UM football, win or lose tonight, cannot clinch the ACC Coastal

The Miami Hurricanes will have to wait another week to even possibly have a chance to win the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The University of Virginia scored with 1:21 left against Georgia Tech on Saturday evening to win 40-36 and ruin UM’s hopes of being able to beat Virginia Tech and clinch the Coastal at the same time.

More news: the University of Miami announced Saturday night that next Saturday’s Notre Dame at Miami game will kick off at 8 p.m. and again be broadcast on ABC.

The No. 9 Hurricanes were 7-0 and 5-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference before the kickoff against Virginia Tech at Hard Rock Stadium.

No. 13 Virginia Tech was 7-1 and 3-1 before Saturday’s kickoff.

The winner of the Coastal Division will meet the winner of the Atlantic Division in the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Notre Dame (8-1), which defeated Wake Forest 48-37 Saturday, is an independent. But UM can win the Coastal next Saturday if the Canes beat Virginia Tech Saturday night and Virginia loses at Louisville next week.

This story was originally published November 4, 2017 at 6:37 PM with the headline "UM football, win or lose tonight, cannot clinch the ACC Coastal."