Hello! Before we get into it, we’re excited to unveil RELAUNCH WEEK for the 2026 college football season. To kick off preview season in style, we’ll be releasing something new every day this week. Subscribers will get new episodes Monday through Thursday, and on Friday we plan to share both an archival subscriber show on the historic 2001 coaching cycle and a special video project on our YouTube.
We are also offering our annual Relaunch Week special, good for 30 percent off your first year of an annual subscription.
Welcome to our first conference preview of the 2026 season, where Alex and Richard discuss the ACC’s 17 teams. This episode has a rose (a good thing), a bud (a point of intrigue), and a thorn (a worry) for every team in the league. Each school is covered, and then we pick some preseason awards:
- 4:28: Virginia
- 10:51: Duke
- 16:13: SMU
- 21:49: Miami
- 29:28: Pitt
- 34:43: Georgia Tech
- 43:28: NC State
- 49:05: Cal
- 52:53: Clemson
- 58:48: Louisville
- 1:02:47: Wake Forest
- 1:08:23: Stanford
- 1:11:38: Florida State
- 1:17:33: North Carolina
- 1:23:52: Virginia Tech
- 1:28:34: Boston College
- 1:32:08: Syracuse
Producer: Anthony Vito. Thanks to Homefield and Nokian Tyres.
