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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-24 · by Aaron Beard The Associated Press
This article highlights key ACC football matchups for Week 4, featuring No. 16 Louisville hosting Wake Forest, where both teams are vying to establish their standings in the conference. The Cardinals look to build momentum after a strong performance against SMU and a challenging loss to Mississippi, while Wake Forest faces its first real test following a loss to Miami. Additional games include Clemson's trip to California and Appalachian State's visit to North Carolina State. Notable individual performances are also mentioned, such as Duke running back Nate Sheppard leading the nation in rushing yards and touchdowns, and Miami quarterback Darian Mensah setting ACC records with his impressive accuracy.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-24,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Saturday, Wake Forest upset No. 16 Louisville in a closely contested match, winning 30-27. Quarterback Gio Lopez threw for 225 yards and a touchdown, while wide receiver Carlos Hernandez caught nine passes for 194 yards. Running back Ty Clark III contributed with two touchdowns and 91 rushing yards. Despite playing without key defensive players, Louisville rallied late but ultimately fell short. The game marked Wake Forest's first conference win of the season, improving their record to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in ACC play, while Louisville dropped to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference.
Written for “College Football Matchup” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Game of the week
Wake Forest (2-1, 0-1 ACC) at No. 16 Louisville (2-1, 1-0), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN)
The Cardinals won the battle of teams projected to be top contenders to preseason ACC favorite Miami, beating a ranked SMU team 41-31 at home last week.
asserted
Cardinals → win → home
And their only loss came in a shootout against now-No. 4 Mississippi.
asserted
loss → come → Mississippi
So Jeff Brohm’s team has a chance to stack wins and push for a bid to the 12-team College Football Playoff.
asserted
team → have → Playoff
Now comes a visit from the Demon Deacons, coming off a 33-20 loss to the Hurricanes.
asserted
visit → come → Hurricanes
Wake Forest’s offense has been strong with North Carolina transfer Gio Lopez at quarterback, while Jake Dickert has led Wake Forest to 11 wins in 16 games as a second-year coach.
asserted
Dickert → lead → coach
The undercard
Clemson (2-1, 1-0) at California (2-1, 1-0), Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
The Tigers had been a mess through a blowout loss at LSU and an ugly win against Georgia Southern, though they found some hope after rallying to beat North Carolina at home.
asserted
they → find → home
Now comes the Tigers’ first cross-country league trip since the league’s expansion for the 2024 season.
asserted
trip → come → season
The Golden Bears are still leaning on a rising quarterback in sophomore Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (seven TD throws, two interceptions).
asserted
Bears → lean → Sagapolutele
Dave Doeren’s Wolfpack will have to regroup from a shocking last-second loss at Vanderbilt on a fumble in the end zone.
asserted
Wolfpack → have → zone
The Mountaineers have won their last two games against instate foes (at East Carolina, home against Charlotte) by a combined eight points.
asserted
Mountaineers → win → points
The sophomore has been nothing short of superb to start the season as the focal point of the offense for the reigning ACC champs.
asserted
sophomore → start → champs
He enters the week averaging a national-best 176.0 yards rushing — 23.3 more than the No. 2 rusher — and tied for the Bowl Subdivision lead with eight total TDs.
asserted
He → enter → TDs
Sheppard has amassed at least 156 yards of total offense in each game and faces a Championship Subdivision foe Saturday in William & Mary, which just allowed Fordham to rack up 428 yards on the ground.
asserted
Fordham → amass → ground
The Duke transfer has been elite for the sixth-ranked Hurricanes entering Saturday’s visit from Central Michigan.
asserted
transfer → rank → Michigan
He has more touchdown passes (11) than incompletions (eight) through three games just set ACC records for consecutive completions in the Wake Forest win.
asserted
He → have → win
Inside the numbers
Mensah leads the country in completion percentage (.899) by completing 71 of 79 passes, while top receiver Malachi Toney is No. 2 in receiving yards (148.0). ...
asserted
Toney → lead → yards
The ACC has three teams in the AP Top 25.
asserted
ACC → have → Top
The list includes No. 22 SMU, which tries to regroup from a loss to Louisville when it hosts Missouri State.
asserted
it → include → State
... Georgia Tech visits Stanford on Saturday, joining Clemson as the last two teams to travel across all four time zones in the continental U.S. for a league game.
asserted
Tech → visit → game
... Virginia Tech visits Boston College on Saturday with the league’s No. 2 scoring offense (50.7) and No. 4 total offense (493.3).
asserted
Tech → visit → offense
... UNC and Syracuse have open weeks.
asserted
UNC → have → weeks
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