CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Duke coach David Cutcliffe and his players talked openly all season about winning a division title and earning a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

On Saturday, the No. 24 Blue Devils made the once-thinkable goal a reality -- complete with Cutcliffe being carried off the field as his players celebrated with Duke fans in their rival's stadium.

Ross Martin kicked a 27-yard field goal with 2:22 left for a 27-25 win at North Carolina, clinching the Coastal Division championship with the Blue Devils' eighth straight victory. Duke faces No. 2 Florida State in next weekend's ACC title game in Charlotte, where the heavy underdog Blue Devils will go for their first league crown since 1989.

"It's easy to look forward to next week," left guard Dave Harding said, "but right now I think it's OK to kind of revel in what we've just done."

Anthony Boone threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns to Jamison Crowder for the Blue Devils (10-2, 6-2 ACC), who also secured the long-suffering program's first 10-win season. DeVon Edwards returned a kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown and had the game-sealing interception with 13 seconds left to turn away the Tar Heels (6-6, 4-4).

That play started the celebration on the Duke sideline. Minutes after Boone's kneel down closed it out, defensive linemen Sydney Sarmiento and Justin Foxx had hoisted Cutcliffe on their shoulders, giving the sixth-year coach a great view of his Blue Devils mingling with celebrating fans in a corner of UNC's Kenan Stadium.

"It was pretty special, a great moment," Cutcliffe said. "I don't mind these Gatorade baths. Our equipment people have to kind of figure out how to launder all that stuff I'm wearing."