Here is how chaotic the race for the ACC Championship Game, and by extension, a chance to play for the College Football Playoff, currently is. The No. 17 Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsĀ and No. 24 Pitt Panthers did not play on Saturday. Duke lost to UConn (which had one of its biggest program wins in years) to drop to 5-4 on the season overall. Despite the bye weeks and the Duke loss, all three of those teams managed to get closer to a potential ACC Championship Game appearance.Ā It seems impossible, but it is not. It was all made possible by No. 14 Virginia and No. 15 Louisville both losing on Saturday ā and both at home ā to unranked ACC opponents.Ā Virginia dropped a 16-9 decision to Wake Forest, while Louisville lost a walk-off overtime game to California.Ā Those results are seismic shifts for the conference ā and potentially the College Football Playoff field. With Saturdayās results, there are now five teams in the ACC that all have exactly one loss in conference play: Georgia Tech, Virginia, Pitt, SMU and
