CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The No. 6 ranked Duke Blue Devils have been picked to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference champions despite losing Cooper Flagg and four other players to the NBA draft, while N.C. State senior forward Darrion Williams was pegged as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year.

Duke received 34 of 49 first place votes from the panel of media voters.

No. 11 Louisville, which lost to the Blue Devils in the 2025 ACC championship game following a stunning bounce back season under first-year coach Pat Kelsey, received the other 15 first-place votes and was selected to finish second.

North Carolina, N.C. State and Virginia rounded out the to five. SMU was chosen to finish sixth, followed by Clemson, Miami, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Pittsbu

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