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Greensboro, GA – Virginia is picked to finish fifth in the Coastal Division by the media in attendance at today’s annual Atlantic Coast Conference football media event. Coming off a 9-4 season and an appearance in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Virginia received 161 votes, including one first-place ballot. Virginia Tech, the defending ACC Champions, were picked to repeat as Coastal Division Champs with 383 votes. The Hokies were picked first on 58 of the 65 media ballots.
Clemson, picked to win the Atlantic Division, was the media selection to prevail as 2008 ACC Champions. The Tigers had 51 total first-place votes.
The players selected to the ACC’s preseason teams will be announced Wednesday afternoon.
Here are the complete results of the 2008 Pre-Season All-ACC voting:
Coastal Division
1. Virginia Tech (58) 383
2. North Carolina (4) 288
3. Miami (1) 253
4. Georgia Tech (1) 195
5. Virginia (1) 161
6. Duke 85
Atlantic Division
1. Clemson (59) 383
2. Wake Forest (5) 304
3. Florida State (1) 265
4. Boston College 154
5. Maryland 147
6. NC State 112
ACC Champion: Clemson (51)
First-place votes in parenthesis