The North Carolina Tar Heels were officially eliminated from bowl eligibility after falling to the Duke Blue Devils 32-25 on Saturday. It was the offense's best performance of the season, but in the end, costly penalties and multiple sacks taken in the final minutes of the game cost the Tar Heels.

Even the two ACC teams that didn’t play in the ACC/SEC Challenge had their troubles Wednesday. Wake Forest was hoping for its first 10-0 start since 2008-09, only to fall behind by 25 at home before losing to William & Mary (3-4), while Quinnipiac (4-3) won at Boston College by 27 points.

Manny Diaz’s Blue Devils secured bowl eligibility with a win over North Carolina. UNC will likely miss the postseason for the first time since 2018.

Kara Lawson’s push to build a championship program at Duke reached her goal in Year 5 while the Blue Devils got within a game of the Final Four, too. The Blue Devils’ neighbors in the 919 area code — N.C. State and North Carolina — weren’t far ...