Florida State remains atop the ACC, and ESPN FPI still gives the Seminoles slightly better than a coin flip’s chance to walk away with the conference crown. But the ladder behind them jumbled quite a bit in Week 6.
North Carolina, behind a sterling performance from quarterback phenom Drake Maye, enforced their will upon Syracuse, 40-7, a worse beatdown than Clemson put on the Orange the week before. Louisville threw their hat into the ring with a 33-20 upset of Notre Dame.
Miami, whom FPI previously favored as the second-best team in the conference, suffered one of the most embarrassing losses in years when their refusal to kneel out the clock led to an answered prayer for Georgia Tech.
Here’s how ESPN’s models think the ACC stands after Week 6.
| Team | Record | Conference Record | FPI (National Rank) | Win Out % | Win Conference % | Make Playoff % |
| Florida State Seminoles | 5-0 | 3-0 | 19.6 (10th) | 18.8% | 52.0% | 25.7% |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 5-0 | 2-0 | 15.5 (16th) | 6.2% | 21.8% | 7.3% |
| Clemson Tigers | 4-2 | 2-2 | 14.5 (18th) | 5.4% | 1.6% | — |
| Miami Hurricanes | 4-1 | 0-1 | 14.1 (19th) | 1.7% | 2.9% | 0.6% |
| Louisville Cardinals | 6-0 | 3-0 | 12.0 (21st) | 4.4% | 15.8% | 3.3% |
| Duke Blue Devils | 4-1 | 1-0 | 11.0 (25th) | 0.7% | 5.2% | 0.3% |
| Syracuse Orange | 4-2 | 0-2 | 9.0 (28th) | 4.9% | 0.2% | — |
| NC State Wolfpack | 4-2 | 1-1 | 2.7 (51st) | 0.1% | 0.1% | — |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2.1 (55th) | 0.1% | 0.2% | — |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1.1 (57th) | 0.0% | — | — |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0.7 (59th) | 0.0% | — | — |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | 2-4 | 1-1 | -1.2 (72) | 0.2% | 0.1% | — |
| Boston College Eagles | 3-3 | 1-2 | -5.1 (89) | 0.1% | — | — |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 1-5 | 0-2 | -6.9 (96) | 0.0% | — | — |