Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) — The College Football Playoff might expand to 24 teams next season, potentially ending conference title games at the top level. For now, the race to qualify for these championships remains intense. Miami leads the ACC, with Wake Forest close behind. North Texas tops the American Athletic Conference. Utah leads the Big 12, while UCLA is first in the Big Ten. Liberty and Jacksonville State are tied in Conference USA. Ohio is ahead in the Mid-American, and New Mexico leads the Mountain West. Boise State tops the Pac-12, Georgia leads the SEC, and Louisiana Tech is ahead in the Sun Belt. UNDATED (AP) — Georgia is back at No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 after a dominant win over Mississippi. Utah moved to No. 2 after beating BYU, marking their highest-ever regular season ranking. Notre Dame climbed to No. 3 with a win over Miami, who dropped from the top spot to No. 5. UCLA is unbeaten and ranked No. 4, its highest ranking since 2001. Ohio State continued to fall, now at No. 21 after losing to Oregon. Alabama and Texas both moved up after road wins, completing a dynamic week in college football rankings. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A’lahn Sumler scored 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting and hit two free throws with 13.2 seconds left to help Pittsburgh beat Penn State 82-76 at the Palestra in the 150th meeting between the in-state rivals. The Panthers have won back-to-back games against Penn State, which leads the series 76-74. Baye Ndongo fouled out in the closing seconds with 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists for Pitt (3-0) and Jonathan Powell added 13 points and a career-high five steals. Powell, a 6-foot-6 junior, went into the game with 39 career steals in 67 games. Dasonte Bowen scored 17 points Ivan Juric had 16 points and 13 rebounds for Penn State (2-1). STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 20 points and had eight assists, Joseph Tugler added 16 points and four blocked shots and No. 10 Houston beat California 86-68 on Sunday night in the inaugural Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic. Delrecco Gillespie added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars (2-0), who shot 52% from the field and outscored the Golden Bears 50-24 in the paint. Chase McCarty had 11 points, making three 3-pointers. Mady Cooper led California (2-1) with 19 points, making five 3-pointers. Jordan Ross added 15 points and five assists for the Golden Bears, who made nine of 26 attempts from beyond the arc. SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Miami tries to do everything the same way, every week, no matter the opponent. Sometimes things go according to plan. Sometimes they do not. This week was one of those do-not weeks. The Hurricanes fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 31-24 loss at Notre Dame, a game they played without star receiver Malachi Toney. He got hurt in practice Wednesday and Miami played without its top offensive weapon. It was a huge blow for a team with championship expectations, and now the Hurricanes have almost no more margin for error if they're going to make the College Football Playoff. WASHINGTON (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 16 points, one of five players in double figures for No. 9 Virginia as the Cavaliers routed No. 12 Arkansas 91-72. Sam Lewis added 16 points for Virginia, Johann Grunloh and Chance Mallory had 15 each and Nolan Adekunle contributed 13. Jordan Smith Jr. led Arkansas with 19. Virginia was up 46-27 at halftime and led by as many as 27 in the second. The most interesting moment of the second half may have been when a couple birds, which were somehow inside the arena, landed on the court during a stoppage before being chased away by some of the players. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chloe Kitts had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Joyce Edwards added 15 points as No. 1 South Carolina rolled past No. 12 North Carolina 84-39 at the Ally Tipoff on Sunday night. Kitts missed all last season after tearing the ACL in her right knee. But she appeared as energetic as ever in taking apart the Tar Heels. Kitts had her 18th career game with double figure points and rebounds. South Carolina took control in the second and third quarters, outscoring the Tar Heels 51-16 to win its fifth straight in the series. Nyla Brooks had 13 points to lead North Carolina. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ajsa Sivka scored 32 points and matched a program record with eight 3-pointers in her third collegiate game, and 14th-ranked Kentucky breezed to a 93-78 victory over No. 25 N.C. State at the fourth annual Ally Tipoff. Sivka, a 6-foot-5 guard from Slovenia, made 11 of 17 shots for the Wildcats (3-0) at the double-header event that features top-ranked programs. She sank 8 of 12 from 3-point range and snagged five rebounds. Sivka’s eight makes from distance matched Rhyne Howard’s single-game school record. Clara Strack totaled 24 points on 10-for-15 shooting for Kentucky with eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Khamil Pierre led the Wolfpack (2-1) with 34 points. The senior, who scored a career-high 42 points as a sophomore, made 12 of 25 shots and 9 of 13 free throws.