With the ACC Preseason Kickoff coming your way from Charlotte, NC tomorrow, we figured today was the perfect time to release the BSD ACC Preseason Poll.
Atlantic Division
1. Florida State (40 points) (4 First Place Votes)
2. Clemson (37) (2 First Place Votes)
3. Louisville (30)
4. N.C. State (23)
5. Wake Forest (19)
6. Syracuse (12)
7. Boston College (7)
Coastal Division
1. Miami (40 points) (4 First Place Votes)
2. Virginia Tech (37) (2 First Place Votes)
3. Georgia Tech (28)
4. Pittsburgh (25)
5. North Carolina (21)
6. Duke (10)
7. Virginia (8)
Overall
T1. Florida State (40)
T1. Miami (40)
T3. Clemson (37)
T3. Virginia Tech (37)
5. Louisville (30)
6. Georgia Tech (28)
7. Pittsburgh (25)
8. N.C. State (23)
9. North Carolina (21)
10. Wake Forest (19)
11. Syracuse (12)
12. Duke (10)
13. Virginia (8)
14. Boston College (7)
There you have it folks, the Blogger So Dear Preseason Predictions. We used a simple Borda Count method to tabulate votes (1st place gets 7 points, 2nd place gets 6 points, etc.).
The overall standings are probably not as concrete as the individual divisional standings because the teams were only ranked in their own division. We wanted to give an overall viewpoint of that though, as it gets a little tricky without going game-by-game through each school for individual win/losses.
Overall the staff feels like Wake Forest will finish 5th in the ACC and somewhere around 10th in the ACC. It will be interesting to see how this turns out, but since Wake gets Cuse and Boston College on the road I could see it getting picked 6th or so.
We will be able to compare to the actual media projections when they come out tomorrow so stay tuned.
What does everybody think about these? Give us your projections below!