Wake Forest picked to finish 11th in ACC
Wake Forest has been picked to finish 11th in the ACC.
The Deacons received 412 voting points in the preseason poll for ACC men’s basketball. Results of the poll were announced by the league on Tuesday afternoon.
Wake Forest finished relatively close to its preseason pick in the last three seasons. Last year, finished in a tie fourth after a preseason pick of third; in 2023-24, finished in a tie for fifth after being preseason sixth; and in 2022-23, finished in a tie for eighth after picked ninth.
Duke was picked to win the league, receiving 34 of 49 first-place votes. Louisville was picked to finish second and is the only other team to receive first-place votes.
Wake Forest did not have any players receive recognition on the preseason All-ACC teams or the individual awards (player of the year and freshman of the year). Voters only submit a first-team of five players, and the top 10 recipients are divided into a first-team and second-team.
Here are the full results of ACC preseason voting:
2025 ACC Preseason Poll
School, Voting points
1. Duke (34), 866
2. Louisville (15), 842
3. North Carolina, 741
4. N.C. State, 710
5. Virginia, 623
6. SMU, 616
7. Clemson, 510
8. Miami, 500
9. Syracuse, 489
10. Notre Dame, 477
11. Wake Forest, 412
12. Virginia Tech, 355
13. Georgia Tech, 315
14. Pitt, 301
15. Florida State, 221
16. California, 156
17. Stanford, 138
18. Boston College, 107
All-ACC teams and preseason awards
First-Team
Name, School, Votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 46
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 46
Darrion Williams, N.C. State, 45
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 36
Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 36
Second-Team
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 24
Boopie Miller, SMU, 27
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 27
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 24
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 24
ACC Preseason Player of the Year
Darrion Williams, N.C. State, 23 votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 19
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 2
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 2
Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 1
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 1
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 1
ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 43 votes
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 3
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 2
Neoklis Avdalas, Virginia Tech, 1
