College football betting picks preview 2017 has a looks from the gambler's standpoint on how ACC teams will fare ATS and with betting football totals. Get strongest inside information from Vegas sharps.

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A C C C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L B E T T I N G P R E V I E W 2 0 1 7

2. Louisville
• Lamar Jackson is back
• No proven backup
• Top 3 receivers gone
• OL is rebuilt
• Cards 9 starters back on defense allowed by 115 rushing yards per game
• Will lose top tackler Keith Kelsey
• Must stop running QBs, their weakness last two years
• On defense Jaire Alexander Island
• Elite NFL talent
• UNDER team

3. Virginia Tech
• Lost Jerod Evans at QB who left early
• Lost two star WRs in Isaiah Ford and Bucky Hodges
• Can improve on turnovers
• Good defense returns with borderline prospects in secondary
• Jekyl & Hyde defense last year
• If Josh Jackson wins, maybe under team as dual threat
• AJ Bush JUCO transfer is pure passer

4. Duke
• Daniel Jones baptism by fire at QB
• 3 of top four targets back led by TJ Rahming with 70 receptions
• 3 OL starters back
• Good running game led by Shaun Wilson
• A lot gone from a D that wore down, especially against pass

5. Florida State
• Must keep DB Derwin James healthy
• Struggled when he was hurt in 2015
• With James, Nate Andrews, Trey Marshall, Ermon Lane, Tavarus McFadden secondary will be best in country
• Should be much better against elite QB
• Defense will be much better with both great pass rush and secondary
• Lost Dalvin Cook and lot of WR
• Keep an eye on progress of stud recruit RB Cam Akers
• Deondre Francois back at QB
• OL lost Roderick Johnson and Kareem Are, then Wilson transferred to Auburn
• Better run blocking then pass blocking
• UNDER team

6. Clemson
• Lost DeShaun Watson, Mike Williams and his 98 receptions, and RB Wayne Gallman
• Ton of pressure on FR QB Zerrick Williams
• Dual threat that Dabo Swinney loves
• Or will it be Kelly Bryant
• Do have strong OL
• Did survive losing Taj Boyd, Sammy Watkins, and Martavis Bryant
• More running
• Ray Ray McCloud good possession receiver
• Christian Wilkins on DL big time player with fellow take Dexter Lawrence
• 7 starters back on defense
• UNDER team

7. Miami
• Three-way battle at QB; can N’Kosi Perry win job as starter?
• Also lost leading WR Stacy Coley
• Lost three starters on OL
• Defense was baptism by fire
• 9 of top 11 defenders are back
• Did lose some in secondary
• Loaded at RB led by Mark Walton who got 1,117 yards and 14 TD
• He’s small but Miami deep at RB
• If someone wins QB position, Miami dark horse
• Like Miami on live line, bet over if low scoring and under if high scoring

8. North Carolina
• Mitch Trubisky among ton of skilled position players gone
• 5 losses could have gone either way, so better than record
• Almost no proven talent at WR and RB
• LSU transfer Brandon Harris was horrible as LSU QB
• Run defense will be very good
• DANGEROUS DOG

9. Syracuse
• Dino Babers, whales jump on over early
• QB Eric Dungy is back
• WRs Ervin Phillips and Steve Ishmael as good as any duo in conference
• Entire OL is back
• Left points on field, many yards but did not convert to points
• 10 starter and top 13 tacklers are back on defense, but always on field
• Have to stop run, as defense wore down
• Brutal schedule, dangerous dog and public loves Babers OVER
• MIDDLE total

10. Pittsburgh
• Lost RB James Conner and AB Nathan Peterman
• USC transfer Max Browne will step in
• WR/RB/KR Quandree Henderson get him the ball
• Will lose two best OL on left side
• Jester Weah and Quadree Handerson top WR corps
• Young prospects behind them
• Pittsburgh more depth in DBs, which were horrible last year
• Two starters back on DL and Dewayne Hendricks, missed all of last year with injury will be back
• UNDER team

11. Georgia Tech
• Leading rusher Dedrick Mitchell back after rushing for 771 yards
• 4-of-top-5 rushers back
• Matthew Jordan likely starting QB, played well versus VA Tech last year
• Replace Justin Thomas
• 3 good starters back on OL
• 78 of 83 catches are back
• Big play WR Ricky Jeune back
• Entire secondary back
• Tech was bad getting first downs and worse allowing them last year

12. Wake Forest
• Good depth on offense, 9 starters back
• Can move chains, but enough talent to get points
• Good TE
• 189 of 190 receptions are back
• Top 2 RBs return
• Wake Peter Principle defense, horrid to Clemson and Louisville but very good to everyone else
• Very good defense, offense serviceable lot of low scoring games
• UNDER

13. Virginia
• Offense has to be better
• QB Kurk Bekert returns with his top 2 WR
• Must improve on 23 TB. 16 INT
• Leading returning RB Jordan Ellis: 61 rushing yards
• Defense has Top 50 draft picks potential talent in LB Michah Kiser and S Quin Blanding
• 3 LBs and 3 DBs back
• Defense has good talent
• Offense should be competent under Bronco Mendenhall
• UNDER

14. Boston College
• Boston College will go up-tempo
• We will keep a very close eye on this
• Top six receivers back, 4 starters on OL
• QB Darius Wade or Anthony Brown, who can run up-tempo
• BC great talent on defense with Harold Landry, Conner Strachan, Ty Schwab, Will
Harris
• OVER team

15. NC State
• 8 starters back on offense
• Ryan Finley back at QB 3,055 yards passing and 18 TDs
• OL back with 4 starters, allowed just 17 sacks last year
• Top 4 receivers back
• RB Matthew Days is gone
• Leading returning RB Reggie Gallaspy had just 234 yards rushing
• No. 24 defense in nation returns eight starters
• Better against run
• NC State was abysmal inside 20 but that is very correctable
• Kicking game bad, but big upside
• Among best AGAINST THE SPREAD teams in conference