Week 4 - ACC Football Schedule
 
Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. ET
Stanford at [RV] Syracuse
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ESPN: Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 121 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 955
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, Noon ET
NC State at #21 Clemson
Series: Clemson leads series, 60-30-1
Last meeting: NC State, 24-17 (2023)
ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 82 / SiriusXM 371
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 82 / SiriusXM 371
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, Noon ET
James Madison at [RV] North Carolina
Series: North Carolina leads series, 3-0
Last meeting: North Carolina, 56-28 (2016)
ACCN: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Orlando Franklin (analyst), Morgan Uber (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955 / SiriusXM 979
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 p.m. ET
Virginia at Coastal Carolina
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ESPN+: Jeff McCarragher (play-by-play), Nate Ross (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 111 / SiriusXM 202
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 964 / SiriusXM 986
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET
Georgia Tech at #19 Louisville
Series: Georgia Tech leads series, 2-1
Last meeting: Louisville, 39-34 (2023)
ESPN2: Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 371
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 371
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET
Rutgers at Virginia Tech
Series: Virginia Tech leads series, 12-4
Last meeting: Rutgers, 35-16 (2023)
ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Coley Harvey (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 108 / SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193 / SiriusXM 197
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955 / SiriusXM 959
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET
Youngstown State at [RV] Pitt
Series: Pitt leads series, 4-1
Last meeting: Pitt, 28-21 (2017)
ACCNX: Doug Sherman (play-by-play), Forrest Conoly (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 98 / SiriusXM 194
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 956
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 4 p.m. ET
Duke at Middle Tennessee
Series: Duke leads series, 1-0
Last meeting: Duke, 41-18 (2019)
ESPNU: Matt Schumacker (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 382
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 972 / SiriusXM 995
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 5 p.m. ET
TCU at SMU
Series: TCU leads series, 53-42-7
Last meeting: TCU, 34-17 (2023)
The CW: Thom Brennaman (play-by-play), Max Browne (analyst), Treavor Scales (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 111 / SiriusXM 202 / SiriusXM 383
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 964 / SiriusXM 973
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. ET
[RV] California at Florida State
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ESPN2: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 98 / SiriusXM 194 / SiriusXM 385
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 956 / SiriusXM 975
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. ET
#8 Miami at South Florida
Series: Miami leads series, 5-1
Last meeting: Miami, 49-21 (2013)
ESPN: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 81
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 81
 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. ET
Michigan State at [RV] Boston College
Series: Boston College leads series, 4-1-1
Last meeting: Boston College, 24-21 (2007)
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), Dana Boyle (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 108 / SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193 / SiriusXM 197
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955 / SiriusXM 959
 
 
ACC NOTES
ACC Continues Partnership with College Football Playoff Foundation

• The ACC announced its plans to partner with the College Football Playoff Foundation (CFPF) again as part of this year’s Extra Yard for Teachers Week (September 14-21). The initiatives include support for this year’s Extra Yard for Teachers Week, Big Day for Teachers and the distribution of grant funds to support teachers in Charlotte. (Release)
• For the second straight year, the ACC will work with a local Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) to remodel a space that will directly impact the school’s students on a daily basis. Last year, the conference worked with members of the Winding Springs Elementary administration, teachers and staff as they were the recipients of a $50,000 Extra Yard makeover. Additional details on this year’s makeover will be announced in the future.
• Since the inception of the ACC and CFPF partnership, over $1.2 million has been given to support teachers in the ACC footprint. During the 2023-24 school year, the CFPF and ACC supported over 4,000 students.

 
Conference Play to Ramp Up in Week 4

• The ACC was the only conference to have played conference games in each of the first three weeks (Week 0, Week 1 and Week 2) of the season to start the year.
• Following the Week 3 hiatus in conference play, the ACC will have four conference games in Week 4, including the first-ever ACC league games for both Stanford and Cal.

 
ACC History – First ACC Games for Stanford and Cal

• Week 4 of the 2024 college football season will mark a historical one, as Stanford and Cal will both play their first conference games as ACC members.
• The conference games for the Cardinal and Golden Bears will mark the first non-Pac-12 conference games in the two programs’ long history, as the two schools have only been members of the Pac-12 Conference before this year’s move to the ACC.
• Stanford and Cal have a chance to join seven other full-time schools - Duke, North Carolina, Maryland, Florida State, Miami, Louisville and Virginia Tech, as well as Notre Dame (2020) - in winning their first conference game as a member of the ACC.

 
Close Calls Continue in ACC Play

• The ACC has been known for close games each year throughout conference play the last few years. Prior to the start of this season, the ACC had 73 league games decided by eight points or less over the last three years (2021-23).
• The 73 one-touchdown score games came over 168 total conference games during the three-year span, a mark of 43.5 percent.
• The trend has continued this season in 2024, as three of the four ACC league games to date have been decided by less than eight points.

 
ACC in Non-Conference Play

• Through Week 3 of the 2024 college football season, the ACC is 31-9 overall in non-conference play.
• Overall, the ACC has six non-conference wins versus fellow Power 4 conference foes.
• The ACC has recorded five non-conference wins over the other Power 4 conferences on the road (5-3).
• Week 4 features eight non-conference games for ACC teams - including three against Power 4 opponents.

 
Rivalry Games – In and Out of Conference Play

• Week 4 will see a pair of rivalry games – one in conference and one out of conference play.
• In ACC play, Clemson and NC State will meet in the Textile Bowl for the 92nd time on Saturday, September 21, at noon ET on ABC. For more than three decades, the series between NC State and Clemson was dubbed the Textile Bowl, as that industry has a major economic impact on both states.
• Out of conference play, in-state foes SMU and TCU will meet in a cross-town Battle for the Iron Skillet on Saturday, September 21, at 5 p.m. ET on The CW. It will be the 103rd meeting for the two programs, with neither school able to decide on how the Iron Skillet trophy came about.

 
Closing in on a Milestone

• Clemson earned its 799th all-time win two weeks ago at home versus App State (September 7) to pull within one victory of becoming the 14th FBS program, and first ACC program, ever to win 800 games.
• Four other ACC schools in Virginia Tech (775), Pitt (764), Georgia Tech (759) and Syracuse (745) rank in the top 25 among the programs with the most all-time wins in FBS history.

 
Week 0 TV Viewership Love

• The 2024 college football season opener between Georgia Tech and No. 10 Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic Game in Dublin, Ireland, Week 0 on August 24 had 5.0 million viewers.
• The conference contest was the most-watched Week 0 game on any network since 2019. The viewership was up 40 percent over 3.56 million viewers that watched last year’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic in 2023 between Notre Dame and Navy on NBC.

 
Week 1 TV Viewership History

• The ACC was part of history on Saturday, August 31, as it was ABC’s second-most-watched Kickoff Saturday on record. (ESPN PR)
• The ACC had teams in two of the three games that were part of the historical day in Clemson and Miami.
• The Clemson versus Georgia Aflac Kickoff Game in Atlanta was the most-watched Week 1 Noon Game on record, peaking at 9.5 million viewers.
• The in-state rivalry contest between Miami and Florida in Gainesville, Florida, was the most-watched Week 1 Late Afternoon Game since 2017.

 
Three Teams Ranked in Latest AP Top 25 Poll

• The ACC has three teams ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll this week (September 15) – Miami (No. 8), Louisville (No. 19), and Clemson (No. 21).
• Miami is in the top 10 of the AP Poll for the second consecutive week this season. Prior to this year, the Hurricanes were last ranked in the top 10 at No. 9 in the Week 14 poll in the 2020 season (December 6, 2020).
• Five other teams received votes in the poll - Syracuse (62), Boston College (47), California (11), North Carolina (3) and Pitt (1).

 
Trio of Teams Ranked in Most Recent Coaches Top 25 Poll

• Three ACC teams were ranked in the latest top 25 of the US LBM Coaches Poll (September 15) – Miami (No. 11), Clemson (No. 19) and Louisville (No. 20).
• Six other ACC teams received votes in the coaches poll - Syracuse (32), Pitt (17), North Carolina (14), NC State (12), California (10) and Boston College (6).

 
The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks

• Seven quarterbacks are ranked in the top 25 of FBS in passing efficiency – the most of any conference.
• Six quarterbacks are ranked in the top 15 of ESPN’s Total QBR – the most of any conference.
• Five quarterbacks are ranked in the top 15 of FBS in total passing yards – the most of any conference.
• Five quarterbacks have thrown eight touchdown passes or more this season – the most of any conference.
• Six quarterbacks are ranked in the top 20 of FBS in passing yards per game – tied for the most of any conference.
• Five quarterbacks are ranked in the top 20 of FBS in total yards per game – tied for the most of any conference.
• Nine different ACC quarterbacks have thrown for at least 300 yards in a game this year.
  • Three quarterbacks have done it in every game they have played - Cam Ward (Miami), Eli Holstein (Pitt) and Kyle McCord (Syracuse).
• ACC had the most of any conferences on the following QB preseason watch lists: Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (13); Maxwell Award preseason watch list (10); and Davey O’Brien Award (8).
• The ACC has the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
• 13 QBs in the league enter the 2024 season with over 20 career touchdown passes and 3,500 career passing yards.
• Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.

 
More Than Just Quarterbacks in the ACC

• The ACC has the FBS leader in interceptions – Nohl Williams (Cal) with four interceptions.
• The ACC has three of the top four sacks leaders in FBS - Jahvaree Ritzie (UNC) with 5.0 sacks, Tyler Baron (Miami) and Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) with 4.5 sacks.
  • Four of the top 11 NCAA leaders in sacks per game this season in all of FBS are in the ACC.
• ACC has six of the top 25 in tackles-for-loss per game this season.
  • Syracuse's Fadil Diggs leads the nation in tackles-for-loss per game with 3.0.
  • Miami's Tyler Baron is tied for second in the nation in tackles-for-loss per game with 2.3.
  • Pitt’s Rasheem Biles is tied for ninth in the nation in tackles-for-loss per game with 1.8.
• ACC has three of the top seven punt returners in all of FBS in punt return average.
  • Stanford’s Tiger Bachmeier leads the nation with 34.0 yards per punt return this year.
• ACC has four of the top 10 punters in all of FBS in yards per punt average.
• Florida State’s Alex Mastromanno leads the nation with an average of 49.8 yards per punt this year.

 
ACC Football Features the Toughest Non-Conference Schedule in the Nation

• 26 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame, the most of any conference.
• Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 AP Top 25 Poll, the most of any conference.
• 10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25, the most of any conference.

 
Elite Coaching Leadership

• Six ACC head coaches were named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, no other conference had more.
• Two of the three active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC in Mack Brown of North Carolina and Dabo Swinney of Clemson.
• Four current ACC head coaches have recorded over 100 career wins at the collegiate level.
• Proven veterans and dynamic young coaches.

 
Greatness Just Got Greater

• The ACC Board of Directors voted on Sept. 1, 2023, to formally admit the University of California (Cal), Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Stanford University to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Cal, SMU and Stanford joined the ACC as full members with full voting participation effective July 1, 2024 (SMU) and August 2, 2024 (Cal and Stanford). The decision followed the submission of letters of application from all three institutions.