Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich

This was an unofficial Mid-Season Player of the Year poll done by e-mail Thursday. Kyle Tucker of the Virginia Pilot (he covers Virginia Tech), sent out an e-mail to several ACC writers on Thursday asking us for our top three choices for the ACC's Player of the Year based on what everyone has done to date.

Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams is leading the race.

We had 14 total voters, representing nine of the ACC's teams, plus one leaguewide rep (that's me). My vote looked like this: 1. Ryan Williams. 2. Jacory Harris. 3. Riley Skinner.

Points were assigned in reverse order (first-place is 3 points, third-place is 1 point).

Please keep in mind this is unofficial, and not every ACC team was represented, but this is how it shook out yesterday:

1. RB Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech 35 points, 9 first-place votes

2. QB Jacory Harris, Miami 25 points, 3 first-place votes

3. QB Riley Skinner, Wake Forest 14 points, 2 first-place votes

4. QB Christian Ponder, Florida State 4 points

4. QB Josh Nesbitt, Georgia Tech 4 points

5. QB Thaddeus Lewis, Duke 2 points

Here's who voted, what team they cover, and how they voted:

Andrew Carter, Orlando Sentinel (FSU) 1. Williams 2. Ponder 3. Harris

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald (BC) 1. Williams 2. Skinner 3. Harris

Susan Degnan, Miami Herald (UM) 1. Williams 2. Harris 3. Skinner

Heather Dinich, ESPN (ACC) 1. Williams 2. Harris 3. Skinner

Doug Doughty, Roanoke Times (UVA) 1. Williams 2. Lewis 4. Nesbitt

Eric Prisbell, Washington Post (MD) 1. Skinner 2. Williams 3. Harris

Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel (UM) 1. Williams 2. Harris 3. Ponder

Doug Roberson, AJC (GT) 1. Harris 2. Nesbitt 3. Williams

Darryl Slater, Times-Dispatch (VT) 1. Williams 2. Skinner 3. Harris

Patrick Stevens, Washington Times (MD) 1. Skinner 2. Harris 3. Williams

Kyle Tucker, Virginian-Pilot (VT) 1. Williams 2. Harris 3. Skinner

Ken Tysiac, Charlotte Observer (NCST) 1. Harris 2. Williams 3. Nesbitt

Larry Williams, Tigerillustrated.com (CU) 1. Williams 2. Harris 3. Skinner

Norm Wood, Daily Press (VT/UVA) 1. Harris 2. Williams 3. Ponder

So, hopefully that gives you an idea of where some of us stand, but it's a small sample size. There are a lot of other voters out there and a lot of football left to be played. Thanks to Kyle for the blog post idea, and thanks to the other writers for being brave enough to put your votes out there.

Personally, I could make arguments for each one of these players, but so far, I think Williams has been the most outstanding performer overall, and he's done it in his first season, which is even more remarkable. Where would the Hokies be without him? I doubt they'd be the No. 4 team in the country right now.

As for the quarterbacks, remember, this is what they've done to date. (My top five list earlier this week was based on recent performances, the top five guys you should be watching now.) If it weren't for Jacory Harris, Miami would never have gotten through that brutal four-game opening stretch, and he did it under a new offensive coordinator, in a new system, and in his first year as full-time starter.

Over the past few weeks, Skinner has played the best of any ACC quarterback, but since the season started, Harris has played against tougher competition and won all but one time. Records do count, and I was there when Skinner threw three interceptions in a 24-21 loss to Baylor in the season opener. If Skinner continues to play the way he has, though, and Wake Forest wins the Atlantic Division, it would be hard not to give him the nod for first-team quarterback.

That vote, though, can wait.