This Weekend Will Determine Who Plays In The ACC Championship Game - Probably

Two games Saturday will determine who plays in the ACC Championship Game - Probably

#5 Clemson (5 - 1) at #19 NC State (4 - 0) 3:30 ABC

#13 Virginia Tech (3 - 1) at #6 Miami (5 - 0) 8:00 ABC

Atlantic Division

If State wins - undefeated in the Atlantic and everybody else has two losses. Barring catastrophe, State wins out and plays in the ACC Championship Game.

If Clemson wins - both Clemson and State have one Atlantic Division loss - Clemson has the tiebreaker over State. Both win out and Clemson plays in the ACC Championship Game.

Clemson favored by 7.

Coastal Division

If Miami wins - undefeated in the Coastal and everybody else has two losses. Miami wins out and plays in the ACC Championship Game.

If Virginia Tech wins - both Miami and VT have one Coastal Division loss - VT has the tiebreaker over Miami. Everybody else has two losses. VT wins out and plays in the ACC Championship Game.

VT favored by 2 points.


Of course, every team will still have conference games left to play. And the ACC is seriously wacky this year - so anything can happen.

But on paper - this weekend should decide the ACC Championship Game teams.

On paper.

Bottom Line - ACC National Championship Playoff spots and Orange Bowl spots are all on the line this weekend.

So, For what it's worth - You can take all this analysis and Five dollars and get yourself a Starbucks coffee.