Pro Football Focus released a ranking of all 131 FBS football programs for the 2024 season on Monday, and the Blue Devils finished as the 54th overall team in the site’s models.
According to PFF’s simulations, Duke should be expected to win 6.2 games, putting them right on the knife’s edge for making the postseason. The percentages work out as a 61.2% chance to make a bowl game next season.
The Blue Devils finished as the 10th-highest ACC team in the rankings. Florida State (seventh), Clemson (15th), and SMU (17th) each cracked the top 20, with the Mustangs joining the conference for the first time alongside California and Stanford.
North Carolina, one of the nine teams in the conference ranked above Duke in the list, slotted in at 25th.
Duke’s 2024 season gets underway on August 30 against Elon. Read Duke Wire’s game-by-game predictions for the upcoming season here.