The 2024 ACC Championship Game was a college football conference championship game played on December 7, 2024, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2024 season. The game featured the SMU Mustangs and the Clemson Tigers. The 20th annual ACC Championship Game began at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC.
The 2024 ACC Championship Game featured the SMU Mustangs, with an 8âÂÂ0 conference record, representing the #1 seed, and the Clemson Tigers, with a 7âÂÂ1 conference record, representing the #2 seed.
This was the first ACC title game appearance for SMU in its first season in the ACC. The matchup also was the first ever meeting between the two schools.
The Tigers clinched a spot in the game following Miami's loss to Syracuse on November 30. They finished the regular season 9âÂÂ3 (7âÂÂ1 ACC), and the designated away team for this game.
The Mustangs clinched a spot in the game following their defeat of Virginia on November 23. They finished the regular season 11âÂÂ1 (8âÂÂ0 ACC), with a loss to BYU. They are the designated home team for the championship game. The 2024 season was SMU's first in the ACC, having previously played in the American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs are the first team transitioning to a power conference to reach a conference championship game in the National Championship Game era (since 1998).