ACC Football Power Rankings: Where is Virginia Tech after routing Old Dominion?
By Scott Roche
Another week of ACC football is in the books and there were some surprising and not-so-surprising results for the conference. A lot of teams are still amid their non-conference schedule and posted some impressive wins.
Boston College, who looked impressive through the first two weeks, went on the road as the No. 24 team in the country and jumped out to a 14-3 lead at No. 6 Missouri before the Tigers came back to escape with a 27-21 victory. California was impressive in a 31-10 home win over San Diego State, while Virginia Tech rolled to a 37-17 win at Old Dominion. Virginia was beaten at home by Maryland, while Wake Forest was routed at home by Ole Miss. Just when Florida State fans couldn't think things could get any worse, then the Seminoles lost at home to Memphis.
Pittsburgh had a wild comeback win over West Virginia, Duke edged UConn at home, and North Carolina State struggled with Louisiana Tech at home. Georgia Tech and North Carolina each won easily at home over VMI and North Carolina Central respectively. With Week 3 in the books, let's dive into the latest ACC Football Power Rankings.
ACC Football Power Rankings After Week 3
Rank | Team | Record | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Miami | 3-0 | 1 |
2. | Louisville | 2-0 | 2 |
3. | North Carolina | 3-0 | 4 |
4. | California | 3-0 | 5 |
5. | Syracuse | 2-0 | 6 |
6. | Pittsburgh | 3-0 | 8 |
7. | Clemson | 1-1 | 7 |
8. | Boston College | 2-1 | 3 |
9. | Duke | 3-0 | 9 |
10. | Georgia Tech | 2-1 | 10 |
11. | Virginia Tech | 2-1 | 12 |
12. | NC State | 2-1 | 11 |
13. | SMU | 2-1 | 13 |
14. | Virginia | 2-1 | 14 |
15. | Stanford | 1-1 | 16 |
16. | Florida State | 0-3 | 15 |
17. | Wake Forest | 1-2 | 17 |
Looking at this week's upcoming schedule, there are some very interesting games both in the non-conference and conference. The conference matchups include Stanford making their first trip to Syracuse on Friday night. Saturday, NC State travels to Clemson, Georgia Tech heads to Louisville and California takes their 3-0 record to play winless Florida State on the road. Who had that on their bingo card when the season started?
Non-conference games include Rutgers at Virginia Tech, BC hosting Michigan State in the annual Red Bandanna Game in Chestnut Hill. SMU hosts TCU, Pittsburgh welcomes Youngstown State, Duke travels to Middle Tennessee State, Virginia is at Coastal Carolina, Miami has a tricky game at South Florida and UNC hosts James Madison.
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