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Two is a crucial number for both Georgia Tech and Wake Forest.

The No. 10 Yellow Jackets are chasing the higher prize, needing two wins to clinch a spot in the ACC championship game. But two victories also would be meaningful for Wake Forest, which is trying to become eligible for its fourth straight bowl trip.

The teams meet today at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia Tech (8-1, 5-1 ACC) has won six straight at its home field, while the Demon Deacons (4-5, 2-3) are trying to shake off a string of close losses -- four coming by a total of 10 points.

N.C. STATE OWIES: The way injuries have plagued N.C. State this season, coach Tom O'Brien wishes he could take one for his team.

"I hope I'm the next one hurt, the way we're going," O'Brien said. "I'll take a hit for the team if it keeps somebody else healthy."

The disappointing Wolfpack look to avoid their fifth straight loss today when they play host to a Maryland team that has dropped four in a row and six of seven in a matchup of the two worst teams in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

MIAMI REMEMBERS: The last time Virginia coach Al Groh was on the sideline in South Florida, his Cavaliers ended Miami's era at the Orange Bowl with a stunning 48-0 romp over the Hurricanes.

"Still lingers," Miami coach Randy Shannon acknowledged.

Of the 22 starters the Hurricanes had on the field that November night in 2007, five remain on Miami roster.

The stadium itself is now gone but the memories of that loss certainly linger around the Hurricanes, even for those who weren't playing.

Miami quarterback Jacory Harris was a high school senior then. The overflow crowd kept him from getting into the stadium until the second quarter, when it was 24-0.

"It's kind of a revenge thing," Harris said.

POLL VOTE GOES PUBLIC: The final regular-season ballot of every voter in the USA Today college football coaches' poll will remain public.

The coaches had considered making those votes confidential. But Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Friday it will stay an open ballot.

The coaches' poll helps decide which teams play in the BCS national championship.

Ballots in The Associated Press' college football poll are available to the public from the preseason to the final post-bowl vote.