Virginia Picked to Finish Second to Last in 2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll

Matt Newton | Jul 31, 2024

Virginia was picked to finish 16th, or second to last, in the 2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll. / Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports

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The Virginia Cavaliers enter the 2024 football season with a lot to prove. Virginia was picked to finish 16th, or second to last, in the 2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll, which was released on Wednesday as the result of ballots submitted by 170 media voters at the ACC Kickoff event last week.

Only Stanford (477 points) trailed Virginia (629 points) in the poll, while Florida State was picked as the favorite to repeat as ACC Champions, picking 81 first-place votes and 2,708 total points. Clemson was second with 55 first-place votes, while Miami, NC State, and Louisville rounded out the top five.

See the complete results of the 2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll below (note: first-place votes in parenthesis).

2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll

Florida State (81) - 2,708 points
Clemson (55) - 2,657 points
Miami (17) - 2,344 points
NC State (8) - 2,318 points
Louisville - 1,984 points
Virginia Tech (6) - 1,968 points
SMU - 1,798 points
North Carolina - 1,712 points
Georgia Tech (1) - 1,539 points
Cal (2) - 1,095 points
Duke - 1,056 points
Syracuse - 1,035 points
Pittsburgh - 1,016 points
Boston College (1) - 890 points
Wake Forest - 784 points
Virginia - 629 points
Stanford - 477 points

In addition to Florida State and Clemson, who combined to receive 136 of the possible 170 first-place votes, Miami, NC State, and Virginia Tech each received first-place votes. Somewhat surprisingly, Georgia Tech and Boston College each picked up a first place vote despite landing in the bottom half of the overall poll, while brand new ACC member Cal received two first-place votes.

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Published Jul 31, 2024|Modified Jul 31, 2024

MATT NEWTON

Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.