2015 record: 8-5 (4-4 ACC)
A postseason bid and competing for a division title is the new standard at Duke under ninth-year coach David Cutcliffe. His 48 victories at Duke are 38 more than the Blue Devils had in the eight years before his arrival. Duke has emerged as a team that at least draws consideration as a preseason Coastal contender now. A bowl win, the program’ s first since 1960, gave the team momentum heading into 2016 after a late-season four-game tailspin. Question marks exist on both sides of the line, and a tougher schedule could end a three-year streak of at least eight wins, the longest in program history.