A ranking of Mike Farrell's favorites helmets a few weeks ago sparked such debate that we decided to take this discussion a step further.
Who has the best uniforms in college football?
We decided to keep it with the Power Five schools – sorry, Boise State, snubbed again – and gave three of our most opinionated staff members (recruiting director Mike Farrell, national recruiting analyst Adam Gorney and social media director Woody Wommack) a vote.
Today we move to the ACC after the Big Ten and SEC rankings produced plenty of conversation earlier this week. We will reveal a new conference uniform ranking each weekday (full series schedule below). The series culminates on Sunday with our overall ranking of Power Five uniforms, from No. 1 to No. 65.
Also on Sunday, we will reveal the composite ranking for all 65 teams based off the votes of Farrell, Gorney and Wommack.
Let us know what you think each day @Rivals.
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SERIES SCHEDULE
Monday: Ranking the Big Ten uniforms
Tuesday: Ranking the SEC uniforms
Wednesday: Ranking the ACC uniforms
Thursday: Ranking the Pac-12 uniforms
Friday: Ranking the Big 12 uniforms
Saturday: Which uniform is the favorite among top high school prospects?
Sunday: Ranking the Power Five uniforms, Nos. 1-65
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1. FLORIDA STATE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 5
Gorney: 9
Wommack: 2
Comment: “I love these uniforms. The helmets are amazing and the color combinations pop.” — Farrell
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2. NORTH CAROLINA
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 2
Gorney: 13
Wommack: 16
Comment: “These are simply gorgeous with the powder blue popping against the white. The helmet choices are amazing and I could make a case that these are the best in the country overall.” — Farrell
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3. MIAMI
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 7
Gorney: 14
Wommack: 18
Comment: “These aren’t fancy but they are certainly iconic and remind me of a time when The U dominated football. The helmet is simple and used to strike fear into opponents and I love the green.” — Farrell
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4. CLEMSON
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 18
Gorney: 17
Wommack: 19
Comment: "I’m not a huge fan of the purple jerseys but the solid orange and solid white uniforms are fantastic and classic college football." – Gorney
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5. LOUISVILLE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 36
Gorney: 26
Wommack: 17
Comment: "The Cards have some of the best uniform combinations in college football. The all-white uniforms are pretty cool but the best look is the metallic red helmets with the white Cardinal on the side." – Gorney
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6. PITT
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 20
Gorney: 60
Wommack: 31
Comment: “If this was just about the Pitt throwbacks with the yellow helmet and blue uniforms, then it could be No. 1. The Panthers wearing those all the time is a great start. Not sure what Gorney is thinking here.” — Farrell
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7. GEORGIA TECH
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 47
Gorney: 42
Wommack: 33
Comment: “I love the white helmets with the white uniforms which allows the gold to stand out. They have some nice combinations but need to jazz up the helmet a bit.” — Farrell
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8. VIRGINIA TECH
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 27
Gorney: 54
Wommack: 49
Comment: “The Hokies were one of the first schools to mix and match alternative helmets and uniforms and some of the combinations are a home run. The traditional helmet with maroon uniforms is very cool.” — Farrell
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9. WAKE FOREST
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 57
Gorney: 45
Wommack: 41
Comment: “Wake does some nice things especially with the chrome helmet but with such a cool logo it could do so much more. The color combos are cool but need to pop more.” — Farrell
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10. VIRGINIA
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 49
Gorney: 47
Wommack: 50
Comment: “Virginia has always been kind of boring when it comes to uniforms and helmets. I like the helmets with the numbers on the side but the Cavs should do more with the orange and less with the navy blue in the uniforms.” — Farrell
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11. NC STATE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 62
Gorney: 50
Wommack: 43
Comment: “These are a bit boring even with the Mr. Wuf logo on the helmets. It’s too much white on white or red on red.” — Farrell
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12. DUKE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 44
Gorney: 57
Wommack: 61
Comment: "Duke’s best uniforms are not the normal look or even the all-black look but it’s when the Blue Devils wear their white jerseys, black pants and the matte black helmets. Duke has some underrated combos." – Gorney
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13. SYRACUSE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 65
Gorney: 52
Wommack: 54
Comment: “I don’t dig them much at all. Syracuse could do so much more with the orange and blue.” — Farrell
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14. BOSTON COLLEGE
Ranking among 65 Power Five teams ...
Farrell: 63
Gorney: 62
Wommack: 63
Comment: “Booooring. The gold helmets don’t pop like Notre Dame and the uniforms are plain. The only cool ones are the Flutie era throwbacks.” — Farrell
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