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ACC Football power rankings after Week 1: Louisville’s stars shine

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Isaac Brown had a dominant performance in Louisville's season-opener and the door cracked open for the Cardinals with Clemson's ugly home loss.

Louisville Cardinals running back Isaac Brown (1) | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Even with the conference’s presumed top two teams playing top 10 matchups in Week 1, Florida State managed to steal the ACC spotlight with its 31-17 upset win over No. 8 Alabama. Now, after a 2-10 record last season, Mike Norvell’s Seminoles appear to be angling back toward College Football Playoff contention with an offense led by Thomas Castellanos and Gus Malzahn.