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ACC Football Standings 2011: Virginia Tech-Virginia Match Up To Determine Coastal Division Winner

The participants in the ACC Championship game won't be decided until after this weekend's Virginia Tech-Virginia game with the winner advancing to take on Clemson.

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BCS Rankings, Week 13: Georgia No. 13, Georgia Tech No. 23

Despite clinching the SEC's Eastern division crown, the Georgia Bulldogs failed to make up much ground in this week's BCS Rankings for Week 13. Despite little movement from the Bulldogs, the SEC is well represented and in position to put two different teams in the BCS Title game.

LSU remains undefeated and is still sitting in the No. 1 spot. Alabama moves back up to No. 2 and is followed by another SEC West team in Arkansas at No. 3. The Razorbacks have a playoff game of sorts with LSU on Friday that could effectively decide who could earn a trip to the championship game. Oklahoma State falls two slots to No. 4 after losing to Iowa State and Virginia Tech enters the top five at No. 5.

Undefeated Houston jumps into the top 10 at No. 8 while Oklahoma and Oregon fall to No. 9 and No. 10 after losing to Baylor and USC respectively.

South Carolina is ranked No. 12 and one spot ahead of Georgia who will be representing the eastern division in the SEC Championship game. Clemson tumbles to No. 17 after its upset loss to N.C. State. Georgia Tech is at No. 23 and Auburn No. 24 in the latest rankings.

Here is a look at the full BCS Rankings for Week 13:

BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	LSU	1.0000	1	1	2875	1.0000	1	1475	1.0000	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000
2	Alabama	.9491	3	2	2758	.9593	2	1413	.9580	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	.930
3	Arkansas	.8985	6	3	2619	.9110	3	1349	.9146	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	.870
4	Oklahoma State	.8408	2	6	2267	.7885	6	1156	.7837	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	.950
5	Virginia Tech	.7842	8	5	2302	.8007	4	1242	.8420	7	7	10	7	9	18	7	.710
6	Stanford	.7711	9	4	2371	.8247	5	1222	.8285	9	8	4	10	14	11	9	.660
7	Boise State	.6881	10	8	2037	.7085	8	982	.6658	8	9	7	8	12	10	8	.690
8	Houston	.6684	11	7	2060	.7165	7	1075	.7288	12	10	16	9	11	15	12	.560
9	Oklahoma	.6526	5	10	1719	.5979	11	826	.5600	6	6	8	4	6	6	6	.800
10	Oregon	.6469	4	9	2036	.7082	9	933	.6325	11	15	6	12	13	9	10	.600
11	Kansas State	.5896	13	15	1362	.4737	15	671	.4549	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	.840
12	South Carolina	.5640	12	13	1511	.5256	13	806	.5464	10	11	12	13	8	8	11	.620
13	Georgia	.5189	14	12	1559	.5423	14	803	.5444	14	13	21	16	10	13	15	.470
14	Michigan State	.5017	15	11	1685	.5861	10	928	.6292	17	18	11	18	23	22	17	.290
15	Michigan	.3980	18	16	1164	.4049	16	618	.4190	15	12	17	11	22	23	16	.370
16	Wisconsin	.3939	17	14	1506	.5238	12	808	.5478	24	23	15	21	0	0	23	.110
17	Clemson	.3634	7	17	1128	.3923	17	587	.3980	16	19	14	17	20	21	18	.300
18	Baylor	.3230	22	20	616	.2143	20	302	.2047	13	14	19	15	7	7	13	.550
19	Penn State	.3055	21	18	943	.3280	19	455	.3085	18	16	20	14	21	24	19	.280
20	TCU	.3027	19	19	872	.3033	18	494	.3349	19	24	13	19	24	20	14	.270
21	Nebraska	.1485	16	21	442	.1537	22	165	.1119	21	20	18	20	25	0	21	.180
22	Notre Dame	.0945	NR	23	281	.0977	24	156	.1058	25	21	22	22	0	0	0	.080
23	Georgia Tech	.0873	NR	22	357	.1242	21	203	.1376	29	0	24	0	0	0	0	.000
24	Auburn	.0750	24	NR	94	.0327	NR	33	.0224	22	25	23	0	19	14	20	.170
25	Texas	.0746	23	NR	9	.0031	NR	1	.0007	20	17	0	23	16	17	25	.220

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College Football Rankings, Week 13: Georgia No. 13, Georgia Tech No. 25 In Latest AP Poll

The SEC is continues to dominate this week's edition of the AP top 25 poll. For only the second time in the poll's history, three teams from the same conference occupy the top three spots in the poll.

LSU remains unbeaten and at No. 1 in the AP poll. Alabama moves back up to No. 2 and is followed by conference mate Arkansas at No. 3. Stanford regains the No. 4 slot while Oklahoma State rounds out the top five.

The ACC's top team Virginia Tech occupies the No. 6 spot and is followed by Boise State, Houston, Oregon and USC to round out the top 10. SEC Eastern Division champ Georgia checks in at No. 13 just ahead of South Carolina. Clemson tumbles to No. 18 while Georgia Tech rounds out the poll at No. 25.

Here is a look at the full AP top 25 poll for Week 13:


	1	LSU
	2	Alabama
	3	Arkansas
	4	Stanford
	5	Oklahoma State
	6	Virginia Tech
	7	Boise State
	8	Houston
	9	Oregon
	10	USC
	11	Michigan State
	12	Oklahoma
	13	Georgia
	14	South Carolina
	15	Wisconsin
	16	Kansas State
	17	Michigan
	18	Clemson
	19	TCU
	20	Penn State
	21	Baylor
	22	Nebraska
	23	Notre Dame
	24	Virginia
	25	Georgia Tech

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NCAA Football Rankings Week 12: Georgia Bulldogs Continue To Win, Rise To No. 14 In Coaches Poll

With tough wins this Saturday, the Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 14 and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are ranked No. 21 in this week's coaches poll.

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Bowl Projections, Week 13: Georgia To Outback Bowl, Georgia Tech To Belk Bowl

Georgia is most likely looking at heading to the Outback Bowl, unless they can surprise the SEC West champion then they would make the Sugar Bowl. Georgia Tech is almost certainly locked into the Belk Bowl.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke Final Score: Jackets Outgun Blue Devils, 38-31

Let's be honest. The average Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fan doesn't really care about the game that precedes the Georgia Bulldogs game, while the average Duke Blue Devils fan doesn't really care about football games. So let's get through this quickly.

The Jackets outshot Duke, 38-31, to emerge from Wallace Wade Stadium with a victory and hang on to their respectable bowl standing. Tech moves to 8-3 on the year, an excellent mark for a team that was predicted to finish in the lower half of the Coastal Division.

Despite putting up 549 yards, almost 200 more than Duke, the Jackets turned the ball over twice and saw the Blue Devils match them pace-for-pace throughout much of the game. Tevin Washington is your offensive hero, putting up 136 yards rushing and 185 through the air.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke Halftime Update: 4 Rushing TDs Give Yellow Jackets 28-14 Lead

Georgia Tech is taking care of business in Wallace Wade Stadium as four rushing touchdowns has given Paul Johnson's bunch a 28-14 lead over the Duke Blue Devils in Durham, North Carolina.

Duke jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as Sean Renfree connected with Conner Vernon for a 15 yard touchdown. Then Georgia Tech responded with 3 consecutive touchdowns, 2 of which coming from the legs of David Sims. After a Renfree completed his second touchdown pass to Donovan Varner, cutting the lead to 21-14, Emery Peebles scored at the end of the first half for the two touchdown advantage.

Tevin Washington is leading the way for the Yellow Jackets, as his 139 passing yards and 67 rushing yards have been crucial to Georgia Tech keeping possession thus far.

Georgia Tech will receive the bail in the second half, with a win they'll move their record to 8-3 and position themselves for a better bowl game. The Champs Sports Bowl maybe?

@joshwgoodson: Champs Sports Bowl reps also in house for GaTech/Duke #wsfDuke

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke Odds Update: Line Moves To Yellow Jackets Being An 11-Point Favorite

The line on this matchup between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Duke Blue Devils opened up at 10 points, but since that opening line it has shifted further further in favor of Georgia Tech to 11 points, according to OddsShark.

It is somewhat surprising that the line is not more since From the Rumble Seat pointed at the numerous categories to where Duke is last in ACC play:

1. Rushing Offense - 95.67 Yards Per Game is the worst in conference play by almost 10 yards. Tech averages around 273 yards per ACC match in 2011.
2. Offensive Touchdowns - The Devils have only scored 13 touchdowns in 6 conference games as opposed to Clemson who has scored 32 in 7 games.
3. Interceptions - The Dukies have only picked off 2 passes in conference play.
4. Tackles for Loss - Duke is tied with BC with only 29 tackles for loss in 2011 against ACC teams.
5. Yards per Carry - Notice a theme? Duke is last in conference play in terms of yards per carry picking up only 3.07 yards per rush.

The one positive thing that Duke can take from those numbers is that Georgia Tech's defense is average in the ACC and that is probably the reason why Georgia Tech is not favored by more than the 11 that they already are.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke: TV Schedule, Radio Info And More

Georgia Tech is out of contention for the ACC Championship, having been eliminated from a potential Coastal Division title with a loss last Thursday to Virginia Tech. However, the Yellow Jackets could still claim another 10-win season by beating the Blue Devils on Saturday, followed by Georgia and a bowl opponent. If the Jackets won out, it would be their second 10-win campaign in three years, following 2009's Orange Bowl season.

Despite playing back-to-back opponents ranked in the Top 10 nationally, Tech's stats are still impressive: they're third in the country in rushing, third in pass efficiency, 8th in total penalties (fewest earned) and 20th in the nation in total offense. Duke is 3-7, despite leading or holding a tie with several conference opponents this season, such as last week when Virginia broke a 21-21 tie to win 31-21 in the fourth quarter.

Date, time: Saturday, November 19, 12:30 pm ET

Location: Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina

TV: The ACC Network

Radio: AM 790 The Zone, Sirius 94, XM 103

Streaming: ESPN3

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ACC Football Schedule: Virginia Trying To Keep Pace With Virginia Tech In Coastal Division

The Cavaliers still have a shot at the ACC Championship, if they can upset Florida State at home before next week's rivalry game against Virginia Tech. Clemson awaits the winner.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke Injuries: Orwin Smith Likely Out

Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson confirmed that A-back Orwin Smith is "probably out" for Saturday's gameagainst the Duke Blue Devils. Smith missed Wednesday's practice once again with an undisclosed injury that was suffered in the loss to Virginia Tech last Thursday.

If Smith is unable to go on Saturday then Embry Peeples is likely to get the start. Smith has quietly been one of the Yellow Jackets' most explosive weapons this season rushing for 570 yards on just 53 carries. Peebles had a big game against Virginia Tech rushing for 84 yards on just three carries. He has 330 yards and one touchdown on the season.

Smith finished with just 4 carries for 17 yards against Virginia Tech. His biggest game of the season came against Kansas where he piled up 157 yards rushing and 108 yards receiving including a 95 yard touchdown run.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke: Orwin Smith Injury Might Not Linger Until Saturday

Georgia Tech could be without A-back Orwin Smith after he suffered an undisclosed injury in the Yellow Jackets' loss to Virginia Tech.

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Georgia Tech Vs. Duke Odds: Yellow Jackets Open As 10 Point Favorites

Georgia Tech opens as a 10 point favorite this week against the Duke Blue Devils who are riding a five game losing streak.

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Georgia Tech's Jeremiah Attaochu Suspended For First Half Vs. Duke

In Georgia Tech's 37-26 loss versus the Virginia Tech Hokies, Yellow Jackets linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu's 15-yard personal foul on Logan Thomas proved to be costly, as he was flagged for punching Logan Thomas. The penalty was called on a key third-and-long and a stop would've given Tech the ball with the late lead.

Attaochu was consequently suspended by the team for a half-game for Saturday's ACC matchup between Georgia Tech and Duke in Durham, North Carolina.

Coach Paul Johnson responded to the controversial penalty on Monday:

@ZachKleinWSB Zach Klein
CPJ. "I did not see it (the punch) during the game. you have to pay a price when you mess up. It's out of character for him. He's embarassed."

Attaochu, who otherwise had an outstanding game (10 tackles, 2.5 TFL for seven yards lost), said that he had "an adrenaline overdose" and was "hacking at the ball." The schedule gods might have been fortunate to the Yellow Jackets since Duke is up next on the schedule, but Attaochu will have the officials eyes on him for the rest of the season.

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