Clemson and Florida State are the ACC’s two best teams entering 2016, both deserving of the top-five label colleague Mark Schlabach awarded each in his Way-Too-Early Top 25.
Conference depth has hindered the ACC from earning much national respect as there hasn’t been a consistent winner the past few seasons outside of the Tigers and Seminoles. The hope is Miami with Mark Richt, relative newcomer Louisville and revived North Carolina will become national players and boost conference strength.
All three are in the updated Way-Too-Early Top 25, bunched up at the bottom. North Carolina sits at No.