Not since program standard bearer and stadium namesake Bobby Dodd was coach has Georgia Tech opened a season like this.

The Yellow Jackets are 7-0, their best start since Dodd’s 1966 team reeled off nine straight wins. The Ramblin’ Wreck crashed into the top 10 in The Associated Press poll on Sunday for the first time since 2014 and, at No. 7, has its highest ranking since spending three weeks in the same spot in November 2009.

On paper, the toughest remaining games are at home against Pittsburgh on Nov. 22 and No. 5 Georgia on Nov. 28.

Tech is 4-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play for the first time since 1998, and fan chatter about making the ACC championship game and the College Football Playoff is growing louder.

“You can’t let the anxiety creep in,” coach Brent Key said. “Yeah,

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