X-factors for EVERY ACC program + EA Sports vs Ari's top-10 teams

Until Saturday: A show about college football

We continue our Until Saturday X-factors series with the newly minted 17-team ACC. Our Atlantic Coast Conferece guru, Manny Navarro, jumps on the mic with Ari Wasserman to share his list of impact players this season. Before then, EA Sports revealed their team rankings for the upcoming college football video game. Where did EA Sports get it right and wrong? Plus, Ari compares his pre-season top-10 teams against EA's.

Check out our ACC x-factors story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5608807/2024/07/02/acc-football-x-factors-damien-martinez-maalik-murphy/

Rundown:

- EA Sports CFB 25 team rankings + Ari's top-10 teams vs EA (2:00)

- ACC X-factors: Boston College, Cal & Clemson (10:00)

- Duke, Florida State & Georgia Tech (16:45)

- Louisville, Miami & North Carolina (24:15)

- NC State, Pittsburgh & SMU (33:00)

- Stanford, Syracuse & Virginia (39:30)

- Virginia Tech and Wake Forest (42:45)

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