Florida State is ACC Media's Near Unanimous Pick to Win Conference in 2014

Miami selected as likely Coastal Division winner; FSU's Winston voted preseason Player of the Year.

Florida State is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as ACC Champions according to a poll of media members in attendance at the 2014 ACC Football Kickoff. This should be a surprise to no one.

There's far from a consensus as to which team will win the Coastal Division. Miami had the most points of the vote, but Duke came away with the most first place votes. Virginia Tech and North Carolina join the 'Canes and Blue Devils as teams with double-digit first place votes. The top four Coastal teams are separated by just 71 points. The only Coastal team not to receive a first place vote was Virginia.

The media tagged Jameis Winston as the preseason favorite to win player of the year. In what was probably the biggest surprise of the poll, players other than the reigning Heisman winner received votes, including Virginia Tech quarterback Brenden Motley.

ACC Championship Votes (4 voters made no selection)

  1. Florida State - 104
  2. Clemson - 2
  3. Virginia Tech - 2

Atlantic Division (First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Florida State (109) - 670
  2. Clemson (3) - 660
  3. Louisville - 564
  4. Syracuse - 368
  5. NC State - 326
  6. Boston College - 301
  7. Wake Forest - 136

Coastal Division (First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Miami (26) - 614
  2. Duke (33) - 597
  3. Virginia Tech (23) - 571
  4. North Carolina (27) - 570
  5. Georgia Tech (1) - 322
  6. Pitt (2) - 319
  7. Virginia - 142

ACC Player of the Year (4 voters made no selection)

  1. Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State - 99
  2. Vic Beasley, DE, Clemson - 6
  3. Duke Johnson, RB, Miami - 1
  4. Jamison Crowder, WR, Duke - 1
  5. Brenden Motley, QB, Virginia Tech - 1

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