Game Time for Stanford Game at Clemson Announced

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( theACC.com ) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the following football game times and networks for Week 5, September 27-28.

Friday, September 27

• Virginia Tech at Miami – 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN – previously announced

Saturday, September 28

• Western Kentucky at Boston College – Noon ET on ACC Network
• Holy Cross at Syracuse – Noon ET on ACCNX – previously announced
• Northern Illinois at NC State – Noon ET on The CW
• Louisiana at Wake Forest – 3:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network
• Louisville at Notre Dame – 3:30 p.m. ET on Peacock – previously announced
• North Carolina at Duke – 4 p.m. ET on ESPN2
• Stanford at Clemson – 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
• Florida State at SMU – 8 p.m. ET on the ACC Network

ACC Football Notes

Through Week 3 of the 2024 season:

• Week 0 – Florida State versus Georgia Tech saw 5.0 million viewers and was the most-watched Week 0 game on any network since 2019.
• College GameDay from Ireland was the most-watched Week 0 episode ever – 41 percent over the previous most-watched Week 0 show (2022) and averaged 1.6 million viewers, including 2.0 million in the final hour.
• Week 1 – ACC was part of a historical day on Saturday, August 31, as it was ABC’s second-most-watched Kickoff Saturday on record.

·         7.9 million viewers – 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.

·         6.6 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.

• The ACC has three teams ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll this week – Miami (No. 8), Louisville (No. 19), and Clemson (No. 21).

·         Five other teams received votes in the poll – Syracuse (62), Boston College (47), California (11), North Carolina (3) and Pitt (1).

• The ACC has three teams ranked in the Coaches Poll this week – 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 has seven teams undefeated after three weeks of play – tied for the second-most among all FBS conferences.
• Eight ACC teams are undefeated in non-conference play – tied for the second-most among all FBS conferences.
• The ACC is 31-9 overall in non-conference play.

·         Week 4 features eight non-conference games – including three against Power 4 opponents.

• Three of the four conference games in ACC play this year have been decided by one score or less (eight points or less).

·         Week 4 features four ACC games – including the first-ever conference games as ACC members for Stanford (Friday) and California (Saturday).

The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks and Preeminent Players:

• 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).

·         Ward is the first Miami quarterback to begin a season with three consecutive 300-yard passing games.

·         Holstein is the first freshman (redshirt or true) in Pitt history to throw for 300 yards or more in three consecutive games.

·         McCord is the first quarterback in Syracuse history to throw for 300 yards or more in consecutive games, doing it in his first two starts for the Orange.

• 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.
• 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 returns 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.

The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country:

• 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 Associated Press 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.

ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership:

• Six ACC head coaches named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List – no conference has more.
• Two of the three active coaches in the country who have won a national title reside in the ACC (Mack Brown and Dabo Swinney).
• Four current ACC head coaches have recorded over 100 career wins at the collegiate level (only 26 active FBS coaches have reached this mark).
• Proven veterans and dynamic young coaches.

The 20th ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, December 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets for the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and through the ACC’s official website at theACC.com .