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ACCWeek 6

ACC Week 7 look-ahead: Florida State at No. 4 Miami, North Carolina at Duke

A rivalry night at Hard Rock Stadium, a Tobacco Road game in Durham and a new Pitt quarterback's first road start. Every ACC game on next Saturday's card, with kickoffs and TV as ESPN lists them.

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The Atlantic Line staff
Saturday, October 10 · 2 min read
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Nine games involving ACC teams are on next Saturday's schedule, seven of them conference games, and every team that had a bye this week is back. Here is the card in kickoff order, all times Eastern and as ESPN lists them. Rankings are this week's AP poll; new polls come out Sunday. Lines for every game will be on the weekly board.

Virginia at No. 24 SMU · Noon, The CW

SMU (4-1) comes off an open date after holding off Boston College 25-16. Virginia (3-2) was playing Syracuse on Saturday night when this was published.

No. 25 Pitt at Boston College · Noon, ESPN2

Pitt (5-1) lost its unbeaten record to North Carolina in Holden Geriner's first start in place of the injured Mason Heintschel. Boston College (2-3) has lost two straight and had the week off. Pitt's loss.

Charleston Southern at Clemson · Noon, ACC Network

Clemson (3-2) plays an FCS opponent in its first game since a 41-13 home loss to Miami.

Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech · 3:30 p.m., ACC Network

Georgia Tech (2-3) won its first ACC game of the year on Trelain Maddox's late touchdown against Duke. Virginia Tech (4-2) has lost two straight by one score, the latest at Cal, with its kicker missing two field goals.

North Carolina at Duke · 3:30 p.m., ESPN2

Both teams arrive off results that went against form. North Carolina (3-2) won at Pitt for Bill Belichick's first ranked win as its coach. Duke (4-1) lost its unbeaten record at Georgia Tech when a 33-yard field goal sailed wide in the final seconds. Duke's Nate Sheppard had 190 yards from scrimmage in the loss.

Florida State at No. 4 Miami · 7 p.m., ESPN

The game of the week. Miami (5-0) is rested after an open date and last played a 41-13 win at Clemson. Florida State (3-3) gave up 35 straight points in a 44-20 loss at Louisville and has lost 11 straight true road games. Mike Norvell's job status was already a national story before Friday's loss. Florida State's Friday.

Elon at Stanford · 7:30 p.m., ACCNX

Stanford (2-4) gets an FCS opponent after a 58-7 loss at No. 3 Notre Dame.

Louisville at Syracuse · 7:30 p.m., ACC Network

Louisville (3-3) ran for 397 yards against Florida State, 235 of them by Isaac Brown. Syracuse (2-2) was playing at Virginia on Saturday night.

Wake Forest at Cal · Time and TV not yet announced

Wake Forest (5-1) has won three straight after a 38-14 win at NC State behind 303 passing yards from Gio Lopez. Cal (3-3) beat Virginia Tech with backup Jackson Brousseau at quarterback and will be watching Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele's concussion recovery all week. Cal's win.

Off next week

NC State (3-3) is the only ACC team without a game on ESPN's Week 7 schedule.

All of Saturday's Week 6 results are in the recap.

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