Coaches and a media panel picked Notre Dame as the preseason favorite in the ACC. So far that’s holding solid. The Irish are again No. 3 in ESPN’s women’s college basketball Power Rankings this week and are a No. 1 seed in Bracketology.
The ACC has had a representative in the women’s Final Four in eight of the past 10 NCAA tournaments — a stretch that (not coincidentally) began the year Notre Dame joined the league. The Irish are the only ACC team in that span to win the national championship (in 2018) and appear to be a top contender once again this season.
Which other teams are expected to get a double-bye into the ACC tournament quarterfinals and set themselves up for a high NCAA tournament seed? That’s two months away, and a lot can happen to change that answer. But before this season started, Georgia Tech wasn’t likely considered one of the possibilities.
Yet the undefeated Yellow Jackets are in the Power Rankings for a fourth straight week. They were 10th in the ACC preseason poll but are off to a 15-0 start. They…
