The No. 8 Mustangs (11-1) and No. 17 Tigers (9-3) meet for the first time, in the ACC championship game. SMU went 8-0 in-conference in its first ACC campaign. Clemson plays in its 10th ACC final, losing in 2009 and winning eight from 2011 to 2022.
The 2022 ACC Championship game sees Drake Maye's Tar Heels duel the Tigers in Charlotte, N.C. Maye's 35 touchdown passes helped put North Carolina in the title game for the first time since 2015, when Clemson's win began a run of six straight crowns.