BRONCO MENDENHALL

After five years at Virginia, the veteran quarterback announced Saturday that he will play his final season of college football at NC State. At NC State, Armstrong will reunite with Robert Anae, his offensive coordinator for his first four years at Virginia. Anae spent the 2022 season as the offensive coordinator at Syracuse before being hired by NC State last month. NC State went 8-5 this season despite having to start four different quarterbacks over the course of the season. He helped NC State beat North Carolina, but struggled in losses to Louisville and Maryland in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

The Fenway Bowl and Military Bowl have been canceled due to the pandemic as coronavirus outbreaks at Virginia and Boston College forced them to call off their postseason plans.

Virginia has hired Tony Elliott as the Cavaliers next football coach. Virginia will introduce the longtime Clemson offensive at a news conference next week. A recipient of the prestigious Frank Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in college football in 2017, Elliott oversaw an offense led by future No. They also dropped out of the Top 25 and missed the College Football Playoff for the first time in seven seasons. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://apnews.com/cfbtop25Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Mendenhall will coach the Cavaliers in their bowl game, then abruptly end a six-year tenure during which “earned, not given” became a mantra for the program, and an upward trajectory slowed considerably the last two years. Mendenhall is 36-38 at Virginia and led the Cavaliers to four bowl appearances their only Atlantic Coast Conference title game appearance two years ago. Mendenhall came to Virginia after 11 seasons as coach at BYU. ___AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo and AP Sports Writer Pete Iacobelli contributed to this report. Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://apnews.com/cfbtop25Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is stepping down after the Cavaliers play their bowl game.

North Carolina Pittsburgh Football Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett throws a pass against North Carolina during the second half of an NCAA college football game Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has Kenny Pickett, who vaulted himself into the Heisman Trophy conversation with 32 touchdown passes this season. The All-ACC selections, which are expected to be announced early next month, have a first team, a second team and a third team. “It comes down to the senior leadership, Kenny Pickett leadership,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. Uiagalelei and Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec also got preseason ACC player of the year votes.

Dontayvion Wicks had a circus catch for a touchdown, Brennan Armstrong passed for 268 yards and Virginia added to Miami’s struggles by beating the Hurricanes 30-28.

There’s no question who Virginia will start at quarterback. That’s not the case with Miami.

Atlantic Coast Conference teams have some work to do when they step up in competition and play football programs from other Power Five leagues. Through two weeks of the season, some ACC teams have expectedly dominated lower division programs, but the ACC is just 2-6 against Power Five teams — and Notre Dame. The ACC can improve on its .250 winning percentage — and the perception that No. Now, there is more emphasis on early season matchups, adding credibility to rankings produced more on projection that performance. “And yes, we’re becoming more and more aware (of) early season games.

Teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference have some work to do to back assertions that they can play with anybody.

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CLEMSON, S.C. – Trevor Lawrence was happy with Clemson's win over Virginia. Lawrence threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns as Clemson opened 3-0 for the sixth straight year with a 41-23 victory over the Cavaliers on Saturday night. However, like so often the past few years when pressed, Clemson and Lawrence found what it took to succeed. Rodgers had two TD catches in the final six minutes of the opening half to give Clemson a 24-3 lead that Virginia could not overcome. That's when Lawrence found Etienne for a final scoring throw to restore Clemson's momentum.