CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It’s the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game that was hard to imagine back in September — and one that could potentially complicate the College Football Playoff scenario.

Duke, by virtue of winning a complicated five-team tiebreaker, will face No. 16 Virginia in Charlotte on Saturday night after both teams overcame steep odds for a chance to compete for their first ACC championship.

Those on the College Football Playoff bubble will be keeping a close eye on this one.

If Virginia (10-2, No. 17 CFP) wins, the Cavaliers will almost certainly earn a playoff spot. A victory by the unranked Blue Devils (7-5), a 3 1/2-point underdog, opens up the possibility of the ACC being squeezed out of the 12-team CFP entirely based on Tuesday night’s rankings .

And the

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