Georgia Tech picked to finish 5th in Coastal Division

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were picked to finish fifth in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the ACC preseason media poll released today.

Miami was projected to finish first in the division, followed by Duke, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Pitt and Virginia. Here is the full preseason poll as posted by Ken Sugiura with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

"ACC Championship Votes1.    Florida State – 1042.    Clemson – 23.    Virginia Tech – 2(4 voters made no selection)Atlantic Division  (First place votes in parenthesis)1.    Florida State (109) – 6702.    Clemson (3) – 6603.    Louisville – 5644.    Syracuse – 3685.    NC State – 3266.    Boston College  – 3017.    Wake Forest – 136Coastal Division(First place votes in parenthesis)1.    Miami (26) – 6142.    Duke (33) – 5973.    Virginia Tech (23) – 5714.    North Carolina (27) – 5705.    Georgia Tech (1) – 3226.    Pitt (2) -3197.    Virginia -142ACC Player of the Year1.    Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State – 992.    Vic Beasley, DE, Clemson – 63.    Duke Johnson, RB, Miami – 14.    Jamison Crowder, WR, Duke – 15.    Brenden Motley, QB, Virginia Tech -1"

Last season, the Georgia Tech football team finished fourth in the Coastal Division with a 5-3 division record and a 7-6 overall record.

In this year’s poll, the Yellow Jackets did receive one first place vote, but that could speak more to the division as a whole moreso than the current team.