Things to watch this week in the Atlantic Coast Conference:

Game of the week

SMU (5-2, 3-0 ACC) at Wake Forest (4-2, 1-2), Saturday, noon ET (The CW)

The Mustangs are coming off a win at Clemson and have yet to lose a regular-season league game going back to last year’s 8-0 debut run. That has them sitting alongside No. 7 Georgia Tech and No. 16 Virginia as unbeaten teams in ACC play.

This game didn’t look as interesting before the season, when the Demon Deacons were picked 16th in the league in their first season under Jake Dickert . But they’ve shown steady gains since their opener and had a chance to beat the Yellow Jackets with a final-play 2-point conversion in overtime . Since that loss, Wake Forest has scored 69 points in wins at Virginia Tech and Oregon State.

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