After a rather uneventful Week 1 in college football around the ACC, Week 2 offered more answers with some teams across the conference. There were a handful of matchups against other Power Conference schools and truth be told, the ACC did well in some of those results.
Week 3 begins conference play for some teams, as well as some more non-conference games against schools from other Power Conferences. With that said, let's fire up the latest ACC Power Rankings going into Week 3.
Week 3 ACC Football Power Rankings
After an early bye, the Cardinal fly cross-country to open up conference play at Duke late on Saturday afternoon. Stanford split their first two games with Hawai'i and Miami.
After blowing out New Hampshire to open the season last weekend, the Orange opened ACC play with a loss at home to Cal. Not the way Fran Brown was hoping to begin the season.
What a bye week in Northern Florida. Mike Norvell is preparing for Alabama on the road this upcoming weekend, and he throws his quarterback under the bus. This is a big game for the Seminoles.
After looking completely lost at Cincinnati in Week 1, the Eagles came out and made it a Commonwealth sweep of Rutgers to begin the season with a 28-21 win at home in the Rec Bandana Game. In case you forgot, UMass and former Virginia Tech QB Pop Watson upset the Scarlet Knights in Week 1.
After blasting Richmond, 73-0, following a season-opening Week 0 loss at Virginia, the Wolfpack will visit Vanderbilt this weekend in an interesting non-conference matchup.
After losing to Colorado in Week 1 at home, the Yellow Jackets lost by three touchdowns at home to Tennessee. They will look to pick up their first win of the season against Mercer at home this upcoming weekend.
The Demon Deacons were one team with questions surrounding them entering the season, and they went on the road and took down Purdue, 38-36, in double overtime to remain undefeated. They have a quick turnaround hosting No. 5 Miami on Friday night.
What a statement by Cal, losing at home to UCLA and going on the road to Central New York and edging Syracuse by three points. Great win.
Quietly, Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels are 2-0 after blasting East Tennessee State University at home on Saturday. They head to Clemson this weekend for a rather interesting game early in the season.
The Tigers rebounded from their season-opening blowout loss to LSU by beating Georgia Southern, 22-7, in their home opener. UNC visits for their first conference game of the season next.
What a statement win by the Blue Devils on the road, going to Illinois and taking down their Big Ten opponent. Don't look now, but a win over Stanford at home this weekend is all that stands between Duke and a 3-0 start to the season.
Two games, two impressive wins for the Hokies under James Franklin against lesser opponents. Next up, a trip to Maryland for a difficult first true road game in 2026.
The Panthers had to deal with the weather and a pesky Central Florida team at home, but they won 12-7 to get to 2-0. Sometimes they don't ask how, just if.
Virginia rolled in a second straight game at home, this time over Norfolk State and former Virginia Tech legend Michael Vick. Next up is a neutral-site non-conference game against West Virginia in Charlotte this weekend.
The Cardinals rebounded from a season-opening heartbreaking loss to Ole Miss by blowing out Villanova at home. They get a monster matchup at home against SMU this weekend in a game that holds a lot of weight in the ACC standings.
As expected, SMU rolled over UC Davis after beating Florida State to open the season. Now, all eyes will be in Louisville this weekend.
After blasting Florida A&M last Thursday night, the Hurricanes hit the road for Winston-Salem and a matchup with Wake Forest on Friday night.
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