North Carolina wide receiver Brandon Tate is among 35 ACC players, plus two more from ECU, scheduled to attend the NFL scouting combine Feb. 22-26 in Indianapolis.

Tate was among the NCAA leaders in total yardage and touchdowns when he suffered a right-knee injury during the team’s 29-24 win over Notre Dame on Oct. 11 in Chapel Hill.

The 6-1, 195-pound Burlington product underwent surgery on Oct. 13 and did not play afterward. Kevin Best of the UNC sports information department said this week that Tate has been doing light workouts during the past few weeks.

BOSTON (AP) — A victory over North Carolina helped cement Wake Forest's spot near the top of the rankings. Beating Boston College did something for the Demon Deacons' psyche as well.

"I told them, 'We've never beaten Boston College, and pretty soon you've got to say: Enough's enough,'" Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio said Wednesday night after the Demon Deacons' first-ever victory over Boston College — a year after they lost to BC by 39. "We rubbed salt in that wound this week."

Jeff Teague scored 29 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 with eight rebounds as No. 2 Wake Forest followed its victory over the Tar Heels with an easy, 83-63 win against Boston College.

Wake Forest's 92-89 win over UNC on Sunday moved the Demon Deacons to No. 2 in the AP Top 25, one of four ACC teams ranked in the top 10. The Deacs also received two first-place votes — the other 70 went to No. 1 Pitt.

Duke's one slot behind the Deacs at No. 3 with UNC at No. 5 and Clemson, one of three remaining unbeaten teams in the country, at No. 10.

Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy is retiring and the Colts are holding a press conference at 5 p.m. to make the announcement.

Dungy's exit after seven seasons and one Super Bowl title in Indy, means Peyton Manning former Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell will be the Colts head coach in 2009.

• 2008 ACC results and BCS results
• 2007 BCS records
• 2006 BCS records

It wasn't great but it was better. After the 2008 college football season, the ACC can at least claim progress.

While the SEC won its third straight national title, the ACC can claim more wins (17) against teams from the Bowl Championship Series than the SEC or any of the other major conference during the 2008 season.

CHAPEL HILL — With the tie-dyed crowd, pre-game motorcycle and overall boisterous atmosphere before big games at Joel Coliseum, "it's extremely difficult to have that focus that you need to play in a place like that,'' North Carolina coach Roy Williams said.

But the third-ranked Tar Heels are out to prove again today they have that concentration.

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Bowl system: College football’s leaders did it again: another tidy postseason with a clear-cut national champion and no doubt about the final two teams. The BCS is the “ShamWow” of postseasons.

Like Vince, the shill for the “As Seen On TV” towel says, why do you want to work twice as hard when the BCS solves everyone’s problems?

What’s that? Just ignore Utah, USC and Texas.

As expected, North Carolina's 85-78 loss to Boston College Sunday cost the Tar Heels the top spot in this week's college basketball poll.

Undefeated Pittsburgh (14-0) is the new No. 1 in The AP Top 25 released this afternoon, one of a record nine Big East teams in the Top 25.

PROVO, Utah (AP) — No. 6 Wake Forest ended the nation's longest home winning streak by beating BYU 94-87 on Saturday.

The Cougars had won 53 straight dating to a loss to Loyola-Marymount to open the 2005-06 season. Jeff Teague just missed his career high with 30 points and James Johnson had 22 points and 15 rebounds as the Demon Deacons improved to 13-0 for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

It’s way too early to start going through the 2009 ACC schedule game by game and predicting who might win the league. But here’s an early ranking of the teams in terms of the talent they should have returning in 2009: