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Georgia Tech Football: Yellow Jackets projected to finish third in ACC Coastal by media

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 05: General view of Bank of America Stadium before the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship between the Clemson Tigers and the North Carolina Tar Heels on December 5, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 05: General view of Bank of America Stadium before the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship between the Clemson Tigers and the North Carolina Tar Heels on December 5, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL – NOVEMBER 05: Miami Hurricanes players celebrate after the game against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Hard Rock Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images)
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – NOVEMBER 05: Miami Hurricanes players celebrate after the game against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Hard Rock Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images) /

Coastal Division:

Unlike the Atlantic Division, the Coastal Division is much more wide open in terms of who’s going to win the division. Six of the seven teams from the Coastal received at least one vote with Virginia being the only team to not get a first place vote.

  1. Miami (103)
  2. Virginia Tech (40)
  3. Georgia Tech (9)
  4. Pitt (7)
  5. UNC (4)
  6. Duke (4)
  7. Virginia

Miami unsurprisingly won the vote here by a pretty overwhelming margin. The Hurricanes enter 2017 once again but can the Mark Richt lead the Hurricanes to surpass their expectations? The media is high on Virginia Tech despite a few questions that still have to be answered. The Yellow Jackets are always the ultimate wild card team in the ACC, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the Jackets as high as the top spot or as low as six when it’s all said and done. Pittsburgh must replace Matt Canada at offensive coordinator and have a new quarterback but should have an improved defense (they have to be right?). North Carolina appears to be on track for a down year after several strong seasons under Larry Fedora. Duke is a team on the rise but it’s hard to see them finishing higher than fourth in the Coastal in 2017.