| The ACC figures to be a very strong conference | | | | if you are a Cavalier fan in 2010. Just 12 starters |
| during the 2010 season, as there are a number of | | | | are back to a team that won just two |
| teams that could not only win the division, but | | | | conference games in 2009. |
| also find themselves playing for the BCS National | | | | ACC Atlantic: |
| Championship. In 2009 it was the Georgia Tech | | | | 1.) Florida State Seminoles - It should be very |
| Yellow Jackets who took home the conference | | | | easy transition for new head coach Jimbo Fisher, |
| title, beating the Clemson Tigers for the second | | | | who spent most of last season preparing for this |
| time in the ACC Championship Game. | | | | moment. The Seminoles have arguably the best |
| Betting college football lines is no easy task, | | | | quarterback in the conference in senior Christian |
| especially in the highly competitive ACC where it | | | | Ponder, and that is why I have them winning the |
| seems like the conference is always jam packed | | | | Atlantic in 2010. |
| at the top with a number of teams fighting for | | | | 2.) Clemson Tigers - The Tigers figure to be very |
| the chance to play in a BCS game. With that here | | | | good again in 2010, as the team only lost to two |
| is a look at how I see the ACC shaping up in | | | | conference opponents in 2009. Unfortunatelyfor |
| 2010, plus my prediction on who wins the | | | | the Tigers they draw Miami, North Carolina, and |
| conference championship game and earns that | | | | Georgia Tech out of the Coastal division. |
| automatic spot into a BCS game. | | | | 3.) Boston College Eagles - The Eagles very well |
| ACC Coastal: | | | | good be the surprise team out of the Atlantic in |
| 1.) North Carolina Tar Heels - The Tar Heels figure | | | | 2010. They have 14 starters back on a team that |
| to have the best defense in the ACC in 2010, and | | | | lucks out and only has to play Virginia Tech (at |
| if the offense can just keep from turning the ball | | | | home) out of the top teams in the Coastal. The |
| over, I feel like this team has the best shot at | | | | Eagles figure to have a strong running game |
| winning the very competitive Coastal division. | | | | under junior Montel Harris, and look for improved |
| 2.) Virginia Tech Hokies - The Hokies should be | | | | play out of sophomore quarterback Dave |
| pretty good on offense with 8 starters back, but | | | | Shinskie. |
| the defense has just four returning starters. They | | | | 4.) Maryland Terrapins - It was a miserable |
| have a very rough stretch of games where they | | | | season for the Terrapins in 2009, as they |
| have to host Georgia Tech then go on the road | | | | managed to win just one conference game. Even |
| to play North Carolina and Miami. | | | | though the Terrapins have just 12 starters back, |
| 3.) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - It's hard picking | | | | I think they can make a big improvement in 2010. |
| the defending champs this low in the conference, | | | | They easily have the easiest schedule out of the |
| but if teams find a way to stop the run the | | | | bottom three teams in the Atlantic. |
| offense really struggles to produce anything. | | | | 5.) Wake Forest Demon Deacons - The Demon |
| 4.) Miami Hurricane - Don't get me wrong the | | | | Deacons suffered a number of heart breaking |
| Hurricane could very well win the division in 2010, | | | | losses in 2009, as they lost five games by three |
| as they have a ton of talent coming back to a | | | | points or less. The problem was the defense just |
| team that really played well down the stretch. | | | | wasn't good, and even though they have seven |
| They have three very tough home games | | | | starters back on that side of the ball, I think it will |
| against Florida State, North Carolina, and Virginia | | | | be another tough season for Wake Forest. |
| Tech. | | | | 6.) North Carolina State Wolfpack - I have the |
| 5.) Duke Blue Devils - Just not enough talent for | | | | Wolfpack finishing up the 2010 season in last place |
| the Blue Devils to compete with the rest of the | | | | in the Atlantic thanks to a ridiculously tough |
| teams in this conference, but they should be able | | | | conference schedule. If they fail to beat Wake |
| to beat the Cavaliers to stay out of the bottom | | | | Forest at home, they could go without a |
| of the Coastal for the second straight season. | | | | conference win. |
| 6.) Virginia Cavaliers - Not a lot to look forward to | | | | |
