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This year at STS we decided to unveil a few predictions for awards and conference champions in 2016. Since we are self-styled experts we thought it would be fun to see how all of this shakes out. Writers were asked to name each of P5 champions as well as the 4 playoff participants. Several Clemson-centric awards were also named
| Writer Name | Brian | Ryan F | Kendall | Anthony | Thomas L | Alex Craft | Drew | Ryan K | C_Craft | Robert Betts | John McElhaney |
| ACC Champ | FSU | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Florida State | Clemson | Clemson | Florida State |
| B1G Champ | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Michigan | Ohio State | O.$.U. | Michigan | Ohio State | Ohio State | Michigan |
| SEC Champ | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | Alabama | LSU | Bama | LSU | Alabama | LSU | LSU |
| Pac-12 Champ | Stanford | Stanford | Stanford | UCLA | Oregon | Stanford | Stanford | Washington | UCLA | Washington | USC |
| Big 12 Champ | Oklahoma | TCU | TCU | TCU | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Playoff Participants | FSU | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | FSU | Clemson | Clemson | FSU |
| Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Michigan | LSU | O.$.U. | Clemson | Oklahoma | Ohio State | Oklahoma | |
| LSU | Stanford | LSU | LSU | Ohio State | FSU | Bama | LSU | Alabama | LSU | Michigan | |
| Oklahoma | TCU | TCU | UCLA | Alabama | Ohio State | FSU | Alabama | Ohio State | Oklahoma | Clemson | |
| Clemson MVP | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson |
| Clemson Offense Player of the Year | Wayne Gallman | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Mike Williams | Wayne Gallman | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Deshaun Watson | Mike Williams |
| Clemson Defense PotY | Carlos Watkins | Christian Wilkins | Christian Wilkins | Ben Boulware | Cordrea Tankersley | Ben Boulware | Ben Boulware | Cordrea Tankersley | Ben Boulware | Kendall Joseph | Cordrea Tankersly |
| Clemson Breakout PotY | Trayvon Mullen | Clelin Ferrell | Tre Lamar | Ka'von Wallace | Clelin Ferrell | Dorian O'Daniel | Clelin Ferrell | Dexter Lawrence | Dexter Lawrence | Trayvon Mullen |
Outside of me it seems like everyone is pretty high on Clemson. The Tigers are predicted to make the playoffs by everyone else, even if FSU wins the ACC. The real interest comes in our breakout player section. There are plenty of candidates to choose from and hopefully all of these guys are worthy candidates at the end of the year.
Leave your predictions in the comments and we'll come back to them at the end of the season to see how terrible we are at making predictions.