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My Take: Full preseason All-ACC poll

Florida State's Jared Verse is one of the best defensive linemen in the ACC.
Florida State's Jared Verse is one of the best defensive linemen in the ACC. (Ken Ruinard/USA Today Sports Images)

Some years I’ve given full blow-by-blow rundowns of how and why I voted for teams where I did, why certain players made my preseason All-ACC ballot and others didn’t.

This isn’t one of those years.

If you have questions or praise, I’m reachable. If you have concerns or want to tell me how dumb I am … I’m also reachable.

Here’s my preseason All-ACC poll:

Predicted order of finish

FSU

Clemson

UNC

Pittsburgh

Duke

N.C. State

Miami

Louisville

Wake Forest

Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

Syracuse

Boston College

Virginia

Jahmal Banks had nine touchdowns for Wake Forest and only started one game last season.
Jahmal Banks had nine touchdowns for Wake Forest and only started one game last season. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA Today Sports Images)
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Preseason All-ACC team

Offense

QB – Drake Maye, UNC

RB – Will Shipley, Clem.

RB – Trey Benson, FSU

WR – Keon Coleman, FSU

WR – Jahmal Banks, WF

WR – Johnny Wilson, FSU

All-purpose – Jalon Calhoun, Duke

TE – Oronde Gadsden, Syr.

OT – Graham Barton, Duke

OT – Matt Goncalves, Pitt

OG – Christian Mahagony, BC

OG – Javion Cohen, Miami

C – Bryan Hudson, Lou.

Jasheen Davis led Wake Forest with seven sacks last season.
Jasheen Davis led Wake Forest with seven sacks last season. (Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports Images)

Defense

DE – Jared Verse, FSU

DE – Jasheen Davis, WF

DT – DeWayne Carter, Duke

DT – Tyler Davis, Clem.

LB – Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clem.

LB – Barrett Carter, Clem.

LB – Cedric Gray, UNC

CB – Aydan White, N.C. State

CB – Fentrell Cypruss II, FSU

S – Brandon Johnson, Duke

S – Andrew Mukuba, Clem.

Specialists

K – Ben Sauls, Pitt.

P – Ben Kiernan, UNC

Returner – Tucker Holloway, VT

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