King of the Hill: ACC Power Rankings (Week 8)

Here are this week’s ACC power rankings. Not a ton of movement with the top four teams all staying the same. Wake Forest, a team I talked before about possibly being underrated, climbs to No. 5 after beating Virginia Tech.

There’s kind of a problem with the rankings for teams 5-8 with all of them beating up on each other. Wake gets the benefit of the doubt because their lone loss in that group was only a three-point road defeat to NC State early in the year.

Wake’s jump hurt Boston College who had to drop a slot despite easily winning their game this weekend against Georgia Tech. The other big mover of the week was 1-4 Virginia who lost to Miami. That loss wasn’t a bad one, obviously, but their move is more of a calibration after probably being ranked a little too high. Their only win was over a one-win Duke team and while their losses weren’t to terrible teams, none, other than the Miami game, was all that close.

1. (1) Clemson (6-0): 47-21 win over Syracuse
2. (2) Notre Dame (5-0): 45-3 win over Pitt
3. (3) Miami (5-1): 19-14 win over Virginia
4. (4) North Carolina (4-1): 48-21 win over NC State
5. (9) Wake Forest (3-2): 23-16 win over Virginia Tech
6. (5) Virginia Tech (3-2): Lost to Wake Forest
7. (6) NC State (4-2): Lost to North Carolina
8. (7) Boston College (4-2): 48-27 win over Georgia Tech
9. (8) Pitt (3-4): Lost to Notre Dame
10. (11) Georgia Tech (2-4): Lost to Boston College
11. (13) Louisville (2-4): 48-16 win over Florida State
12. (12) Florida State (2-4): Lost to Louisville
13. (10) Virginia (1-4): Lost to Miami
14. (14) Duke (1-5): Bye
15. (15) Syracuse (1-5): Lost to Clemson

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