Duke upsets Virginia in overtime to claim ACC title, possibly shaking up CFP picture
Duke sent the College Football Playoff picture into uncertainty with a stunning overtime win on Saturday The Blue Devils won their first outright ACC championship since with a - triumph over Virginia Duke quarterback Darian Mensah connected with tight end Jeremiah Hasley for a -yard touchdown on a fourth-down play in overtime in what would be the deciding result CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMVirginia quarterback Chandler Morris was intercepted by Duke's Luke Mergott on the Cavaliers first offensive play of overtime Duke last won a share of the ACC regular-season title in sharing it with Virginia in Steve Spurrier s final season as the Blue Devils coach The conference championship competition was created in and Duke got there this year thanks to a five-team tiebreaker NOTRE DAME'S MARCUS FREEMAN MAKES INCIDENT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Virginia the ACC regular-season champion would have reached the CFP for the first time in school history with a success While Duke is still unlikely to make the playoff field the win opens the door for a second Group of Five company likely James Madison to sneak in JMU alums Ben Overby and James Turner were even at the challenge to assistance Duke Nothing against UVA Turner reported excitedly but we re just here to backing Duke ACC commissioner Jim Phillips argued this week that his league deserved two bids one for No Miami as the league s highest-ranked company the other for the Duke-Virginia winner as the league s champion The Associated Press contributed to this assessment Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
