The ACC loses some of its star power from 2014, but the league still returns plenty of household names and players ready to challenge for All-America honors. And even though the 2015 college football season is still a few months away, but it’s never too early to project what could happen this year.

Athlon Sports released its full predictions for the ACC last week. Now, it’s time to take a look at the best of the best and honor the top players in the league with a release of first, second, third and fourth all-conference teams for 2015.

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2015. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2015 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.

ACC 2015 Team Previews

Atlantic Division National

Rank: 56 14 9 38 39 85 82

Coastal Division National

Rank: 52 18 43 42 41 61 35

Athlon's All-ACC Team for 2015

First-Team Offense Second-Team

Offense Third-Team Offense Fourth-Team Offense QB Deshaun Watson

Clemson Brad Kaaya

Miami Justin Thomas

Georgia Tech Marquise Williams

North Carolina RB James Conner

Pittsburgh Jon Hilliman

Boston College Brandon Radcliff

Louisville T.J. Logan

North Carolina RB Dalvin Cook

Florida State Joseph Yearby

Miami Wayne Gallman

Clemson J.C. Coleman

Virginia Tech AP Ryan Switzer (WR)

North Carolina Shadrach Thornton (RB)

NC State Taquan Mizell (RB)

Virginia Sherman Alston (WR)

Boston College WR Tyler Boyd

Pittsburgh Travis Rudolph

Florida State James Quick

Louisville Quinshad Davis

North Carolina WR Artavis Scott

Clemson Mike Williams

Clemson Isaiah Ford

Virginia Tech Mack Hollins

North Carolina TE Bucky Hodges

Virginia Tech Cam Serigne

Wake Forest Braxton Deaver

Duke David Grinnage

NC State C Matt Skura

Duke Freddie Burden

Georgia Tech Ryan Norton

Clemson Lucas Crowley

North Carolina OG Wyatt Teller

Virginia Tech Dorian Johnson

Pittsburgh Trey Braun

Georgia Tech Ross Burbank

Virginia OG Landon Turner

North Carolina Joe Thuney

NC State Kareem Are

Florida State Harris Williams

Boston College OT Adam Bisnowaty

Pittsburgh Bryan Chamberlain

Georgia Tech Jon Heck

North Carolina Isaiah Battle*

Clemson OT Roderick Johnson

Florida State Jonathan McLaughlin

Virginia Tech Eric Smith

Virginia Ivan Foy

Syracuse

First-Team

Defense Second-Team

Defense Third-Team

Defense Fourth-Team

Defense DE Ken Ekanem

Virginia Tech Sheldon Rankins

Louisville KeShun Freeman

Georgia Tech Kevin Kavalec

Boston College DE Dadi Nicolas

Virginia Tech Shaq Lawson

Clemson DeMarcus Walker

Florida State Ron Thompson

Syracuse DT Adam Gotsis

Georgia Tech N. Lawrence-Stample

Florida State Connor Wujciak

Boston College Josh Banks

Wake Forest DT Luther Maddy

Virginia Tech Corey Marshall

Virginia Tech David Dean

Virginia Nazair Jones

North Carolina LB Brandon Chubb

Wake Forest Deon Clarke

Virginia Tech Kelby Brown*

Duke Reggie Northrup

Florida State LB Keith Kelsey

Louisville Steven Daniels

Boston College James Burgess

Louisville Jerod Fernandez

NC State LB Terrance Smith

Florida State P.J. Davis

Georgia Tech Marquel Lee

Wake Forest Jermaine Grace

Miami CB Kendall Fuller

Virginia Tech Mackensie Alexander

Clemson Jack Tocho

NC State Demetrious Nicholson

Virginia CB Jalen Ramsey

Florida State Maurice Canady

Virginia D.J. White

Georgia Tech Chuck Clark (CB/S)

Virginia Tech S Quin Blanding

Virginia Deon Bush

Miami DeVon Edwards

Duke Ryan Janvion

Wake Forest S Jeremy Cash

Duke Jamal Golden

Georgia Tech Josh Harvey-Clemons

Louisville Artie Burns (CB)

Miami

First-Team

Specialists Second-Team

Specialists Third-Team

Specialists Fourth-Team

Specialists K Roberto Aguayo

Florida State Ross Martin

Duke Ammon Lakip

Clemson Ian Frye

Virginia P Alex Kinal

Wake Forest Will Monday

Duke Riley Dixon

Syracuse Justin Vogel

Miami KR Myles Willis

Boston College DeVon Edwards

Duke Tyler Boyd

Pittsburgh Kermit Whitfield

Florida State PR Tyler Boyd

Pittsburgh Ryan Switzer

North Carolina Greg Stroman

Virginia Tech Sherman Alston

Boston College

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2015 All-ACC Team

First Second Third Fourth Boston College

Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

âSp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

âSp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 1

âSp. Teams: 1 Clemson

Offense: 2

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Duke

Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 3 Offense: 1

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Florida State

Offense: 2

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 1 Georgia Tech

Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Louisville

Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Miami

Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 1 North Carolina

Offense: 2

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 5

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 NC State

Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Pittsburgh

Offense: 3

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Syracuse

Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Virginia

Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 2

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 1 Virginia Tech

Offense: 2

Defense: 4

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 1

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Wake Forest

Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 1 Offense: 1

Defense: 0

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 1

Sp. Teams: 0 Offense: 0

Defense: 2

Sp. Teams: 0

* Player selections were done before Clemson's Isaiah Battle left for the supplemental draft and Duke's Kelby Brown suffered a season-ending knee injury.