Another L for the ACC
Maryland's 31-14 home defeat at the hands of an outstanding West Virginia club means ACC teams have dropped their past nine games against ranked non-conference opposition. The league was 0-5 last year and has been outscored 150-51 in four such outings in 2007. We grant that the opposition has been rather stout -- Virginia Tech at No. 2 LSU, Miami at No. 5 Oklahoma and the Terrapins against No. 4 WVU among the games -- but getting tripled up on the scoreboard? Is this really what boosters have been paying for in facilities upgrades in recent years?
An interesting factoid here: In the past decade, Maryland has played only five games against ranked competition outside the ACC, and West Virginia accounts for four of the five. The other was against Notre Dame in 2002.