3 things to know about the ACC: Can anyone crash the Florida State and Clemson party?

Winning your conference is very important in the era of the expanded College Football Playoff.

The top four conference champions will receive byes to the second round of the 12-team postseason. With just four power conferences remaining following the demise of the Pac-12, a conference title is essentially a guaranteed off week.

With the 2024 season quickly approaching, here’s a look at the ACC. Will someone other than Florida State or Clemson make a run at the title?

—per BetMGM

A clear top three?

Is the ACC going to be won by either Clemson or Florida State again in 2024? Since Virginia Tech won the conference in 2010, Pittsburgh (2021) is the only team outside of Clemson and FSU to win an ACC title. Over the past 13 seasons, Clemson has won eight titles while the Seminoles won their fourth a season ago.

FSU’s title last season came as the ACC moved away from its divisional format. The Seminoles didn’t play the Tigers in the title game though. Clemson was just 4-4 in conference play and Louisville finished second to FSU.

The Seminoles are the favorites to repeat after adding DJ Uiagalelei to replace Jordan Travis at quarterback. The former Clemson and Oregon State QB is in his final season of college football and will have plenty to work with at FSU even though players like Keon Coleman, Johnny Wilson and Trey Benson need to be replaced.

Florida State’s defense should be very strong again after allowing less than 20 points per game and tallying 46 sacks in 2023. The unit added defensive end Marvin Jones Jr. from Georgia and LB Shawn Murphy and DB Earl Little are two of five transfers overall from Alabama.

Florida State and Clemson will be two of the top contenders to win the ACC once again this season. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Clemson, meanwhile, stayed quiet in the transfer portal as…

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Publish date : 2024-08-13 13:48:16

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