The Consensus: A division title grows in Tallahassee

Questionable certainties advanced by the summer pundits. Part of the Doc's ACC Week. The Proposition. After a three-year hiatus from the conference championship game, Florida State will win the ACC's Atlantic Division. The Chorus. Most of the big magazines break for the 'Noles: Lindy's, Athlon and the Sporting News all pick FSU No. 1 in the Atlantic and as a top-20 team nationally, and FSU was the only Atlantic team in Mark Schlabach's top-25 at ESPN; ditto the Rivals countdown, wherever the 'Noles finally land. The Dissent. Noted contrarian Phil Steele, often the oddball this time of year, holds Florida State at No. 34 in his national top-40 (behind Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and N.C. State) and gives the nod to Clemson in the division race, with FSU a narrow runner-up. For the Believers. The main selling point is a stable quarterback situation that involves neither Chris Rix nor Drew Weatherford -- Christian Ponder gets pretty good reviews...