Clemson favored to win seventh straight ACC title
Clemson is favored to nab its seventh straight ACC championship, the conference announced Monday.
Almost 150 media members voted in the preseason poll with the Tigers garnering 125 first-place votes. North Carolina came in second with 16 first-place votes, while three voters picked Miami to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. Georgia Tech, N.C. State and Virginia each received a first-place vote.
Clemson garnered 146 votes to win the Atlantic Division, and the media projected the Tar Heels to come out on top of the Coastal Division (109). N.C. State was given one first-place vote to win the Atlantic — the only school other than Clemson to receive any recognition.
The Tigers’ ACC reign began in 2015 with that team beating North Carolina, 45-37, in the ACC title game. During the six-year span, they’ve boasted a 46-3 record against league foes.
Clemson will be looking for title No. 7 this season and appear again in the ACC championship game, which is set for Dec. 4 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
ACC football preseason media poll
(147 total votes)
Overall Champion
- Clemson - 125
- North Carolina - 16
- Miami - 3
- Virginia - 1
- Georgia Tech - 1
- NC State - 1
Atlantic Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
- Clemson – 1,028 (146)
- NC State - 804 (1)
- Boston College - 638
- Florida State - 510
- Wake Forest - 472
- Louisville - 462
- Syracuse - 202
Coastal Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
- North Carolina - 979 (109)
- Miami - 881 (28)
- Virginia Tech - 582 (3)
- Pitt - 576 (1)
- Virginia - 540 (2)
- Georgia Tech - 340 (4)
- Duke - 218
This story was originally published July 26, 2021 at 9:30 AM.
