The Atlantic Coast Conference on Wednesday voted unanimously to postpone all five of its football games scheduled for Saturday. Included is the No. 10 Yellow Jackets' highly anticipated matchup with No. 6 Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla.

''The players are very disappointed. They want to play,'' said Yellow Jackets coach George O'Leary. ''I understand the mood of the country. But I'm also a firm believer that you need to move on, do the things you're supposed to do and not let other things get in the way.''

Saturday's matchup between Clemson and Duke also was postponed, with no makeup date announced. Georgia Tech and Florida State don't have a common off week the rest of the season, so it's possible the game will be played Dec. 1 - a week after the Yellow Jackets play host to Georgia - or Dec. 8.

The Southeastern Conference responded differently to Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, voting unanimously to continue all events as scheduled.

But with the nationwide air-travel ban still in effect, teams might encounter difficulties making the trips. Houston is scheduled to play at Georgia at 1 p.m. Saturday, and Bowling Green is slated to play at No. 18 South Carolina at 7 Saturday night.

''If we fly, we play,'' said J.D. Campbell, Bowling Green's associate athletics director. ''If we can get our team there safely and return it safely, then we're going to play.''

Campbell said busing the team from the school in Ohio is not an option. Bowling Green is supposed to leave Toledo, Ohio, on Friday via a charter flight.

''We feel it would be unfair to put our kids on a bus for 14 hours, ask them to play the 18th-ranked team in the country, and then have them get back on a bus and travel 14 more hours,'' he said. ''I don't know of many Division I teams that would do that, quite frankly.''

Houston must wait as well. The Cougars are scheduled to depart for Atlanta on a charter flight at 11 a.m. Friday. Associate athletics director Chris Burkhalter said the team hadn't decided to bus if flying isn't possible.

''I don't know if we're going to bus,'' he said. ''That's 12 hours.''

The ACC also had two games postponed that were originally scheduled for tonight. Penn State's trip to Virginia has been rescheduled for Dec. 1, and the Ohio-North Carolina State game was moved to Nov. 24.

''A good case can be made for playing or not playing the games this Saturday,'' ACC commissioner John Swofford said.

During a teleconference Wednesday among the 10 Division I-A conference commissioners, it was agreed to let the members decide whether to play. The SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Mid-American, Conference USA, Mountain West and Western Athletic opted in favor of playing. The ACC, Big East and Pac-10 decided against it.

Southern Conference teams will play as well. Top-ranked Georgia Southern will open its conference schedule at Wofford at 7 p.m. Saturday.

As of Wednesday, South Carolina State's home meeting with Norfolk State was still set for 6 p.m. Saturday. Classes were not canceled this week, and the team practiced Tuesday and Wednesday.

All 12 SEC teams are slated to play this weekend. Three conference games are scheduled. The biggest comes when No. 8 Tennessee visits No. 2 Florida, a game that yearly has national championship implications.

The SEC said its members will donate $1 million from the gate receipts and television fees to help the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

''We are all saddened by the tragic events of Tuesday and the immeasurable repercussions throughout the country,'' Georgia athletics director Vince Dooley said in a statement. ''I believe we all are in agreement with the statement from the SEC that we join the president of the United States and other leaders of our nation by not allowing this event to change our way of life or restrict our freedoms.''

Georgia Tech athletics director Dave Braine said his players wanted to play Saturday, ''but the situation is bigger than any one ballgame.''

''We will abide by the ACC's decision,'' Braine said. ''We do this as a conference out of respect for the people who lost their lives and their families. We had a lot of support from students and alumni who asked us not to let the terrorists dictate to us what to do.

''These games also are a part of what brings us together after tragedies. It's not an easy decision either way.''

Reach Larry Williams at (706) 823-3645 or larrywill7@yahoo.com.