CLEMSON, S.C. –

The Clemson Tigers have secured a spot in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. This will be the 15th time in the last 16 years that the game will be in prime time. The 12th-ranked Tigers nationally, who are 9-3 overall this season and finished 7-1 in ACC play, will face No. 9 SMU, who finished the regular season 11-1 overall and 8-0 ACC ended the season.

The 20th ACC Football Championship Game will feature two top-12 teams in the national rankings, No. 9 SMU and No. 12 Clemson.

The Tigers were ranked 12th in the current College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings as of Tuesday, November 26th and have been ranked in all CFP rankings this year. Clemson was also ranked in the Associated Press and US LBM Coaches Top 25 polls throughout the season, climbing as high as No. 9 in the AP Poll (Oct. 20) and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll (Oct. 27). October).

The Tigers have been a perennial contender under head coach Dabo Swinney, boasting a top-12 offense in both overall and scoring this year and lighting up the scoring charts with an average of 35.7 points per game . The Tigers had a balanced offensive attack, as Clemson’s offense is the only team ranked in the top 26 nationally in both passing (275.1 YPG) and rushing offense (190.6 YPG) and the only program in the country that is averaging both 190 or more rushing yards and 270 or more passing yards per game this year.