Georgia Tech’s Five best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s through 2017

Recently we reviewed the ACC’s best 25 OOC wins of the decade so far.  Some really good wins got left off the list, so I decided for a little off-season reading to give you the best five OOC wins for each ACC team so far this decade

Click below for each ACC team

Virginia Tech | Duke | UNC | Virginia | Miami | Pittsburgh | Louisville | Clemson | Wake Forest | Florida State | Boston College | Syracuse | NC State

1. #12 Georgia Tech 49 #7 Mississippi St. 34 – December 31, 2014 (#6 on ACC Top 25 OOC Win List of Decade) 

This game was significant in so many ways. It proved Paul Johnson’s Triple Option could succeed even if the opponent had weeks to prepare, and it lifted Georgia Tech to a top 10 finish in the 2014 season. The win was part of a series of SEC West losses where each ranked SEC West team lost it’s bowl game proving the best football teams in the country could now play and defeat the best teams the SEC had to offer. Mississippi State spent several weeks ranked #1, but were no match for the Yellow Jackets in this Orange Bowl game. This Georgia Tech team is the best non-FSU/Clemson ACC team of the decade so far.

2. #16 Georgia Tech  30 #9 Georgia 24  – November 29, 2014 (#9 on ACC Top 25 OOC Win List of Decade) 

Georgia entered this week as a darkhorse to make the college football playoff. Missouri winning the SEC East effectively ended the Bulldogs playoff chances, but you can see how well UGA was regarded. Georgia Tech hadn’t beat Georgia since 2008, but this win gave the Yellow Jackets a chance at a truly great season. Add in the fact the ACC went 4-0 against the SEC in rivalry games, with this being the crowning jewel of that weekend and this win makes our top 10 best OOC wins of the decade.

3. Georgia Tech 21 USC 7 – December 31, 2012

Yes you can argue that USC was a team in total disarray by the time the Sun Bowl rolled around, but the fact remains the Trojans opened the season ranked #1 in the country and had a roster filled with future NFLers. Georgia Tech’s win shocked many across the nation, and was part of a 4-2 ACC Bowl record that year – the conference’s first winning bowl record since 2005.

4. Georgia Tech 28 Georgia 27 – November 26, 2016

For Georgia Tech winning in Athens is always special. Back in 2016, Georgia Tech won it’s 2nd game in a row at Georgia for the first time since the 1998, 2000 seasons. Qua Searcy leapt into the endzone on a broken play in the last minute as the Yellow Jackets rallied down 13 in the 4th quarter in front of a stunned Bulldog crowd.

5. Georgia Tech 33 Kentucky 18 – December 31, 2016

Part of the ACC being the nation’s #1 football conference in 2016 was the 9-3 bowl record. Georgia Tech was part of that with a 33-18 win over Kentucky in the Tax Slayer Bowl. Georgia Tech was 3-0 against the SEC East in 2016, and had a fine 9-4 season. Following a 3-9 2015, it was nice comeback year for Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech culminated by this bowl victory.

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