Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons Picked To Finish Sixth In ACC's Atlantic Division
7/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
July 24, 2006
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - The Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Media Association tabbed Wake Forest to finish sixth in the Atlantic Division this football season. The results were released Monday at the ACC Football Kickoff at the Sawgrass Resort in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The media picked Miami to beat Florida State in the 2006 ACC Football Championship Game in Jacksonville on December 2.
Last season the Deacons were picked to finish last in the Atlantic, but finished in a tie for fourth with Maryland and NC State.
In other voting at the ACC Football Kickoff, the media chose Georgia Tech junior wide receiver Calvin Johnson as the league's Preseason Player of the Year. Johnson received 50 of the possible 65 votes.
Wake Forest running back Chris Barclay, now of the Cleveland Browns, was the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year.
The Deacons return a league-high 18 starters, including 10 on defense, seven on offense and one specialist.
2006 ACC Preseason Football Poll
Atlantic Division (First Place in Parentheses)
1. Florida State (49) 373 points
2. Clemson (13) 322 points
3. Boston College (3) 269 points
4. Maryland 163 points
5. NC State 124 points
6. Wake Forest 116 points
Coastal Division
1. Miami (52) 374 points
2. Virginia Tech (10) 316 points
3. Georgia Tech (3) 279 points
4. Virginia 166 points
5. North Carolina 165 points
6. Duke 65 points
ACC Championship Game Winner
Miami (31)
Florida State (23)
Clemson (5)
Virginia Tech (5)
Georgia Tech (1)
Preseason Player of the Year
Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech (50)
Kyle Wright, Miami (5)
James Davis, Clemson (4)
Drew Weatherford, Florida State (4)
Lorenzo Booker, Florida State (1)
Gaines Adams, Clemson (1)
