Georgia Tech (7-2) at North Carolina (6-2)

North Carolina is bowl eligible for the first time since 2004, but the Tar Heels will be hoping for more in the final month of the regular season.

After taking a break to rest up from some bumps and bruises, the Heels (6-2, 2-2 ACC) will take on Georgia Tech on Nov. 8 to begin a stretch of four consecutive games that could land them in the ACC Championship game if certain things fall right.

At the top of that list, of course, is a 4-0 finish by the Tar Heels.

That would make them 6-2 in league play and likely get them a tie for first in the ACC Coastal Division.

The key for the Heels when it comes to title game consideration is which team or teams they likely would be tied with.

Frankly, not many scenarios favor the Heels. Because of losses to Virginia and Virginia Tech, the Heels would lose out in the tiebreaker in a two-way deadlock with either of them. Same goes with a three-way tie involving the two teams from the Commonwealth.

On the other hand, the Heels do have the advantage in a two-way tie with Miami because of their comeback victory over the Hurricanes.

If there is a three-way involving Miami and one of the Virginia teams, however, the tie-breaker comes down to the head-to-head records of games involving those teams only, which likely would be 1-1 for each.

The next tie-breaker is division record, and the Heels would be 3-2 while Miami would be 4-1 if it wins its four conference games in November. The best Virginia could be in division play if it loses to Miami is 3-2.

Of course, all bets are off if Carolina loses a third league game. In addition to Georgia Tech at home, the Tar Heels have Maryland and Duke on the road and North Carolina State at home left on the schedule.