TNIAAM’s ACC Football Power Rankings for September 30th

Can The U survive the Calgorithm?

At the request of Syracuse Orange fans, we’re going to give you our ACC Football Power Rankings. Let’s get to this week’s list….

1) Miami Hurricanes (5-0, 1-0) – got a gift from the ACC Replay officials to survive. It was the right call, but there’s no way the replay was conclusive enough to overturn the call. Mario Cristobal would be a great CFB GM with his ability to build a roster that a better HC could win with.

2) Clemson Tigers (3-1, 1-0)- Dabo’s probably wishing he took phone calls after Cade Klubnik has bounced back from the awful game against Georgia. “What do you think about that Tyler?”

3) Louisville Cardinals (3-1, 1-0)- the Cardinals’ CFP hopes are still alive despite the loss at Notre Dame

4) Duke Blue Devils (5-0, 1-0)- too bad so many Duke fans missed the 20-point comeback

5) Boston College Eagles (4-1, 1-0)- Thomas Castellanos is probably the most valuable player in the ACC. With him BC looks like they can cause problems, without him BC isn’t going anywhere

6) Pittsburgh Panthers (4-0, 0-0)- call us skeptical, but we aren’t convinced this Pitt team is a legit threat in the ACC.

7) Stanford Cardinal (2-2, 1-1) – by the end of the year we’re going to wonder how Syracuse lost to Stanford.

8) Syracuse Orange (3-1, 1-1) – the Orange seem like a middle of the road ACC team right now.

9) Virginia Cavaliers (3-1, 1-0) – at this point who knows how to rank anyone from 4th to 14th on this list. Thankfully it will work itself out over the next two months

10) California Golden Bears (3-1, 0-1)- “Communists vs Convicts” for Gameday should give us some great signs and the Berkeley crowd will probably make McAfee and Herbie very uncomfortable. Shame David Pollack wasn’t still around for this one..

11) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3-2, 1-2)- they have a really good QB and a meathead HC so pretty sure this will be a very up and down season for Tech

12) SMU Mustangs (4-1, 1-0)- while the world was watching Bama and Georgia play a classic, SMU got Ron DeSantis asking his staff if they can consider Mike Norvell a DEI hire so he can be fired without paying his buyout

13) NC State Wolfpack (3-2, 0-1)- transitive property win over Notre Dame!

14) Virginia Tech Hokies (2-3, 0-1) – if you’re up 10 on the road and get a 70+ yard interception return, you absolutely should not call a fake FG shovel pass to a TE. Congrats Brent Pry for the worst call of the week

15) North Carolina Tar Heels (3-2, 0-1)- Mack Brown’s “win or I’ll retire” mantra didn’t work. Does Roy Williams want to coach football?

16) Florida State Seminoles (1-4, 1-3) – bet you wish you brought in Kyle McCord, don’t ya?

17) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-3, 0-1)- Dave Clawson’s had a good run at Wake but it appears the clock has struck Midnight.

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