WEEK 3 PREVIEW BEST GAME

No. 17 Miami at No. 18 Louisville: The only game matching ranked teams on the schedule gets the primetime treatment from ESPN. The Hurricanes unleashed a powerful running game in the debut of Houston grad transfer D'Eriq King last week, going for 337 yards on the ground in a win over UAB. Louisville's Micale Cunningham flashed star potential after taking over last season for the Cardinals and then threw for 343 yards and three scores in an opening win over Western Kentucky. Both teams have ACC title game aspirations. The winner gets to feel as if those are legitimate.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

3 — Wake Forest's winning streak against North Carolina State. The Demon Deacons opened by getting thumped last week by Clemson. They try to turn it around against an ACC rival they have owned lately.

Wake last won four straight against the Wolfpack in the 1950s.

7 — The total margin in No. 14 UCF's three losses last year. The Knights “fell off” to 10-3 season, but with a little better luck it could have been another year of debating whether UCF deserved to be in the playoff race. The Knights open with Georgia Tech on Saturday.

16 — Number of major college football games that have been postponed or canceled since Aug. 26 after two more were wiped off Saturday's schedule because of COVID-19 issues. Houston-Baylor had to be called off because Baylor did not have enough players in a position group to meet the Big 12's minimums to compete. That game was scheduled only six days ago after both teams had previous games postponed. FAU at Georgia Southern also was postponed because of positive tests among Florida Atlantic's players.