2024 ACC Football Championship Odds: Florida State the favorite

The ACC only added two new programs - and did not lose any - in the recent wave of conference realignment, and familiar schools are among the favorites ahead of the 2024 college football season.

The two new schools are SMU, Stanford and California. SMU joins from the American Athletic Conference and Stanford and Cal each join from the Pac-12, but none of these teams are among the preseason favorites.

Three different teams have won the conference in the past three seasons. Will we see another unfamiliar winner, or will the usual suspects compete for the crown?

2024 ACC Football Championship Odds

Florida State	+250
Clemson	+350
Miami Florida	+400
Louisville	+600
NC State	+600
Virginia Tech	+1000
SMU	+1800
North Carolina	+3000
Syracuse	+5000
California	+8000

Florida State, the reigning ACC champions, enters the season as the favorite to repeat and successfully defend its title. The Seminoles had a great offseason, acquiring veteran QB DJ Uiagalelei to be the starter, and adding nine players from the SEC - including five from Alabama thanks in part to Nick Saban's retirement.

Clemson, which has shunned the transfer portal under head coach Dabo Swinney, brought in a total of zero transfers. But, last season's starting QB Cade Klubnik has a year of experience under his belt and skill position players Phil Mafah, Keith Adams Jr., Jake Briningstool and Tyler Brown all return for the Tigers.

Miami Florida is third in the odds, having brought in Cam Ward from Washington State to play QB. He has thrown for 6,968 pass yards and a 48-16 TD-INT ratio in his two years as a starter, and he has Mark Fletcher Jr., Isaiah Horton, Jacolby George and Xavier Restrepo among his skill position players.

The Louisville Cardinals are fourth in the market and almost half of their 31 incoming transfers are defensive players, including three edge rushers, three linebackers and three safeties. Transfer QB Tyler Shough - from Texas Tech - should compete with last season's backup Harrison Baily for the starting QB job.

The NC State Wolfpack are on the same odds as Louisville and they brought in three four-star transfers. One of those high-profile transfers, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, is the favorite to be the starting QB and he has a career 88-14 TD-INT ratio.

Virginia Tech is sixth in the market at 10/1, and they only brought in seven transfers, three of whom play in the trenches. Former Kent State and UCLA QB Collin Schlee should be an upgrade under center.

Newcomers SMU are seventh in the odds and they brought in 21 transfers to prepare for the step up to the ACC, and 19 of those players came from Power 5 schools. Preston Stone returns as the starting QB, and top running backs Jaylan Knighton and LJ Johnson Jr. are back, as are top targets Jake Bailey, Jordan Hudson and RJ Maryland.

North Carolina begins life post-Drake May with the eighth-shortest odds to win the ACC, and Texas A&M transfer Max Johnson is the likely starter under center.

Syracuse, with a new-look roster under new head coach Fran Brown, are ninth in the outright odds. They brought in former Ohio State QB Kyle McCord, and 13 of their 19 transfers came from Power 5 programs.

Further back in the odds is ACC newcomer California, followed by Duke, Georgia Tech, and 2021 conference champion Pittsburgh. The teams with the longest odds are Boston College, Virginia, Wake Forest, and lastly, new arrival Stanford.

Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.