I guess the offense is smarter than the defense right now.
By way of comparison, Syracuse had 4 players make the All-ACC Academic Team last season (Trudo, Emerich, Samuels and Whitner), 9 in 2015 (Trudo, Franklin, Dixon, Hickey, Lynch, Miller, Welsh, West and Rodgers) and 9 in 2014 (Trudo, Franklin, Dixon, Hickey, Lynch, Miller, Rodgers, Welsh and West).