Potential ACC teams???

By: Hokieguy81 on September 7, 2011, 11:23 AM | 31 comments

With Texas A&M heading to the SEC, WVU on the radar to follow and Virginia Tech claiming allegiance to the ACC, I started a discussion over email with a couple of buddies. I thought I would share my original response and get reactions from others.

Academics are such a huge factor in the ACC. According to US News, every ACC school is in the top 70 nationally accept FSU at #104 and NC State at #111. The ACC may take one team outside of the top 100 but I would be shocked if they take more. Here are my top 5 targets and their academic rank:

#19 Notre Dame

#55 Syracuse

#64 Rutgers

#64 Pitt

#69 UConn

In all likelihood, we can land 3 of those at best. I don't see Notre Dame coming to the ACC. So, say we get Syracuse, Pitt and UConn, that means we look outside of the top 100 academically for a 16th. That leaves #132 Temple, #156 Cincinnati, #176 Louisville and #183 USF. Any of those teams are a stretch in academics and even in athletics as a whole. If we can possibly land Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt and UConn, we would be able to do a North/South divisional breakdown with the divisions looking like this:

North

BC
Maryland
UConn
Rutgers
Syracuse
Pitt
UVa
Virginia Tech

South

UNC
Duke
NC State
Wake
Ga Tech
Clemson
Miami
FSU

What do you think?

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pRoJeCtPaT16 | 13 years 10 months #

I agree and offer some gloomier alternatives

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

CAA

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Hokie Stone | 13 years 10 months #

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InEnemyTerritory

PIE!

| 13 years 10 months #

Change is in the air....

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jackal | 13 years 10 months #

WVU and Pitt

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Joe Lanza

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| 13 years 10 months #

The best ACC Scenario (within reason)

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pRoJeCtPaT16 | 13 years 10 months #

Just a hunch

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Swofford may need to go..

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BeerControlOffense | 13 years 10 months # ^

i've heard

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EPHokie

WHAT'S A HOKIE? 🦃

| 13 years 10 months #

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BeerControlOffense | 13 years 10 months #

something very similar to this

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

BCO,

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BeerControlOffense | 13 years 10 months # ^

this is not being done

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Maybe..

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BeerControlOffense | 13 years 10 months # ^

who wants those

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

If academics..

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BeerControlOffense | 13 years 10 months # ^

i think academics

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Possible

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InEnemyTerritory

PIE!

| 13 years 10 months # ^

re UNC

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PMS208 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Without academics

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Navy

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jackal | 13 years 10 months #

Respectable version of the ACC

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months #

No chance..

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jackal | 13 years 10 months # ^

True

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DavidWilsonsWhip | 13 years 10 months #

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hoqiez | 13 years 10 months #

just posted this elsewhere

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Hokieguy81 | 13 years 10 months #

Update...

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PMS208 | 13 years 10 months # ^

Prophetic

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0-16 Hokie | 13 years 10 months #

i like it

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StLHokie | 13 years 10 months #

ESPN

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vtech777 | 13 years 10 months #

Better Football

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