ACC Football Rankings: September 24, 2012
This is particularly complex with Pitt and Syracuse not yet in the ACC, but it can still be done. This is how the Confidential ranks the ACC football teams as of September 24, 2012:
1. Florida State (4-0)–The Confidential was wise to slide Florida State up over Clemson BEFORE the two teams met. Florida State has proven that they are a legitimate national championship contender.
2. Clemson (3-1)–Clemson played well enough against Florida State to keep its #2 ranking. The fact that Auburn played LSU so tough helps also.
3. Virginia Tech (3-1)–The Pitt loss remains a puzzle. Beating Bowling Green was nice, but unimpressive. Actually, the way the MAC performed on Saturday, it actually is impressive.
4. Miami (3-1)–The Hurricanes did what they needed to in beating Georgia Tech on the road. That makes Miami 2-0 in road conference games. That will work.
5. Wake Forest (3-1)–The Demon Deacons overcame the difficult loss to Florida State by beating Army, 49-37. Not sure if giving up 89 points total in consecutive games is a stat that can continue.
6. North Carolina State (3-1)–The win over Citadel works. Next up… Miami and Florida State. Uh-oh.
7. Duke (3-1)–Duke has beaten exactly nobody. But they have beaten three teams.
8. Georgia Tech (2-2)–Losing to Virginia Tech and Miami used to be a regular event for teams. This year, both teams have head scratching losses that weaken the Georgia Tech profile.
9. Maryland (2-2)–Credit to Maryland for hanging tough at West Virginia. They also deserve credit for playing 3 BCS conference foes in their OOC slate.
10. Virginia (2-2)–Virginia expected this season to be a good one, as demonstrated by games against Penn State and TCU. So far, Virginia is really not looking like a top ACC team.
11. Pitt (2-2)–Of the four 2-2 teams, Pitt has the worst loss. Of the four 1-2 teams, Pitt has the best win. Not going to drop them behind North Carolina.
12. North Carolina (2-2)–North Carolina has beaten Elon and East Carolina. Not sure if there are any middling e-named teams left for them to play.
13. Syracuse (1-3)(tie)–Syracuse looked bad against Minnesota, but kept it to a reasonable 17-10 final tally. Orange opponents are a combined 14-2 on the season… meaning 11-1 in games not involving the ‘Cuse.
13. Boston College (1-2)(tie)–Idle this week. No reason to separate the two ACC rivals.
Do you agree with these rankings? If not, let us know.
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