The win marked Duke's first league title since it split one with the Cavaliers in 1989 before the establishment of the ACC Championship Game. Virginia (10-3) was also seeking its first-ever conference championship game victory but couldn't overcome a barrage of clutch plays from the Blue Devils.

Since the basketball team is off for the week and the football team doesn’t play until 2026, I figured we could fill the time by looking at the ACC bowl slate and just make a quick prediction on the outcome of each game.

Better late than never, the Duke defense finally showed up. The timing just so happened to be in the ACC Championship in Charlotte, facing an offense that deton

11 teams, plus Notre Dame, are bowl eligible. Cal is obligated to be placed in a Pac-12-affiliated bowl and have already accepted a bid to the Hawaii Bowl. See the ACC bowl tie-ins and affiliations below: *NOTE: Notre Dame, if not in the CFP, can be selected by any of the bowls with ACC tie-ins.*

Duke has won its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962 and thrown the College Football Playoff into chaos.

Last week was another rough one for the ACC in women’s college basketball. For the third consecutive season, the conference went head-to-head with the SEC in the annual SEC-ACC Challenge. And for a second straight year, the SEC won the majority of those matchups, this time taking 13-of-16 games.