{"id":417,"date":"2019-07-10T12:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2019-07-18T15:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:23:04","slug":"2019-acc-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/2019-acc-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 ACC Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Atlantic Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Clemson Tigers<\/td>10.3 (6.9)<\/td>11-1 (7-1)<\/td>4.93<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>FSU Seminoles<\/td>8.4 (5.3)<\/td>9-3 (6-2)<\/td>4.43<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Syracuse Orange<\/td>6.8 (3.7)<\/td>8-4 (4-4)<\/td>4.00<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>BC Eagles<\/td>6.3 (3.5)<\/td>7-5 (4-4)<\/td>3.92<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>NCSU Wolfpack<\/td>6.8 (3.7)<\/td>7-5 (4-4)<\/td>3.90<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>WF Demon Deacons<\/td>5.5 (2.7)<\/td>6-6 (3-5)<\/td>3.63<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Louisville Cardinals<\/td>4.9 (2.6)<\/td>5-7 (3-5)<\/td>3.58<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Coastal Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Miami Hurricanes<\/td>7.7 (4.7)<\/td>9-3 (6-2)<\/td>4.06<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Duke Blue Devils<\/td>6.9 (4.6)<\/td>7-5 (4-4)<\/td>4.02<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Virginia Tech Hokies<\/td>8.0 (4.5)<\/td>7-5 (4-4)<\/td>3.94<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Virginia Cavaliers<\/td>7.3 (4.0)<\/td>6-6 (3-5)<\/td>3.94<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Pittsburgh Panthers<\/td>5.6 (3.3)<\/td>6-6 (3-5<\/td>3.63<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>UNC Tar Heels<\/td>6.1 (3.6)<\/td>5-7 (3-5)<\/td>3.87<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>GT Yellow Jackets<\/td>4.5 (2.4)<\/td>4-8 (2-6)<\/td>3.45<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Championship Game<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Clemson over Miami<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A year ago Clemson went undefeated and won their 2nd title in 3 years. There is little reason to think Clemson will not win the ACC again in 2019 and make it to their 5th straight playoff. However they do have a lot of inexperience on the defensive side of the ball and going against a tough offensive minded coach early on before they get settled could end up in a Clemson defeat. But even with a loss (not uncommon even for Playoff bound Clemson teams) they will win the ACC and likely face Alabama in the National Championship game again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago Clemson went undefeated and won their 2nd title in 3 years. There is little reason to think Clemson will not win the ACC again in 2019 and make it to their 5th straight playoff. However they do have a lot of inexperience on the defensive side of the ball and going against a tough offensive minded coach early on before they get settled could end up in a Clemson defeat. But even with a loss (not uncommon even for Playoff bound Clemson teams) they will win the ACC and likely face Alabama in the National Championship game again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do expect both Florida schools to rebound this year and have much better seasons. However still being a year or 2 away from competing with Clemson. Syracuse looks to have another good season and potentially sit either at the bottom of the top 25 or just outside the top 25 again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes 11 bowl teams for the ACC. They had 11 last year as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clemson in the playoffs as the 2 seed. FSU and Miami in the top 15. Syracuse in the top 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowl Projections<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/strong><\/td>Bowl Projection<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Clemson<\/td>Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal)<\/td><\/tr>
FSU<\/td>Orange Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Miami<\/td>Camping World Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Syracuse<\/td>Belk Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Duke<\/td>Hyundai Sun Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
BC<\/td>Music City Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
VT<\/td>Independence Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
NCSU<\/td>Quick Lane Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Virginia<\/td>Military Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Pittsburgh<\/td>Cure Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Wake Forest<\/td>Bad Boys Mower Gasparilla Bowl<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlantic Division Place Team Win-Share (Conf) Record (Conf) Rating 1 Clemson Tigers 10.3 (6.9) 11-1 (7-1) 4.93 2 FSU Seminoles 8.4 (5.3) 9-3 (6-2) 4.43 3 Syracuse Orange 6.8 (3.7) 8-4 (4-4) 4.00 3 BC Eagles 6.3 (3.5) 7-5 (4-4) 3.92 3 NCSU Wolfpack 6.8 (3.7) 7-5 (4-4) 3.90 6 WF Demon Deacons 5.5 (2.7) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,94,156,145,152,162,90,92,148,159,95,97,160,161,149,151,146,157,98,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}