Last season the ACC had 5 of the Elite 8. The conference dominated the tournament, even though UNC lost in the title game. This year the ACC looks to be just as dominant. Duke is the near unanimous preseason number 1 team, while UNC and Virginia join them in the top 10. KenPom has 5 ACC teams in the top-12. There really isn’t a good year in the ACC to have a down year, but this really isn’t it. For my rankings, I’m using the ACC media predictions done during the ACC Media Days.
1. Duke
Duke returns the favorite for the National Player of the Year Grayson Allen.