ACC Coastal – Hmmm…better? or worse?

[StateFans]

We're in drastic need of narrative clarification: was last night evidence that the Coastal is good or bad?
— NCSUMach (@NCSUMach) November 21, 2014

[Daniel_Simpson_Day]

I think it can be reasonably argued that the Coastal is a more competitive division compared to the Atlantic division. The disparity between the best team and the worst team is much closer than in the Atlantic. The Atlantic is top heavy; three good teams, two average teams and two really bad teams. Is VPI really that bad? Are GT & Duke really that good? Or are all 7 teams just ok?
I know it’s not a very good metric, but the average RPI of the Coastal division is 48; the Atlantic’s is 54 (WF’s RPI is 128).
For reference, the average RPI of the SEC west is 17 and the SEC east is 52.

[VaWolf82]

Sagarin Rankings

  15.. Florida State
  25.. Clemson
  32.. Louisville
  54.. Boston College
  72.. NC State
  78.. Syracuse
 149.. Wake Forest

  28.. Miami-Florida
  30.. Georgia Tech
  36.. Duke
  41.. Virginia Tech
  62.. North Carolina
  63.. Virginia
  67.. Pittsburgh

– Neither division is “good” so I don’t see the point in arguing that one is better
– A team is more likely to have “sure” wins in the Atlantic
– A team is more likely to have “sure” losses in the Atlantic
– As noted above, the Coastal is much more balanced and competitive

[VaWolf82]

Another way to look at the bottom of both divisions is to see who they beat in conference

State has two wins, ‘Cuse and WF
‘Cuse has one win, WF
WF has no wins

UVA has two wins, ‘Ville and Pitt
Pitt has two wins, BC and VT
VT has two wins, UNC and Duke

The top half of the Atlantic got three easy conference wins (BC still has to play ‘Cuse) compared to the more even play in the Coastal.

[Greywolf]

StateFans wrote:

was last night evidence that the Coastal is good or bad?

I’d say that last night’s game was too small a sample to determine whether the Coastal is good or bad. I’m also inclined to let other analyze the numbers as they did above. And I pretty much agree with their conclusions.

[Wulfpack]

Going to be interesting to see what Tech can do against FSU. If they get a lead, can they manage to hold it? Nobody else has.

[StateFans]

I’ve said a million times in the past and it continues to be proven true — as big of a power has Miami football was — they are are a small, PRIVATE school that has limited alums, fans and resources. Miami HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WHEN THEY WERE NOT CHEATING. EVER. PERIOD.

So, the decision for them is simple — are they going to choose to cheat or not? As along as they (and the ACC) try to have them walk the good path they will never be successful. Meaning, the Coastal is WIDE OPEN for the likes of UNC to emerge. Swofford knows this. Don’t you think there was a reason that Louisville was inexplicably put into the already stacked Atlantic? There was no way he wanted to give UNC more competition to emerge in the Coastal.

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