Louisville vs. Stanford Set For 3:30 EST/12:30 PST Kickoff

Mark BlankenbakerNovember 4, 2024

The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the following football game times and networks for Week 12, November 16.

Saturday, November 16

Clemson at Pitt – Noon ET on ESPN
Syracuse at California – 3 p.m. ET on The CW
Boston College at SMU – 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Louisville at Stanford – 3:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network
Virginia at Notre Dame – 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC – as previously announced
Wake Forest at North Carolina – 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network

ACC Football Notes
Through Week 10 of the 2024 season:

Miami (9-0) is one of five remaining undefeated teams in all of FBS.
ACC has seven bowl-eligible teams – Miami, Pitt, Clemson, SMU, Duke, Louisville and Syracuse – tied for the second-most among all FBS conferences heading into Week 11.
The ACC is 43-15 overall in non-conference play and has played more non-conference games against P4 opponents, including Notre Dame, than any of the other Power 4 leagues.
- The 43 non-conference wins are the second-most among all FBS conferences.
The ACC has eight non-conference wins versus fellow Power 4 foes.
The ACC has 34 road wins this season, the most among all FBS conferences.
The ACC had 73 league games decided by eight points or less over the last three years (2021-23).
This year, 21 of the 44 ACC league games to date have been decided by less than eight points (47.7 percent).
There were four unbeaten ACC teams in conference play entering the month of November, the most in league history.
- The last time there were even three unbeaten teams in ACC play entering November was 1967 with South Carolina, Clemson and NC State.

This Week in Week 11

Five teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll, the most in a single poll this season.
- AP Poll – Miami (No. 4), SMU (No. 13), Clemson (No. 19), Pitt (No. 23) and Louisville (No. 25).
- The ACC’s five teams ranked in the AP Poll are the second-most among all conferences.
Four teams are ranked in the Top 25 Coaches Poll for the fourth consecutive week.
- Coaches Poll – Miami (No. 4), SMU (No. 15), Clemson (No. 17) and Pitt (No. 23).
Week 11 consists of six ACC games on two days – Friday and Saturday – and a non-conference contest between Florida State and No. 10 Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks (QBs) once again this season:

The ACC is the only conference with multiple quarterbacks ranked in the top five nationally in total yards per game, passing yards per game, passing yards and passing touchdowns on the season.
Seven QBs were named to the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2024 – the most of any conference.
Miami’s Cam Ward and Clemson’s Cade Klubnik were named to the Top 10 list for the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
- Six QBs were named to the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Top 25 watch list – tied for the most of any conference.
Seven QBs are ranked in the top 30 of FBS in passing efficiency – the most of any conference.
Seven QBs have thrown 17 touchdown passes or more this season – the most of any conference.
- Cam Ward (Miami) leads the nation with 29 passing touchdowns.
Six QBs, including two of the top four players nationally, are ranked in the top 25 of FBS in passing yards per game – the most of any conference.
- Cam Ward (Miami) is third nationally with an average of 349.6 passing yards per game.
- Kyle McCord (Syracuse) is fourth nationally with an average of 345.1 passing yards per game.
Seven QBs, including three in the top 15, are ranked in the top 35 of FBS in total passing yards – tied for the most of any conference.
- Cam Ward (Miami) – 3,146; Kyle McCord (Syracuse) – 2,761; and Tyler Shough (Louisville) – 2,504 all rank in the top 15.
Five QBs are ranked in the top 25 of FBS in total yards per game – tied for the most of any conference.
ACC has three of the top five players nationally in total yards of offense per game.
- Cam Ward (Miami) is third nationally with 370.3 total yards of offense per game.
- Kyle McCord (Syracuse) is fifth nationally at 339.1 total yards of offense per game.
Four QBs are ranked in the top 25 of FBS in completion percentage – the second-most of any conference.
Four QBs are ranked in the top 25 of FBS in points responsible for – tied for the second-most of any conference.
- Cam Ward (Miami) leads the nation with 204 points responsible for this season.
Four QBs are ranked in the top 25 of ESPN’s Total QBR, including two in the top 10.
- Cam Ward (Miami) – 91.7 and Cade Klubnik (81.6) rank in the top 10 nationally.
Fifteen different ACC quarterbacks have thrown for at least 300 yards in a game this year.
Three quarterbacks – Jacolby Criswell (North Carolina), Cam Ward (Miami) and Hank Bachmeier (Wake Forest) – have recorded at least one game of over 400 passing yards this season, with Ward posting three 400-plus yard passing games this year.
- Jacolby Criswell’s 475 passing yards in Week 4 versus James Madison are the most by a quarterback in a single game this season.
Three quarterbacks caught a touchdown pass in Week 9 of the season – Kyron Drones (Virginia Tech), Fernando Mendoza (Cal) and Cam Ward (Miami).
ACC had the most of any conferences on the following QB preseason watch lists: Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (13); Maxwell Award preseason watch list (10); and Davey O’Brien Award (8).
The ACC had the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.

The ACC’s Preeminent Players ranked among FBS leaders:
Offensive Leaders

The ACC has five of the top 25 ranked players in rushing yards this season in all of FBS, tied for the most of all conferences, including two in the top 10.
- Omarion Hampton (North Carolina) ranks fourth in the nation with 1,178 rushing yards.
- Bhayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech) ranks 10th in the nation with 951 rushing yards.
The ACC has four of the top 25 ranked players in rushing yards per game this season in all of FBS – tied for the most of all conferences.
- Omarion Hampton (North Carolina) – 130.9; Bhayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech) – 118.9; Phil Mafah (Clemson) – 106.6; and Brashard Smith (SMU) – 100.7.
Seven of the top 40 leaders in rushing touchdowns in all of FBS this season are in the ACC.
- Omarion Hampton (North Carolina) – 13; Bhayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech) – 12; Brashard Smith (SMU) – 11; Demond Claiborne (Wake Forest) – 8; Jamal Haynes (Georgia Tech); Phil Mafah (Clemson) – 8; and Damien Martinez (Miami) – 8.
The ACC has two receivers among the top 10 leaders in receiving touchdowns in all of FBS this season.
- Xavier Restrepo (Miami) is tied for fourth nationally with nine receiving touchdowns.
- Ja’Corey Brooks (Louisville) is tied for ninth nationally with eight receiving touchdowns.
The ACC has two receivers in the top 10 in all of FBS in receiving yards this season.
- Xavier Restrepo (Miami) ranks ninth nationally with 856 receiving yards.
- Ja’Corey Brooks (Louisville) ranks 10th nationally with 841 receiving yards.
Three of the top 30 leaders in receiving yards per game in all of FBS this season are in the ACC.
- Xavier Restrepo (Miami) – 95.1; Ja’Corey Brooks (Louisville) – 93.4; and Malachi Fields (Virginia) – 81.8.

Defensive Standouts

The ACC has the FBS leader in interceptions – Nohl Williams (Cal) leads the nation with six interceptions on the season.
The ACC has six of the top 25 ranked players in all of FBS in total sacks this year, including Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) who leads the nation with 12.0 sacks.
- Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) – 12.0; Donovan Ezeiruaku (Boston College) – 9.0; Xavier Carlton (California) – 7.0; Jahvaree Ritzie (North Carolina) – 6.5; Beau Atkinson (North Carolina) – 6.5; and David Bailey (Stanford) – 6.0.
Five of the top 20 NCAA leaders in sacks per game this season are in the ACC, including two in the top five.
- Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) ranks second nationally with an average of 1.33 sacks per game.
- Donovan Ezeiruaku (Boston College) ranks fourth nationally with an average of 1.13 sacks per game.
The ACC has five of the top 25 ranked players in all of FBS in total tackles-for-loss this season.
- Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) – 12.5; Donovan Ezeiruaku (Boston College) – 12.0; Davin Vann (NC State) – 12.0; Kyle Louis (Pitt) – 10.0; and Rasheem Biles (Pitt) – 9.5.
The ACC has five of the top 25 ranked players in all of FBS in total tackles-for-loss per game this season.
- Donovan Ezeiruaku (Boston College) – 1.5; Rasheem Biles (Pitt) – 1.4; Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Virginia Tech) – 1.4; Kyle Louis (Pitt) – 1.3; and Davin Vann (NC State) – 1.3.
The ACC has three of the top 24 ranked players in tackles per game this season in all of FBS, including two in the top 10.
- Nick Anderson (Wake Forest) ranks seventh nationally with an average of 10.3 tackles per game.
- Teddye Buchanan (Cal) is tied for ninth nationally with an average of 9.6 tackles per game.

Special Teams Specialist

The ACC has the FBS leader in punt average – Alex Mastromanno (Florida State) leads the nation with a punt average of 49.3 yards per punt.
Seven of the top 30 FBS punters in yards per punt average are in the ACC.
- Alex Mastromanno (Florida State) – 49.3; Lachlan Wilson (Cal) – 45.8; Peter Moore (Virginia Tech) – 45.4; Mora (Wake Forest) – 44.4; Daniel Sparks (Virginia); Kade Reynoldson (Duke) – 44.3; and David Shanahan (Georgia Tech) – 44.2.
Eight field goal kickers in the ACC have made 12 or more field goals this season.
- Will Bettridge (Virginia) – 16; Collin Rogers (SMU) – 16; Matthew Dennis (Wake Forest) – 14; Brock Travelstead (Louisville) – 13; Noah Burnette (North Carolina) – 13; Ben Sauls (Pitt) – 13; Andres Borregales (Miami) – 12; and Nolan Hauser (Clemson) – 12.
The ACC has six players that rank in the top 30 in all of FBS in all-purpose yards per game, including three in the top 10.
- Omarion Hampton (North Carolina) – 160.33; Desmond Reid (Pitt) – 156.29; Brashard Smith (SMU) – 145.22; Bhayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech) – 134.75; Isaac Brown (Louisville) – 125.89; and Demond Claiborne (Wake Forest) – 120.13.
Six of the top 30 punt returners in yards per punt return in all of FBS this season are from the ACC.
- Taylor Morin (Wake Forest) – 17.5; Jaylin Lane (Virginia Tech) – 11.6; Antonio Williams (Clemson) – 10.2; Roderick Daniels, Jr. (SMU) – 9.9; Que’Sean Brown (Duke) – 9.0; and Ray Ray Joseph (Miami) – 8.1.
Eight different players from the ACC have returned a punt for a touchdown – the most of any conference.
Three of the top 25 kick returners in yards per kickoff return in all of FBS this season are from the ACC.
- Nate McCollum (North Carolina) – 26.9; Chris Johnson Jr. (Miami) – 24.8; and Peyton Jones (Duke) – 22.8.
Three different players from the ACC have returned a kickoff for a touchdown – Caullin Lacy (Louisville), Nohl Williams (Cal) and Samuel Singleton Jr. (Florida State).

The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country:

26 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame – the most of any conference.
Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 Associated Press Top 25 Poll – the most of any conference.
10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25 – the most of any conference.

ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership:

Four ACC head coaches were named to both the 2024 Dodd Trophy Midseason Watch List and the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Watch List.
Two of the three active coaches in the country who won a national title reside in the ACC (Mack Brown and Dabo Swinney).
Four current ACC head coaches have recorded over 100 career wins at the collegiate level (only 30 active FBS coaches have reached this mark).
Among active FBS head coaches, the ACC has nine coaches that rank among the top 50 in the nation in career winning percentage.
Six ACC head coaches named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List – no other conference had more.
Proven veterans and dynamic young coaches.

The 20th ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, December 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets for the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and through the ACC’s official website at theACC.com