The ACC is hindered in the NET by some bad early season losses by the top teams: Virginia lost to San Francisco, Florida State lost to Central Florida and Georgia Tech lost to Georgia State and Mercer. Georgia Tech wasn't conducting full practices due to covid. Duke and Notre Dame both lost to Michigan State. You think that Michigan State is a top 10 team so no big deal. But if you are only playing seven non-conference games at most, and then Michigan State loses eleven times to Big 10 teams, the effect is magnified. Similarly, Kentucky lost to Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and UNC. They seemed like big wins, but weren't