An intriguing weekend across the Big East and ACC starts early with a pair of Friday night games with Champs Sports Bowl implications. All three of the conference leaders in the Big East - Cincinnati, Rutgers and West Virginia - all hit the road this week against league opponents. Tonight, the Scarlet Knights travel to Louisville and the Moun...

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Now that the first BCS standings have been released, it's time to start up one of our (ok, my) favorite games around the office: If The Season Ended Today. We're not PROJECTING the bowls; we're treating the current poll like the final one, so you can get a better idea of how the bowl process works.

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One week after Wake Forest shook up the ACC Atlantic division, the other side of the conference experienced some upheaval. Two upsets in the Coastal changed the face of the division race while the Atlantic returned (somewhat) to status quo. Meanwhile, the Big East remains in a sort of limbo as contenders continue to dance around each other.

ACC Results

Miami 30, UNC 24
Virginia 24, Georgia Tech 21
Virginia Tech 38, Wake Forest 17
Clemson 56, Maryland 45
Florida State 41, Duke 16

Big East Results

Utah 26, Pittsburgh 14
Rutgers 21, Navy 20
UConn 16, USF 10
Cincinnati 25, Louisville 16

What we learned:

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The first Bowl Championship Series standings of the season are released, and that takes us one step closer to Selection Sunday. There's still half a season to be played, but now bowl projections and possible pairings can be discussed without the Way Too Early prefix. Although really, anything prior to the last week of the season is still Too E...

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While we already have our first bowl-eligible teams after six weeks of play, there are far too many games left to be played to know what could be available to the Champs Sports Bowl in December. Our Team Selection Committee met on Monday to discuss the current state of our partner conference as we inch closer to Selection Sunday.

ACC Results

Wake Forest 35, Florida State 30
Virginia Tech 38, Miami 35
Georgia Tech 21, Maryland 16
Clemson 36, Boston College 14
UNC 14, Louisville 7
NC State 38, Central Michigan 24

Big East Results

West Virginia 43, UConn 16
Rutgers 34, Pittsburgh 10
Syracuse 37, Tulane 34

*Notre Dame 59, Air Force 33

What we learned:

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Both of our partner conferences are in the thick of league play this weekend as the championship races start to take shape. With current ACC division leaders Clemson (Atlantic) and Georgia Tech (Coastal) at home against Boston College and Maryland, respectively, a pair of games - Florida State at Wake Forest and Miami at Virginia Tech - are a...

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Week 5 was a light one for teams in the ACC and Big East, but the biggest games of the weekend might have an impact far beyond the teams playing in them. Our Champs Sports Bowl representatives have been on the road up and down the east coast meeting with fans and officials from our partner schools as we prepare for the second bowl season under the current conference pairings that give us the second team from the Big East (first after BCS) and the third team from the ACC (second after BCS).

Here are the big stories from last weekend and our most recent Team Selection Committee meeting:

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One week after Clemson's upset of preseason-No. 5 Florida State in Death Valley, the No. 15 Tigers take their high-octane offense on the road to meet another ACC power, No. 10 Virginia Tech. It's our Champs Sports Bowl Game of the Week and it tops the weekend slate of games in our partner conferences for the CSB.

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A collection of answers to questions you may ask occasionally (but not frequently): What Is This? The official (oooooh) blog of Florida Citrus Sports, specifically the Team Selection Committee and everything that goes into creating Orlando Bowl Week. What Is Orlando Bowl Week? Between December 26 and January 2, Orlando will host four el...

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Welcome to the new company blog for Florida Citrus Sports and our two biggest events, the Capital One Bowl and Champs Sports Bowl. Those two games - each matching top-tier teams from BCS conferences - are separated by just four days this season and they are the cornerstones for Orlando Bowl Week. We call Orlando Bowl Week "the best bowl trip i...

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