FILE – Pittsburgh quarterback Phil Jurkovec (5) looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wofford in Pittsburgh Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Jurkovec, a transfer from Boston College who was benched earlier this month, is the latest in a series of swing and misses by the Panthers while looking for a quarterback in the transfer portal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The ACC offers a bit of a throwback in the middle of the transfer-portal era. Since the league adopted a championship game in 2005, no school starting a transfer quarterback has won an ACC title. Coaches across the ACC say their preference is to develop quarterbacks they recruit but add that have to keep their options open. Pitt and North Carolina State dipped into the portal to add veteran quarterbacks only to have the moves backfire. North Carolina and Duke, however, are in the mix for a spot in the championship game behind quarterbacks Drake Maye and Riley Leonard.