Tuesday, September 24, 2013

ACC Wheel of Destiny: Week 5

Both divisions are still wide open, but some teams are already in a hole.

Any records mentioned in this post only refer to conference records.

Atlantic:
FSU, Clemson, and BC are undefeated in conference play.
Maryland and Syracuse haven't started conference games.
Wake Forest and NC State each have one loss, both to division foes.

Controls destiny:  FSU, Clemson, BC, Maryland, Syracuse
Needs 2 losses from another team:  WF, NC State.

Coastal:
GT has the undefeated lead.
Pitt is 1-1, with the loss coming from the other division.
Miami, VT, and UVA haven't started conference play.
UNC has lost 1 game, and Duke has lost two.  Both lost to GT.

Controls destiny:  GT, Miami, VT, UVA, Pitt
Needs 2 losses from another team:  UNC
Needs 3 losses from another team:  Duke

No one is officially out at this point, since the ACC is known for wild and crazy finishes.  At least there are no sanctions this year.  Although it looks like Duke is pretty much screwed.  Pitt has the shakiest control of their destiny.  Because their loss is from the other division, they can still run the table on the Coastal side and win all of the tiebreakers.

Week 5 has four conference matchups, which should cause some separation on both sides.

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