It’s amazing to think we’re 75% through the college football In the ACC, With a only month for the regular season, who are the finalists for ACC COY?
It seems like a 3 coach race.
Jake Dickert, Wake Forest
Jack Dickert feels like the leader for ACC Coach of the Year. With Wake Forest 8-1, and on the fringes of the playoff discussion, what he’s done at Wake Forest is remarkable. The Deacs were pre-season picked 13th, and are currently sitting second in the ACC. No ACC team has been more consistent through the course of the season. He might be the national coach of the year.
Mario Cristobal, Miami
Miami was expected to be really good, and they are really good. They were undefeated heading to Notre Dame in early November. Cristobal’s candidacy is the classic case of having high expectations and playing to them. Is that better than exceeding expectations when it comes to the COY race? If the Canes had run the table, it would have been difficult to overtake him, but the Canes fell to Notre Dame to be 8-1. Cristobal has still done a fine job, and there’s no shame in losing in South Bend, but for now that’s not enough to be ahead of Dickert.
Manny Diaz, Duke
Duke’s Manny Diaz has the Blue Devils again in the thick of the ACC Title chase with the ability to control their own destiny. They are 7-2, and with Miami and Wake Forest left on their schedule, Diaz can move to the front of the line. For now, I can’t put him ahead of Dickert or Cristobal. There is also that loss to the trainwreck that is Georgia Tech football, where Wake Forest and Miami haven’t even lost to an unranked team.
