No real shocks here.
Pleasantly surprised that both Mikel and Conwell were named First Team. I thought it was more likely that both would be on the Second Team. Also not surprised that Boozer won preseason ACC FOY, but I thought that margin between him and Mikel would be at least a little bit tighter.
Here’s the full rundown:
2025 ACC Preseason Poll School, Points 1. Duke (34), 866 2. Louisville (15), 842 3. North Carolina, 741 4. NC State, 710 5. Virginia, 623 6. SMU, 616 7. Clemson, 510 8. Miami,
500 9. Syracuse, 489 10. Notre Dame, 477 11. Wake Forest, 412 12. Virginia Tech, 355 13. Georgia Tech, 315 14. Pitt, 301 15. Florida State, 221 16. California, 156 17. Stanford, 138 18. Boston College, 107 First-place votes in parentheses; 49 total voters 2025-26 Preseason All-ACC Team First Team Name, School, Votes Cameron Boozer, Duke, 46 Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 46 Darrion Williams, NC State, 45 Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 36 Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 36
Second Team
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 24
Boopie Miller, SMU, 27
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 27
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 24
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 24
ACC Preseason Player of the Year
Darrion Williams, NC State, 23 votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 19
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 2
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 2
Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 1
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 1
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 1
ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 43 votes
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 3
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 2
Neoklis Avdalas, Virginia Tech, 1
