ACC Best Bets: Week 5 of the 2024 College Football Season
TJ Inman
Host · Writer
The 2024 college football season is well underway and we are now getting into the thick of conference play. Miami has established itself as the clear favorite in the ACC, but the race is on for bowl eligibility and for the second spot in the ACC Championship Game. This is a huge week for Louisville as they travel to South Bend to play the Fighting Irish and Stanford will try to build on the momentum from their upset of Syracuse with a trip to Death Valley to play the red-hot Clemson Tigers.
Let’s begin with a complete list of the games involving ACC squads and then dive into a couple of our favorite bets for Week 4.
| Virginia Tech at Miami (-18.5) | Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN |
| Western Kentucky at Boston College (-12.5) | Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET on ACCN |
| Holy Cross at Syracuse (-26.5) | Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET on ACCNX |
| Northern Illinois at North Carolina State (-6.5) | Saturday at Noon on The CW |
| Louisville at Notre Dame (-6.5) | Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on Peacock |
| Louisiana at Wake Forest (-3.5) | Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ACCN |
| North Carolina at Duke (-2.5) | Saturday at 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2 |
| Stanford at Clemson (-21.5) | Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN |
| Florida State at SMU (-5.5) | Saturday at 8:00 ET on ACCN |
ACC Best Bets
Virginia Tech at Miami (-18.5)
The SportsGrid model loves the Hokies in this Friday night matchup in Coral Gables. Virginia Tech is just 2-2 and has been a disappointment thus far in the 2024 season. They have wins over Marshall and Old Dominion but a loss last week at home to Rutgers really sinks any hopes of the Hokies reaching the level fans had hoped for in the preseason. Miami is cruising and looking like a legitimate national title contender and Cam Ward will likely relish the opportunity on national television on Friday night.
The Hurricanes are projected to comfortably win the contest but the SportsGrid model has five-star projections on two different plays in this game. The model has Virginia Tech covering and keeping the deficit to 16 points as well as this game going over the posted total of 55.5 points with a projected total of 58.3 points. The likely game script would be Cam Ward exploding early and then Virginia Tech pushing the game over the total and getting a backdoor cover with a late score or two.
Northern Illinois (+6.5) at North Carolina State
What has North Carolina State shown anyone that would make you comfortable to grab the Wolfpack as favorites? North Carolina State trailed Clemson 28-0 after the first quarter and needed three late scores against walk-ons and backups just to avoid losing by 40+ last week. Getting blown out by Tennessee and Clemson are one thing, struggling to beat Louisiana Tech and Western Carolina are another.
Northern Illinois lost to Buffalo but they have shown they can hang with Power Five competition and they will not be intimidated in Raleigh. The SportsGrid model has the Huskies losing by only 4 points and a five-star projection on this game to go over the projected total of 46.5.
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