon, SEC Network
Boston College at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m., FSSO
Duke at Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m., WUPA
North Carolina at N.C. State, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Florida State at Florida, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Florida State’s Dalvin Cook ran for 150 yards in last year’s win over Florida to help the Seminoles continue their dominance over the Gators.
Coach Jimbo Fisher would love for him to have another game like that Saturday.
Cook has had three consecutive 100-yard games and leads the ACC with 1,475 yards and 16 touchdowns despite missing FSU’s game against Syracuse with an ankle injury.
“Dalvin made a great name for himself last year,” Fisher told the media.
Cook also had 222 yards and two touchdowns rushing in this year’s win over Miami in October to help give the Seminoles a 13-1 record over other Florida programs since Fisher was hired as coach in 2010.
That includes a 10-1 record against Florida and Miami under Fisher, with the Gators defeating the Seminoles in 2012.
“That’s our two biggest rivals. It’s important for this state and what it means here,” Fisher said. “Extremely important. That’s one of the reasons you’re the head coach here.”
FSU also defeated South Florida this season.
Edwards again: Duke's DeVon Edwards (Alcovy) set a single-season school record with his third kickoff return for a touchdown in the loss to Virginia.
He has six career returns for scores — two as a freshman and one last season — and is one behind the ACC record for a career, held by former Clemson receiver C.J. Spiller.
“He’s the best return man in the country,” Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. “He should be a first-team All-American. I haven’t seen anyone better. That’s an incredible accomplishment of what he’s continued to do, and he gave us the spark to get ourselves back turned around.”
Edwards is averaging 30.3 yards per return to lead the ACC. As a safety, Edwards has 90 tackles, eighth in the conference.
Edwards, Tennessee’s Evan Berry (Creekside), Kansas State’s Morgan Burns and Rutgers’ Janarion Grant each have three kickoff returns for touchdowns in 2015.
Mark 5: Pittsburgh's Ejuan Price entered this season with five career sacks.
The 6-foot, 250-pound senior defensive end equaled that total with five in the Panthers’ win over Louisville, which propelled him to the ACC lead with 11.5 sacks this season.
Price’s five sacks are the most by a FBS player in a game this season.
“He’s not the tallest guy in the world, but he can move, and he’s not easy to block,” Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi said. “I think he has confidence, No. 1. … He’s been active and he just continues to move those feet and continues to go toward the quarterback. He’s impressive, and I knew that when I got here. I was like, ‘Wow, that guy can go.’ The great thing is he stayed healthy all year, too, which was really what we needed to do.”
Price has missed two seasons and half of 2013 with various injuries.
Sticking with it: Virginia's Matt Johns, who split time with Greyson Lambert (Wayne County) last season, has started all 11 games at quarterback this season.
Lambert transferred to Georgia.
Johns is second in the ACC with 19 touchdown passes, but he also leads the conference with 15 interceptions. He had one of his best games in the Cavaliers’ win over Duke, going 24-of-33 for 344 yards and two touchdowns.
“He is a guy that our players follow. He’s a leader,” Virginia coach Mike London told reporters. “He’s gotten better the last few games here. We’re going to need him to play his best football (this) week, for sure.”
The Cavaliers (4-7) end their season against Virginia Tech (5-6) on Saturday.
Job market: Three ACC head coaching positions are open after Syracuse fired Scott Shafer on Monday.
Virginia Tech is searching for Frank Beamer’s replacement and Miami is looking to replace Al Golden, who was fired one month ago. Beamer is retiring after 29 years and interim coach Larry Scott replaced Golden to finish the season.
Shafer was 13-23 in his career, and Syracuse (3-8) has lost eight consecutive games.
There were 13 open FBS job through Monday.
Bowl outlook: No. 1 Clemson (11-0) leads the group of eight ACC teams that have qualified for bowls.
- Who's in: North Carolina (10-1), Florida State (9-2), Pittsburgh (8-3), Miami (7-4), N.C. State (7-4), Louisville (6-5) and Duke (6-5).
- Needs a win: Virginia Tech (5-6).
- Who's out: Virginia (4-7), Syracuse (3-8), Wake Forest (3-8), Boston College (3-8) and Georgia Tech (3-8).
What a rush: North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams likely will finish as the third-leading rusher among ACC quarterbacks.
He has 2,243 career rushing yards and would need an exceptional final three games — at N.C. State on Saturday, vs. Clemson in the ACC title game and in a bowl — to pass the two former quarterbacks ahead of him.
Joshua Nesbitt (Greene County), who played at Georgia Tech, finished with 2,806 career rushing yards, and Woodrow Dantzler, who played for Clemson, had 2,761.
He said it: "It's just the way of the business. Patience. There's none of that anymore. It's 'what-have-you-done-for-me-lately' or 'how are you going to do it.' I've never seen a year like this year. It's a whole different animal than it used to be, even five years ago." — Fisher on this year's coaching changes
Etc.: Clemson has the longest win streak in the nation. The Tigers have won 14 consecutive games, the sixth longest winning streak in ACC history. … Duke freshman receiver T.J. Rahming (McEachern) had 12 catches for 190 yards and a touchdown Saturday. He has 33 receptions for 459 yards and two touchdowns this season. … Pittsburgh quarterback Nate Peterman, who transferred from Tennessee, has 14 touchdown passes and one interception in seven ACC games. … Louisville has won five consecutive games against Kentucky.
