It’s Week Zero of the college football season, which means it’s also time for the first AP Top 25 poll. At the top of the list is Clemson, the reigning national champions of college call. Rounding out the top five: Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State.
Only one other ACC team, Syracuse, landed inside the poll at No. 22.
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Three other ACC teams — Miami (70), Virginia (44) and Virginia Tech (12) — received votes but didn’t land inside the poll.