ACC Football Rankings: November 7, 2011
This is particularly complex with Pitt and Syracuse not yet in the ACC, but it can still be done. Here is how we view the ACC football schools as of November 7, 2011:
1. Clemson–With the week off, no reason to demote. Need to be focused against Wake Forest this week.
2. Virginia Tech–The fact that Miami handled Duke easily makes that narrow victory look a bit worse… but not enough to drop in the standings.
3. Georgia Tech–Florida State appears back on track. Going to need to play well to hold them out of the #3 spot. But with a game against the Hokies coming up, the focus is on rising to #2.
4. Florida State–Another dominant win, this time over hapless Boston College. These are important wins for re-establishing the brand though. A win over Miami would be huge.
5. Miami–A dismantling of Duke is nice, but let’s see how they do against Florida State.
6. Virginia–At 6-3, the Cavs are now bowl-eligible and looking good.
7. North Carolina State– Everyone else lost. Not sure anyone deserved to be the #7 team.
8. Wake Forest– Played Notre Dame tough, but still a winnable game. Needs just one win for bowl eligibility.
9. Syracuse–two road losses in a row have Syracuse still a win away from bowl eligibility.
10. North Carolina–no excuse for getting shutout. This team has more talent than that.
11. Pittsburgh— Played Cincinnati tough, but in the end the loss of Ray Graham was too much to overcome.
12. Duke—After taking the Hokies to the final minutes, Duke did not show up against Miami. At 3-6, the bowl dreams are down to a flicker.
13. Boston College–they caught Florida State at a bad time, as the Seminoles are on a roll right now.
14. Maryland- dark days in College Park.
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