CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Duke defensive end Wesley Williams said he heard the refrain throughout the run-up to Saturday's ACC championship game: A Blue Devils win would be "a doomsday scenario."

At 7-5 and unranked, Duke arrived in Charlotte with a chance to win the conference and, in doing so, knock the ACC out of the College Football Playoff entirely, with two teams from the Group of 5 -- Tulane and James Madison -- potentially making it instead.

Well, doomsday has arrived, thanks to a series of fourth-down calls by Duke coach Manny Diaz, including one in overtime that resulted in the game-deciding touchdown in a 27-20 Blue Devils victory over No. 17 Virginia .

"Coach Diaz said this week, 'If you think people hate Duke now, just wait until we win the ACC,'" Williams said.

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