BSD Staff Week 10 ACC Power Rankings

It’s another edition of our ACC Power Rankings, and it doesn't look like anybody is going to dethrone Clemson this year.

How it works: Each writer gives a ranking and a brief description. All rankings are averaged and compiled into an overall ranking.

Composite ACC Power Rankings

1) Clemson (9-0, 6-0)

Average Ranking: 1

Highest Ranking: 1

Lowest Ranking: 1

Last week: 1 (No Change)

2) Wake Forest (7-1, 3-1)

Average Ranking: 2

Highest Ranking: 2

Lowest Ranking: 2

Last Week: 2 (No Change)

Tie-3) Louisville (5-3, 3-2)

Average Ranking: 4

Highest Ranking: 3

Lowest Ranking: 6

Last Week: 3 (No Change)

Tie-3) Virginia (6-3, 4-2)

Average Ranking: 4

Highest Ranking: 4

Lowest Ranking: 4

Last Week: 4 (Up One Spot)

5) Virginia Tech (5-3, 2-2)

Average Ranking: 5.4

Highest Ranking: 3

Lowest Ranking: 9

Last Week: 8 (Up Three Spots)

6) Pittsburgh (6-3, 3-2)

Average Ranking: 6

Highest Ranking: 5

Lowest Ranking: 8

Last Week: 6 (No Change)

7) Miami (5-4, 3-3)

Average Ranking: 6.8

Highest Ranking: 6

Lowest Ranking: 8

Last Week: 10 (Up Three Spots)

Tie-8) North Carolina (4-5, 3-3)

Average Ranking: 5

Highest Ranking: 5

Lowest Ranking: 10

Last Week: 5 (Down Three Spots)

Tie-8) Boston College (5-4, 3-3)

Average Ranking: 8.4

Highest Ranking: 7

Lowest Ranking: 10

Last Week: 12 (Up Four Spots)

10) Duke (4-4, 2-3)

Average Ranking: 9

Highest Ranking: 8

Lowest Ranking: 10

Last Week: 9 (Down One Spot)

11) Florida State (4-5, 3-4)

Average Ranking: 11.2

Highest Ranking: 11

Lowest Ranking: 12

Last Week: 6 (Down Five Spots)

12) North Carolina State (4-4, 1-3)

Average Ranking: 11.8

Highest Ranking: 11

Lowest Ranking: 12

Last Week: 11 (Down One Spot)

13) Georgia Tech (2-6, 1-4)

Average Ranking: 13

Highest Ranking: 13

Lowest Ranking: 13

Last Week: 13 (No Change)

14) Syracuse (3-5, 0-4)

Average Ranking: 14

Highest Ranking: 14

Lowest Ranking: 14

Last Week: 14 (No Change)

Individual ACC Power Rankings

Adam

1) Clemson: Of course

2) Wake Forest: Great home win off a bye week!

3) Louisville: Well I had them here last week and they didn’t play so I don’t see any reason to move them

4) UVA: I think they solidified themselves as the #1 team in the coastal with a win @ unc this week

5) UNC: They lost at home to UVA, but all their losses are still by just 1 possession and Howell is a darn good QB.

6) Pitt: Bye

7) Miami: Went into Tallahassee and got Willie Taggart fired. They seem to play to the competition

8) Duke: Bye

9) VT: The Hokies lost @ Notre Dame but it looks like they are starting to get back to being a decent football team.

10) BC: They killed Syracuse, which basically means nothing.

11) FSU: They spend almost $18m to get rid of their coach

12) NC State: They only managed to score 10 points on a team that gave up 14 in the 1st quarter to 0-9 Rice.

13) GT: Bye

14) Syracuse: They are still winless in conference play, and they continue to get absolutely destroyed every week.

Elijah

1) Clemson: no real debate here

2) Wake Forest: dominating performance, no debate here either but there’s a gap with Clemson

3) Louisville: beat the Deacs and still going strong.

4) Virginia: tough defense and leading the Coastal

5) Pittsburgh: quietly nipping at the Cavaliers for a Coastal lead.

6) Miami: talent finally shining through with wins over Virginia and Florida State

7) Virginia Tech: that defense is coming around and looking scary again. Tough loss to ND.

8) Boston College: big win over Cuse but everyone is doing that.

9) UNC: can’t seem to put it together. Now on wrong side of .500.

10) Duke: talent holds them back but not horrendous.

11) NC State: decimated by Wake. QB issues here.

12) Florida State: wow. A firing and big buyout.

13) Georgia Tech: won in Conference so no longer last.

14) Syracuse: what a fall from last year. Winless in the down ACC.

Samurai

1) Clemson

2) Wake Forest

Both of these are absolute givens. I mean seriously, only ranked teams, only teams with less than THREE losses. After this though, I just don’t even know.

3) Virginia Tech: On the one hand, I don’t honestly believe they’re necessarily better than a bunch of these teams (UVA in particular) and I think their record is absolutely inflated by two FCS wins. On the other hand, they took Notre Dame to the absolute limit in South Bend and that’s a pretty huge deal.

4) UVA: I think they’ll win the Coastal.

5) Pitt: Bowl eligible, enough said.

6) Louisville: Contextually strong record, and hey, that win over us continues to look better.

7) Boston College: Dear Lord, they DESTROYED Syracuse.

8) Miami: Holy cow, they’re 5-4? What is this conference? I understand absolutely nothing anymore.

9) Duke: Sure, why not?

10) UNC: Losing record, but could easily be better off.

11) FSU: See ya, Willie.

12) NC State: Yikes.

13) Georgia Tech: Still #BetterThanCuse

14) Syracuse: 10 wins and a preseason ranking to this? Eesh.

Cam

1) Clemson

2) Wake

I feel like I don’t need to explain these two

3) VT: I know they just lost, but ND isn’t bad(they are overrated but a top 20 team nonetheless) they’ve really seemed to take care of business outside of whatever that Duke game was

4) UVA: I mean yeah they looked good, Perkins is good, sure

5) UL: This matchup vs Miami might e really really good!

6) Miami: I can’t quit this team

7) BC: Lost their QB and remembered they have 2 insane RBs

8) Pittsburgh: I just cant rank you high if you literally have no quarterback

9) Duke: still a bunch of frauds

10) UNC: Mack is back babyyyyy

11) FSU: What a dumpster fire

12) NC State: always next year!

13) GT: I don’t want to talk about it.

14) Syracuse: What another dumpster fire

Edward

1) Clemson: Unless they majorly mess up, they should have a clear path to the College Football Playoff for the fifth straight year.

2) Wake Forest: Finally came out hot after a bye week, and is in great position to land a nice bowl bid.

3) Louisville: Scott Satterfield should be coach of the year for this rebuild.

4) Virginia: Appears to have a clear path to the Coastal division championship.

5) Virginia Tech: They almost took down Notre Dame, and I sure wish Wake had played them earlier in the season.

6) Pitt: Still not entirely sure what to make of the rest of the conference.

7) Miami: They may be coming around and actually be a decent team.

8) North Carolina: All of their losses are close, but they’ve still lost too many game to be much higher.

9) Duke: They should make a bowl, but this season isn't turning out to be what it appeared early on that it could have been.

10) Boston College: Nice win over Syracuse, and they have some good running backs. Still not a great team though.

11) Florida State: They just fired a coach in the middle of the season. That automatically places you in the bottom four.

12) NC State: Definitely a rebuilding year for the Pack. They may not even make a bowl game.

13) Georgia Tech: Still a long ways to go before the Jackets are competitive again.

14) Syracuse: Still winless in the conference. Perhaps one of the worst falls from preseason expectations in recent memory.

How would you all rank the ACC? Comment below. If you’re a fan of another school, feel free to weigh in on your team’s ranking and season as well.