ACC Roundup - Week 12 Standings & More

ACC conference roundup, standings, player and game of the week

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Conference Roundups
- ACC | Big East | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA | Ind.
- MAC | M-West | Pac 10 | SEC | Sun Belt | WAC
 
Atlantic Boston Coll | Clemson | Florida St | Maryland | NC State | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami | North Carolina | Virginia | Virginia Tech
ACC Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
- Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11
 
ACC Game of the Week

Miami 16 ... Virginia Tech 14
Miami's defense came up with six sacks and Matt Bosher hit three field goals in the tight battle. The Canes, who also got a three-yard touchdown run from Javarrais James, seemed to have things well in hand, but Virginia Tech's Tyrod Taylor ran for his second score of the game with 3:28 to play to pull the team within two. The Hokies got the ball back, but the Miami D stuffed the Hokies on three straight plays before a sack of Taylor to end the drama. Virginia Tech gained 250 yards of total offense to Miami's 247.

ACC Player of the Week
Clemson RB C.J. Spiller ran 10 times for 71 yards and a touchdown, and caught seven passes for 108 yards and a score in the win over Duke.

	Conference			Overall
Atlantic	W-L	PF	PA	W-L	PF	PA	STK
Maryland	4-2	103	110	7-3	217	192	W1
Florida St	4-3	186	173	7-3	340	201	L1
W Forest	4-3	112	120	6-4	200	185	L1
Boston Coll	3-3	154	162	7-3	268	169	W2
Clemson	3-4	153	131	5-5	262	182	W1
NC State	2-4	129	152	4-6	203	275	W2

	Conference			Overall
Coastal	W-L	PF	PA	W-L	PF	PA	STK
Miami	4-2	168	141	7-3	284	211	W5
Ga Tech	4-3	139	133	7-3	228	161	L1
N Carolina	3-3	146	108	7-3	292	183	L1
Va Tech	3-3	120	121	6-4	228	198	L1
Virginia	3-3	108	113	5-5	176	230	L2
Duke	1-5	116	170	4-6	218	239	L3

Thursday, November 13

at Miami 16 ... Virginia Tech 14
CFN Prediction: Miami 20-14  Miami -4
- Miami comes up with 6 sacks | Taylor scores 2

Saturday, November 15

at Clemson 31 ... Duke 7
CFN Prediction: Clemson 28-14  Clemson -11.5
- Duke loses Lewis | Spiller does it all

at NC State 21 ... Wake Forest 17
CFN Prediction: Wake Forest 26-21  WF -4
- Wilson comes through | Skinner doesn't

at Maryland 17 ... North Carolina 15
CFN Prediction: UNC 24-20  UNC -3
- Maryland | North Carolina

Boston College 27 ... at Florida State 17
CFN Prediction: FSU 27-17  FSU -7
- BC stuffs Noles | Ponder has rough day

Games of the Week
Aug. 30 - ECU 27 ... VT 22
Sep. 6 - Wake Forest 30 ... Ole Miss 28
Sep 13 - VT 20 - GT 17
Sep 20 - NC St 30 - ECU 24 OT
Sep 27 - UNC 28 - Miami 24
Oct 4 - FSU 41 - Miami 39
0ct 11 - WF 12 - Clemson 7
Oct 18 - GT 21 ... Clemson 17
Oct 25 - UVa 24 ... GT 17
Nov. 1 - GT 31 - FSU 28
Nov. 8 - WF 28 - Virginia 17
Nov. 15 - Miami 16 - VT 14

Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Jonathan Dwyer, GT
Sep. 6 - Sam Swank, Wake Forest
Sep 13 - DaRel Scott, Davin Meggett, Maryland
Sep 20 - Jon Dwyer, GT
Sep 27 - Tremaine Goddard, UNC
Oct 4 -Bruce Carter, UNC
0ct 11 - Quan Sturdivant, UNC
Oct 18 - Jacory Harris, Miami
Oct 25 - Hakeen Nicks, UNC
Nov. 1 - Jon Dwyer, GT
Nov. 8 - Darren Evans, VT
Nov. 15 - C.J. Spiller, Clem

Conference
Roundup

Boston College … Now where does BC stand in the ACC title chase? After bouncing back from the rough losses to North Carolina and Clemson with wins over Notre Dame and Florida State, the Eagles are back on track going into key games against Wake Forest and Maryland. If they win those two games, they’ll be playing for the ACC title. The defense did the job against the FSU running game, while the secondary gave the depleted FSU receiving corps problems. QB Chris Crane bounced back from a rough day against Notre Dame to had a decent outing.
Clemson … Playing Duke cures a lot of ills. Clemson wasn’t perfect against the Blue Devils, but it was close. Cullen Harper played one of his best games of the year, while C.J. Spiller showed once again why he’s one of the nation’s premier all-around weapons. A win like this might not spark an overall turnaround and it might not change the outlook on the season, but for a team that was struggling so badly over the previous few weeks, it was an important win with Virginia and South Carolina to close.  
Duke … Thaddeus Lewis got knocked out of the game against Clemson and the offense failed to do anything. The defense wasn’t a prize, especially against the pass, as C.J. Spiller and Willy Korn completed just about everything they threw. This was one of those games when having a steady running game would’ve helped, but there wasn’t one with just 83 yards and 32 of them coming from Asack. The Blue Devils need to beat Virginia Tech and North Carolina to become bowl eligible.
Florida State … While the Noles might blame the loss against Boston College on losing a few receivers to suspension, they still had Greg Carr and they still had Preston Parker. The weapons were there to beat BC, but Christian Ponder had a lousy day. The running game was worse as punter Graham Gano was the leading rusher; BC bottled up Antone Smith for 19 yards on 10 carries. While the Noles don’t control their own destiny, they can stay alive in the ACC race by beating Maryland. That might be a key game for conference play, but the home date against Florida will be the big one. Win that, and all of a sudden Florida State football is on the map going into next year.
Georgia Tech… Didn’t Play This Week
Maryland … Just when it seemed like Maryland was going to bow out of the ACC title hunt, it goes off and stuns North Carolina to get right back in it. The defense did a phenomenal job of keeping the Tar Heels under wraps, especially in the second half, while Chris Turner came up with his best drive as a Terp taking the offense to the winning score. Now the momentum has to carry over against Florida State and Boston College. Win those two, play for the ACC title, have a shot for the BCS … it’s that easy.
Miami … The win over Virginia Tech might not have turned a corner for the program, but it showed tremendous progress. Now on a five-game winning steak, the Canes have a shot at the ACC title by winning their final two games, or at least splitting and getting some help. Robert Marve did a good job of keeping the offense viable, even if too many drives finished with field goals instead of touchdowns. The defense was suffocating as Marcus Robinson and the pass rush were all over Tyrod Taylor all game long. Up next will be road trips to Georgia Tech and NC State, and the defense will have to play even faster to stop both teams' running games.
North Carolina … For all the athleticism and all the strong young talent UNC has amassed, it can’t come up with the consistent drives when needed because the running game has been no so poor. With just 75 yards against Maryland, there wasn’t any big drive to get any momentum, while going 1-of-11 on third downs didn’t help. The ACC title could still be there for the taking by winning out and getting a little help. This night not be the last time the Tar Heels and Terps meet.
NC State … Is NC State making a late season surge for a bowl bid? That might be asking for too much needing to beat North Carolina and Miami over the final two weeks pull it off, but at the very least the team is playing night-and-day better over the second half of the season than it did in the first. Russell Wilson appears to be a keeper as he carried the offense for a key stretch, while the defense came up big when it had to. The defense has come up with two great performances in a row at just the right time.
Virginia … Didn’t Play This Week
Virginia Tech … Virginia Tech managed to stay alive against Miami even when nothing was going well. There were dropped pass on potential big plays, no production from RB Darren Evans, and the offensive line got destroyed by the Miami defensive front. However, Tyrod Taylor had a fantastic day trying to keep the game alive. His stats might not have been great, but he was under constant pressure and didn't have much room to move. Even with the big loss, the Hokies aren't out of the ACC race quite yet after having beaten North Carolina and Georgia Tech earlier in the year. With Duke and Virginia at home to finish up, 8-4 is a possibility, and now the team needs a ton of help to have a shot to defend its ACC crown.
Wake Forest… Wake Forest just can’t put it all together. Just when it seemed like it was ready to make a big run, it couldn’t handle NC State’s Russell Wilson and the offense couldn’t put together any significant drives. Riley Skinner struggled to loosen up the State D; WR D.J. Boldin did that with his fantastic touchdown pass. With home games against Boston College and Vanderbilt to close, Wake needs to win one of the two to move up in the bowl pecking order, but to do that, it’ll have to find a new offensive wrinkle, particularly on the ground.