ACC football tiebreaker scenarios in championship game race after Week 11

Jeff Hauser

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Another wild set of games in Week 11 for the ACC, the championship race became even more complicated. Here's a current look at how the teams stack up with No. 14 Virginia and No. 15 Louisville losing. 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, SMU, Duke all with one conference loss. There are a few different paths for teams to lock a spot in the championship game. Louisville is close to elimination with a second loss. 

Final opponents

Georgia Tech (5-1): at Boston College, Pitt, Georgia 

Virginia (5-1): at Duke, Virginia Tech

Pitt (5-1): Notre Dame, at Georgia Tech, Miami 

SMU (5-1): Louisville, at Cal

Duke (4-1): Virginia, at North Carolina, Wake Forest 

Louisville(4-2): Clemson, at SMU, Kentucky

If Georgia Tech, Virginia, Pitt, SMU, and Duke all win out in ACC play: Georgia Tech vs. Virginia in title game. 

2025 Football Standings
SchoolACCPct.For-AgainstOverallPct.For-AgainstHomeAwayNeutralStreak

Georgia Tech

5-1.833193-1528-1.889324-2085-03-10-0L1

Virginia

5-1.833181-1388-2.800337-2165-13-10-0L1

SMU

5-1.833183-987-3.700322-2044-13-20-0W2

Pitt

5-1.833227-1397-2.778357-1964-13-10-0W5

Duke

4-1.800192-1295-4.556317-2622-23-20-0L1

Louisville

4-2.667177-1477-2.778296-1954-23-00-0L1

Miami

3-2.600149-897-2.778296-1356-11-10-0W1

Wake Forest

3-3.500119-1506-3.667210-1833-23-10-0W1

California

3-3.500154-1866-4.600250-2523-23-20-0W1

Clemson

3-4.429214-1694-5.444251-2022-42-10-0W1

NC State

2-3.400170-1815-4.556292-2754-11-30-0W1

Virginia Tech

2-3.400124-1483-6.333219-2672-41-10-1L1

North Carolina

2-3.40091-1014-5.444175-1922-32-20-0W2

Stanford

2-5.286122-2123-7.300175-2913-10-60-0L3

Florida State

1-5.167156-1594-5.444330-1894-20-30-0L1

Syracuse

1-6.143104-2263-7.300223-3152-31-40-0L6

Boston College

0-6.00098-2301-9.100237-3451-50-40-0L9

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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