ACC expert picks 2024: Most overrated and underrated teams, projected order of finish, bold predictions

Conference membership and realignment has become a mainstay off-field talking point of college athletics, and the ACC enters the 2024 season as both the beneficiary and potential victim of such matters. The effective dissolution of the Pac-12 has resulted in two West Coast additions — Cal and Stanford — that turn the Atlantic Coast Conference into something of an “All Coasts Conference.” Additionally, SMU has made a long-awaited jump back into college football’s premier circle. 

Simultaneously, the ACC is fighting a high-profile legal battle with Florida State and Clemson over its so-called “iron-clad” grant of rights, leaving the future membership of those two legacy institutions up in the air. 

On the field, the expansion to 17 teams leaves plenty of room for surprises thanks to imbalanced schedules and a handful of contenders, five of which received multiple first-place votes in the conference’s preseason media poll. While the Seminoles are picked to win the conference again following a dream 2023 season, voters believe Clemson, Miami, NC State and even Virginia Tech have the personnel capable of making a title run. 

Here at CBS Sports, our group of experts have shown little consensus on the direction the ACC standings will take this fall. Three different teams have received the designation of “champion,” while an even greater number have been deemed “overrated” or “underrated” — oftentimes with some crossover. 

Let’s have a look as our CBS Sports college football experts have provided their picks and predictions for the ACC ahead of the 2024 season.

Most overrated team

Clemson: The Tigers made the drop from underwhelming to legitimately mediocre one season ago, ultimately losing three games to unranked opponents and…

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2024-08-19 16:03:53

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