The ultimate weekend of the 2025 school soccer season is upon us and oh what a fantastic mess now we have within the Atlantic Coast Convention.
The ACC has had probably the most chaotic race in direction of its convention title sport this season as seemingly each week has featured a possible league contender being dragged all the way down to the remainder of the pack. The spirit of the outdated ACC Wheel of Future is alive and 6 colleges stay in competition for subsequent Saturday’s league title sport in Charlotte.
Under, we’ll go over the myriad of ACC clinching eventualities for this weekend and you may brush up on the league’s tiebreaker insurance policies proper right here.
| College | ACC File | Total File |
| Virginia | 6-1 | 9-2 |
| SMU | 6-1 | 8-3 |
| Duke | 6-2 | 10-2 |
| Miami | 6-2 | 10-2 |
| Georgia Tech | 6-2 | 8-4 |
| Duke | 6-2 | 7-5 |
| Wake Forest | 4-3 | 8-3 |
| Clemson | 4-4 | 6-5 |
| Louisville | 4-4 | 7-4 |
| NC State | 3-4 | 6-5 |
| Cal | 3-4 | 6-5 |
| Stanford | 3-5 | 4-7 |
| North Carolina | 2-5 | 4-7 |
| Virginia Tech | 2-5 | 3-8 |
| Florida State | 2-6 | 5-6 |
| Syracuse | 1-6 | 3-8 |
| Boston School | 0-7 | 1-10 |
Week 14 Matchup: vs. Virginia Tech, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET
-Win
–Or SMU loss + Pitt loss + North Carolina win
Virginia is in a win-and-in scenario this weekend, which might propel this system to its first ACC title sport look since 2019. The Cavaliers have skilled a dramatic turnaround below fourth-year head coach Tony Elliott this season and are on the verge of simply the second 10-win marketing campaign at school historical past. Their solely blemish in league play this season was a 16-9 loss to Wake Forest earlier this month and whereas they did drop a sport to NC State again in September, that was a part of a home-and-home settlement between the 2 colleges that didn’t rely in direction of the ACC standings.
UVA will host arch rival Virginia Tech on Saturday and should exorcise some demons in an effort to punch its ticket to Charlotte. The Hokies have totally dominated this rivalry since 1999 and the aforementioned 2019 season was the final time the Cavs got here out on prime.
Week 14 Matchup: @ Cal, Saturday, 8 p.m. ET
-Win–Or Pitt loss + Duke loss + Virginia win + North Carolina win
–Or Pitt loss + Duke loss + Virginia win + NC State win + Boston School win + End larger than Georgia Tech & Miami in SportSource Analytics rating
–Or Pitt loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + North Carolina win + Boston School win + End larger than Georgia Tech & Miami in SportSource Analytics rating
Saturday, 7:05 p.m. replace: Duke beat Wake Forest, which suggests SMU has to win to safe a berth within the ACC title sport.
SMU additionally has a easy win-and-in pathway to the ACC title sport this weekend and if it loses, its destiny can be left as much as a number of hyper-specific eventualities enjoying out. Beginning this yr at 2-2, the Mustangs had been seemingly taking a step again after their breakthrough 2024 marketing campaign the place they made each the ACC Championship Sport and the School Soccer Playoff. Nonetheless, Rhett Lashlee’s crew turned it up as soon as convention play started with their lone setback being a one-point loss to Wake Forest in late October.
They may head out west to Berkeley to face Cal on Saturday and will benefit from enjoying a checked out Golden Bears program that simply fired head coach Justin Wilcox earlier within the week.
Week 14 Matchup: vs Miami, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET
Week 14 end result: Pitt misplaced to Miami by a rating of 31-7. With the loss, the Panthers had been eradicated from competition for the ACC title sport.
-Win + Virginia loss
–Or Win + SMU loss
Pitt must knock off Miami at house on Saturday and will it deal with enterprise, then everybody within the yinzer-land will develop into the largest followers of each Virginia Tech and Cal later that evening. A middling 2-2 begin to the season prompted head coach Pat Narduzzi to make a quarterback change from Eli Holstein to Mason Heintschel and the Panthers have been rolling ever since, successful six of their final seven video games.
One thing to notice is that the final 5 Pitt-Miami matchups in Pittsburgh have been determined by 10 factors or much less, with the Panthers final beating the Hurricanes at house in 2017.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Week 14 Matchup: vs. Georgia, Friday, 3:30 p.m. ET
Week 14 end result: Georgia Tech misplaced 16-9 to Georgia.
-Pitt win + Virginia loss + SMU loss
–Or Miami win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + NC State win
–Or Miami Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + North Carolina win + Boston School win + End larger than Miami & SMU in SportSource Analytics rating
–Or Miami Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia win + NC State win + Boston School win + End larger than Miami & SMU in SportSource Analytics rating
Saturday, 7:05 p.m. replace: Duke beat Wake Forest and Pitt misplaced to Miami. Which means Georgia Tech has been eradicated from ACC title sport competition.
Georgia Tech has already completed ACC play and solely has its Clear, Outdated Long-established Hate rivalry towards Georgia to sit up for on Friday. The Jackets’ convention title hopes are out of their management and their best path to Charlotte requires Pitt, Virginia Tech, and Cal all triumphing this weekend.
Tech was one of many final undefeated groups in the complete nation at 8-0 earlier than late-season losses to NC State and Pitt severely broken each its ACC title and CFP aspirations. Once more, there may be nonetheless a chance for the Wramblin’ Wreck to look within the convention title sport, however they’re going to wish some assist to get there.
Week 14 Matchup: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET
Week 14 end result: Duke beat Wake Forest 49-32. They want an SMU loss to safe a berth within the ACC title sport.
-Win + Pitt loss + SMU loss
–Or Win + Pitt loss + SMU loss + Virginia loss
–Or Win + Pitt loss + Virginia loss + North Carolina win
–Or Win + Pitt loss + Virginia loss + NC State win + End larger than Miami in SportSource Analytics rating
That’s proper, the ACC has been so chaotic this season {that a} five-loss Duke crew nonetheless has a shot at successful the league title. With a brand new contender being knocked off every week, specialists even started gaming out eventualities the place a Duke convention title doubtlessly left the league out of the CFP fully.
The Blue Devils’ path to Charlotte requires a win over Wake Forest on Saturday and quite a few outcomes that may profit them, the best being each Miami and Cal successful that day. Duke has not appeared within the ACC title sport since 2013 and has not gained a minimum of a share of the convention title since Steve Spurrier’s 1989 crew.
Week 14 Matchup: @ Pitt, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET
Week 14 end result: Miami beat Pitt on Saturday and now waits to see in the event that they get the assistance they want from a number of video games the remainder of the day.
-Win + Virginia loss + Duke loss + SMU win
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + NC State win
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + North Carolina win + Syracuse win
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia loss + North Carolina win + Boston School win + End larger than Georgia Tech & SMU in SportSource Analytics rating
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia win + NC State win + Syracuse win
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke loss + Virginia win + NC State win + Boston School win + End larger than Georgia Tech & SMU in SportSource Analytics rating
–Or Win + SMU loss + Duke win + Virginia loss + NC State win
–Or Win + SMU win + Duke win + Virginia loss + NC State win + End larger than Duke in SportSource Analytics rating
Saturday, 7:05 p.m. replace: Duke beat Wake Forest, which suggests Miami has been eradicated from ACC title sport competition.
Miami at one level seemed like probably the most effective crew in the complete nation and carried a No. 2 rating into its Friday-night showdown towards Louisville on October 17. Nonetheless, a loss in that sport and one other setback at SMU two weeks later has left the Hurricanes’ postseason aspirations on shaky footing. The most important controversy on the CFP entrance is them being ranked behind Notre Dame regardless of having an equivalent report with a direct head-to-head victory over the Preventing Irish. An ACC title sport victory would assist their case tremendously, however rather a lot must occur to make {that a} actuality.
The Hurricanes clearly have to knock off Pitt on Saturday after which hope for lots of excellent fortune to make it to Charlotte. The best path is Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and SMU all successful their respective video games this weekend, however the ‘U’ also can get in via different pathways defined above.
