Join us for Relaunch Week! 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.

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