GREENSBORO, N.C. – North Carolina is the Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer preseason favorite to win the league championship, according to a vote of the league's 12 head coaches.
The Tar Heels, who advanced to last season's College Cup, were named by 10 coaches as this year's team to beat for the ACC Championship. Wake Forest and Louisville each received one vote.
North Carolina, with 70 points, was the near unanimous favorite to win the Coastal Division and received 11 first-place votes in the division. Virginia was picked second with 53 points and received one first-place vote.