FSU came into the conference and won it something like 9 times in their first ten years. They were on a roll of 11 ACC titles in 12 years until VT showed up to give them some competition. Even recently they won the ACC three years in a row and it took Clemson getting a team that came just short of winning a national title to stop FSU from making it four in a row. They won 15 ACC titles in their first 22 years in the conference.

Why is Clemson's short run in the 80's being used here as an example for the ACC being a one-dog show instead of the fact that the conference has been "FSU plus some other teams" for most of the time that FSU's been in it? Even with Clemson's run the last four years, this is the first time since FSU joined the conference that their rate of winning the ACC has ever dropped below 60%.