If you enjoyed last season's ACC Championship Game between Clemson and North Carolina, you may get a rematch in 2016, at least if the ACC media has any idea what it's talking about.
Although ACC Media Days wrapped up last week, the conference released its preseason media poll on Monday, and for the most part, the 191 voters are going chalk, as Clemson was chosen to win the Atlantic with North Carolina taking the Coastal.
Clemson was also chosen as the eventual conference champion.
Here's the poll in its entirety, with first-place votes in parentheses.
ATLANTIC DIVISION
1. Clemson (148)
2. Florida State (42)
3. Louisville (1)
4. NC State
5. Boston College
6. Syracuse
7. Wake Forest
COASTAL DIVISION
1. North Carolina (121)
2. Miami (50)
3. Pitt (14)
4. Virginia Tech (3)
5. Duke (2)
6. Georgia Tech (1)
7. Virginia
Florida State received the second-most votes for conference champion, picking up 39. Of course, Clemson had 144 votes, so the gap is quite large! North Carolina (7) and Louisville (1) were the only other schools to receive champion votes.
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was chosen as the preseason ACC Player of the Year, which is the least surprising news of all.
There really aren't any surprises in this poll, though I suppose the gap between Clemson and Florida State could raise an eyebrow or two. My favorite part of this poll is how six of the seven teams int he Coastal received first place votes, reflecting just how unpredictable that division is on an annual basis.
