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I’m starting with the ACC, which saw +5000 long shot Duke win the conference for the first time since 1989 last year thanks to some peculiar tie-breakers. Meanwhile, it was Miami that went to the playoffs and advanced all the way to the National Championship Game.
The ACC has a few teams that can win the conference championship and make the College Football Playoff this season.
Virginia Tech's ACC title hopes likely remain two to three years away, but James Franklin is beginning to lay the foundation for a return to contention.
Following a historic national title run, Mario Cristobal’s squad bolsters a star-studded roster with elite transfers to end the program's twenty-year conference championship drought this season.
165 of 188 voters picked Miami to win the conference, which the Hurricanes have not done since joining the league in 2004.