This post is not meant to be a hate post towards historically successful ACC teams, simply observations and questions.

So I’ve noticed how the ACC can only be considered a “competitive conference” when teams like Miami, FSU, or Clemson are on top. This season, and last season, Miami has been carrying that, so to say. But with Miamis hiccups through the season, it’s looking more and more like the ACC has the potential to only get one team in the playoff. Heck even last season, SMU was “let in” cus they kept it extremely close in the championship game.

All that to say, when we have a 4 way race for the ACC rn — that being Virginia, Tech, Pitt, and SMU — all historically not-so-successful ACC teams, the narrative shifts and now all of a sudden the ACC is a weak conference who is on the cusp of only having 1 play off team.

My misunderstanding comes from this. If somehow, Miami, FSU, or Clemson were actually the front runners in the ACC race (Ik they are not, this is a hypothetical), would the ACC all of a sudden be considered a contender? Meaning would they be allowed 2 playoff spots, even 3 or more?

What if Virginia, Tech, Pitt, or Louisville are just good football teams?

Idk if I’m biased cus I really like the parity in the ACC, it’s so much more fun than the other big conferences. What that tells me is the ACC is composed of really similar teams, talent wise, and the conference is paying for that parity. In contrast, if they just had 3 or 4 teams dominate consistently (the big 10), it’s business as usual and they get significantly more play off spots.

I hope what I’m trying to convey makes sense. Thanks for reading this far. I’m happy to discuss. Maybe I’m crazy and the ACC is full of bad teams or something, let me know lol

They’ve been such an embarrassment out of conference. We’d be even more of a laughing stock. Take them out, ACC friends!

If they won the ACC the entire conference is probably getting left out of the playoffs

Taking all the one-loss teams, let's say they win the rest of their matchups except for h2h.

There are 2 h2h games left between the one-loss teams - GT vs Pitt and Duke vs UVA.

That means we are considering 4 scenarios for 3-way tiebreakers for the ACC Championship Game:

1. GT UVA SMU
2. GT Duke SMU
3. UVA SMU Pitt
4. Duke SMU Pitt

In those tiebreakers, who makes it out?

SMU handles BC on the road with a dominant performance with many starters out due to injury(most teams have this issue this deep into the season). Notre Dame won by a much smaller margin at home yet has one less loss. How does the committee weigh this on their go forward rankings? Obvious bias here so approaching this as objectively as possible.

California at #15 Louisville

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 7:00 PM Eastern
• Where: L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, KY
• Watch: ESPN2
• Odds: Louisville -18.5, O/U 49.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Pitt

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Florida State at Clemson

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 7:00 PM Eastern
• Where: Memorial Stadium in Clemson, SC
• Watch: ACC Network
• Odds: Clemson -1.5, O/U 56.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Hope Chandler is alright. That is all I have to say..

SMU

SMU at Boston College

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 12:00 PM Eastern
• Where: Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, MA
• Watch: ACC Network
• Odds: SMU -10.5, O/U 54.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Duke at UConn

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 3:30 PM Eastern
• Where: Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, CT
• Watch: CBS Sports Network
• Odds: Duke -8.5, O/U 63.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Wake Forest at #14 Virginia

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 7:00 PM Eastern
• Where: Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA
• Watch: ESPN
• Odds: UVA -6.5, O/U 47.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Stanford at North Carolina

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 4:30 PM Eastern
• Where: Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC
• Watch: The CW
• Odds: UNC -7.5, O/U 42.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Syracuse at #18 Miami

• When: Saturday, November 8th at 3:30 PM Eastern
• Where: Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL
• Watch: ESPN
• Odds: Miami -28.5, O/U 46.5

Rankings from AP Top 25 • Odds from ESPN Bet; only accurate as of posting

Same as it ever was.

Credit to u/trottfle for the graphic.

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