When the media gathers next week in Charlotte, N.C. for the Atlantic Coast Conference’s annual Football Kickoff, one of the tasks at hand will be to pick who we think will be this year’s conference champion.
Spoiler alert, I’m going to tell you who will be picked to win it – Florida State.
Why? First because the Seminoles return nine starters on a defense that got better as the year went on in 2016, and that does not include the return of safety Derwin James, who missed most of last year with a knee injury. Secondly, FSU returns starting quarterback Deondre Francois.