ACC Football Power Rankings, Week 4: Virginia on top of Coastal division

Week 3 was eventful to say the least in ACC football. How did it affect the latest edition of our power rankings? See who’s behind Clemson.

In this episode of As the ACC Turns, a conference game turns into a non-conference game, the Eagles get routed by a team that lost to the mythical roosters the week before, the Hokies play around with Furman and karma strikes in Atlanta. This and more in As the ACC Turns.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels in the most entertaining conference game of the week except, it wasn’t a conference game. The Demon Deacons and the Tarheels have found a cost-effective way to play each other more often, but get no conference credit for the game. Completely ridiculous they have to do it, but a genius solution nonetheless.

Boston College invite the Kansas Jayhawks to Chestnut Hill, and proceed to get routed 48-24. This one seemed to be a shootout after the first half, but I guess no one told the Eagles to keep scoring points since they were shout out int he second half. By the way, the Jayhawks managed seven points against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers the week before. If you didn’t know a Chanticleer is a rooster in fantasy and mythical stories — so there’s that.

Virginia Tech is the most confusing team in the ACC. It took a second half surge to defeat Furman. I had no idea the Paladins moved to the Power Five, maybe because they didn’t, and they aren’t even an FCS juggernaut. I have no words for this game other than lack of motivation.

Most comically, karma told the Yellow Jackets you live by the triple-option, you die by the triple-option after the Citadel Bulldogs kept, fed and pitched their way to a 27-24 overtime upset.

So, with all due respect to the “Textile Bowl” aka “The rivalry that really ain’t” and non-conference conference games, here are your power rankings heading into Week 4.