The ESPN Power side in ACC Action is on North Carolina. Game 705 at 7:00 eastern. North Carolina is a small dog here as they travel into Florida St. The Heels have played well on this court and have won 11 of 14 at this venue. North Carolina has started to roll after a mid season slump. They have turned it around and have quietly won and covered 6 straight games. The Seminoles have lost 5 of their last 7 overall.


In the RPI Rankings we see North Carolina is ranked 30th, while Florida St sits at #60 overall. The difference is that while UNC has been decent at 3-2 vs teams ranked between 50 and 100, FSU has not. The Seminoles are a disappointing 2-6 vs teams ranked in the top 50 RPI Scale. The Seminoles are 0-4 to the spread as a home favorite of 3 or less and have now failed to cover in 14 of the last 20 in February games. We can also tie in an emerging system that over the past 8 days has road teams off a home win at 47-18 to the spread. We will back North Carolina in this one.