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Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 14 • Georgia Tech 45, Georgia 42. Way back in September, Virginia Tech took advantage of three Georgia Tech turnovers to win a game it may not have "deserved" to win, 20-17. So three months later, as Georgia Tech's "quirky" offense rolled up 86 points and 882 yards rushing in consecutive wins over Miami and Georgia, the Hokies had the luxury of just doing what they do; specifically, surviving lackluster offensive performances against the two worst teams in the conference, Duke and Virginia, to wrap up another division championship. Georgia Tech has a better overall record (9-3 to VT's 8-4), will be ranked higher than the Hokies for the third week in a row, just earned the ACC's best non-conference win of the season and, after what the Jackets have done offensively on national television the last two weeks, might constitute an actual draw for the dreaded conference championship next week. The Jackets also beat the Atlantic Division champion, whether it's Boston College or Florida State. For the first time all year, an ACC team looks like it's separated itself from the pack.

But: 20-17 after three turnovers in September. A tiebreaker rule is a tiebreaker rule.

I guess it was always inevitable that the cards would shake out for the Hokies. They were the favorite in the preseason despite possibly crippling attrition; they proceeded to lose to East Carolina in the opener. I thought they were the favorite again in September after surviving tests from Georgia Tech and North Carolina in their first two conference games, then predicted the Hokie stranglehold in mid-October, just before both Tyrod Taylor and Sean Glennon were injured in back-to-back losses to Boston College and Florida State, after which I said their ACC hopes rested on another November miracle. Now, at the end of November, Tech finishes 3-1 for the month, heads to its fourth ACC Championship in five years and I guess I was right like three different times. I mean, you always knew it was going to be Virginia Tech out of the Coastal, right? It's always Virginia Tech.

As for Georgia Tech: The Jackets may have singlehandedly salvaged the ACC's reputation today, and how many hard-luck offenses will take a long look this winter at installing the flexbone after the last two weeks? Paul Johnson's scheme hung 45 on a defense that hadn't allowed more than 17 points to the Jackets in any of their seven straight losses in the series; he looks like the only living Jedi master of one of the most explosive systems in the country. A guy in his position can command an innovator's ransom in consulting fees, if he's into that sort of thing.