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Message: [QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 5459412, member: 507"] [URL='https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45658616/2025-acc-college-football-projections-preview']ACC preview: Road to title again figures to go through Clemson[/URL] Per ESPN's Bill Connelly, they have us an average of 4.8 wins for 2025 on a recent projection. While that seems a bit ridiculous, a lot of their points are valid and make sense. We have very little production returning on both sides of the ball and not having McCord is pretty big. Fran will certainly outplay their prediction but i'm not sure by how much. I'm taking my Orange glasses off and I toggle back and forth between 6 and 7 wins but I'm settling with just 6 wins as most likely if i had to make a bet. Schedule is just brutal and I think the team is going to be a tad less talented this year as well as younger/less experienced. We have the least amount of returning production in the ACC. I think 6 wins this season is like 7 wins or probably more like 8 wins with last years schedule. in ATL Tennessee (L) vs UConn (W) vs Colgate (W) at Clemson (L) vs Duke (L) at SMU (W) vs Pitt (W) at Georgia Tech (L) vs UNC (W) at Miami (L) at Notre Dame (L) vs Boston College (W) 6-6 (3-5) I'm fine with 6-6 but I do want more. We need 6 though. In the big games I think we get a big W in there somewhere and i'll say we pull out a big game at SMU. Was tempted to say Tenn in the opener but with likely new starters at QB, 4 OL spots (most with little experience) and a WR that all have not even practiced with SU yet that seems unlikely to me. Plus Nixon is coming of injury and i don't even know how that is coming along. Anyone know? I have Losses starting out at Tenn which is almost an away game. Also L's in very tough away games against Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame. And I think we may get an L at GT as that is going to be much harder this season than many think in Brent Keys second season with a senior Haynes King, assuming he is still healthy when we play them. They finished 2024 very strong and had to deal with an injury to King in there. They also had a very strong freshman/transfer recruiting class. We will do well at home. We get some easier wins against Colgate and Uconn, then we get by Pitt, UNC and BC in home games. But i think we lose one at home and the home game against Duke will be much more difficult than people are giving them credit for as well. They were 9-3 in the regular season last year, all be it against a fairly soft schedule. Could be an L there. Its a bit of a transition year, but I could also easily see 7 wins here as well with a win against either GT or Duke. [/QUOTE]

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