Miami Hurricanes picked by ACC media to win Coastal ... but not win the conference title
If an ACC media poll is to believed, then the Miami Hurricanes football team will win the Coastal and face Clemson in the conference title game.
That’s a lot of respect from a swarm of reporters typically not all that warm to UM, and perhaps it’s a sign of the perception of the program under Mario Cristobal’s guidance.
The Canes got 98 of the 164 votes to finish in first place in the Coastal, with Pittsburgh finishing No. 2 with 38 first-place votes. North Carolina was third with 18.
On the other side it was a big run for Clemson with 111 first place votes followed by NC State’s 44.
While the above is good news for Cane fans that believe in polls, the results also show that reporters believe the Coastal is quite a bit weaker than the Atlantic.
Clemson was chosen to be the overall conference champ with 103 votes, and it wasn’t the Hurricanes following the Tigers. Picked as the runner-up was NC State with 38 votes. Miami only got 8 votes to win the ACC this year, followed by Wake Forest with 4 and then Pitt and Virginia with 3 apiece. Florida State even got some votes to win the ACC, with two.
ACC Preseason Poll
(164 total votes)
Overall Champion
Clemson – 103
NC State – 38
Miami – 8
Wake Forest – 4
Pitt – 3
Virginia – 3
Florida State – 2
North Carolina – 2
Boston College – 1
Atlantic Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Clemson (111) – 1,080
NC State (44) – 959
Wake Forest (6) – 783
Louisville – 591
Florida State (2) – 509
Boston College (1) – 469
Syracuse – 201
Coastal Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Miami (98) – 1,036
Pitt (38) – 911
North Carolina (18) – 823
Virginia (6) – 667
Virginia Tech (3) – 592
Georgia Tech (1) – 343
Duke – 220
