This piece by Matt Hinton (formerly of Yahoo!'s Dr. Saturday [when it was readable]) are projections for the ACC Coastal driven by advanced statistics. Hinton has the Hokies winning the division.
His summary of Virginia Tech follows below, but the entire piece is worth the read.
Reality. It took Virginia Tech the better part of a decade to reinforce its status as the most consistent, bankable frontrunner in the ACC, and roughly three months for that reputation to be overtaken by rust: The Hokies are unranked in the preseason coaches' poll for the first time since 2004, their first season in the conference, and have also been snubbed by a vast majority of the preseason magazines. Thomas is regarded as an underachiever, and at 66, Frank Beamer doesn't have the luxury of rebuilding from the ground up.
A competitive turn against Alabama in the opener would be an encouraging start. (Recall that in 2009 Tech led the eventual BCS champs through three quarters on opening night before fading in the fourth.) But the season will ultimately turn on a three-game, midseason stretch against Coastal peers Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Pitt, by which point we should know whether 2012 was a fluke or the new normal.
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Projected Record: 93 (62 ACC)
http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2013/8/14/4621996/best-case-worst-case-...
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