The ACC began the season fighting for respect. The early CFP rankings show it is an uphill battle
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “To look at our league and say, ‘Well we may be a one-bid league,’ but you look at another league that we have a winning record against, and say ‘Oh they’re going to get four in,’” Lashlee said Tuesday, a few hours before the latest CFP rankings had the Mustangs as the second team out of the coveted top 12. “It doesn’t make sense to me.” Over the summer, the college football paradigm shifted following the latest round of realignment, with the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference adding bluebloods like USC, Oregon and Texas and the ACC welcoming less-revered programs SMU, Cal and Stanford. “I’m sure it’s there midseason.” Narduzzi, whose team is at 7-2 overall and 3-2 in the league with nonconference wins over Big 12 members Cincinnati and West Virginia, believes the ACC is the best league in the country, pointing to parity as proof of its competitiveness. “When we beat up internally, we’re considered a weak league.” The Big 12 could feel the same way, since the CFP rankings suggest the league is looking a lot like a one-bid pony — BYU?
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