Each Friday, Burns and Payne prepare college football bettors for the upcoming season. This week the pair break down the ACC and highlight several items to keep in mind when September rolls around.
The ACC has a reputation as a second-tier conference.
It has the potential to exceed its bad rep this year.
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When you walk in the shadows of the most well known basketball conference in the nation, it’s difficult creating your own identity.
Give ACC football its props. They are branding an image that is leaving other football conferences green-eyed.
The second best conference all this season in the college basketball has been the ACC. With three teams reaching #1 ranking during the year many think this conference will bring the NCAA Championship team back to the ACC. With seven teams receiving bids to enter the NCAA tournament they tie for the most teams in the tournament with both Big East and Big Ten.
