The Weekly Confidential Correspondent Poll: February 4, 2013
Well, the ballots were distributed to the Confidential’s correspondent pool. With 5 precincts reporting, here is the top 12 for the ACC as of February 4, 2013:
1. Duke (3 first place votes) 58 points
2. Miami (2 first place votes) 55 points
3. Syracuse 47 points
4. Notre Dame 41 points
5. Louisville 40 points
6. NC State 35 points
7. Pittsburgh 32 points
8. North Carolina 29 points
9. Maryland 21 points
10. Virginia 19 points
11. Florida State 11 points
12. Clemson 3 points
Notes:
Clemson edged Wake Forest 3-2, to land the coveted 12th spot in the standings.
The correspondents are starting to both believe in Miami and question Syracuse. Nobody had Duke below #2.
Speaking of Syracuse, the Orange and Fighting Irish face off on Monday for the much desired number three spot in the poll. Syracuse needs a win badly.
Louisville, Pitt, and NC State are a solid number 5 through 7, but the Tar Heels at 8 and only a few points behind them is surprising.
Maryland is only narrowly ahead of Virginia. Unfortunately, Maryland does not have any ACC rivals, or they would be even better. Bring on Rutgers and Iowa!
One half of the top 8 continues to be Big East. Maybe the ACC is not helping football enough, but the basketball improvement will be obvious. Of course, all four went to bowl games too.
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