ACC Power Rankings: As Clemson and North Carolina free-fall, where's Virginia Tech?

There was more major shakeups following another crazy weekend in the ACC.
Clemson v Georgia Tech
Clemson v Georgia Tech | Kevin C. Cox/GettyImages

Who doesn't love college football? Week 4 brought us another week of crazy results on the field and even one ACC school finally picking up their first win. From road wins to embarrassing losses and an interim coach beating an FCS school, there was some moving around in the latest ACC Football Power Rankings. Let's dive into the latest rankings.

Week 4 ACC Football Power Rankings

The Hokies picked up their first win in their first game under interim coach Philip Montgomery with a 38-6 rout of Wofford. Now ACC play begins at North Carolina State and just what the roster will look like in Raleigh on Saturday night remains to be seen.

The Cardinal's trip to Charlottesville was nothing to write home about, but hey, at least they have an ACC win over Boston College. It might be their only one without Virginia Tech on the schedule.

Bill Belichick took the Tar Heels to Central Florida and came away with a 34-9 loss. Not the way UNC was looking to go into their first bye week with Clemson coming up in two weeks.

If you think things are falling apart quickly in Blacksburg, look at what's happening at Clemson. The Tigers were smoked at home by Syracuse and Dabo Swinney sounds like someone who is falling apart as much as his team is. Like North Carolina, they get two weeks off before the battle in Chapel Hill.

After their first bye week this past weekend, Wake Forest will host Georgia Tech before a trip to Blacksburg in two weeks.

Thanks to Clemson and UNC free-falling this weekend, the Eagles slide up two spots during a bye week. They will look to rebound from their loss at Stanford when they host California this upcoming weekend.

Speaking of the Golden Bears, they head to Boston coming off a head-scratching 34-0 loss at San Diego State. Who saw that coming after Cal's first three weeks?

Tony Elliott has things rolling in Charlottesville after routing Stanford. Now they need to prove it Friday night when Florida State comes to town.

The Wolfpack dropped a shootout in Durham to Duke, 45-33, and will be an angry team when Virginia Tech visits on Saturday night. Just what the Hokies didn't need.

Thanks to Clemson's free-fall and NC State's defense falling apart, the Blue Devils make a jump this week after taking down the Wolfpack at home.

Fran Brown took the Orange to Clemson and punched the Tigers in the mouth with very little resistence. As bad as Clemson is playing, this is still a solid win for Syracuse away from the Dome. The Orange did lose quarterback Steve Angeli to a season-ending Achilles injury in the win.

Another in-state road loss in 2025 for the Mustangs, this time at TCU, 35-24. They have a bye week this weekend before Syracuse visits in two weeks.

Thanks to the results during their bye week, the Panthers move up the ranks ahead of this weekend's home game against Louisville.

The Cardinals rolled to a non-conference win over Bowling Green ahead of a trip to Pittsburgh to open ACC play.

A 21-point home win over Temple set the Yellow Jackets up to travel to Winston-Salem this weekend to play Wake Forest looking for a fifth straight win to begin the season.

The Seminoles blasted Kent State, 66-10, to continue their early-season dominance ahead of this weekend's trip to Virginia in what all of a sudden is going to be a fun one to watch.

The Hurricanes closed out their non-conference schedule with a 26-7 home win over Florida and now has a bye week before a trip to Florida State to settle who is the top team in the conference early in the season.

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