Current ACC Rankings: One to Twelve

The ACC (and college football) season is halfway over. Here are how I see the teams as far as ranking, from one to twelve.

1. Virginia Tech

Hard to argue with anyone else getting the top spot. VT's only loss is to Alabama, currently ranked second in the country. VT has good talent and great coaching and is the clear favorite at this point.

2. Georgia Tech

This is unfair to Miami because they beat Georgia Tech head to head. However, that was Georgia Tech's third game in 13 days and they were tired. I also think that GT will have the better record, in the conference, at the end of the year.

3. Miami

They probably should be number two. Jacory Harris is having a great year leading this team and they have athletes. The win over Oklahoma was huge and should give this team confidence for the rest of the year.

4. Wake Forest

After the top 3, it gets really tough. Wake lost to Boston College but has had two nice wins over NC State and Maryland since and is in control over their destiny and a win over Clemson this Saturday would really give them control. Grobe's teams are so consistent it is maddening.

5. Boston College

The Eagles are TERRIBLE, and I mean TERRIBLE on offense. They have had two weeks where at halftime they had less than 10 yards of offense. However, the defense is pretty good and is keeping them in most games. The Eagles sit at 2-2 in the conference and currently deserve the top 5. It can change quickly though.

6. Clemson

They are here because I don't know who else to put. Clemson is doing its usual fall underachieving routine and are at 2-3 but do have the talent to win games, as well as the schedule (playing in the Atlantic division).

7. Virginia

Here comes Al Groh. Every year in September it is his last year and by Thanksgiving he has his job back. While this still may be his last year, the Cavs have gotten two impressive wins in a row, especially last week thumping Indiana 47-7. Who knows with this team.

8. Florida State

Things are amiss in Tallahassee. Them being ranked eighth is more of an indictment on the conference than anything. They do have the impressive BYU win and still have some talent somewhere in that program.

9. Duke

I would have put Duke eighth but I still can't wrap my head around them being able to beat Florida St. Maybe they could. Their win over NCSU was really impressive and if their offense keeps playing at that high of a level then they will be in every game for the rest of the year (especially considering the teams ranked below them have been terrible on offense).

10. NC State

NC State looked as though they were turning the corner after the Pitt win and ready for a big year. The last two losses to Wake and especially Duke have been big setbacks. They still win games with Wilson at quarterback but they have to figure out how to defend the pass and tackle.

11. North Carolina

They can't score. Not even against Georgia Southern last week. The defense (which is good) had to score for them. UNC, unless they can figure out how to put points on the board, will struggle in every game they have the rest of the year.

12. Maryland

They almost lost to a FCS team, lost to Middle Tennessee St. for the second straight year, and got hammered by Rutgers and California. They somehow beat Clemson but have been bad in every other game this year. They haven't shown me (other than the Clemson game) they can consistently play an entire game.