ACC Power Rankings: Week 6
by Brian Favat on Oct 15, 2009 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintPower Ranking Thursday.
- Virginia Tech (5-1, 3-0 ACC)
- Miami (Fla.) (4-1, 2-1)
- Georgia Tech (5-1, 2-1)
- Wake Forest (4-2, 2-1)
- Boston College (4-2, 2-2)
- Clemson (2-3, 1-2)
- Duke (3-3, 1-1)
- Florida State (2-4, 0-3)
- Virginia (2-3, 1-0)
- NC State (3-3, 0-2)
- Maryland (2-4, 1-1)
- North Carolina (4-2, 0-2)
Notes
- No change in the top 3. Yes, we know. The Coastal >> Atlantic this year.
- Wake Forest moves up 2 spots and jumps BC and Florida State this week to take the top spot for Atlantic teams. Riley Skinner has looked scary good.
- Last week, we wrote "it is unlikely that Maryland, Virginia and Duke will ever crack the top 9 this season." Not so fast, my friends. Here's our mea culpa to Duke, who moves up to #7 this week with their first road win in the ACC in a long, long time. Fear the Blue Devil!
- It's true that Florida State has dropped its first 3 ACC games for the first time ever, but it's not like they are playing slouches in conference play. Can't seem to drop them any further than #8 given that Ponder and their offense was automatic last week. The defense, on the other hand ...
- We also owe Virginia an apology this week, as they too cracked the top #9 this week. The 'Hoos found some offense and throttled a bad Big Ten team last week. We'll see what happens though in the Virginia-Maryland pillow fight this week.
- We have a new cellar-dweller this week of the preseason Top 25 variety: North Carolina. We probably should have listened to Tar Heel bloggers and fans when they were openly questioning why exactly UNC was ranked in the Top 25 preseason. The Heels offense is strug-a-ling, despite scoring 42 points on Georgia Southern. Most of those scores were either defensive scores or short-field offensive drives set up by one of six Georgia Southern turnovers.
This Week
ACC: Wake Forest at Clemson ... NC State at Boston College (ABC) ... Virginia at Maryland (ESPNU) ... Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (ESPN2)
Non-Conference: Miami (That Miami) at UCF
OFF: Florida State, North Carolina, Duke
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Am I
the only one who is terrified of losing to Duke or UVA? That would effectively make you the joke of CFB for the week and year. I hate Duke. I hate Al Groh.
I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?
Unfortunately (fortunately?) ...
We don’t get Duke this season and we’ve never played Virginia in Charlottesville. If I were a Georgia Tech fan though, I’d be much more petrified about the thought of losing to Duke or Virginia than BC fans. Our Duke and/or Virginia is Maryland and/or NC State.
My ACC Picks this week...
Clemson over Wake Forest
BC over NC State
Maryland over Virginia
VT over GT
UCF over Miami
I was wrong
…but I really feel like Miami is going to falter, and I figured UCF was going to be that team…and now I look stupid. Oh well.
by Justin_Bobo on Oct 18, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Miami is in the driver's seat to win the Coastal now.
Win out and they are in the ACCCG (most likely with the help of the BCS Standings). Next week’s game vs. Clemson is a huge game for them (and for us).
by Brian Favat on Oct 18, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
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