Preview the Week 9 NCAA football matchup between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Syracuse Orange with best bets, picks, predictions and more.

SMU's visit to Wake Forest and No. 7 Georgia Tech's home game against Syracuse headline this week's slate in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Georgia Tech has risen to No. 7 in the AP poll after their win over Duke on Saturday and the Yellow Jackets continue to inch closer to a spot in the ACC Champio

Georgia Tech being in the mix for an ACC title game appearance is not a huge break from preseason expectations, but the rest of the competition certainly does not fall in line with how experts viewed the conference coming into the year.

The Duke Blue Devils have their own red-zone mistakes to blame as they suffered a difficult 27-18 loss to Georgia Tech.