We Ranked the ACC Football Programs in Recent Memory

This is the second-to-last post in our 25-part Super Squad Series, recognizing the best programs over the last three years in every single Division I FBS & FCS Conference, as well as the upperclassmen & staff who’ve anchored them.

Be sure to check back in two weeks when we count down the Top 10 College Football programs of the last three years!

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Below: Full updated rankings after last week‘s rundown of the SEC Football programs.

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Super Squad Rating is a proprietary score-value that is best-perceived as scaling with a program’s deserved amount of public attention.

About Super Squad Rating

Super Squad Ratings range 0-100, heavily-weighed toward zero. A 100.0 rating is only achievable for a team that finishes #1 in College Football all three years, with a 100+ power rating each year. The top three 2020 Super Squads rate in at 78, 57, and 47, respectively.

Best thought of as a notoriety score:
“How many normal people out of 100 should recognize this program’s success the last three years?”

EXAMPLE
Consider an SSR (Super Squad Rating) of 78 to abstractly mean that program deserves 78% of Americans’ attention.
Conversely a program with a 1.1 SSR would be worth the attention of only 11 out of 1,000 Americans.


Congratulations Clemson Tigers for being our ACC Football 2020 Super Squad Champions! Kudos to your entire program, and especially the 47 young men who were on the roster each of these three years – 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 – listed here:

CONGRATULATIONS Amari Rodgers, Tee Higgins, Chase Brice, A.J. Terrell, Travis Etienne, Brian Dawkins Jr., Baylon Spector, Isaiah Simmons, K’Von Wallace, Diondre Overton, Denzel Johnson, Cornell Powell, T.J. Chase, Tanner Muse, LeAnthony Williams, Darien Rencher, Xavier Kelly, Will Swinney, Nolan Turner, J.C. Chalk, Sylvester Mayers, Justin Foster, Chad Smith, Nyles Pinckney, Josh Jackson, Peter Cote, James Skalski, Will Spiers, Landon Holden, Regan Upshaw, Logan Rudolph, Luke Price, Patrick Phibbs, Gage Cervenka, Jordan Williams, Cade Stewart, Matt Bockhorst, Jack Maddox, Blake Vinson, Tremayne Anchrum, John Simpson, Sean Pollard, Chandler Reeves, Will Brown, Carter Groomes, Jacob Edwards, James Edwards.

Before getting too into their accolades, let’s count down their Atlantic Coast Conference rival runners-up from worst to first:


14th

#74 North Carolina Tar Heels

6.5 Super Squad Rating

North Carolina Tar Heels logo

Record:

12-24 Overall
6-18 ACC

Average Power:

58.1

Yearly Finish:

#93, #136, #35


13th

#68 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

7.4 SSR

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo

Record:

15-21 Overall
11-13 ACC

Average Power:

60.7

Yearly Finish:

#27, #57, #161


12th

#67 Louisville Cardinals

7.5 SSR

Louisville Cardinals logo

Record:

18-20 Overall
9-15 ACC

Average Power:

60.5

Yearly Finish:

#31, #155, #46


11th

#54 Pittsburgh Panthers

8.3 SSR

Pittsburgh Panthers logo

Record:

20-19 Overall
13-11 ACC

Average Power:

63.2

Yearly Finish:

#52, #47, #78


10th

#53 Virginia Cavaliers

8.3 SSR

Virginia Cavaliers logo

Record:

23-17 Overall
13-11 ACC

Average Power:

63.2

Yearly Finish:

#94, #46, #40


9th

#50 Boston College Eagles

8.7 SSR

Boston College Eagles logo

Record:

20-18 Overall
12-12 ACC

Average Power:

64.3

Yearly Finish:

#30, #53, #91


8th

#49 Florida State Seminoles

8.7 SSR

Florida State Seminoles logo

Record:

18-20 Overall
10-14 ACC

Average Power:

63.8

Yearly Finish:

#28, #83, #60


7th

#47 NC State Wolfpack

8.9 SSR

NC State Wolfpack logo

Record:

22-16 Overall
12-12 ACC

Average Power:

64.4

Yearly Finish:

#17, #41, #149


6th

#45 Duke Blue Devils

9.1 SSR

Duke Blue Devils logo

Record:

20-18 Overall
9-15 ACC

Average Power:

64.8

Yearly Finish:

#37, #40, #84


5th

#43 Syracuse Orange

9.2 SSR

Syracuse Orange logo

Record:

19-18 Overall
10-14 ACC

Average Power:

65.2

Yearly Finish:

#53, #20, #99


4th

#40 Wake Forest Demon Deacons

9.5 SSR

Wake Forest Demon Deacons logo

Record:

23-16 Overall
11-13 ACC

Average Power:

65.3

Yearly Finish:

#24, #65, #64


3rd

#32 Virginia Tech Hokies

10.8 SSR

Virginia Tech Hokies logo

Record:

23-16 Overall
14-10 ACC

Average Power:

67.4

Yearly Finish:

#13, #82, #45


2nd

#28 Miami Hurricanes

11.8 SSR

Miami Hurricanes logo

Record:

23-16 Overall
15-9 ACC

Average Power:

69.2

Yearly Finish:

#10, #58, #59


WINNER

[Top 10] Clemson Tigers

77.8 Super Squad Rating

Clemson Tigers logo

Record:

41-3 Overall
23-1 ACC

Average Power:

98.9

Yearly Finish:

#2, #1, #2

With more National Championships (2) than ACC losses (1) since Jan 1, 2017, the Clemson Tigers sit waayyy at the top of our list of best ACC football programs as aguably the most dominant College Football program of the latter 2010’s.

In just the last three seasons, Clemson has three ACC Titles, three College Football Playoff appearances, two National Championship appearances, and a National Championship title.

Congratulations all Tigers coaches, staff, administrators, players, and especially the 47 young men present on the roster all three years that earned this title!

ACC Program Rankings

Super Squad Rankings

These are our up-to-date Division I Super Squad rankings after this week’s announced winner. Follow along as each Sunday we fill in more teams and announce our next Super Squad!

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