Fran Brown and the Syracuse Orange stunned Miami, dropping the Hurricanes from the ACC Championship Game and propelling the 9-3 Clemson Tigers into a matchup with the 11-1 SMU Mustangs. The winner gets an automatic bid into the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Saturday’s ACC title bout will be SMU’s third straight postseason matchup that will feel like an away game. It played on the road at Tulane when it captured the American Athletic Conference title in a 26-14 win this week last year. It also played at Fenway Park against Boston College in its bowl game.

Clemson will face off against SMU in the 2024 ACC Championship Game this weekend. Here’s how the oddsmakers are predicting the matchup. SMU completed a perfect