Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference:

Game of the week

N.C. State (4-2) at No. 16 Notre Dame (3-2), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)

This game is part of the football independent Fighting Irish’s annual scheduling partnership with the ACC, so it doesn’t matter in the league race. But Notre Dame needs to keep winning to build its College Football Playoff case after close losses to Miami and Texas A&M .

Then there’s the Wolfpack, who started 3-0 before losing back-to-back games against Duke and Virginia Tech — led by an interim coach — before last weekend’s win against Campbell . This is the start of a tough second half of the schedule for N.C. State, which has games ahead with No. 2 Miami, No. 13 Georgia Tech and No. 25 Florida State as it pushes towar

See Full Page