This is a bye week for many teams in the ACC as only nine are in action. Pitt, of course, is one of those but there’s still a couple of big matchups today.
One pits No. 4 Clemson (7-1) at No. 20 NC State (6-2). The Wolfpack are probably the stiffest test that remains for the Tigers int he regular season. Clemson can’t afford a second loss and that’s especially true when it comes to one against NC State, who is in front in the Atlantic Division. An NC State win puts them a full two games ahead of everyone else and they’d be the likely representative in the conference championship game, which would also almost certainly keep Clemson out of the Playoff.