CHAPEL HILL, NC—The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2024-25 preseason poll on Tuesday night, picking North Carolina to finish second overall this season. Meanwhile, Tar Heel is a fifth-year guard RJ Davis was a unanimous choice for the Preseason All-ACC First Team and the overwhelming choice for Preseason ACC Player of the Year.

Media gathered at last week’s ACC Tipoff in Charlotte voted on the preseason poll and individual awards released Tuesday.

Carolina received 11 first-place votes and 924 total points in the poll, trailing only Duke’s 42 first-place votes and 956 points. Third-place Wake Forest received the only other first-place vote, reaching 800 points in the voting.

Davis, the reigning ACC Player of the Year after averaging 21.4 points per game last season, was the only unanimous selection to the preseason team. He received 40 of 54 votes for Preseason ACC Player of the Year. Duke freshman Cooper Flagg finished second with 10 votes, followed by three for Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis and one for Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud.

The rest of the preseason first team included Sallis, Flagg, Notre Dame’s Markus Burton and Miami’s Nigel Pack.

The second team consisted of Ian Schieffelin (Clemson), Chase Hunter (Clemson), Jamir Watkins (Florida State), Baye Ndongo (Georgia Tech) and Ishmael Leggett (Pitt).

ACC Preseason Poll

School, points
1st Duke (42), 956
2. North Carolina (11), 924
3. Wake Forest (1), 800
4. Clemson, 765
5.Virginia, 743
6.Miami, 659
7. Pitt, 636
8. NC State, 550
9. Louisville, 518
10. Notre Dame, 462
11. Syracuse, 454
12. Georgia Tech, 433
13. SMU, 344
14. Virginia Tech, 252
15. Florida State, 251
16. California, 206
17.Stanford, 165
18. Boston College, 116


First place votes in parentheses; A total of 54 voters



Preseason ACC Player of the Year

RJ DavisNorth Carolina, 40 votes
Cooper Flagg, Duke, 10th
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 3
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford, 1

Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year
Cooper Flagg, Duke, 53 votes
Jeremiah Wilkinson, California, 1

Preseason All-ACC team

First team

RJ Davis*, North Carolina, 54
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 52
Cooper Flagg, Duke, 52
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 41
Nijel Pack, Miami, 37



Second team
Ian Schieffelin, Clemson, 36
Chase Hunter, Clemson, 31
Jamir Watkins, Florida State, 26
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 21
Ishmael Leggett, Pitt, 20



*indicates a unanimous selection

Preseason ACC honors for @ariidavis_ 😤

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— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) October 15, 2024