Where Miami sits in ACC after Syracuse win and more chaos at the top of the standings
The No. 18 Miami Hurricanes are doing what they can to keep path to the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game alive.
On Saturday, that meant beating the Syracuse Orange 38-10 at Hard Rock Stadium.
But is there a path for them to make it to the conference title game on Dec. 6 in Charlotte.
They’re still on shaky ground in that regard, even as their conference counterparts continue to keep the field open.
As conference play continues, here is a look at the current ACC landscape, including full standings for the 17-team league, each team’s remaining schedule and what it would take for Miami to get to the conference title game for just the second time and first time since 2017.
ACC game results this week
Wake Forest 16, No. 14 Virginia 9
California 29, No. 15 Louisville 26 (OT)
No. 18 Miami 38, Syracuse 10
Clemson 24, Florida State 10
SMU 45, Boston College 13
UConn 37, Duke 34
North Carolina 20, Stanford 15
ACC standings after Week 10
Georgia Tech: 8-1, 5-1 ACC
Virginia: 8-2, 5-1 ACC
SMU: 7-3, 5-1 ACC
Pittsburgh: 7-2, 5-1 ACC
Duke: 5-4, 4-1 ACC
Louisville: 7-2, 4-2 ACC
Miami: 7-2, 3-2 ACC
Wake Forest: 6-3, 3-3 ACC
California: 6-4, 3-3 ACC
Clemson: 4-5, 3-4 ACC
N.C. State: 5-4, 2-3 ACC
Virginia Tech: 3-6, 2-3 ACC
North Carolina: 4-5, 2-3 ACC
Stanford: 3-7, 2-5 ACC
Florida State: 4-5, 1-5 ACC
Syracuse: 3-7, 1-6 ACC
Boston College: 1-9, 0-6 ACC
Remaining ACC schedules
Virginia: at Duke, vs. Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech: at Boston College, vs. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh: at Georgia Tech, vs. Miami
Louisville: vs. Clemson, at SMU
SMU: vs. Louisville, at California
Duke: vs. Virginia, at North Carolina, vs. Wake Forest
Miami: vs. Syracuse, vs. N.C. State, at Virginia Tech, at Pittsburgh
N.C. State: at Miami, vs. Florida State, vs. North Carolina
California: at Louisville, at Stanford, vs. SMU
Wake Forest: at Virginia, vs. North Carolina, at Duke
Virginia Tech: at Florida State, vs. Miami, at Virginia
Clemson: at Louisville
Stanford: vs. California
North Carolina: at Wake Forest, vs. Duke, at N.C. State
Florida State: vs. Virginia Tech, at N.C. State
Syracuse: vs. Boston College
Boston College: vs. Georgia Tech, at Syracuse
The Miami Hurricanes’ path to the ACC Championship Game
The good news for Miami: Every team in the ACC officially has at least one loss in conference play now.
The bad news for Miami: There are still five teams with only one loss.
If the season ended today, it would be Georgia Tech and Virginia in the conference title game.
Since the Hurricanes have dropped two conference games — at home against Louisville and on the road in overtime against SMU — Miami will need at least four of those teams ahead of them in the standings to drop at least one more game to put them in position to be in the conversation for the conference title game.
Four of those teams — Georgia Tech, Virginia, SMU, Pittsburgh — only have two league games left. The other, Duke, has three.
There’s still some overlap in the schedule with these teams.
Duke hosts Virginia next week.
Georgia Tech hosts Pittsburgh on Nov. 22. SMU hosts two-loss Louisville on Nov. 22 as well.
And Miami faces Pittsburgh on the road on Nov. 29.
This story was originally published November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM.
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