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ESPN Has New Win Prediction for Pitt

The Pitt Panthers are expected to finish tied for third in the ACC.

Stephen Thompson

ESPN Has New Win Prediction for Pitt
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PITTSBURGH -- With the official start of the 2023 college football season is less than a week away and the Pitt Panthers have been predicted to exceed their win total line of 6.5 by one ESPN insider.

Adam Rittenberg has released his season predictions for the entire Power 5 and he has the Panthers finishing in a four-way tie for third with North Carolina, Louisville and Miami, all with 5-3 conference records. He thinks Pitt will finish 8-4 overall, one game back of the nine-win Tar Heels and even with the Cardinals and Hurricanes.  

Like most around college football, Rittenberg predicts Clemson and Florida State to be in a class of their own atop the ACC with records of 11-1 and 10-2, respectively, and play in the conference title game. He expects the Tigers to win the regular season matchup and the Seminoles to exact some revenge in the Championship Game. 

No Pitt players or coaches landed on his list of superlatives, which included real end-of-season awards, like Offensive or Defensive Player of the Year, or subjective ones like Impact Transfer or Coach on the Hot Seat. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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