ACC Championship ·
ACC Championship
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 18 Clemson beat No. 8 SMU by 3 points, the ACC Championship.
It was played at a neutral site: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC.
How the game turned
Q4 0:00 Clemson 34, SMU 31
Clemson 100% to win
Hauser 56-yd field goal, Clemson wins it 34-31
Big moments
- 1Q1 14:14 · Clemson 0, SMU 0Clemson's win chance rose from 39% to 55%.Jennings sacked, fumbles
- 2Q1 13:35 · Clemson 7, SMU 0Clemson's win chance rose from 55% to 62%.Klubnik 35-yd TD pass to Wesco, Clemson goes ahead 7-0
- 3Q1 3:28 · Clemson 21, SMU 7Clemson's win chance rose from 63% to 78%.Klubnik 43-yd TD pass to Wesco, Clemson leads 21-7
- 4Q4 0:16 · Clemson 31, SMU 31Clemson's win chance fell from 83% to 53%.Jennings 4-yd TD pass to Daniels, ties it 31-31
- 5Q4 0:00 · Clemson 34, SMU 31Clemson's win chance rose from 53% to 100%.Hauser 56-yd field goal, Clemson wins it 34-31
Clemson's lowest chance to win was 38 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 0:00 left in the 4th quarter, Clemson's chance to win went from 53 percent to 99 percent when Clemson kicked a field goal.
The score went from Clemson 31, SMU 31 to Clemson 34, SMU 31.
The play: Hauser 56-yd field goal, Clemson wins it 34-31.
What happened next
Clemson's next game: L 24-38 at Texas, Dec 21
14 days laterSMU's next game: L 10-38 at Penn State, Dec 21
14 days laterThe teams' next meeting after Dec 7, 2024: SMU 35, Clemson 24, Oct 18, 2025
about 10 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.