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.

OK, so we know SMU and Clemson will meet in the ACC championship game on Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern time in Charlotte, North Carolina.  We also know SMU is a sl

With a 42-38 come-from-behind victory over No. 6 Miami, Syracuse knocked the Hurricanes out of the ACC Championship Game and ushered in No. 12 Clemson, which earlier on Saturday lost 17-14 to rival South Carolina to pick up its third defeat. It was Syracuse’s first win over a top-10 opponent since 2017.

The third first down came via a brutal mistake. Defensive tackle Ahmad Moten jumped offside to give Syracuse a first down with 1:52 remaining. The Hurricanes had just one timeout remaining at that point, and a wide receiver sweep by Trebor Pena for a first down two plays later sealed the victory for Syracuse.

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,