Duke is the clear favorite to win the 2017 national championship, but the ACC is so loaded, even national Player of the Year candidate Grayson Allen isn't a runaway favorite for ACC POY.

Team success is one of the most important factors in conference Player of the Year voting. Last year, 31 of the 32 conference POYs played on a team that finished in the top four in the standings. Howard's James Daniel, who averaged 2.1 more points per game than any other player in the country, was the one exception to the rule. 

As such, most of our top candidates for ACC POY just so happen to come from our top five projected teams. But anyone expected to put up big numbers is a viable candidate for this list.