GREENSBORO, N.C. - Defending ACC champion North Carolina is THE preseason favorite to win another conference title in a vote of the league's 14 head coaches. The ACC Office in Greensboro released the preseason poll Monday afternoon.
The 21-time ACC champion Tar Heels received four first-place votes and 183 points, followed by Florida State (five first-place votes, 174 points), Virginia (two first-place votes, 173 points) and Duke (three first-place votes, 151 points).
NC State placed fifth in the voting, followed by Clemson, Notre Dame, Wake Forest and Louisville. Boston College placed 10th followed by Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Miami and Pitt.