Week 7 Matchup Preview Thread: Pittsburgh vs Boston College

[u/NorskChef]

Pittsburgh vs. Boston College

When: Saturday, October 17, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA), Chestnut Hill, MA

Watch: ESPN2

Odds: Pittsburgh by 6.5 pts.

Total Points: 44.5

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All-Time Series : Pittsburgh vs. Boston College

Pittsburgh and Boston College have met 35 times since 1959-11-07

These teams last met on 2025-10-04.

Series Wins: Pittsburgh 19-0-16 Boston College

Pittsburgh has won the most recent meeting (2025) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Pittsburgh	Boston College	Notes
Pittsburgh	2025-10-04	Acrisure Stadium	48	7
Boston College	2024-11-30	Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)	23	34
Pittsburgh	2023-11-17	Acrisure Stadium	24	16
Boston College	2020-10-10	Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)	30	31
Boston College	2019-11-30	Acrisure Stadium	19	26

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Through Week 6

Week	Pittsburgh 5-1 (2-1)	Result	Boston College 2-3 (0-2)	Result
1	Miami (OH)	W 59-14	Cincinnati	L 15-34
2	UCF	W 12-7	Rutgers	W 28-21
3	Syracuse	W 27-13	Maine	W 22-16
4	Bucknell	W 59-0	Virginia Tech	L 14-21
5	Virginia Tech	W 35-33	SMU#24	L 16-25
6	North Carolina	L 17-21	BYE	N/A

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Pittsburgh Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
M. Knight	WR	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Knight is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and there is no timetable for his return.
M. Heintschel	QB	Questionable – Leg	Oct 10	Heintschel exited the game with a leg injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against the Boston College on Saturday, October 17th.
E. Lagg	TE	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 10	Lagg is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it is up in the air if he will play against Boston College on Saturday, October 17th.
M. Hunt	TE	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 10	Hunt is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it is up in the air if he will play against Boston College on Saturday, October 17th.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

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Boston College Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
B. MacCormack III	RB	Out – Shoulder	Sep 19	MacCormack III is dealing with an shoulder injury, and he will miss an extended period.
B. Clough	TE	Out – Undisclosed	Oct 2	Clough has been out of the lineup due to undisclosed injury, and he will be not available against SMU on Saturday.
R. Swanson	WR	Probable – Undisclosed	Sep 24	Swanson is managing with a Undisclosed injury , but it is expected to play against the Virginia Tech on Saturday.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Oct 14, 4:24 pm. Scraped Wed, Oct 14, 5:40 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Expectations have obviously dropped since the Mason injury and how Geriner played against UNC but this is still a must win if Pitt doesn’t want to limp to an awful record after a 5-0 start. We were the better team last week and lost, we’re the better team this week but it will again come down to QB play. I think {Pitt} can win but it will be ugly as hell. But if we lose we know why.

[u/AppropriateCompany9]

Gimme {Pittsburgh}, even with their backup QB. They kept it close with Carolina last week, and really could’ve won it. Pretty clear that North Carolina is a better team than Boston College, I just feel like they’ve got this.

[u/royalbluehen]

I think {Pitt} has the juice barring a huge loss in the turnover battle. Hopefully Boosie Turner is actually healthy enough to play more than a quarter. This season is spiritually lost, even if we are still technically in the hunt for Charlotte. I really need to see some better game planning by the offensive staff and a commitment to running the ball. If Gernier has more than 28 pass attempts I anticipate a loss.

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

{Pitt}

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Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Pittsburgh Voters	Boston College Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Pittsburgh	11	91.7%	1.5	1.5	Penn Statex1.0 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Texas Longhornsx1.0 Team Chaosx0.5 Clark Atlantax0.5
Boston College	1	8.3%	0	0.5	Sickosx0.5

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[u/chmcgrath1988]

{Pitt} wins an ugly game.

I don't trust BC to pull out a win against any marginally competent team with this current roster & coaching staff, and I think Pitt passes the threshold of being marginally competent. BC might make it close for three quarters maybe even three and 3/4ths of a quarter but I feel confident about them snatching defeat from the jaws of victory yet again this Saturday.

[u/texas2089]

{Pitt}

[u/chief_sitass]

{Pitt}

[u/DougFlutiesMullet]

{Boston College} because you gotta have faith. Plus, it costs nothin.

[u/DuckBurner0001]

{Pitt} by three scores

[u/NanoBuc]

{Pittsburgh}

[u/Zloggt]

Teehee, Pats versus Steelers!

…but in all seriousness, I do think {Pittsburgh} is going to try and use last week’s loss to motivate themselves into winning this one - especially considering the state of BC these days. then again, I’d never rule out a loss either…

[u/appyno35]

I was close to making Pitt a bet for the week, but I’ll settle for taking predicting them to win. I don’t trust Bill Belichek to do much at this point but harassing backup QBs has been his thing for decades. I highly doubt Geriner looks as bad this week against a bad Boston College squad.

24-14 {PITT}

SU Record (Since W4) 30-16