ACC Basketball: Duke, FSU leads early power rankings for 2021-22

ACC Basketball: Duke, FSU leads early power rankings for 2021-22 season

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 06: Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils cuts down the net after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers during the NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Duke defeated Wisconsin 68-63. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

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When it comes to last season dealing with the pandemic and everything that came along with it, almost every conference was affected in one way or another. But an argument can be made that among the power conferences, it was ACC Basketball that was impacted the most.

After being spared from what would’ve been a brutal Selection Sunday for the conference in 2020 (was projected to get a max of 5-6 bids), the ACC was overall a very mixed bag. Despite having two preseason top-10 teams (Duke and Virginia), none of them finished the season in the top-10. North Carolina bounced back compared to the disastrous season prior but was in the middle, while Duke took the Tar Heels place as the biggest embarrassment to the league, not making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in two decades.

At the top ended up being Virginia and Florida State, along with surprise team Virginia Tech. The Hokies actually finished with the same number of losses (4) as the other two but due to postponed games, finished in third and was placed as a 10 seed as a consequence.

The entire conference had rough seedings due to games not being played, with the Cavaliers and Seminoles being the highest as 4 seeds, which for the ACC is very disappointing. In the end, just Florida State and 11 seeded Syracuse made it to the Sweet 16, before both of them bowing out.

ACC Basketball, along with the rest of us in general, wants to move past the 2020-21 season and look forward to playing every game available in 2021-22. There are still plenty of roster moves to be made within the league but here’s a current structure of the conference heading into next season.