The Duke Blue Devils are playing a football game in front of a national audience next weekend.
The ACC announced its Week 10 football coverage schedule on Saturday night, and Duke will play the undefeated Miami Hurricanes on ABC at noon Eastern time on November 2.
If Saturday night’s overtime loss to the SMU Mustangs had gone a different way, next week’s game could have been one of the most impactful on the schedule. If not for a blocked kick on the final play of regulation, Duke would have entered Week 10 with a 7-1 record and a chance to put themselves in position for a conference championship appearance.
Even still, the Blue Devils could throw the ACC race and College Football Playoff picture into chaos with an upset of the 8-0 Hurricanes. Miami rolled to a 36-14 victory over the Florida State Seminoles in Week 9, but it trailed California and Virginia Tech by multiple scores in the second half over its past four games.
Duke football coach Manny Diaz coached the Hurricanes from 2019-21. He finished with a 21-15 record, but Miami fired him after just three seasons to pursue current head coach Mario Cristobal.