Virginia Tech picked by media to win the Coastal; Logan Thomas second in Player of the Year voting
Virginia Tech is the media’s choice to win the Coastal Division by a large margin, although the majority of writers picked Florida State to win the ACC.
The Seminoles, who have not won a league title since 2005, are the consensus choice to win the conference, earning 60 ACC championship votes. The Hokies were second with 18.
The media has picked those two teams to play in the championship game in four straight years. They have met in it once in that time, with the Hokies prevailing in 2010.
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The Hokies got 83 first-place votes in the Coastal Division, being the media’s choice to win the league for the sixth straight season. Virginia Tech has won the division five of the seven years since the ACC went to a two-division setup.
Georgia Tech was second in the division with 421 points and 10 first-place votes, followed by North Carolina (two first-place votes), Virginia, Miami and Duke.
Florida State earned 72 first-place votes to be the Atlantic Division favorite with 543 points. Clemson (17 first-place votes) was next, followed by N.C. State (5 first-place votes), Wake Forest, Boston College and Maryland.
Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas finished second in the preseason player of the year voting to Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Watkins got 25 votes, while Thomas got 21. Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel was third with 19 votes, followed by Tajh Boyd with 18.
Hokies cornerback Kyle Fuller was tied for seventh in the voting, one of four players who received one vote.
Here’s a breakdown by the numbers:
ACC Championship votes:
- 1. Florida State 60
- 2. Virginia Tech 18
- 3. Clemson 13
- 4. Georgia Tech 3
- 5. N.C. State 1
Atlantic Division (first-place votes in parentheses)
- 1. Florida State (72) — 543 points
- 2. Clemson (17) — 470 points
- 3. N.C. State (5) — 402 points
- 4. Wake Forest — 241 points
- 5. Boston College — 181 points
- 6. Maryland — 148 points
Coastal Division
- 1. Virginia Tech (83) — 558 points
- 2. Georgia Tech (10) — 421 points
- 3. North Carolina (2) — 341 points
- 4. Virginia — 326 points
- 5. Miami — 245 points
- 6. Duke — 104 points
ACC Player of the Year
- 1. Sammy Watkins, Clemson — 25 votes
- 2. Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech — 21 votes
- 3. EJ Manuel, Florida State — 19 votes
- 4. Tajh Boyd, Clemson — 18 votes
- 5. Mike Glennon, N.C. State — 5 votes
- 6. David Amerson, N.C. State — 3 votes
- 7t. Givoani Bernard, North Carolina — 1 vote
- 7t. Bryn Renner, North Carolina — 1 vote
- 7t. Tanner Price, Wake Forest — 1 vote
- 7t. Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech — 1 vote



Florida State? Again? I guess the media didn’t learn their lesson. Last year, Florida State was the overwhelming favorite, but then they didn’t go to the title game, let alone win their division.
FSU is back….just like last year, and the year before that….and the year before that….and….
Stu, you’re thinking of Miami
Logan Thomas for ACC player of the year. He might even be good enough to play on Sunday after he leaves VT. I am not EVEN a Hokies fan, but this guy is good.
Logan best win the ACC Player of the Year because he won’t get a second chance at the award because (and I don’t care what he said in yesterdays paper) he will opt out of his final year for the NFL.