UM Picked to Win ACC Championship Game in 2006 ACC Preseason Poll
July 24, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Miami was picked as overall preseason favorite to win the 2006 ACC Football Championship Game as decided by voting media attending the 2006 ACC Football Kickoff in Jacksonville Monday.
Picked to win the Coastal Division by 52 first place votes, 42 more than second-place Virginia Tech, the Hurricanes edged out Atlantic Division favorite and in-state rival Florida State by a vote of 31 to 23 to win the 2006 ACC Championship game in Jacksonville December 2.
Miami and Florida State will square-off in the season-opener Monday, September 4 on ESPN at 8 p.m. in the Orange Bowl.
In other voting junior quarterback Kyle Wright finished second to Georgia Tech junior wide receiver Calvin Johnson as the 2006 ACC Preseason Player of the Year.
Wright, a native of Danville, Calif., earned honorable mention All-ACC honors in 2005 after leading the league with 18 touchdown passes and finishing second in passing efficiency (137.2).
2006 ACC Preseason Football Poll
Atlantic Division: (First Place in Parentheses)
- Florida State (49) 373 points
- Clemson (13) 322 points
- Boston College (3) 269 points
- Maryland 163 points
- NC State 124 points
- Wake Forest 116 points
Coastal Division
- Miami (52) 374 points
- Virginia Tech (10) 316 points
- Georgia Tech (3) 279 points
- Virginia 166 points
- North Carolina 165 points
- 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)
