Just because he has been preparing for this moment for a long time doesn't mean Jimbo Fisher's stomach will be settled at noon on Saturday. He and the other 11 ACC coaches prepare their teams for wide-ranging slate of season openers.

ISP Radio Affiliates for Navy vs. Maryland. ACC ISP Sports Network opens the football season on September 6

This Week in ACC Football includes 12 games over five days from Thursday to Monday.

Discover Financial Services (DFS: NYSE), the Orange Bowl Committee and ESPN announced today that an agreement has been reached for Discover to be the title sponsor for the 2011-2014 Orange Bowl Games and the 2013 BCS National Championship Game.

Expectations for the 2010 football season are at an all-time high in Blacksburg. Hokie fans have gotten used to winning double-digit games each season and to contending for the ACC title.

Even through transition, one constant in Tallahassee is high expectations, and that trend continues as the 2010 season approaches.

The Miami Hurricanes no longer use youth or lack of experience as excuses. With the top-ranked recruiting class from 2007 suddenly upperclassmen, the time for winning is now.

Clemson was projected to finish second in the Atlantic Division at the ACC Media Kickoff. Yet, the Tigers find themselves in the "underdog" realm of the ACC, falling short of preseason accolades. I'm guessing that the Tigers are feeling a bit underrated. And that's just the way we like it.

Despite being crowned ACC Champions eight months ago, Georgia Tech has embraced the underdog role this season. The loss of four very talented players to the NFL coupled with a challenging schedule has led experts to pick the Yellow Jackets to finish 3rd in the Coastal Division. Yet the return of 14 starters and 20 seniors gives Coach Paul Johnson, whose team went 11-3 season, a reason to believe that this could be his deepest and best team he has had during his three years at Tech.

If the Eagles stay healthy and take advantage of their favorable schedule, they should absolutely contend for the Atlantic Division title.

Coming off back-to-back 8-5 seasons and returning 18 starters on offense and defense this year, Tar Heel fans, coaches and players have high expectations, and rightfully so. With Butch Davis posting a 0-6 record in his first 3 years against rivals Virginia and NC State (games in which UNC were hefty favorites the last 2 years), a 10-win season seems well within the range of possibility. QB T.J. Yates believes this is the year the Heels will end that 0-6 skid and get over the hump as an ACC threat.

Although a 5-7 record isn't fun to sit through at Carter Finley Stadium, there is some relief in knowing three of the team's six losses came by six points or less. Head Coach Tom O'Brien returns a team that cringes at the word "injuries," and will need to stay healthy to post a winning record in 2010.

This year there is a different feeling around the Duke campus; curiosity about the football program. Entering its third year under Coach Cutcliffe, Duke has made great strides towards climbing up the ranks of Football Bowl Championship Subdivision programs.

Coming off of its first losing season since 2005, Wake Forest's 5-7 (3-5 ACC) record last season didn't exactly measure up to the championship standard Jim Grobe has set in Winston-Salem. In the midst of what seems to be a rebuilding period for the Demon Deacons, Grobe will have a host of issues to address entering the 2010 season.

Raycom Sports' Emmy Award-winning summer television series, "Havoline Football Saturdays in the South," concludes its seventh season with episode six this weekend

Improvement is the name of the game for the Virginia Cavaliers in 2010. After a 2009 season in which the team only won three games, head coach Mike London took the helm and has been busy implementing his new regime.

The 2010 Terrapins rebuilding to bowl-bound teams of Friedgen's past.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that the ACC's official website, theACC.com, will once again feature a special preseason football preview of the Conference's schools entitled "The 12 Days of 2010 ACC Football".

NC State's Nate Irving and Former Miami Star Gino Torretta This Week's Features on Emmy Award-Winning Havoline Football Saturdays in the South

2010 ACC Football Preview Debuts Thursday, August 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports Carolinas