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.

The Blue Devils created takeaways and stifled a Virginia offense that handled them a few weeks ago en route to a conference title.

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.*

The SEC won 13-of-16 games against the ACC last week. Texas again tops Mitchell Northam’s AP Top 25 ballot.

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King, Miami defensive end Rueben Bain Jr., and Virginia coach Tony Elliott won top individual honors from The Associated Press for the 2025 season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

LAS VEGAS -- Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark publicly backed his ACC counterpart Tuesday after Notre Dame's athletics director tore into the league over the Irish being left out of the College Football Playoff.

Duke’s 10-game streak to open the season is highly impressive.