ACC football season that began with 17 teams from coast-to-coast hoping to make it to Charlotte for a chance at a conference championship is now down to two teams whose dreams of a league title remain.

The 2024 ACC Championship Game will pit Clemson against SMU on Saturday, Dec. 7 in Charlotte. With both teams entering Week 14 inside the top 12 of the most recent CFP Rankings, the winner is almost assured one of the automatic bids to the College Football Playoff,

Atlantic Coast Conference championship game SMU (11-1) vs. Clemson (9-3) Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET Charlotte, N.C., Bank of America Stadium TV: ABC Early line: SMU -1.5

For our final ACC Power Rankings of the regular season, we introduce tiers. After several easy weeks, upsets made this the hardest ranking of the year. Deserves More Credit than they Get 1. SMU (Prev 1): While some felt I was being overly harsh to Miami by putting SMU at #1 several weeks ago,