ACC Football: Ranking every uniform from worst to first

#6: Duke Blue Devils

A heavy inclusion of the color white is overlookable in my mind if the team guilty of such a crime can look good enough with it. Duke is one of those teams.

Duke has a handful of different logos that they slap on the sides of their helmets, the dark blue “D” being the only bad one. The rest look great. And the thick white stripe on the crown with a facemask of the same color slapped onto a blue base just makes for a shockingly wonderful look, despite the simplicity of the idea.

#5: Syracuse Orange

The Orange had a hideous design a few years back, but have luckily blessed themselves with a makeover since then, especially in the jersey department. The color balance and font lead the charge in what justifies this uniform’s top-5 ranking. However, Syracuse loses points due to having the least original color scheme of said top five schools, along with a basic emblem that is nothing more than the letter “S.”

#4: Miami Hurricanes

The Canes have a very unique color duo that gets away with including white (as using too much of green and orange can backfire quite easily), and that, along with their font, is virtually all that puts them up this high. There are a lot of flaws with the Miami look. For starters, their home uniforms are very hit-or-miss. If they go green and white, they look great. On the other hand, if they go with orange and white, they look not-so-great. And if they focus too much on one of the colors, yikes.

Also, the “U” logo, while iconic, has never made much sense to me. What about Miami or hurricanes is it supposed to illustrate? Considering all of these issues, the Canes are very fortuitous to be anywhere near number four.