The ACC will be represented in the College Football Playoff, just maybe not by the usual suspects.

Carson Beck threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to offset three interceptions and No. 2 Georgia escaped “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” with a 34-20 victory over Florida.

Omarion Hampton had four touchdown runs and a 49-yard TD reception as North Carolina cruised to a 35-11 victory over Florida State on Saturday.

Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward threw for 400 yards and five more touchdown passes, three to Xavier Restrepo on a record-setting day for both of them, and No. 5 Miami erased a double-digit deficit for the third time this season to roll past Duke 53-31 and stay unbeaten.

Cam Ward passed for 208 yards and caught a touchdown pass, Damien Martinez ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns and No. 6 Miami remained unbeaten by beating rival Florida State 36-14 on Saturday night.

No. 11 BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns and added another on the ground to lead the Cougars to a 37-24 win over UCF.

No. 11 BYU is unbeaten but not taking anything for granted.

Rocco Becht scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard sneak with 30 seconds left, and Jontez Williams intercepted Jacurri Brown’s last pass to secure No. 9 Iowa State’s 38-35 comeback victory over UCF and allow the Cyclones to avoid a major upset.

Jadan Baugh ran for five touchdowns, tying the school record held by Tim Tebow and Trey Burton, and Florida dominated Kentucky 48-20 for its first victory in the annual series since 2020.

Ajay Allen followed Cam Ward’s fourth touchdown pass with a 2-yard, go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter, Damien Martinez added a 30-yard insurance TD run with 4:05 remaining and No. 6 Miami held off Louisville for a wild 52-45 victory.

Chandler Rivers scored on an interception return, Todd Pelino kicked three field goals and Duke beat Florida State for the first time in 23 all-time meetings, winning 23-16 on Friday night.

Florida coach Billy Napier says quarterback Graham Mertz will miss the remainder of the season because of a knee injury.

Dylan Sampson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.

Graham Mertz threw a touchdown pass, Montrell Johnson ran for a score and Florida held on to beat UCF 24-13 in the Swamp.

Cade Klubnik had 235 passing yards and threw touchdown passes to Antonio Williams and T.

UCF receiver Xavier Townsend and four teammates are redshirting and planning to enter the transfer portal.

UCF Football holds its weekly press conference, this week previewing the contest with the Florida Gators.

Head Coach Gus Malzahn and players talk at UCF football's weekly press conference looking ahead to Saturday's game versus Colorado.

Miami quarterback Cam Ward spent some time in offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson’s office earlier this week, going over the Hurricanes’ passing game and how things have worked through three games.

KJ Jefferson threw a 20-yard touchdown to Kobe Hudson with 36 seconds left as UCF overcame three blocked kicks and a three-TD deficit after halftime to beat TCU 35-34.

Backup quarterback Marcel Reed accounted for three touchdowns in his first collegiate start and Texas A&M dominated Florida 33-20 in what may have been coach Billy Napier’s final game with the Gators.

Cam Ward was dominant again, throwing for 346 yards and five touchdowns before getting subbed out early in the second half as No. 10 Miami piled up stats in a 62-0 win over Ball State on Saturday night.

RJ Harvey rushed for three of his four touchdowns in the first half to help power UCF to a 45-14 win over Sam Houston Saturday for its second straight win at home to start the season.

Highly touted freshman DJ Lagway threw for 456 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, and Florida beat lower-division Samford 45-7 to give embattled coach Billy Napier a brief reprieve following a season-opening debacle.

Embattled Florida coach Billy Napier clarified comments from earlier this week regarding “some guy in his basement” and called it a “terrible choice of words.”.

Florida expects to be without quarterback Graham Mertz against lower-division Samford on Saturday.

Florida State has fallen out of The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after starting the season 0-2.

UCF kicks off its second season in the Big 12 with a nonconference matchup against New Hampshire.

There’s little chance Florida will ever put together a schedule like this again.

Florida coach Billy Napier cracks jokes about his team’s inability to consistently get 11 men on the field last season.

For the first time in 11 years, millions of Americans will be popping a new college football video game into their consoles.

The Knights are coming off a 6-7 season in the first year in the Big 12 Conference.

EA Sports has revealed an image of the College Football 25 cover that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter.

Reggie Bush has been reinstated as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner more than a decade after Southern California returned the award.

The new starting quarterback for the UCF Knights was arrested in Arkansas Wednesday as part of a misdemeanor charge from last year.

Florida coach Billy Napier needed to make changes after back-to-back losing seasons.

In five days, Washington went from the precipice of its first national title in more than three decades to a football program in shambles.

Will Johnson, Mike Sainristil and No. 1 Michigan's smothering defense held Michael Penix Jr. and the prolific Washington offense to one touchdown in a 34-13 victory in the College Football Playoff national championship game.

Michigan looked like it would run away from Washington early in the College Football Playoff championship game.

The College Football Playoff championship is quite the stage for Washington and Michigan to get reacquainted with each other.

Carson Beck passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, backup QB Gunnar Stockton passed for two more scores and No. 6 Georgia routed previously undefeated and fourth-ranked Florida State 63-3 in the Orange Bowl in a matchup of teams missing out on the College Football Playoff.

Former Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna is heading to UAB in an attempt to resurrect his football career.

Florida State will hold a board of trustees meeting Friday and The Associated Press has confirmed that the future of the athletic department and its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference will be discussed.

The UCF Knights and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will clash in Tampa on Friday night in the 2023 Gasparilla Bowl.

The UCF Knights and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will clash in Tampa on Friday night in the 2023 Gasparilla Bowl.

Joey Aguilar threw for 211 yards and scored on an 8-yard run in the third quarter as Appalachian State beat Miami (Ohio) 13-9 on Saturday in the rain-soaked Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl.

Both Appalachian State and Miami (Ohio) overcame adversity to finish strong and reach their conference title games in the regular season.

The decision to exclude the Florida State Seminoles football team from this year’s College Football Playoffs was met with outrage across the internet and Florida and now the state attorney general is getting involved.

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels has won the Heisman Trophy in a decisive victory.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

UCF is set to take on Georgia Tech in the Union Home Gasparilla Bowl on Dec. 22 in Tampa.

Orlando will see three bowl match-up games as the college football season winds down.

The outrage over FSU’s historic snub from the College Football Playoff selection committee continues as U.S. Sen. Rick Scott spoke out on Monday.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Trey Benson ran for three touchdowns, including a 26-yarder on third down with less than three minutes to play, and No. 5 Florida State beat rival Florida 24-15 on Saturday night to extend its winning streak to 18.

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Tyler Van Dyke threw for two touchdowns and Henry Parrish Jr. ran for 111 yards and a pair of scores to lead Miami to a 45-20 victory over Boston College and snap the Hurricanes’ three-game losing streak.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Fourth-ranked Florida State lost star quarterback Jordan Travis to a leg injury in the first quarter, yet rallied behind backup Tate Rodemaker and beat North Alabama 58-13 on Saturday night.

Tahj Brooks ran for a career-high 182 yards while powering a game-clinching drive after E’Maurion Banks blocked a potential tying extra-point kick, and Texas Tech rallied for a 24-23 victory over UCF.

Terrell Jennings had 62 yards rushing and two touchdowns, Jaquez Yant ran for a TD and Florida A&M beat Bethune-Cookman 24-7 Saturday in the regular season finale for both teams at the Florida Classic.

The Bethune Cookman Wildcats and the Florida A&M Rattlers are set to go head to head over the weekend during the annual Florida Classic, but as events are going on small businesses say this is their time to shine.

No. 4 Florida State plays its final home game this season against North Alabama

Florida travels to Missouri for the final road game this year.

Miami gears up for the final home game of the season against Louisville.

Both UCF and Texas Tech come into Saturday's matchup with a chance to claim bowl eligibility.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Georgia extended its streak of weeks being top-ranked in the AP Top 25 to 22, giving the Bulldogs the second-longest run of being No. 1 in the history of the college football poll.

Jayden Daniels accounted for 606 total yards and five touchdowns and No. 18 LSU defeated Florida 52-35.

Trey Benson ran for two touchdowns, Keon Coleman hauled in a score and No. 4 Florida State held off rival Miami 27-20 on Saturday to maintain its hold on a College Football Playoff berth.

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UCF hosts its first ranked opponent this season, No. 15 Oklahoma State, in the annual Space Game.

Bitter rivals Florida State and Miami meet in Tallahassee.

When the college football bowl season begins in December, the NCAA is going to give it a shot.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Southern California dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in more than two years and Oklahoma State vaulted into the rankings for the first time this year at No. 15.

RJ Harvey rushed for three scores and John Rhys Plumlee ran for another as UCF outlasted Cincinnati 28-26 to secure its first win in Big 12 Conference play.

Jordan Travis ran for a touchdown and threw for another and No. 4 Florida State clinched a spot in the ACC Championship game with a 24-7 win over Pittsburgh.

KJ Jefferson connected with Tyrone Broden for a 4-yard score in overtime that lifted Arkansas to a 39-36 victory at Florida, ending a six-game skid for the Razorbacks and giving them their first win in the Swamp in six tries.

Former AAC foes UCF and Cincinnati hope to earn the first Big 12 win in a Saturday afternoon showdown.

For the first time in school history, the Florida Gators will wear all-black uniforms when hosting Arkansas on Saturday.

There is mounting pressure on Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti to discipline Michigan and coach Jim Harbaugh for a sign-stealing scheme.

The Big 12 released four years of football opponents for its newly expanded 16-team conference, including a yearly BYU-Utah game.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Oklahoma dropped four spots to No. 10 after being upset by Kansas, the top five teams held their places and the Jayhawks and rival Kansas State both entered The Associated Press college football poll.

Mark Fletcher had an 11-yard touchdown run to end overtime, and Miami rallied to beat Virginia 29-26 on Saturday to become bowl-eligible.

Carson Beck threw two touchdown passes in his hometown, Daijun Edwards ran for two scores and No. 1 Georgia dominated Florida 43-20 to extend its winning streak to 25.

Garrett Greene ran for three touchdowns, West Virginia’s defense forced four turnovers, including two interceptions from cornerback Beanie Bishop Jr., to slow down the high-powered UCF offense and the Mountaineers beat the Knights 41-28.

Keon Coleman needed only one arm to snag one of his two touchdown catches that helped No. 4 Florida State beat Wake Forest 41-16 on Saturday.

Miami hosts Virginia in an ACC game during homecoming weekend.

UCF returns home to host West Virginia during homecoming weekend.

Two SEC titans return to Jacksonville on Saturday in the annual Florida-Georgia game.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in The Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings.

Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke was ruled out Saturday game against Clemson.

Dillon Gabriel passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns against his former team, Oklahoma stopped a two-point conversion attempt in the closing minutes and the sixth-ranked Sooners held on to beat UCF 31-29.

UCF comes off the bye week with a date with Oklahoma in Norman, OK, on Saturday.

Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel looks forward to facing his former school.

The four newcomers in the Big 12 are off to a bad start.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.