The season just ended early Tuesday morning, with the ACC’s second national title in four years, night but it’s never too early (is it?) to look ahead to 2017.
Clemson, national champions for the first time since 1981 after a 35-31 upset of Alabama in the College Football Playoff, will have to reload. The Tigers, ACC champions the past two years, will go for a three-peat without quarterback Deshaun Watson and be pushed in the Atlantic Division again by Louisville and Florida State for league supremacy.
The Coastal Division side, as usual, is wide open with only Duke and Virginia returning quarterbacks with starting experience.