Spring football practices and Spring Games are in the book, as is the spring transfer portal window. It's time for college football coaches and staffs to turn their attention to recruiting with the next two months avery busy and key time.
Last season at this time, expectations were high, as was the excitement for Virginia Tech. Still, things went south in Week 1, and they finished what was supposed to be a turnaround year under Brent Pry to a 6-6 regular season finish with a Duke's Mayo Bowl loss to Minnesota. With a lot of roster turnover, where do the Hokies rank following the spring transfer portal window closed and spring practices in the book in the ACC?
ACC Football Power Rankings post spring transfer portal window
Head coach Troy Taylor is gone, and Andrew Luck hired former Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich to coach this season. Coming into the program of a rebuild, what could possibly go wrong?
Jack Dickert comes to Winston-Salem after a very successful stint at Washington State and he has a lot of work to do, but it wouldn;t be surprising to see the Demon Deacons move up the rankings in the fall.
Like Brent Pry at Virginia Tech, Tony Elliott enters what is a huge 2025 season. He's added some players through the portal, but it feels like it's a bowl game or bust season for Elliott and the Cavaliers.
The Golden Bears will make a trip to Blacksburg this fall for a Friday night game in October and on Saturday, they got a commitment from former SMU running back RJ Johnson, Jr. who flipped fromm Rice. He rushed for almost a 1,000 yards last season for the Mustangs.
The Eagles have some holes on both lines to fill and Bill O'Brien will do so. A favorable early-schedule could set BC nicely early in the season.
What a difference a year makes. This time last season, the Hokies were a dark horse for the new 12-team College Football Playoff, but a 6-7 season followed by transfer portal losses and players leaving for the NFL has changed Tech's outlook. Health concerns surround QB Kyron Drones as well.
The Wolfpack suffered a huge portal loss with wide receiver KC Concepcion leaving Raleigh. Dave Doeren has some holes to fill, but expect the veteran coach to do it.
What a tale of two seasons for the Panthers last season who began the season at 7-0 before losing their last six. After averaging 33 points a game last season, can Pitt bounce-back in 2025?
Losing Kyle McCord under center is a big loss for Fran Brown, but he has done some very good work through the portal. But Syracuse faces a much more difficult schedule in 2025 than they did last fall.
It was a great Year 1 for Manny Diaz in Durham, but big losses on both sides of the ball have the Blue Devils with more questions than answers right now. If they can figure things out this summer, going into the season, this could be a dangerous team in 2025.
What a disaster 2024 was for Mike Norvell from the season-opening loss against Georgia Tech in Ireland through their season-finale against Florida. Boston College transfer QB Thomas Castellanos will have a lot of eyes on him this fall.
Bill Belichick was hired to replace Mack Brown in Chapel Hill, but so far, it's been a bit of an interesting first five months on the job between football and personal life for Belichick. We'll see what happens over the summer and into the fall. Will UNC be a player in the ACC under the former New England Patriots head coach?
After running the table in the regular season in the conference, the Mustangs suffered a devastating loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, but they did get an at-large CFP bid. How will they respond in 2025?
The Yellow Jackets are a program on the rise under Brent Key, and with a ton of talent returning on the offensive side of the ball, scoring should not be a problem for Georgia Tech this season, as long as they stay healthy.
After several losses last season, Jeff Brohm did some tremendous work in the transfer portal and he has the Cardinals set up for another run in 2025.
Georgia transfer QB Carson Beck is replacing the top overall pick in last month's NFL Draft, Cam Ward, and there is no doubt that the talent is there. How will Mario Cristobal handle it?
Quarterback Cade Klubnik returns to lead the Tigers offense which should be even better than it was last season. Can anyone take them down?