Early Top 25 by Mark Schlabach

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Florida State
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6. Ohio State
7. Stanford
8. Boise State
9. TCU
10. Oklahoma State
11. Arkansas
12. Texas A&M
13. Wisconsin
14. Notre Dame
15. South Carolina
16. Michigan State
17. Auburn
18. Georgia
19. Texas
20. Florida
21. Missouri
22. Virginia Tech
23. Arizona State
24. Nebraska
25. Mississippi State

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6087284

4/9/2011 3:41:21 PM

how you gon' lose your coach and stay in the top 10?

4/9/2011 3:54:20 PM

Luck

4/9/2011 3:56:30 PM

4/9/2011 3:57:43 PM

Where is UNC?

4/9/2011 4:05:39 PM

Where is NCSU? We actually finished the season ranked.

4/9/2011 4:11:06 PM

oh my god i didn't see that florida state is number 3.

jesus goodness christ. how do they get so absurdly overrated every single year?

4/9/2011 4:11:19 PM

UNC's newly enclosed east endzone, via family member's facebook via spring game via digital camera

4/9/2011 4:21:49 PM

Oh cool, they installed more seats for Wolfpack fans.

4/9/2011 4:25:05 PM

twista waxing latin itt

4/9/2011 5:38:12 PM

LOL at FSU flying a "Go Noles! 31-7" banner over UF's spring game. Gloating about one win after 6 losses in a row? Including losses of 34-7, 45-12, 45-15, 37-10. Far cry from the days of winning conference titles and national titles.

4/9/2011 10:25:05 PM

FSU at #3 is a joke. It's going to be funny when their national championship hopes are smashed come week 3 when Oklahoma comes to town. Even if FSU does beat OU, which I doubt they will, they will not escape the ACC without a loss. Just how it is, especially for the past decade when 5-3 can win your division.

4/9/2011 10:44:51 PM

The Keenan expansion looked better as scaffolding at the end of last season.

Should have kept curving or been aluminum or something. It really looks tacked on.

4/10/2011 12:31:49 AM

ohhh but the pine tress makes the stadum, bullshit, bullshit

Carter Finley >>>>Kenan

what a shithole dump of a stadium

4/10/2011 12:38:28 AM

It just looks out of place. They should have tried to bowl it in and make it more symmetrical to the other end. Could have been bigger and better looking. They could have had a lot more seats to put VT and State fans in.

4/10/2011 12:43:41 AM

looks a lot like

4/10/2011 1:42:49 AM

except the skyline is pine trees

4/10/2011 1:46:01 AM

ATL!

4/10/2011 3:34:55 AM

I think FSU will be really good this season. It is only a matter of time before they return to dominance.

4/10/2011 8:55:10 AM

I'll believe it when I see it

4/10/2011 9:18:58 AM

I, too, have been singing the praises of the Noles.

Manuel is going to be great quarterback for them the next two years. After Ponder went down with that shoulder and he took the reins you could just see the team take off. That beatdown of the gamecocks in the bowl game sold them in my mind for this coming season. Jimbo is doing a hell of job down there.

If the Noles can get by the Sooners in week 3, look the fuck out. We might finally have a legit national championship contender from the ACC again.

4/10/2011 10:01:08 AM

Does FSU not lose thei ENTIRE OL that has been starting for four years?

4/10/2011 10:13:05 AM

Not sure where you got that, but they have both tackles back and their LG last season is moving to center. That unit actually looks pretty strong for them.

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2011/3/15/2052056/florida-state-seminoles-football-spring-preview-2011-offensive-line

4/10/2011 10:20:26 AM

Its the defense you have to worry about. No more Greg Reed.

4/10/2011 10:28:46 AM

FSU at #3 is just a marketing ploy to build up the game week three against #1 Oklahoma

4/10/2011 10:37:25 AM

Wow guess they're gonna make UNC earn it this year.

4/10/2011 10:46:21 AM

Any team that loses there senior & heavily relied upon QB should not be in the top 25 until they prove it.

So, GT, VT, NCSU, UNC, Clemson, and Miami should all not be in the top 25.

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 12:12 PM. Reason : gdf]

4/10/2011 12:11:33 PM

My predictions for each ACC team.

Atlantic

BOSTON COLLEGE
Sept. 3 NORTHWESTERN - W
Sept. 10 at UCF - L
Sept. 17 DUKE - W
Sept. 24 MASSACHUSETTS - W
Oct. 1 WAKE FOREST - W
Oct. 8 at Clemson - L
Oct. 22 at Virginia Tech - L
Oct. 29 at Maryland - L
Nov. 3 FLORIDA STATE (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Nov. 12 NC STATE - L
Nov. 19 at Notre Dame - L
Nov. 26 at Miami - L

4-8 (2-6)


CLEMSON
Sept. 3 TROY - W
Sept. 10 WOFFORD - W
Sept. 17 AUBURN - W
Sept. 24 FLORIDA STATE - W
Oct. 1 at Virginia Tech - L
Oct. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE - W
Oct. 15 at Maryland - L
Oct. 22 NORTH CAROLINA - W
Oct. 29 at Georgia Tech - L
Nov. 12 WAKE FOREST - W
Nov. 19 at NC State - L
Nov. 26 at South Carolina - L

7-5 (4-4)


FLORIDA STATE
Sept. 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE - W
Sept. 10 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN - W
Sept. 17 OKLAHOMA - L
Sept. 24 at Clemson - L
Oct. 8 at Wake Forest - W
Oct. 15 at Duke - W
Oct. 22 MARYLAND - W
Oct. 29 NC STATE - W
Nov. 3 at Boston College (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - W
Nov. 12 MIAMI - W
Nov. 19 VIRGINIA - W
Nov. 26 at Florida - L

9-3 (7-1)


MARYLAND
Sept. 5 MIAMI (Monday) , ESPN, 8 pm - W
Sept. 17 WEST VIRGINIA - W
Sept. 24 TEMPLE - W
Oct. 1 TOWSON - W
Oct. 8 at Georgia Tech - L
Oct. 15 CLEMSON - W
Oct. 22 at Florida State - L
Oct. 29 BOSTON COLLEGE - W
Nov. 5 VIRGINIA - W
Nov. 12 vs. Notre Dame (FedEx Field; Landover, MD) - W
Nov. 19 at Wake Forest - W
Nov. 26 at NC State - L

9-3 (5-3)


NC STATE
Sept. 3 LIBERTY - W
Sept. 10 at Wake Forest - W
Sept. 17 SOUTH ALABAMA - W
Sept. 22 at Cincinnati (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - W
Oct. 1 GEORGIA TECH - W
Oct. 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN - W
Oct. 22 at Virginia - L (it's tough to win on the road in the ACC, plus we have one WTF loss every year and when you see my prediction for UVA you'll understand)
Oct. 29 at Florida State - L
Nov. 5 NORTH CAROLINA - W
Nov. 12 at Boston College - W
Nov. 19 CLEMSON - W
Nov. 26 MARYLAND - W

10-2 (6-2)


WAKE FOREST
Sept. 3 at Syracuse - L
Sept. 10 NC STATE - L
Sept. 17 GARDNER-WEBB - W
Oct. 1 at Boston College - L
Oct. 8 FLORIDA STATE - L
Oct. 15 VIRGINIA TECH - L
Oct. 22 at Duke - W
Oct. 29 at North Carolina - L
Nov. 5 NOTRE DAME - L
Nov. 12 at Clemson - L
Nov. 19 MARYLAND - L
Nov. 26 VANDERBILT - W

3-9 (1-7)

Atlantic Division
1) FSU 9-3 (7-1)
2) NCSU 10-2 (6-2)
3) UMD 9-3 (5-3)
4) CU 7-5 (4-4)
5) BC 4-8 (2-6)
6) WF 3-9 (1-7)


Coastal

DUKE
Sept. 3 RICHMOND - W
Sept. 10 STANFORD - L
Sept. 17 at Boston College - L
Sept. 24 TULANE - W
Oct. 1 at FIU - W
Oct. 15 FLORIDA STATE - L
Oct. 22 WAKE FOREST - L
Oct. 29 VIRGINIA TECH - L
Nov. 5 at Miami - L
Nov. 12 at Virginia - L
Nov. 19 GEORGIA TECH - L
Nov. 26 at North Carolina - L

3-9 (0-8)


GEORGIA TECH
Sept. 1 WESTERN CAROLINA (Thursday) - W
Sept. 10 at Middle Tennessee - W
Sept. 17 KANSAS - W
Sept. 24 NORTH CAROLINA - W
Oct. 1 at NC State - L
Oct. 8 MARYLAND - W
Oct. 15 at Virginia W
Oct. 22 at Miami - W
Oct. 29 CLEMSON - W
Nov. 10 VIRGINIA TECH (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Nov. 19 at Duke - W
Nov. 26 GEORGIA - L

9-3 (6-2)


MIAMI
Sept. 5 at Maryland (Monday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Sept. 17 OHIO STATE - L
Sept. 24 KANSAS STATE - W
Oct. 1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN - W
Oct. 8 at Virginia Tech - L
Oct. 15 at North Carolina - W
Oct. 22 GEORGIA TECH - L
Oct. 27 VIRGINIA (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - W
Nov. 5 DUKE - W
Nov. 12 at Florida State - L
Nov. 19 at South Florida - W
Nov. 26 BOSTON COLLEGE - W

7-5 (4-4)


NORTH CAROLINA
Sept. 3 JAMES MADISON - W
Sept. 10 RUTGERS - W
Sept. 17 VIRGINIA - W
Sept. 24 at Georgia Tech - L
Oct. 1 at East Carolina - W
Oct. 8 LOUISVILLE - W
Oct. 15 MIAMI - L
Oct. 22 at Clemson - L
Oct. 29 WAKE FOREST - W
Nov. 5 at NC State - L
Nov. 17 at Virginia Tech (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Nov. 26 DUKE - W

7-5 (3-5)


VIRGINIA
Sept. 3 WILLIAM & MARY - W
Sept. 10 at Indiana - W
Sept. 17 at North Carolina - L
Sept. 24 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI - W
Oct. 1 IDAHO - W
Oct. 15 GEORGIA TECH - L
Oct. 22 NC STATE - W
Oct. 27 at Miami (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Nov. 5 at Maryland - L
Nov. 12 DUKE - W
Nov. 19 at Florida State - L
Nov. 26 VIRGINIA TECH - L

6-6 (2-6)


VIRGINIA TECH
Sept. 3 APPALACHIAN STATE - W
Sept. 10 at East Carolina - W
Sept. 17 ARKANSAS STATE - W
Sept. 24 at Marshall - W
Oct. 1 CLEMSON - W
Oct. 8 MIAMI - W
Oct. 15 at Wake Forest - W
Oct. 22 BOSTON COLLEGE - W
Oct. 29 at Duke - W
Nov. 10 at Georgia Tech (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - W
Nov. 17 NORTH CAROLINA (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - W
Nov. 26 at Virginia - W

12-0 (8-0)

Coastal Division
1) VT 12-0 (8-0)
2) GT 9-3 (6-2)
3) UM 7-5 (4-4)
4) UNC 7-5 (3-5)
5) UVA 6-6 (2-6)
6) Duke 3-9 (0-8)


ACC Championship Game - FSU vs. VT

ACC Champion - FSU (they ruin VT's shot at a National Championship and VT fans continue to be let down; the ACC's reputation takes a hit again b/c a 3 loss team won the conference)

4/10/2011 12:18:07 PM

If Glennon plays (not to knock glennon -- i just don't believe our OL can protect a stationary QB):

Sept. 3 LIBERTY - W
Sept. 10 at Wake Forest - W
Sept. 17 SOUTH ALABAMA - W
Sept. 22 at Cincinnati (Thursday), ESPN, 8 pm - L
Oct. 1 GEORGIA TECH - W
Oct. 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN - W
Oct. 22 at Virginia - W
Oct. 29 at Florida State - L
Nov. 5 NORTH CAROLINA - L
Nov. 12 at Boston College - L
Nov. 19 CLEMSON - L
Nov. 26 MARYLAND - L

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 1:19 PM. Reason : .]

4/10/2011 1:18:01 PM

Quote :

"Any team that loses there senior & heavily relied upon QB should not be in the top 25 until they prove it. So, GT, VT, NCSU, UNC, Clemson, and Miami should all not be in the top 25."

This is some great logic Why didn't you include FSU?

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 2:01 PM. Reason : Ponder]

4/10/2011 2:00:54 PM

We should have flew a plane over UNCs Spring game with the past four years scores.

It would have been wasted money though since their were only like 37 people at the game.

4/10/2011 5:36:56 PM

My dad did the steel for the UNC expansion. Each exposed beam has a nice coat of my urine. It was an artistic choice. Also, they had to put the plans on hold when we announced we were building a new scoreboard. They decided to add another one. Haha. Thought we were the ones with an inferiority complex.



btw: Bricks? How tacky



[Edited on April 11, 2011 at 12:23 AM. Reason : .]

4/11/2011 12:18:05 AM

^ All the $Texas they got & they chose that exterior design. it's not bad..but could've been a lot better.

4/11/2011 4:08:32 PM

I'm not sure why they expanded Kenan, they can't fill the seats they already had.

4/11/2011 4:20:17 PM

Quote :

"If Glennon plays (not to knock glennon -- i just don't believe our OL can protect a stationary QB):"

Have you ever seen Glennon play? He's not a PRiv, completely immobile, QB. I think a lot of NCSU fans have a lot of shock coming when you see his escapability (granted he is no RW).

4/11/2011 4:25:40 PM

Glennon runs like Forrest Gump with his braces on

Wilson runs like Forrest Gump with his braces off

Rivers runs like Lieutenant Dan

4/11/2011 4:31:13 PM

Evans runs like Jenny

4/11/2011 5:00:44 PM

I guess Beck would be Jenny's loser hippy boyfriend

4/11/2011 5:46:36 PM

or bubba

4/11/2011 6:19:39 PM

isn't the rest of the stadium a greyish/white siding? Why the hell did they go brick in the endzone? lol...

4/11/2011 8:13:46 PM

Quote :

"My dad did the steel for the UNC expansion. Each exposed beam has a nice coat of my urine."

I buried a Wilson jersey under the construction.

4/11/2011 9:11:25 PM

Along with their NCAA Compliance Manual. Zing!

[Edited on April 11, 2011 at 9:41 PM. Reason : Droid.]

4/11/2011 9:40:13 PM

^^^ the entire stadium will eventually be bricked in

4/11/2011 10:23:20 PM

Quote :

"^^^ the entire stadium will eventually be bricked in"

If nothing happens to the program

4/11/2011 11:40:06 PM

what's kind of interesting about the kenan expansion are those two really tall walls that keep out the riff raff on either side. They didn't really add all that many seats, just luxury seats/boxes. It does look so tacked-on though.

4/12/2011 6:55:37 AM

Quote :

"Glennon runs like Forrest Gump with his braces on Wilson runs like Forrest Gump with his braces off Rivers runs like Lieutenant Dan "

lol

4/12/2011 7:53:22 AM

That's funny. I guess I would have expected us to have the all brick facade complete with a new brick walkway that connected CF to the brickyard. Brick.

Quote :

"Oct. 29 at Florida State - L Nov. 5 NORTH CAROLINA - L Nov. 12 at Boston College - L Nov. 19 CLEMSON - L Nov. 26 MARYLAND - L"

Ugh. I could totally see that happening.

4/12/2011 9:33:35 AM

@BryanDFischer Rules committee also approved the "Dooley Rule," allowing a 10 second runoff on a penalty in the final min.

4/15/2011 10:57:09 AM

Thank god lets make it retroactive as it should have been!

4/15/2011 11:05:38 AM

Duke player arrested for trafficking cocaine

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Duke-football-player-arrested-on-charges-of-cocaine-trafficking

4/21/2011 7:45:38 PM