Boston College holds off Maryland

Billy Flutie, the Boston College backup quarterback and nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, threw for a nine-yard touchdown on a fake field goal Saturday to lead the 20th-ranked Eagles to a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game with a 28-21 victory over visiting Maryland.

Boston College (9-3, 5-3) will play Virginia Tech next Saturday -- the second straight year the former Big East foes will play for the ACC’s spot in the Orange Bowl.

Maryland (7-5, 4-4) fell to 4-1 against ranked teams this season and into a logjam of ACC teams seeking a secondary bowl berth. Ten teams are competing for nine bowl spots.

In other games: Dustin Keys kicked a 28-yard field goal with 6:37 to play and Virginia Tech (8-4, 5-3) earned the opportunity to defend its ACC championship next weekend with a 17-14 victory against Virginia (5-7, 3-5) at Blacksburg. . . . Russell Wilson threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score to help North Carolina State (6-6, 4-4) to a 38-28 victory over Miami (7-5, 4-4) at Raleigh, N.C. . . . T.J. Yates threw three touchdown passes, and Trimane Goddard intercepted a pass late to help North Carolina (8-4, 4-4) secure a 28-20 victory over Duke (4-8, 1-7) at Durham, N.C. . . . Tony Pike threw a pair of touchdown passes, and No. 16 Cincinnati (10-2, 6-1), which had already clinched the Big East Conference title, eased to a 30-10 win over visiting Syracuse (3-9, 1-6).