ACC Football: Predicting the 2024 ACC standings
By Scott Roche
The 2024 college football season is here with Week 0 kicking things off with three ACC teams playing. Florida State and Georgia Tech get things started in Ireland and later at night, SMU plays at Nevada. This season, California and Stanford join SMU in the new-look ACC.
There are a lot of team that care more than capable of winning the ACC Championship this year and any number of teams could find themselves in Charlotte on Dec. 7 for the ACC Championship Game. Headlining that list is 2023 champion Florida State, but the Seminoles are going to face their share of obstacles on the way. With that said, here is a final prediciton on how the ACC will shake out in terms of the standings in 2024.
Predicting the ACC football standings for 2024
Things get going this weekend and here is how things will look at the end of the season.
Rank | Team | ACC Record | Overall Record |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Florida State | 7-1 | 10-2 |
2 | Miami | 7-1 | 10-2 |
3 | Clemson | 6-2 | 9-3 |
3 | Virginia Tech | 6-2 | 10-2 |
3 | Louisville | 6-2 | 9-3 |
3 | NC State | 6-2 | 9-3 |
7 | SMU | 5-3 | 8-4 |
7 | North Carolina | 5-3 | 8-4 |
9 | Georgia Tech | 4-4 | 7-5 |
9 | California | 4-4 | 7-5 |
9 | Syracuse | 4-4 | 8-4 |
12 | Boston College | 3-5 | 5-7 |
12 | Pittsburgh | 3-5 | 5-7 |
14 | Wake Forest | 2-6 | 5-7 |
14 | Duke | 2-6 | 6-6 |
16 | Stanford | 1-7 | 3-9 |
16 | Virginia | 1-7 | 3-9 |
Things could get interesting at the top of the standings as the margin for error for all the teams will be thin. A lot of teams are going to be in the mix throughout November for a spot in the ACC Championship Game. Ultimately, Florida State and Miami will be the last two standing when all is said and done.
However, would it be surprising to see North Carolina State, Louisville, Virginia Tech, or Clemson could be playing in Charlotte in early December? No, it wouldn't which is why this season could be one of the better we've seen in the ACC in a while. Newcomers Stanford and California are going to have to log a lot of miles this season on a plane with trips back and forth to the East Coast, while the teams that travel out west will get a bye week the following week. Ah yes, the new-look ACC.
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