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It'd be the fifth-best team in the SEC West, middle of the pack in the Big 12, and it would fit in nicely with the unpredictable SEC East. Put it in the Big Ten East and it's fourth in the Big Ten West it finishes third. Despite an impending division title, put Miami in the Atlantic and it might finish fifth. But we should all tap our breaks a little bit if the Canes are heading into November at 7-1. A 9-3 record is a pretty reasonable expectation this season and 10-2 wouldn't shock me. Miami: I think Miami will win the ACC Coastal. An unfavorable schedule may send them even lower than that. Some see this as a step back year that could find the Heels in the middle of the typically unstable Coastal. Harris was not all that good at LSU, though, and he will have a lot of inexperienced people around him. The Heels will likely ask LSU transfer Brandon Harris to fill the shoes of the No.

There is a lot of production gone from both sides of the ball. North Carolina: The expectations are not quite as high for UNC this season after winning the Coastal division in 2015 and being the favorite in 2016 but falling short. Keep on reading to see the CBS Sports college football team's unique takes on the ACC entering the 2017 season. The pressure is now on the ACC to hold on to the mantle it snatched away from the SEC a year ago while other conferences breathe down their collective neck. However, as the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding.

And myriad other teams in the league appear to be on the upswing after hiring new coaches a year ago. Miami is once again predicted to win the Coastal for the first time in program history. Louisville returns the defending Heisman Trophy winner. But what about 2017? Though Clemson has suffered heavy losses, Florida State appears to be reloaded and a legitimate College Football Playoff contender. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: theĪssociated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.Yes, ACC, you were the best conference of 2016. Main article: 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Consensus All-Americans Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Seed Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2016–17 season.Year at school includes 2016–17 season.On April 8, 2016, the school hired Josh Pastner as head coach. On March 25, 2016, Georgia Tech announced Brian Gregory would not return as head coach.On March 27, 2016, the school hired Kevin Stallings as head coach. On March 21, 2016, Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon left the school to take the head coaching position at his alma mater, TCU.The conference achieved a 5–3 record in the NIT, with Georgia Tech losing to TCU in the championship game. Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse received bids to the National Invitation Tournament. North Carolina went on to with the NCAA Championship, defeating Gonzaga. The conference achieved an 11–8 record in the NCAA tournament, however only North Carolina won more than one game. Nine ACC schools (Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest) received invitations to the NCAA tournament. Jackson was also named a consensus first-team All-American and Duke guard Luke Kennard was named a second team All-American. Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner was named Coach of the Year. North Carolina forward Justin Jackson was named ACC Player of the Year. As a result, Duke received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Duke defeated Notre Dame to with the tournament championship. The ACC tournament was held from March 7–11, 2-17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. A loss by Duke later that day gave the Tar Heels the outright regular season championship. With a win over Pittsburgh on February 25, 2017, North Carolina clinched at least a share of the ACC regular season championship for the second straight season, the eighth time in the 14 years under head coach Roy Williams, and the 31st time in school history. Conference play started in late December 2016 and concluded in March. The 2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.