pfrduke
12-27-2010, 12:10 PM
Here's a non-comprehensive list of teams that have beaten ACC opponents this year: Stetson. Kennesaw State. Seattle U. Presbyterian. Siena. UNC-Wilmington. Yale. Winthrop. The combined record of those 8 teams is 35-55; meaning 27-55 in the 8 games when they didn't beat an ACC team. Even ignoring the middling performance against the other top conferences (which, thanks to FSU, is now just 2 games under .500), it's the inability to win the games that should be won that has been so disappointing about the ACC thus far. These games account for 20% of the non-conference losses to date, and in almost any other season all would have been easy wins.
But, I'm ever the optimist, and turnaround is always just a week away (even if we are running out of weeks). Let's take a look at the week ahead.
Monday has Clemson in action against Delaware State (I'm not sure if I was wrong or if the game got postponed, but I had originally thought this was happening yesterday).
[57]Clemson hosts [232]Delaware State
Tuesday has the Wolfpack hosting Alabama A&M while the Tar Heels head to New York to try to inch the conference BCS record another game closer to .500 (and do what Miami couldn't do) by beating Rutgers.
[80]NC States hosts [333] Alabama A&M
[29]North Carolina in New York vs. [94]Rutgers
Wednesday = 880 (knock on wood). 4 other ACC teams are in action, but the real focus of the conference will be in Greensboro as K goes to unseat Dean.
[1]Duke in Greensboro vs. [300]UNC-Greensboro
[47]Boston College at [96]Rhode Island
[57]Clemson hosts [151]East Carolina
[187]Wake Forest at [42]Richmond
[20]Maryland hosts [262]North Florida
Thursday features an ACC-Big XII matchup in Charlottesville that could get the conference back to .500, if Virginia can get its act together and knock off Iowa State. According to Pomeroy, Virginia is a 3-2 underdog.
[46]Virginia Tech hosts [319]USC-Upstate
[66]Miami hosts [209]Pepperdine
[100]Virginia hosts [41]Iowa State
Friday Georgia Tech rings out 2010 with a game against Mercer.
[82]Georgia Tech hosts [257]Mercer
Saturday NC State and Boston College ring in the New Year against San Diego and South Carolina, respectively. This USC has already knocked off Clemson and will be looking for an ACC sweep at home, while USD comes in as the worst team in the WCC.
[80]NC State hosts [293]San Diego
[47]Boston College at [89]South Carolina
Sunday features the opening of ACC play for Duke and Miami in Cameron, as well as six other matchups that range from almost certainly boring (UNC-St. Fran PA) to moderately interesting (Virginia-LSU), to almost certainly ugly (Gonzaga-Wake Forest).
[1]Duke hosts [66]Miami
[187]Wake Forest hosts [50]Gonzaga
[46]Virginia Tech hosts [277]Mount St. Mary's
[29]North Carolina hosts [325]St. Francis (PA)
[57]Clemson hosts [272]Citadel
[100]Virginia hosts [111]Louisiana State
[82]Georgia Tech hosts [155]Charlotte
ACC Non-Conference Record: 97-40
Record vs. BCS: 21-23
AEC: 3-0
A-10: 4-2
A-Sun: 10-2
Big 10: 6-9
Big 12: 5-2
Big East: 4-5
Big South: 4-2
Big West: 3-0
Colonial: 4-3
CUSA: 3-2
Horizon: 2-1
Ind: 5-1
Ivy: 1-1
MAAC: 2-1
MAC: 2-0
MEAC: 5-0
MVC: 2-1
MWC: 0-1
NEC: 3-0
OVC: 1-0
Pac-10: 3-3
Patriot: 4-0
SEC: 3-4
Southern: 13-0
Southland: 1-0
Summit: 1-0
Sun Belt: 1-0
WCC: 1-0
WAC: 1-0
But, I'm ever the optimist, and turnaround is always just a week away (even if we are running out of weeks). Let's take a look at the week ahead.
Monday has Clemson in action against Delaware State (I'm not sure if I was wrong or if the game got postponed, but I had originally thought this was happening yesterday).
[57]Clemson hosts [232]Delaware State
Tuesday has the Wolfpack hosting Alabama A&M while the Tar Heels head to New York to try to inch the conference BCS record another game closer to .500 (and do what Miami couldn't do) by beating Rutgers.
[80]NC States hosts [333] Alabama A&M
[29]North Carolina in New York vs. [94]Rutgers
Wednesday = 880 (knock on wood). 4 other ACC teams are in action, but the real focus of the conference will be in Greensboro as K goes to unseat Dean.
[1]Duke in Greensboro vs. [300]UNC-Greensboro
[47]Boston College at [96]Rhode Island
[57]Clemson hosts [151]East Carolina
[187]Wake Forest at [42]Richmond
[20]Maryland hosts [262]North Florida
Thursday features an ACC-Big XII matchup in Charlottesville that could get the conference back to .500, if Virginia can get its act together and knock off Iowa State. According to Pomeroy, Virginia is a 3-2 underdog.
[46]Virginia Tech hosts [319]USC-Upstate
[66]Miami hosts [209]Pepperdine
[100]Virginia hosts [41]Iowa State
Friday Georgia Tech rings out 2010 with a game against Mercer.
[82]Georgia Tech hosts [257]Mercer
Saturday NC State and Boston College ring in the New Year against San Diego and South Carolina, respectively. This USC has already knocked off Clemson and will be looking for an ACC sweep at home, while USD comes in as the worst team in the WCC.
[80]NC State hosts [293]San Diego
[47]Boston College at [89]South Carolina
Sunday features the opening of ACC play for Duke and Miami in Cameron, as well as six other matchups that range from almost certainly boring (UNC-St. Fran PA) to moderately interesting (Virginia-LSU), to almost certainly ugly (Gonzaga-Wake Forest).
[1]Duke hosts [66]Miami
[187]Wake Forest hosts [50]Gonzaga
[46]Virginia Tech hosts [277]Mount St. Mary's
[29]North Carolina hosts [325]St. Francis (PA)
[57]Clemson hosts [272]Citadel
[100]Virginia hosts [111]Louisiana State
[82]Georgia Tech hosts [155]Charlotte
ACC Non-Conference Record: 97-40
Record vs. BCS: 21-23
AEC: 3-0
A-10: 4-2
A-Sun: 10-2
Big 10: 6-9
Big 12: 5-2
Big East: 4-5
Big South: 4-2
Big West: 3-0
Colonial: 4-3
CUSA: 3-2
Horizon: 2-1
Ind: 5-1
Ivy: 1-1
MAAC: 2-1
MAC: 2-0
MEAC: 5-0
MVC: 2-1
MWC: 0-1
NEC: 3-0
OVC: 1-0
Pac-10: 3-3
Patriot: 4-0
SEC: 3-4
Southern: 13-0
Southland: 1-0
Summit: 1-0
Sun Belt: 1-0
WCC: 1-0
WAC: 1-0