For some off-season football reading, we want to look at the ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference wins of the 2020s. Unfortunately this is going to be a pretty unimpressive list especially with the lack of OOC games in the first year of the decade, and an 0-6 bowl record. Let’s hope the list improves as the decade continues.
For the previous decade we ranked the ACC’s 50 biggest OOC wins of the 2010s. They were some great wins there. That’s for sure.
1. NC State 15 #21 Liberty 14 – November 21, 2020
This was the one win by an ACC team that was a legitimately strong OOC win, and it was pulled off by NC State. Liberty finished the year 10-1 with a final ranking in the top 25 of both major polls, and had wins over Syracuse, Virginia Tech, and a top 15 Coastal Carolina team. It was stellar defensive performance by the Wolfpack while playing their back up QB Baily Hockman. This was a quality win that NC State fans can take pride in.
2. Miami 35 UAB 14- September 12, 2020
Miami 35 – 14 UAB was the only other OOC worth even nothing for 2020. UAB was a decent team that went 6-3 (3-1) in Conference USA and made that conference’s Championship game. Miami took care of business in this one, but let’s hope this game doesn’t remain high on the list of ACC OOC wins over the next few years.
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There were a few other OOC wins last year, but none worthy of even talking about. If the ACC wants the narrative to change, those OOC wins are where they need to begin. In the middle of the last decade the ACC pulled it’s way up to respectability with those type of big wins, only to fall back again. These OOC wins need to look a lot better at the end of next year.
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