If the media have it right -- and, no, they probably won’t -- the 2016 ACC season will go a lot like the 2015 season did.
The media picked Clemson to win the ACC Atlantic and North Carolina to win the Coastal, just as they did a year ago when the Tigers toppled the Tar Heels in the ACC Championship Game to reach the College Football Playoff.
Moreover, voters see Deshaun Watson repeating as the ACC’s player of the year. The Clemson quarterback won the award last season, too, and is considered a favorite for the Heisman Trophy.