GREENSBORO, N.C. - Led by No. 2 Clemson, four Atlantic Coast Conference teams are ranked in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 football poll released Monday.

Clemson received 18 first-place votes to match its best preseason ranking.  In 2016, the Tigers were No. 2 in the preseason and went on to win the national championship.  It marks the fifth top 5 preseason ranking in the AP Poll in school history, including 1984 (No. 4), 1988 (4), 2016 (2) and 2017 (5).

Miami was picked No. 8, its best preseason ranking since being No. 6 to start the 2004 season.  Florida State was voted No. 19, followed by No. 20 Virginia Tech.

NC State (22 votes) and Boston College (18) also received votes in the poll.