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For the most part this season rests entirely on the two FR by btd

If they are typical freshman that have some good moments here and there, but generally speaking need a year to adjust, then this is going to be a 6-10 loss season IMO and we will at best be a S16 team and finish 3rd or so in the ACC.

If one of the two come in and play anywhere near the way Lloyd played as a freshman, then everything goes up a notch in the positive direction. We probably still lose 3-4 more games than we are used to, but we probably get to around a top 10 team (assuming at least one of the two transfers actually plays v continues their injury trend).

If both of them hit the ground running, then this team has a shot to shock many people and be a solid top 10 team and could even get into the E8 and be considered a threat to all but the absolute top 2-3 teams.

Odds are that we have way too many players that have to either return to pre-injury form, stay healthy for the first time in a while, have breakout years that on paper they are capable of having, and all come together quickly into a team for this season to be the shocking one I describe in the previous paragraph -- but IMO the root of it all rests in whether the two freshman come flying out of the gate.