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The Tar Heels (5-0, 2-0 ACC) are off to their best start since winning the first eight games in 1997, which was the final year in coach Mack Brown's first tenure in Chapel Hill before leaving for Texas. The Tar Heels, led by star quarterback Drake Maye, are coming off probably their most complete performance in a romp against Syracuse. Now they’re hosting the Hurricanes (4-1, 0-1), who are coming off a crushing last-second home loss to Georgia Tech.

Line: Louisville by 7½, according to FanDuel.com Sportsbook. The Cardinals are in the midst of a quick turnaround under first-year coach Jeff Brohm. Louisville's resume already includes a tough road win at N.C. State and an impressive upset of Notre Dame last week that sent the Cardinals rocketing up the polls.

The Blue Devils are coming out of an open week still chasing a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. But they're coming off their first loss overall to Notre Dame that included dual-threat quarterback Riley Leonard suffering an ankle injury in the final minute. For the Wolfpack, coach Dave Doeren got the spark he was looking for with a quarterback change before last week's win against Marshall — and he's hoping that can continue as N.C. State tries to reb...

Skye Barnes' mother says her daughter's course load at North Carolina State University contributed to her death from an ibuprofen overdose.

North Carolina State changed its starting quarterback to find a spark. A similar decision might be one of necessity for No. 17 Duke. The Blue Devils host the Wolfpack on Saturday night coming off an open date that gave them time to regroup from a loss to Notre Dame, which included quarterback Riley Leonard going down with a late ankle injury.

Jeff Brohm prepared Louisville to be successful. Now comes perhaps the far trickier part for the 14th-ranked Cardinals (6-0, 3-0 ACC): figuring out how to handle it. Fresh off a cathartic and impressive upset of Notre Dame, Louisville visits struggling Pittsburgh (1-4, 0-2) on Saturday hoping to avoid the kind of letdowns that the teams Brohm coached at Purdue experienced.

Special teams has been the most consistent phase for NC State this season. Julian Gray and Jalen Coit deserve a lot of credit for putting the Wolfpack in a position to succeed.

Skye Barnes' mother says her daughter's course load at North Carolina State University contributed to her death from an ibuprofen overdose.

The fair kicks off Thursday, Oct. 12 in Raleigh. Here’s everything you need to know before you go.

Louisville’s quick start is ironic considering it hasn’t always started quickly. Three second-half comebacks have helped the No. 14 Cardinals (6-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) achieve their best start in 10 years, with Saturday night’s 33-20 victory over then-No. 10 Notre Dame being the latest rally. Granted, a 13-10 deficit was significantly easier to overcome compared to double-digit holes against Georgia Tech and North Carolina State; but it spoke volumes about their...