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Unfortunately, like the last 24 seasons in the ACC, Miami is not in complete control of its destiny to reach the ACCCG. There are four real contenders, not including Miami, for a spot in the ACCCG. They are Georgia Tech, Louisville, Virginia, and Pitt. Here are there remaining schedules and opponent records below.
Georgia Tech
GT: easiest schedule in the ACC, and among Top 10 teams, by a mile. However, they remind me a lot of 2017 Miami with their luck and style of play. At some point that bites. Only remaining challenges are NCST and Pitt. I think they lose one of those. Even then, 11-1 gets them into the AACCG. If they lose one and to UGA (who I think smacks them) they’d need an ACCCG win to get in.
UVA: as a VA alum I keep an eye on this team. Credit to Tony Elliot, they look the best they have in years. But, I think they drop at least 2 out of their next four. Maybe even 3. They’ve played with fire, and at some point you get burned. Even VT has a shot, a game that UVA historically struggles in.
UL: for our purposes, we need them to lose one more game assuming we can win out. That’s likely with a slate of Cal, Clemson, and SMU. This is a good team, they could win out, but I think they lose one of those three at minimum.
Pitt: The toughest path. Already have a conference loss to UL. Play GT and us to end the year. If they lose to GT they’re basically out. If we beat them, we seal it.
Overall, think UVA falls out on this last quarter of the season, with UL and Pitt at risk of potential losses. GT has the easiest path. Four out purposes though you want NCST and Pitt to beat them. We have a good path to the ACCCG and clinch a CFP regardless with 11-1. That’s the goal, anything but that would be a massive disappointment.
Georgia Tech
- Nov 1 @ NC State — 4–4.
- Nov 15 @ Boston College — 1–7.
- Nov 22 vs Pitt — 6–2.
- Nov 28 vs Georgia — 6–1.
- Nov 1 @ California — 5–3.
- Nov 8 vs Wake Forest — 5–2.
- Nov 15 @ Duke — 4–3.
- Nov 29 vs Virginia Tech — 3–5.
- Nov 1 @ Virginia Tech — 3–5.
- Nov 8 vs California — 5–3.
- Nov 14 vs Clemson — 3–4.
- Nov 22 @ SMU — 5–3.
- Nov 29 vs Kentucky — 2–5.
- Nov 1 @ Stanford — Stanford 3–5.
- Nov 15 vs Notre Dame — Notre Dame 5–2.
- Nov 22 @ Georgia Tech — 8–0.
- Nov 29 vs Miami — 6–1.
GT: easiest schedule in the ACC, and among Top 10 teams, by a mile. However, they remind me a lot of 2017 Miami with their luck and style of play. At some point that bites. Only remaining challenges are NCST and Pitt. I think they lose one of those. Even then, 11-1 gets them into the AACCG. If they lose one and to UGA (who I think smacks them) they’d need an ACCCG win to get in.
UVA: as a VA alum I keep an eye on this team. Credit to Tony Elliot, they look the best they have in years. But, I think they drop at least 2 out of their next four. Maybe even 3. They’ve played with fire, and at some point you get burned. Even VT has a shot, a game that UVA historically struggles in.
UL: for our purposes, we need them to lose one more game assuming we can win out. That’s likely with a slate of Cal, Clemson, and SMU. This is a good team, they could win out, but I think they lose one of those three at minimum.
Pitt: The toughest path. Already have a conference loss to UL. Play GT and us to end the year. If they lose to GT they’re basically out. If we beat them, we seal it.
Overall, think UVA falls out on this last quarter of the season, with UL and Pitt at risk of potential losses. GT has the easiest path. Four out purposes though you want NCST and Pitt to beat them. We have a good path to the ACCCG and clinch a CFP regardless with 11-1. That’s the goal, anything but that would be a massive disappointment.
