Burning questions for each Power Five league

After what has felt like an offseason filled with nonstop drama, we’re so close to actual, honest-to-god football being played.

This offseason has been dominated by topics such as the transfer portal, name, image and likeness benefits, conference realignment and coaching changes at a number of traditional powers. It’s been a constant deluge of talking points.

It goes without saying that as we approach kickoff in the 2022 season, we have some questions. It may be a while before we have a large enough sample size of games to answer many of them, but with talking season coming to an end, here is the main burning question surrounding each Power Five conference.

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ACC: Is this league finally competitive?

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For the last decade-plus, the ACC has been Clemson’s domain. Since 2011, coach Dabo Swinney’s team has captured seven conference titles, including six straight from 2015-20.

That run came to an end last fall as the Tigers saw a disappointing finish (by their standards), going 10-3 but failing to capture the Atlantic Division title. Much of that had to do with the offense led by DJ Uiagalelei, who disappointed as the successor to Trevor Lawrence.

Uiagalelei is back, in better shape and, hopefully, improved, but he now has five-star true freshman Cade Klubnik to push him. This could play out exactly like the situation with Lawrence did a few years ago, when he quickly beat out Kelly Bryant and led his team to a national title, but bare with me: What if it doesn’t?

Clemson lost a lot, including both coordinators in Tony Elliott and Brent Venables, who each landed Power Five head coaching jobs. And now, the middle class of the ACC seems to be on the brink of breaking through.

Pittsburgh won the conference last year, and though it has to replace first-round quarterback Kenny Pickett…