A spot in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is on the line Saturday night, with Clemson dueling SMU in the ACC championship game. It’s a matchup made possible by No. 12 Miami, which suffered an upset loss to No.

The No. 17 Clemson football team is coming off a disappointing home loss to South Carolina, but the Tigers can still make it into the 12-team College Football Playoff with a win over No. 8 Southern Methodist, a first-year member of the conference. Here’s your gameday guide heading into the league title game in Charlotte.

With a 42-38 come-from-behind victory over No. 6 Miami, Syracuse knocked the Hurricanes out of the ACC Championship Game and ushered in No. 12 Clemson, which earlier on Saturday lost 17-14 to rival South Carolina to pick up its third defeat. It was Syracuse’s first win over a top-10 opponent since 2017.