BarcaDeac
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The ACC is 5-11 against P5 competition with two games left against ND, and games against Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
and Wake/UNC if we wanna get technical
The ACC is 5-11 against P5 competition with two games left against ND, and games against Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
A team from the ACC Atlantic has been ranked in the top 5 of the initial CFP Rankings every year.
Overall Record Team Initial CFP Ranking PF vs. FBS PA vs. FBS Average Margin vs. FBS 7-0 2014 Florida State #2 228 139 14.8
8-0 2015 Clemson #1 276 131 20.7 8-0 2016 Clemson #2 234 141 13.3 7-1 2017 Clemson #4 258 105 19.1
8-0 2018 Clemson #2 305 97 29.7 9-0 2019 Clemson #5 339 91 31.0
7-1 2020 Clemson #3 314 156 22.6 8-0 2021 Wake Forest ??? 306 175 18.7
This Wake team has a larger average margin of victory at the time of the initial CFP rankings than the 2014 FSU defending champs and the 2016 Clemson team who won the national championship. Wake has a similar margin to the 2015 and 2017 Clemson teams as well. Wake has a better record than the 2017 Clemson team that lost by 3 at Syracuse and the 2020 Clemson team that lost by 7 at Notre Dame.
Wake in 2021 is doing what our Atlantic brethren FSU and Clemson have done the last 7 years. Wake should be ranked as high as those teams in the initial CFP rankings. #whynotwake
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The reason I say "Oof!" is these are the current results:
Cincinnati - 26.4%
Michigan State - 37.1%
Oklahoma - 31%
Wake Forest - 5.5%
That is Exhibit A to show how undervalued WF football is and remains.
Think about all the coaches out there who have had to make up slights and pull obscure quotes to motivate their players.
Clawson doesn’t have to do they at all.
Think about all the coaches out there who have had to make up slights and pull obscure quotes to motivate their players.
Clawson doesn’t have to do they at all.
I'm concerned about the possibility of Wake jumping Cincinnati to be honest. I think we'd be well served to root against ND to make that win look as not great as possible. Hopefully the committee would dig deep into ND and realize they haven't exactly pulled up trees against ACC competition thus far this year -- suppose we'll get an early sense on that front tomorrow
not a great look if ND goes 5-0 against our conference but loses at home to Cinci (even if 4 of those teams could finish bottom half of their divisions)
hope UVA is prepping hard for that game coming off yielding 66 to BYU
not a great look if ND goes 5-0 against our conference but loses at home to Cinci (even if 4 of those teams could finish bottom half of their divisions)
hope UVA is prepping hard for that game coming off yielding 66 to BYU
not a great look if ND goes 5-0 against our conference but loses at home to Cinci (even if 4 of those teams could finish bottom half of their divisions)
hope UVA is prepping hard for that game coming off yielding 66 to BYU