The ACC has more programs than not that are mediocre or downright terrible in 2025. It’s one thing we mentioned several times in the offseason about the schedule for FSU and why they shouldn’t have any problems finding eight wins.
The conference has five undefeated teams remaining and a few solid out-of-conference wins. FSU beat Alabama, Miami beat Notre Dame, South Florida, and Georgia Tech beat Colorado (though that win doesn’t mean much).
The rest of the conference has been terrible in out of conference play. Clemson lost to an overrated LSU team. Duke lost to Tulane, Virginia Tech got demolished by Old Dominion, and Wake Forest nearly lost to Kennesaw State.
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Syracuse got demolished by Tennessee, Stanford lost to Hawaii, SMU lost to Baylor, Syracuse had to go to overtime against UConn, and Clemson was losing to Troy at halftime. It’s a lot of bad teams, and several of them fall on FSU’s schedule. I’d put Pittsburgh, Stanford, Wake Forest, and Virginia Tech in nearly definite wins for FSU after seeing them in the first 2-3 games. Virginia and NC State don’t look like anything special, and Clemson looks like a shell of what they used to be.
Miami is the only team that looks the part, but Notre Dame doesn’t look like a top 10 team, and South Florida isn’t good. The good news is we’ll find out pretty soon who the rest of the pretenders in the conference are.
We’ll see how it shakes out, but FSU should have no problems in the ACC as long as they remain healthy. Even if they lost to Miami, they could make the ACC championship game if they didn't lose another ACC matchup.