And stumbled across these interesting ACC stats:
• With Clemson defeating No. 6 Notre Dame, the ACC now has recorded six wins over non-conference Top 10 teams in the past two seasons, the most of any conference nationally.
• The ACC has played or is scheduled to play a total of 14 games against non-conference teams that are ranked in this week’s AP Top 25. That is the most of any Power Five conference by far. The next closest league plays six such games.
• Overall the ACC is 32-14 (.711) against non-conference teams.
• Home teams are just 3-6 (.333 winning percentage) in ACC conference games to date. Duke is 2-0, while the remainder are 1-6.
• The average margin of victory in the nine ACC football games to date is 8.0. The smallest margin of victory in ACC history is 10.48, set in 1965.
• Six ACC teams are ranked in the nation’s Top 20 in total defense. Boston College is ranked first nationally. N.C. State (3rd) and Pitt (4th) are others of note.
• Boston College leads the nation in every major defensive category – total defense, rushing defense, passing yards allowed, pass efficiency defense, and first downs allowed.
• Clemson’s Shaq Lawson ranks third nationally in tackles for loss, averaging 2.1 per game.
• Duke has won 23 games over the past three seasons. The Blue Devils have seven remaining games in the season. The school record is 25.
• Georgia Tech enters Saturday’s game against Clemson on a three-game losing streak. The Jackets ranked sixth nationally in rushing yards per game (311.8).
• Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson has topped 100 yards rushing and passing in the same game three times this season.
• N.C. State, who travels to Virginia Tech this weekend, has not won in Blacksburg since 2004 (17-16).
• Pitt wide receiver Tyler Boyd leads the ACC and ranks fifth nationally in receptions per game (8.7).
• Pitt is going for their 700th win this weekend. They would become the fourth current ACC team to crack the 700-win mark, joining Virginia Tech (714), Georgia Tech (713) and Syracuse (700)
• Eight starting quarterbacks in the NFL this past weekend hail from the ACC. That is the most of any conference.
• With Clemson defeating No. 6 Notre Dame, the ACC now has recorded six wins over non-conference Top 10 teams in the past two seasons, the most of any conference nationally.
• The ACC has played or is scheduled to play a total of 14 games against non-conference teams that are ranked in this week’s AP Top 25. That is the most of any Power Five conference by far. The next closest league plays six such games.
• Overall the ACC is 32-14 (.711) against non-conference teams.
• Home teams are just 3-6 (.333 winning percentage) in ACC conference games to date. Duke is 2-0, while the remainder are 1-6.
• The average margin of victory in the nine ACC football games to date is 8.0. The smallest margin of victory in ACC history is 10.48, set in 1965.
• Six ACC teams are ranked in the nation’s Top 20 in total defense. Boston College is ranked first nationally. N.C. State (3rd) and Pitt (4th) are others of note.
• Boston College leads the nation in every major defensive category – total defense, rushing defense, passing yards allowed, pass efficiency defense, and first downs allowed.
• Clemson’s Shaq Lawson ranks third nationally in tackles for loss, averaging 2.1 per game.
• Duke has won 23 games over the past three seasons. The Blue Devils have seven remaining games in the season. The school record is 25.
• Georgia Tech enters Saturday’s game against Clemson on a three-game losing streak. The Jackets ranked sixth nationally in rushing yards per game (311.8).
• Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson has topped 100 yards rushing and passing in the same game three times this season.
• N.C. State, who travels to Virginia Tech this weekend, has not won in Blacksburg since 2004 (17-16).
• Pitt wide receiver Tyler Boyd leads the ACC and ranks fifth nationally in receptions per game (8.7).
• Pitt is going for their 700th win this weekend. They would become the fourth current ACC team to crack the 700-win mark, joining Virginia Tech (714), Georgia Tech (713) and Syracuse (700)
• Eight starting quarterbacks in the NFL this past weekend hail from the ACC. That is the most of any conference.
