Basketball season may be the best time of year, but the annual 10-day exam break is definitely the worst part of the season. The bright spot: It allows us to pause and update our ACC POWER rankings with most of non-conference play now behind us. UVA will host Davidson, Savannah State, and Hampton before kicking off ACC play against Boston College on 12/30.
The rankings were based on averaging across the ballots of 15 STL staff members. Scroll to the bottom for full rankings from each writer as well as overall means and standard deviations for each team.