Overview
- Week 12 reshuffled the standings with Georgia Tech’s 36-34 rally at Boston College, Virginia’s win at Duke, Miami’s 41-7 rout of NC State and Clemson’s upset of Louisville, while Pitt fell 37-15 to Notre Dame.
- Six teams remain viable for the ACC title game: Georgia Tech leads at 6-1 in league play, Virginia/SMU/Pitt are 5-1, and Miami/Duke are 4-2 with Duke now a long shot after its home loss.
- Virginia can reach Charlotte by beating Virginia Tech if SMU drops a game and Pitt loses to Georgia Tech or Miami, while Pitt and SMU each need specific combinations of wins and losses to finish 7-1, per CBS Sports.
- Miami stays alive with a win-out path and multi-team tiebreakers that require Pitt to beat Georgia Tech and a precise set of other results across the final two weeks.
- The ACC’s six-step tiebreaker—head-to-head, record vs. common opponents, finish-based common-opponent metric, combined opponent winning percentage, SportSource Analytics Team Rating Score, then a draw—will sort any ties as five ACC teams remain in the CFP rankings and league officials still see a multiple-bid route.