2016-17 ACC NCAA Basketball Primer, Power Rankings Heading into League Play

Posted by Kerry Miller on December-28-2016 Add Comments

Billed in the preseason as the clear-cut best college basketball conference in the country, the Atlantic Coast Conference has not disappointed.

One-third of the teams in the ACC will enter the start of conference play with just one loss. Six others (11 total) have been beaten two or fewer times. And of those 17 losses, 14 have come away from home against teams likely to reach the NCAA tournament.

The only major surprises thus far are that Wake Forest is a year ahead of schedule and that Syracuse might need the ACC's auto bid to go dancing. The net result, though, is that this is still a league likely to send at least 10 teams to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

In preparation for Wednesday afternoon's conference opener betw...

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