ACC Football Power Rankings, Week 12: Pitt, Wake Forest clear top two

In a Yahoo! college football writer Pete Thamel report, retirement could be looming for head coach David Cutcliffe. Here at headquarters, we have the Blue Devils building him a stature no matter what the ‘ol ball coach shouts.

Cutcliffe made football relevant for the first time since Spurrier at one of the premier basketball schools in the country. The Blue Devils look more like the doormats they used to be with their latest loss to Virginia Tech. It could be time for Cutcliffe to bow out gracefully.

Georgia Tech remaining patient with head coach Geoff Collins was part of Thamel’s report as well. Collins is 9-22 in three seasons in Atlanta with a real possibility of going 9-24 with games against No. 9 Notre Dame and Good, Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate against No. 1 Georgia.

There are two questions the Georgia Tech administration has to answer. Has Collins had enough time to turn the roster indeed he inherited over? Can Collins recruit to ‘Tech well enough to compete in the Coastal? The answers to those questions will seal Collin’s fate at Georgia Tech.

The Syracuse Orange had their doors blown off in maybe their most winnable game left on their schedule. The Louisville Cardinals were not very polite hosts, dominating the Orange 41-3. Syracuse plays No. 16 North Carolina State and #21 Pitt to end the season.

It could be a second 5-7 season in three seasons for head coach Dino Babers which might or might not put him on the hot seat depending on who you read. They have played better in defense of Babers and the  Orange, but a couple of questionable coaching decisions likely cost Syracuse two of their three one-point losses.