After a week of ACC play that included several upsets, the Pitt Panthers have the opportunity to surpass expectations.

Pitt football's second wind continued to blow on homecoming weekend at Acrisure Stadium. Despite some critical losses on defense, Pitt (6-2, 4-1 ACC) soundly defeated NC State (4-4, 1-3)

Stanford football kept pace against No. 9 Miami in the first half, but turnovers in the second half blew the game open in the 42-7 loss.

SP+ predicts that Miami will defeat Louisville by a projected score of 32 to 24 and will win the game by an expected margin of 7.9 points. The model gives the Hurricanes a solid 69 percent chance of outright victory.

The No. 7 Yellow Jackets (8-1, 5-1 ACC) also are no longer in first place in the ACC standings after the loss, falling behind No. 15 Virginia (8-1, 5-0), who defeated California 31-21 to move to 5-0 in conference play this season.

Pittsburgh football coach Pat Narduzzi's bold move to start freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel paid off beautifully.