Bad news for Swofford
John Swofford wants to make the Atlantic Coast Conference into a football power.
He might have a wee bit more work to do on that end - if Sports Illustrated college-football writer Stewart Mandel has anything to say about it.
Mandel released his pre-preseason Top 25 this morning - and it included all of four ACC teams.
You read that right - four.
And get this - none were in Mandel's top 10.
Florida State was the highest at 12 - with Clemson coming in at 14, Miami at 20 and Virginia Tech at 24.
It gets worse - in a sidebar column, Mandel listed Miami and Tech among the teams whose fans should be discouraged heading into the fall.
It would seem that our friend Mr. Swofford might be discouraged as well - at least until the next basketball season rolls around, anyway.
- Chris Graham