How many playoff teams will come out of the ACC?

The ACC will (essentially) automatically get a top four seed for their champion, but how many teams will the conference get into the tournament overall?

Over last weekend I sketched out a rough outline of how the 2024 playoffs are likely to shake out based on the rules of the 12-team format and the respective strengths of each conference.

I might should have taken a closer look at the ACC before opining.

My version included the ACC runner-up as a likely admittance into the tournament but after giving the 2024 league a closer look, I think this is pretty unlikely unless one team is in firm command of the league standings all season long but loses the ACC Championship Game.

Today we’re going to look at the league and try to make some guesses about which teams are most likely to get in and their relative strength in 2024. I don’t know the ACC as well as the Big 12, SEC, or Big 10, but in my defense you generally don’t need to know the league very well.

There’s a reason it’s historically been such a great launching pad for Florida State, Miami, and Clemson. Those schools have basically been like Texas and Oklahoma (OU moreso, obviously), dominating on a consistent basis against overmatched opponents and easily walking into top two or top four status. There aren’t a lot of programs in this league that take football all that seriously and bring big time resources to bear.

So we’ll start there.