Of those four teams, Wake Forest looks like it has a good shot to finish the regular season with a winning record with games at Louisville and against Florida State left. Simply put, there’s not going to be a ton of room for ACC teams that currently have four or five wins - Virginia Tech (4-5), Wake Forest (4-3), Pittsburgh (5-5) and Virginia (4-4). Other than involvement in the College Football Playoff and the Orange Bowl, bowls with ACC tie-ins that are still scheduled to be played are the Gator Bowl, the Cheez-It Bowl, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, the Military Bowl and the Gaspirilla Bowl. Though every team is eligible for bowl consideration this season, regardless of win-loss record, there are going to be fewer postseason opportunities for ACC programs. With the Fenway Bowl, the Holiday Bowl, the Pinstripe Bowl and the Sun Bowl all canceled, a good chunk of the ACC’s primary second-tier bowl tie-ins are out of the picture this season. That’s what really matters (isn’t it always?). Nothing short of winning the conference title would make Notre Dame’s season a success.Īs for Notre Dame’s future in ACC football? Check back once all the post-pandemic beans are counted in South Bend. Not a bad football debut thus far for a Notre Dame program that didn’t know in early spring agreeing to become a temporary ACC football member wouldn’t be such a bad deal, but also not an unexpected result to this point. Clemson (-22.5), which lost earlier this season to Notre Dame, can do the same Saturday with a win at Tech. The conference’s decision Tuesday to consider Notre Dame, Clemson and Miami - the trio still in contention for the championship game - based on a nine-game conference schedule instead of a 10-game conference slate because of pandemic-related cancellations locked up a date in the title game for the Fighting Irish. On a day when no football games were played, Notre Dame suddenly clinched a spot in the ACC championship game on Dec. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, Pool) Notre Dame’s Kyren Williams (23) rushes past North Carolina’s Jeremiah Gemmell (44) during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov.
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