State of Louisville preseason predictions for 2021 ACC football

ACC Football media day is finally here. The State of Louisville team weighs in with their predictions

The second day of ACC Football Media Day gets underway today with several head coaches, including Louisville’s Scott Satterfield, set to take center stage.

There will be storylines galore as normality returns to college sports. A jam-packed offseason with tons of new changes will have coaches & athletes discussing hot button topics like vaccines in their program, NIL, playoff expansion, and others. We’ll also see preseason projections and All-ACC honors voted on by media.

There will be coach speak. There will be hyperbole. There will be headlines. And there will be absolutely nothing that changes the trajectory on the field. Still, media day will unofficially kick off the beginning of the 2021 season and kick the final 40+ days into high gear.

With that in mind, we decided to make our own media predictions for the 2021 ACC football season here at the State of Louisville.

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Spencer Brown

First place (Atlantic): Clemson

First place (Coastal): North Carolina

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish (Atlantic): 4th

ACC Player of the Year: Sam Howell – QB, UNC

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 2 (Kei’Trel Clark, Marshon Ford)

Jacob Lane

First place (Atlantic): Clemson

First place (Coastal): North Carolina

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish: 3rd (Clemson, Boston College, Louisville)

ACC Player of the Year: Sam Howell – QB, UNC

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 2 (Kei’Trel Clark, Marshon Ford)

Matt McGavic

First place (Atlantic): Clemson

First place (Coastal): North Carolina

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish (Atlantic): 3rd

ACC Player of the Year: Sam Howell – QB, North Carolina

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 2 (Kei’Trel Clark, Marshon Ford)

Presley Meyer

First place (Atlantic): Clemson (Can’t imagine this going any other way.)

First place (Coastal): Virginia Tech (Coastal has been a crapshoot for a decade. It should continue this season.)

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish (Atlantic): 2nd (Conference record: 6-2, losses to BC and Clemson)

ACC Player of the Year: Malik Cunningham (The Louisville QB has all of the tools to be the best in the conference. It’s his time and his relationship with Tight End Marshon Ford will become the dynamic duo the Cards need. Look for Cunningham to run less this season but average more yards per carry)

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 3 (Malik Cunningham, Kei’Trel Clark, Marshon Ford)

Alan Thomas

First place (Atlantic): Clemson

First place (Coastal): Miami (FL)

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish: 4th

ACC Player of the Year: D’Eriq King, QB – Miami (FL)

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 1 (Kei’Trel Clark)

Brian Trent

First place (Atlantic): Clemson

First place (Coastal): North Carolina

ACC Champion: Clemson

Louisville football predicted finish: 4th

ACC Player of the Year: Sam Howell – QB, UNC

# of Louisville players selected to All-ACC First Team: 2 (Kei’Trel Clark, Caleb Chandler)