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acc (atlantic coast conference) football - 2024

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Atlantic Coast Conference Football - 2024
Duke - North Carolina - Clemson - NC State - Virginia - Georgia Tech - Wake Forest - Miami - Virginia Tech - Florida State - Boston College - Louisville - Syracuse - Pittsburgh- Stanford - California- SMU

Making ACC Debuts
The three new conference members in Cal, SMU, and Stanford will all play their first-ever ACC games at different times throughout the season. Stanford will be the first of the three to play an ACC game, as the Cardinal will play at Syracuse on Friday, Sept. 20, one day before Cal travels to Florida State for its first conference game on Saturday, Sept. 21. SMU’s first-ever ACC game will come at home versus Florida State the following weekend, Saturday, Sept. 28.


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Miami out to live up to hype after last year's 'nightmare'​

After adding a monster class in the transfer portal, including star quarterback Cam Ward and running back Damien Martinez, expectations at Miami are sky high. Living up to that hype, however, has been an issue for the program for years, and players insist they're not going to let it happen again in 2024. Ward said he came to Miami from Washington State in large part because he saw the DNA of a championship contender, but he's also made a point to eliminate social media from his diet and has encouraged teammates to do the same, all in an effort to minimize the weight of those lofty expectations. The Hurricanes opened the 2023 season 4-0, including a win over Texas A&M, but a late collapse against Georgia Tech in a game in which they could've simply run out the clock to ensure victory stuck with the team well beyond the final whistle. Miami lost the next week to North Carolina, too, then dropped four of its last five games to finish 7-6.

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Former Texas QB Maalik Murphy relishes 'fresh start' at Duke​

Duke quarterback Maalik Murphy said Wednesday he could not have asked for a better fresh start, following his decision to transfer from Texas. Murphy said once he learned Quinn Ewers would return as the starter, he decided to find a school where he could compete for the starting job. When Murphy entered the portal last December, first-year coach Manny Diaz decided to make a play for the former Elite 11 quarterback, with Duke starter Riley Leonard gone to Notre Dame.

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Mack Brown says UNC can be better despite losing Drake Maye​

North Carolina has not named a starting quarterback to replace first-round pick Drake Maye, but coach Mack Brown says the Tar Heels have a chance to be a better team no matter who wins the competition. Texas A7M transfer Max Johnson and Connor Harrell head into fall camp vying for the starting job. It is the second time in four years the Tar Heels must replace a quarterback who has gone off to the NFL -- Sam Howell in 2022 and Maye to the New England Patriots in April with the No. 3 pick. After starting 6-0 last season, North Carolina lost five of its final seven games and finished 8-5. Brown made a change at defensive coordinator, hiring former Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins to revamp that group. But the focus remains on the quarterbacks.

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Georgia Tech lands OT Josh Petty, No. 27-ranked prospect​

Georgia Tech landed a pledge from in-state offensive tackle Josh Petty on Monday, marking a monumental addition for Brent Key and the Yellow Jackets in the 2025 class.Per ESPN rankings, Petty is the No. 27 overall prospect and sixth-ranked offensive tackle in the 2025 cycle. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound blocker from Roswell, Georgia, picked nearby Georgia Tech over Ohio State, Florida State, Tennessee and Stanford, and commits to the Yellow Jackets as the fourth and highest-ranked ESPN 300 prospect in the program's upcoming class, joining fellow in-state pledges in cornerback Dalen Penson (No. 171) and offensive linemen Damola Ajidahun (No. 180) and Justin Hasenhuetl (No. 220). Petty is a two-way star at Georgia's Fellowship Christian High School, playing full-time snaps on both sides of the line. As a junior, the four-star prospect had 58 total tackles with nine tackles for loss, five sacks and an interception. On the wrestling mat, Petty claimed the Georgia 2A state title at 285-pounds as a sophomore before a runner-up in the same class earlier this year.

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Four Ohio State players on AP preseason All-American 1st team
The defending national champion Wolverines are represented by tight end Colston Loveland, defensive tackle Mason Graham and cornerback Will Johnson. No. 1 Georgia and No. 9 Michigan each had three players picked for the first team. No. 5 Alabama put two transfers on the first team. No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 13 LSU also had two first-team selections.

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First team by conference
SEC -- 10.
Big Ten -- 8.
ACC -- 4
Big 12 -- 3
Independent -- 2.
 

Florida State, ACC complete court-ordered mediation​

Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference completed mediation mandated by a Florida judge, according to a court filing posted Thursday, as the legal battle between the school and the league it has been a member of for 32 years appears poised to drag into the football season and beyond. According to the filing, representatives of the school and conferences mediated in person on Aug. 13. "Although the parties did not resolve this matter, the parties continue discussions," the two-sentence joint notice of mediation compliance stated.

Florida State and Clemson are both searching for an affordable way out of the ACC, challenging what they consider to be exorbitant exit fees and a contract that binds member schools to each other and the conference through media rights. Florida State says leaving the ACC now could cost more than half a billion dollars.The ACC has countersued both schools, saying neither has the right to sue and are breaching their contractual agreements by doing so.

The ACC's media rights contract with ESPN runs through 2036, though the network has an option to end the deal in 2027. ACC members also signed a grant of rights that runs concurrent with the ESPN deal and hands over the broadcast rights to the school's home football games through the length of the agreement. Florida State and Clemson say the value of the deal leaves them at a disadvantage when compared to schools in the SEC and Big Ten.

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ACC Football Scoreboard
Week-1
Aug.12: No.10 Florida State (21) vs. Georgia Tech (24)
Aug. 29: Western Carolina (21) at. No.24 NC State (38)
Aug.31: No.14 Clemson (3) at No.1 Georgia (34)
Aug.31 No.19 Miami (41) at Florida (17)
Sept.2: Boston College (28) at No.10 Florida State (13)

ACC Football Schedule - 2024
ACC AP Top-25
Week-2, Sept. 7:
No.23 Georgia Tech at Syracuse
Jacksonville State at No.22 Louisville
Florida A&M at No.12 Miami
No.14 Tennessee at No.24 NC State
Appalachian State at No.25 Clemson
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ACC Football Standings - 2024
ACC Football Stats Leaders - 2024
 
Florida State drops out of AP Top 25 poll after 0 - 2 start
Florida State fell out of the Associated Press college football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top-10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989. No other preseason Top 25 team this year lost to an unranked opponent to open the season. Florida State did it twice as a double-digit favorite.

ACC AP Top-25
No:12: Miami
No.22: Louisville
No.23: Georgia Tech
No.24: NC State
No.25: Clemson
 

Mike Norvell addresses Florida State's 'failure' after loss​

Florida State coach Mike Norvell ran off his home field after a 28-13 loss to Boston College on Monday night, his stone-faced expression speaking for him. Nobody around the Seminoles program expected what has unfolded over two weeks in front of a national television audience: An 0-2 start with issues across the board, including an inability to run the ball, an overmatched and oftentimes flummoxed defensive front and a passing game that has struggled with a completely overhauled roster.

If the 24-21 season-opening loss to Georgia Tech could be explained away because it happened a continent away in Ireland, Florida State's loss to Boston College exposed many of the same issues that came up against the Yellow Jackets. Florida State came into the season not only as the defending ACC champion but as the preseason choice to again win the conference -- despite losing its best players

Florida State has done this before under Norvell. In 2021, it started 0-4 before rallying to win five of its final eight games. Then in 2022, it dropped three straight before reeling off six straight wins. That season launched the Seminoles to 13-0 in 2023 and an ACC championship victory, until a snub from the College Football Playoff left a significantly depleted Florida State team to play Georgia in the Orange Bowl.

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Izayia Williams, No. 39 in 2026 class, picks Florida State
Williams, who picked Florida State over Florida and Miami, is the sixth member of the Seminoles 2026 class. He headlines a group of ESPN Junior 300 pledges that includes No. 7 pocket passer Brady Smigiel (No. 64 in the ESPN 300) and in-state four-star athletes Efrem White (No. 111) and Darryon Williams (No. 222).
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The Seminoles' 2025 class checked in at No. 18 in ESPN's latest team rankings for the cycle released Wednesday.

Injured North Carolina QB Max Johnson plans to return in 2025
Johnson won the UNC starting job over Connor Harris out of camp, as he arrived as a transfer this offseason. He has started 23 games in his career and appeared in 31, throwing for 5,923 yards and 47 touchdowns.
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Johnson is out for the year with a broken leg, which he suffered against Minnesota last Thursday.
 
SEC has six of seven spots in AP Top 25 as Notre Dame drops
After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 -- a first in the 88-year history of the rankings -- and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No. 18 on Sunday after being stunned at home.
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Georgia received 54 out of a possible 63 first-place votes to keep a firm hold on No. 1.

ACC Top-25
No.10: Miami (2-0)
No.19: Louisville (2-0)
No.22: Clemson (1-1)
No.24: Boston College (2-0)

Conference call
SEC: 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16).
Big Ten: 6 (Nos. 3, 8, 9, 11, 17, 23).
Big 12: 5 (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 20, 21).
ACC: 4 (Nos. 10, 19, 22, 24).
MAC: 1 (No. 25).
Independent: 1 (No. 18).
 
ACC Football Scoreboard - 2024
ACC AP Top-25
Week-3, Sept 14
No.5 Ole Miss (40) at Wake Forest (6) L
No. 24 Boston College (21) ( at No.6 Missouri (27)
Ball State (0) at No.10 Miami (62)
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ACC Football Schedule - 2024
ACC AP Top-25
Week-4, Sept. 21
NC State at No.21 Clemson
Georgia Tech at No.19 Louisville
No.8 Miami at South Florida
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ACC Football Standings - 2024
Leader
Syracuse (1 - 0 ACC, 2 - 0 Overall)).Boston College (1 - 0 ACC, 2 -1 Overall)..Virginia (1 - 0 ACC, 2 - 1 Overall)

ACC Football Stats Leaders - 2024
 
Texas leapfrogs Georgia for No. 1 spot in AP Top 25
The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who have been No. 1 since the preseason poll, received 23 first-place votes and 1,518 points.
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Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years,

ACC AP Top-25
No.8: Miami (3-0)
No.19: Louisville (2-0)
No.21: Clemson (1-1)
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Boston College joined fellow ACC member Georgia Tech in the brief-stay-after-a-long-drought club. The Eagles lost at Missouri and fell out of the rankings after moving in last week for the first time since 2018.
 
ACC reprimands Pitt's Narduzzi, fines school $5K for ripping official
Pitt completed a fourth-quarter comeback over its rivals Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh. In his postgame comments on ESPN, Narduzzi said, "Some of the calls we got -- late hit out of bounds, they catch a ball with a hands in the face and I've never seen anything like it, you know? Wow. We beat West Virginia in the Backyard Brawl, and we beat the officials, too, in one game."
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Pitt was penalized 12 times for 112 yards, while West Virginia had seven penalties for 67 yards.

With veteran McCall out, NC State turns ro freshman QB Bailey
Bailey came in for McCall against Louisiana Tech and led the Wolfpack to a comeback victory, going 13-of-20 for 156 yards and an interception, with one rushing touchdown.
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Veteran transfer Grayson McCall was knocked out last week against Louisiana Tech with an undisclosed injury.
 
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