As Georgia Tech continues the back half of its 2024 schedule, the road will become increasingly treacherous.
Tech has five games remaining this season, four of which are against teams with winning records, three of which are against teams currently ranked in the upper half of the The AP Top 25, with two ranked opponents at away venues. The Yellow Jackets’ next five games are against teams who currently are a combined 22-9.
The stretch begins at 3:30 p.m. Saturday when Tech faces No. 12 Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Fighting Irish (5-1) have won four in a row by an average margin of 43.5-10.3.
Notre Dame currently is favored to beat Tech by 8.5 points. According to FanDuel, Notre Dame is -135 to make the 12-team College Football Playoff.
After Tech (5-2) steps out of conference, it goes right back in next week when it will have to prepare for a game in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Virginia Tech will be waiting. While the Hokies are only 3-3 (1-1 in ACC games), they once were a trendy pick to challenge for the ACC title when the 2024 season began.
Tech has won in its past four trips to Lane Stadium, including a 28-27 triumph in 2022 in one of coach Brent Key’s first games as the program’s coach.
November doesn’t offer any breaks for the Jackets, either. Tech only plays three games, with two against teams poised to be national title contenders.
On Nov. 9, Tech hosts No. 6 Miami (6-0, 2-0 ACC) at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Hurricanes are at Louisville on Saturday before hosting in-state Florida State on Oct. 26 and then Duke on Nov. 2. Miami is currently +2000, according to FanDuel, to win the national championship.
Last year, Tech stunned Miami with a last-minute touchdown in a 23-20 win in South Florida.
After playing Miami, Tech will get a 12-day break before playing North Carolina State on Thursday, Nov. 21.
And then comes Tech’s trip to Athens to face No. 5 Georgia on Friday, Nov. 29. The Jackets have not beaten the Bulldogs since 2016, a stretch of six consecutive losses.
Ahead of the 2024 season, CBS Sports ranked Tech’s schedule as the toughest slate among ACC teams, and VegasInsider placed Tech’s expected win total at 5.5. The Jackets need one victory over the final five to prove that latter prediction wrong.
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