2020 Coastal Path to the ACCCG

Since a lot of people want/expect for Tech to play in the ACCCG, I wanted to look at what not only our schedule looked like, but that of the other Coastal teams. Don't forget, we could go 11-1 and lose to another coastal team, and if they only had one other conference loss, they'd go, not us. I went down the list from the 2019 standings, listed the 2019 #conference wins, listed the conference opponents and my guess as to whether that team would win or lose against those opponents (or if it was a tossup).
For tossups, if there was an even number, I split them for anticipated 2020 wins, if there is an uneven number, I favored the loss.
I think our biggest challenge will be UNC. They also seem to have a relatively easy schedule for 2020. So think that is a must win for us to play in the ACCCG.
Feel free to contest my number of wins for each team (copy and paste the table with your W/L) – I'd love to hear other's thoughts.

Virginia (2019 6-2) (2020 3-5)
Clemson (L)
Duke (W)
GT (W)
Louisville (L) (don't think they'll have the firepower to take on what always seem like high scoring Louisville offense)
Miami (L) (a lot of talent on D, ? on O, think their D will hold them low enough for Miami to win given loss of Perkins)
North Carolina (L) (Sam Howell is a really good quarterback)
Pitt (W)
VT (L)

Virginia Tech (2019 5-3) (2020 7-1 I put us at 1-1 for the tossups)
GT (W)
Miami (T) (their D is strong, so the big question is with their O – if they choke we win, either way Miami always seems to play us hard)
BC (W)
LOLUVA (W) (Perkins gone, we win)
Duke (W)
NC (T) (Sam Howell gave us fits this year – if we can improve on the D-Line, Farley and Waller are healthy, and hopefully we get some good play at safety, we should win)
Pitt (W)
Louisville (W) (I think the strength of our defense and their usual lack of defense gives us the edge)

Pitt (2019 4-4) (2020 4-4)
FSU (T) No clue how good FSU will be next year
Miami (L) (I think the D wins this for Miami)
UNC (L)
Duke (W)
GT (W)
Syracuse (W)
VT (L)
UVA (T)

North Carolina (2019 4-4) (2020 6-2)
GT (W)
Pitt (W)
VT (L)
NCSt (W)
Duke (W)
Miami (T) (This matchup is between Miami's O and UNC's D)
UVA (W)
BC (W)

Miami (2019 4-4) (2020 6-2 but feel like this should be less, maybe an extra tossup goes against them)
GT (W)
Duke (W)
FSU (T) (based on how FSU did this year, I'd put an L here, but it's a rivalry game)
UNC (T)
Pitt (W)
UVA (W) (This one depends on what sort of offense UVA can put up without Perkins, don't think UVA
VT (T)
WF (T)

Duke (2019 3-5) (2020 2-6, but feel like Duke will get at least one more W)
UNC (L)
UVA (L)
VT (L)
WF (L)
GT (W)
Miami (L)
NCSt (W)
Pitt (T)

Georgia Tech (2019 2-6) (2020 1-7, although feel like they'll get at least one more W)
Duke (L)
Miami (L)
UVA (L)
UNC (L)
Pitt (L)
Syracuse (T)
VT (L)
Clemson (L)

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