FSU football: ACC Power Rankings after week three (2024)

Week three of college football is already in the books, and things are starting to take shape in the ACC. This past week saw little ACC action amongst teams in the conference. Boston College had a strong showing against SEC foe and No. 6 Missouri. Wake Forest got demolished against Ole Miss. The rest of the ACC teams won their matchups outside of FSU's loss to Memphis and Virginia's loss to Maryland. It was a week with most ACC teams playing weak non-conference teams. Here's where we are with our ACC Power Rankings after three weeks:

1. Miami (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
2. Louisville (2-0, 0-0 ACC)
3. Boston College (2-1, 1-0 ACC)
4. Syracuse (2-0, 1-0 ACC)
5. Duke (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
6. Pittsburgh (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
7. North Carolina (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
8. Clemson (1-1, 0-0 ACC)
9. Georgia Tech (3-1, 0-1 ACC)
10. California (3-0, 0-0 ACC) (^1)
11. Virginia (2-1, 1-0 ACC)
12. SMU (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
13. NC State (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
14. Stanford (1-1, 0-0 ACC)
15. Virginia Tech (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
16. Wake Forest (1-2, 0-1 ACC)
17. FSU (0-3, 0-2 ACC)

Miami played another cupcake and Louisville was on a bye. Boston College played Missouri tough on the road, so I'm not going to penalize them since everyone else played bad teams. Syracuse was on a bye and Duke barely beat a bad UConn team. Pittsburgh beat a bad WVU team, and North Carolina only led North Carolina Central 17-0 at halftime.

Clemson was on a bye and Georgia Tech beat VMI. California beat San Diego State and Virginia lost to Maryland. NC State struggled with Louisiana Tech and Stanford was on a bye. Virginia Tech beat a bad Old Dominion team.

Week four should be good to shake things up. Stanford travels to Syracuse, and NC State travels to Clemson. Georgia Tech travels to Louisville, and California looks to get their second road win on the east coast as an underdog when they travel to Tallahassee.