Heels’ Maye, Syracuse’s Babers top AP’s midyear ACC honors
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye and Syracuse coach Dino Babers headline the honorees in The Associated Press’ midseason report for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Maye, a second-year passer, was picked as the league’s top offensive player through the season’s first half in voting by AP writers covering league teams after ranking among the Bowl Subdivision’s most prolific passers. Syracuse ranks near the top of the league in scoring while boasting one of the nation’s top defenses, which ranks ninth in FBS by holding opponents to 14.0 points per game. TOP FIRST-YEAR FRESHMAN North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton, who has provided a boost on the ground, ranking fourth in the league with six rushing scores to go with two 100-yard rushing performances.