Clemson and Miami are the favorites to win the Atlantic and Coastal divisions of the ACC this football season while NC State and North Carolina are picked to finish third in those divisions.

The poll of media members was released at 1 p.m. today with Clemson taking 95 of the 110 votes predicting the overall ACC champion.

It’s the first time since 1991 that Clemson has finished atop of the media preseason poll. Tiger senior QB Tajh Boyd was the choice to repeat as ACC Player of the Year. The senior was named on 105 of the 120 ballots. A Heisman candidate, Boyd enters the season with 8,053 career passing yards and 73 touchdown passes.

Clemson was predicted to defeat Miami in the ACC championship game on 55 ballots while 19 had Clemson beating Virginia Teach and 18 had Clemson defeating North Carolina.

The Tar Heels received 22 votes to win the Coastal Division but finished behind Miami and Virginia Tech in the balloting. UNC had 649 total vote points, compared to 654 for Virginia Tech and and 736 for Miami.

While Clemson was the runaway choice in the Atlantic Division with 815 total points, Florida State was predicted as champion on 18 ballots and received 732 points. The Wolfpack was a distant third with 490 points, ahead of Wake Forest’s 392.

MEDIA POLL
Atlantic Division
Clemson
Florida State
NC State
Wake Forest
Maryland
Syracuse
Boston College

Coastal Division
Miami
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Pitt
Virginia
Duke

CAPITALSPORTS predictions
Atlantic Division
Clemson
Florida State
NC State
Wake Forest
Maryland
Syracuse
Boston College

Coastal Division
Miami
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Pitt
Duke