What will it take for us to get back on the bubble?
We should win over Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Boston College (all at home). All are Quad 4 games, so winning those won't help at all, and losing would likely kill our chances.
Right now, Duke is barely a Quad 1 win (NET 29, cutoff is top 30), and Wisconsin has fallen into a Quad 2 win (NET 77, cutoff is top 75). Miami and NC State are Quad 1 games, and UNC and Syracuse are Quad 2 games.
I think we get back in the conversation with three Quad 1 wins - meaning Miami and NC State (or splitting if Wisconsin ends the season strong).
If we finish 6-1, we will likely be a 5 or 6 seed in the ACCT, meaning our Wednesday opponent would not be a quality win. We would have 26 wins, which seems inconceivable that we would be left-out, particularly with a stronger schedule than last year, but we could potentially only have one Quad 1 win on our resume (the Miami/NC State win if Duke falls out of top 30 and Wisconsin doesn't get back in).
Do we really need 8 wins to have a chance?