ACC football power rankings: Syracuse continues to shock the league

Sep 17, 2022; Syracuse, New York, USA; Syracuse Orange head coach Dino Babers reacts to a play against the Purdue Boilermakers in the third quarter at JMA Wireless Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2022; Syracuse, New York, USA; Syracuse Orange head coach Dino Babers reacts to a play against the Purdue Boilermakers in the third quarter at JMA Wireless Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports /
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I finally found what I never knew I always wanted
I couldn’t see; I was blind ’til my eyes were opened
I didn’t know there was a hole
Something missing in my soul
‘Til you filled it up with your love, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)

What I Never Knew I Always Wanted  by Carrie Underwood

What do the ACC football power rankings look like?

This college football season has yielded many things we never knew we always wanted. Here at headquarters, we’ve pined about the good old days over many a mint julep with a side of shrimp and grits. This season some of that has returned. Syracuse is good this season. Florida State isn’t where they want to be, but they are better.

Who knew we needed the Orange versus the Tigers in a battle of the undefeated? Well, we at headquarters have constructed special glasses to handle all of that Orange that will take the field this Saturday.

Drake Maye has been a revelation at North Carolina, and Georgia Tech has a pulse in the post-Geoff Collins era. Yellow Jackets, take note from your neighbors to the north, Clemson. Hiring the interim coach is not always a bad idea.

So, to Textile Bowls, agriculture schools versus private schools, and everything hoity-toity in North Carolina, here are the ACC Power Rankings heading into Week 8.