ACC football tiebreaker scenarios in championship game race

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With a wild Week 10 in the ACC, the championship race became even more complicated. Here's a current look at how the teams stack up with No. 10 Miami falling to SMU. The Virginia vs. NC State game on September 6 was a non-conference game and does not count.

Georgia Tech and Virgina are at the top ahead of Pitt, Louisville, SMU and Duke all with one conference loss.There are a few different paths for teams to lock a spot in the championship game. 

Final opponents

Georgia Tech: at NC State, at Boston College, Pitt, Georgia

Virginia: at Cal, Wake Forest, at Duke, Virginia Tech

Pitt: at Stanford, Notre Dame, at Georgia Tech, Miami 

SMU: at Boston College,  Louisville, at Cal

Louisville: Clemson, at SMU, Kentucky

Duke: Virginia, at North Carolina, Wake Forest 

2025 Football Standings

SchoolACCPct.For-AgainstOverallPct.For-AgainstHomeAwayNeutralStreak
Georgia Tech 5-01.000157-1048-01.000288-1605-03-00-0W8

Virginia

4-01.000141-1017-1.875297-1795-02-10-0W6

Pitt

4-1.800192-1196-2.750322-1764-12-10-0W4

Louisville

3-1.750123-1026-1.857242-1504-12-00-0W2

SMU

4-1.800138-856-3.667277-1914-12-20-0W1

Duke

4-1.800192-1295-3.625283-2252-23-10-0W1

Miami

2-2.500111-796-2.750258-1255-11-10-0L1

Wake Forest

2-2.50096-995-2.714187-1323-22-00-0W3

Virginia Tech

2-2.500108-1203-5.375203-2392-31-10-1W1

California

2-2.500104-1295-3.625200-1953-12-20-0L1

Clemson

2-4.333190-1593-5.375227-1921-42-10-0L2

Stanford

2-3.40087-1573-5.375140-2363-00-50-0L1

NC State

1-3.250122-1454-4.500244-2393-11-30-0L2

North Carolina

1-3.25071-863-5.375155-1771-32-20-0W1

Syracuse

1-5.16794-1883-6.333213-2772-31-30-0L5

Florida State

0-4.000104-1283-4.429278-1583-20-20-0L4

Boston College

0-5.00085-1851-7.125214-2751-30-40-0L7

ACC Tiebreaker policy

According to the ACC's policy, if three or more teams are tied with the highest percentage of wins or two or more teams are tied with the second highest percentage of wins in league play, the following tiebreaker procedure goes into effect:

A. For a two-team tie, head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.

B. Win-percentage against all common opponents.

C. Win-percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win percentage with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.

D. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.

E. The tied team with the highest ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular-season games.

F. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the commissioner or commissioner's designee.

If three or more teams are tied atop the league standings, the following procedure will be used:

A. Combined head-to-head win-percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.

B. If all tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams.

C. Win percentage against all common opponents.

D. Win percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.

E. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.

F. The tied team with the highest-ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.

G. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner's designee.

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