Can Duke make the College Football Playoff? Explaining how Blue Devils are tied to James Madison in CFP originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Duke Blue Devils somehow won a five-way tiebreaker just to get into the ACC Championship game.

Duke's playoff chances look slim even after winning the ACC championship, but coach Manny Diaz believes his squad should be in.

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team earned a gritty 66–60 road win over Michigan State as Cameron Boozer led a second-half surge.

The Duke Blue Devils have pulled off a major upset in the ACC Championship Game as they secured a 27-20 overtime win over the 17th-ranked Virginia Cavaliers.

The win marked Duke's first league title since it split one with the Cavaliers in 1989 before the establishment of the ACC Championship Game. Virginia (10-3) was also seeking its first-ever conference championship game victory but couldn't overcome a barrage of clutch plays from the Blue Devils.

No. 7 Michigan State had a chance to secure another marquee win to extend its longest unbeaten start in a decade but couldn’t finish. The No. 4 Blue Devils made the winning plays down the stretch while closing on a 26-15 run for a 66-60 win on Saturday afternoon.

Michigan State's head coach pointed to a couple of different reasons why the Spartans fell short against the Blue Devils.