#ACC Championship Game

Now that the college football season is over, the offseason hype for the 2023-24 Florida State team has officially begun. Preseason top 10. The next ACC champions. Appearing in the College Football Playoff for the first time since its inception in 2014. Those are among the lofty expectations that the Seminoles have already received from national…

After two weeks of enjoyable matinees, the marquee games of college football's 2022 bowl season are up next. Most importantly, of course, we have the College Football Playoff semifinals. Second-ranked Michigan takes on No. 3 TCU before top-ranked and defending-champ Georgia squares off with No. 4 Ohio State. But there's also the remainder of the…

With the college football season coming to an end Monday, it's time to look forward to the 2023-24 Florida State team. The Seminoles have already received a lot of hype from national pundits. Brandon Marcello, a national college football reporter from 247Sports, had FSU at No. 3 in his way-too-early 2023 rankings Sunday. Another national college…

SOUTH BEND - Setting the table for Notre Dame's highly-anticipated home matchup with No. 5 Clemson Saturday. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EST at Notre Dame Stadium. When: Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EST Where: Notre Dame Stadium (77622), South Bend, Ind. TV/Radio: NBC, WSBT Radio (960 AM), WNSN (101.5 FM) Line: Clemson opens as a 3½ -point…

Bowl games are ripe for overreaction. The final impression teams leave before heading into hibernation contribute to narratives about teams and conferences that last until proven otherwise, exerting a heavy influence on preseason polls. Several teams are set to see this benefit, including Penn State, Washington, Notre Dame and, of course, Georgia…

Instead of cramming the rest of the bowl games into one article, I figured I'd split them up, with the Thursday and Friday games in this article, and predictions for the games on Saturday and Monday in one last MC&J picks piece that will drop in the near future. (All lines courtesy of Draftkings Sportsbook.) Both of these teams had their eyes on…

Well, Week 13 was a winning week by the slimmest of margins - 4-3-1 - but it was still a winning week, so I can't complain too much amid this disappointing season. The Pitt Panthers easily covered the 6.5-point spread that I thought they would, and Bama got a late score to salvage a 22-point push. I'll take it. And now, on with this week's…

MIAMI - The Orange Bowl kicks off at 8 p.m. ET with the Clemson Tigers listed as a 4.5-point favorite over the Tennessee Volunteers at Bovada. Both teams will feature different starting quarterbacks than they began their season with as Cade Klubnik effectively took the job from DJ Uiagalelei in the ACC Championship Game while Joe Milton took over…

An 8-6-1 slate of picks last week improved my overall mark to 13-14-1 for the bowl game season against the spread. Arkansas imploding and winning by 2 hurt, as did Syracuse getting a late touchdown to spoil another spread, but that's gonna happen any time you pick that many games at once. And now, on with this week's picks... December 30 Duke's…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. Both of these teams will be playing with some less-than-familiar faces under center in the Orange Bowl. Due to a season-ending ACL injury to starting quarterback Hendon Hooker in the second to last game of the regular season, Tennessee will be starting fifth-year senior Joe Milton III who…

College football bowl season is one of the most action-packed times of the year and there are five more bowls on the schedule for Friday, including a high-profile matchup between a pair of top-10 teams in the 2022 Orange Bowl. No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson will go head-to-head in a battle between teams who had their College Football Playoff…

The Clemson Tigers and Tennessee Volunteers will both look different from what fans are used to when they meet in Friday's Orange Bowl. Check out below for our top Tennessee-Clemson college football picks based on the best NCAAF odds. The first New Year's Six Bowl takes place Friday night with the Volunteers set to battle the Tigers. Only five…

The Tennessee Vols are just two weeks away from a showdown with the Clemson Tigers in the Orange Bowl in Miami. If Tennessee takes down Clemson, it'll give the Vols their 11th win of the season. It would be the first time since 2001 that Tennessee's got to 11 wins. Beating Clemson, however, will be a challenge. The Tigers looked like a different…

A best bet for the Orange Bowl, featuring an ACC-SEC battle between two top-10 teams in favored Clemson and Tennessee. Two top-10 squads square off in the 2022 Orange Bowl when No. 6 Tennessee faces No. 7 Clemson. Tennessee brings the No. 1 scoring offense (47.3 ppg) in the nation into the Orange Bowl to face off against the country's No. 18…

The first New Year's Six Bowl game of this postseason headlines the slate on Friday when No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson meet in the Orange Bowl. The Volunteers had eyes on a College Football Playoff berth deep into November, but a blowout loss to South Carolina ended those hopes. The Tigers returned to the top of the ACC thanks to the work of…

Bowl season continues on Friday with the Orange Bowl. The #6 Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) take on the #7 Clemson Tigers (11-2). The action kicks off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Tennessee-Clemson prediction and pick. Tennessee is 10-2 and finished second in the SEC East. The Volunteers are 9-3 against the…

Miami is set for one of the juicier matchups of the college bowl season on Friday. Tennessee faces Clemson in what may be the orangest Orange Bowl in the game's 87-year history. Our Orange Bowl preview shows how it will be the culmination of an interesting season for each team. For Josh Heupel's orange and white squad, this season was the…

This is one of the most fitting bowl games ever, as the Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) square off in the Orange Bowl against the Clemson Tigers (11-2). It's two teams that rock orange playing in the Orange Bowl in a battle of Top 10 teams. Just a great storyline, but also an important game for both squads. Location: Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens,…

Two top-10 squads square off in the 2022 Orange Bowl when No. 6 Tennessee faces No. 7 Clemson. Tennessee brings the No. 1 scoring offense (47.3 ppg) in the nation into the Orange Bowl to face off against the country's No. 18 scoring Clemson defense (20.1 ppg). The Volunteers' impressive numbers were thanks in part to the production of…

Friday's Orange Bowl features two teams hoping to head into the offseason on a high note after limping down the stretch of the season. Clemson will take the field as favored by less than a touchdown on BetMGM. The Volunteers not only lost two of their final four games after being ranked the No. 1 team in the nation back in early November, they also…

SAN DIEGO - One of the guiding forces beneath the surface that has helped carry the North Carolina football team to the palm trees and picturesque vistas of a bowl game in Southern California is the sickening feeling that set in as last season ended. Coach Mack Brown thought back Tuesday, with his Tar Heels preparing to face Oregon here in the…

No. 6 Tennessee takes on No. 7 Clemson in the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Thursday. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., and it will be televised on ESPN. Clemson (11-2) won the ACC championship under Dabo Swinney, and the Tigers are back in a New Year's Day Six bowl. The Tigers will have a new…

Florida State, looking to take the next step towards winning a national title, with a game against the Oklahoma Sooners being that first move. A plot point that now is occurring for the fourth time since 2000 and multiple times over the course of the series' history, FSU and Oklahoma have met on the football field seven times overall with the…

The 2022 Holiday Bowl promises to provide plenty of excitement as this year's game features two of the top offenses in the country led by two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the nation as No. 15 Oregon squares off with North Carolina. While the game serves as an exciting conclusion for two nine-win teams in 2022, the battle also serves as a way…

The Tennessee Volunteers and the Clemson Tigers will lock horns in one of the most prestigious non-College Football Playoff bowl games. Will the Vols, who once was the No. 1 team in the nation this year, get a win on Saturday? Or will Clemson pocket the victory? Check out our preview of this Tennessee vs Clemson in the 2022 Orange Bowl. Where: Hard…

DJ Uiagalelei is turning in the orange and purple of Clemson for the orange and black of Oregon State. Uiagalelei on Saturday committed to join the Beavers out of the transfer portal for the 2023 season after a career that did not go as expected with the Tigers. Uiagalelei, a five-star prospect in the Class of 2020, was benched for Cade Klubnik…

The Orange Bowl features the largest disparity in the rankings of its two participants of any New Year's Six bowl. The No. 9 Florida Gators earned an at-large berth by finishing ahead of the Utah Utes and Auburn Tigers in the final College Football Playoff rankings Sunday. Since the event has an ACC tie-in, the No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers earned a…

Two teams that once harbored legit national championship expectations will have to settle for a top-10 showdown in Miami, with No. 6 Tennessee taking on No. 7 Clemson in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. Tennessee's playoff dreams went up in smoke in a 63-38 upset loss at South Carolina, during which things went from bad to worse when starting…

College football bowl season is officially underway, and the matchups continue to heat up as the weeks go on. The early bowls have already provided some great games, but the real meat of the season is yet to come. Once New Year's rolls around, college football fans will be unable to escape their TVs with all the great games. College football would…

Clemson Football takes on the Tennessee Volunteers in the Orange Bowl on December 30th. Clemson fans are excited and I am no different. I have already started to ponder this matchup between Top 10 teams. I have approached this game thinking that Clemson would likely have an advantage for a few reasons. I think Clemson's offense responded well to…

They have been in this situation more than a half dozen times since the first year of the BCS (1998), and the odds are low it works out if history is any guide. Here is a look at past years Ohio State went into the last weekend of the season hoping the cards come out in their favor to keep their national championship hopes going through the…

Welcome to Miami, Tennessee football. The Vols (10-2) will face Clemson (11-2) in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 30 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). It is Tennessee's fifth Orange Bowl appearance. It has a 1-3 record with the lone win being a 17-0 victory against Oklahoma in 1939. Here is what to know about the matchup: Clemson dominated North…

North Carolina has lost three straight, including the ACC championship game to Clemson. Oregon dropped two of its past three games, though the victory came over eventual Pac-12 champion Utah. Here's what you need to know about the matchup. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m. ET at Petco Park in San Diego. Fox is airing the game. Teams with a month to stew…

Austin Hanson, Pregame Editor (29-31): Iowa - Is it Joe Labas or Carson May time? Chloe Peterson, Sports Editor (38-22): Kentucky - There will be less than 25 total points in this game. Chris Werner, Assistant Sports Editor (38-22): Kentucky - This ain't gonna be pretty. Isaac Goffin, Football Reporter (37-23): Kentucky - I really didn't want to do…

The sun is about to set on another college football season. But with a heavy dose of bowl games coming our way, the sport is going out with a bang. Before the national championship game on January 9, we've got 41 other bowl games to enjoy. And to be honest, it's hard sometimes to keep track of them all (case in point: did you know Cheez-It is…

LAS VEGAS - Following the announcement of Caleb Williams (+800 preseason) winning the 2022 Heisman Trophy, oddsmakers were quick to action to set the odds for the 2023 Heisman in which Williams has now opened up as the favorite to win. At first glance of the odds on online sportsbooks, many could argue that there are issues throughout with players…

Despite suffering its second loss of the season over the weekend, Clemson remains the team to beat in the ACC with UNC the last team standing in its way. We break it all down in our full ACC championship odds below. The Atlantic Coast Conference saw some upheaval in 2021 with Pittsburgh emerging as champion after defeating Wake Forest, marking the…

The bowl season is beautiful just the way it is. Sure, college football is a jumbled mess at the moment. The transfer portal, coaching changes and NFL draft have all of us-even those of us who monitor these things for a living-plenty confused. But the matchups are still magnificent, and nothing will ever change that. Before we get to the College…

The Heisman Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football, with USC quarterback Caleb Williams winning the 2022 Heisman Trophy. Though Williams just won the award, people are already looking ahead to the 2023 Heisman race, which Williams and other contenders, such as ACC star quarterback Drake Maye will be…

The 2019 Fiesta Bowl will showcase the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (13-0) and No. 3 Clemson Tigers (13-0) going head-to-head with a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship on the line. These powerhouse programs will meet in the CFP semifinals tonight at 8 p.m. ET to determine which side will keep its dream of another national title…

Heisman Trophy finalists Caleb Williams and Max Duggan headline the list of recipients for Bleacher Report's awards from the 2022 college football season. Altogether, B/R is handing out 13 honors as determined by our college football panel of David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Kerry Miller, Morgan Moriarty and Brad Shepard. Each writer cast a vote for…

The college football world is making a drastic change at the beginning of the 2024 season. A 12-team College Football Playoff has been agreed upon by the Board of Managers and directors of bowl games across the country. While there's still time to cherish the critical four-team playoff, it's interesting to see how the expanded postseason would have…

This year's college football bowl schedule was just set, but it is never too early to place your bets. Here are three college football picks to make before the lines move prior to the start of bowl season. It is the most wonderful time of the year, but I'm not talking about the holidays that take place in December. The college football bowl…

Clemson football quarterback DJ Uiagalelei will enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports Sunday night. Uiagalelei, a junior who has started every game for the past two seasons, was replaced during the first quarter of Saturday's 39-10 victory against North Carolina in the ACC championship game played at Bank of America Stadium.…

Here's a bowl filled with oranges and plenty of offense. Clemson football will face a Tennessee team that leads the country in scoring when they match up Dec. 30 (8 p.m., ESPN) for the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The No. 6 Vols (10-2) are averaging 47.3 points per game. In the eight games since scoring 63 against Akron, not counting…

Notre Dame looks to ruin No. 4 Clemson's College Football Playoff hopes when the Tigers visit Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana. The Fighting Irish (5-3) defeated No. 16 Syracuse 41-24 last week for their second straight win and fifth in their past six games. This season, Notre Dame has victories against two No. 16-ranked teams,…

The UNC football program looks to inch closer to the ACC Coastal Division title, as they'll travel to Virginia in hopes of improving to 8-1 on the year. Mack Brown and the UNC football program have put themselves in the driver's seat while chasing the ACC Coastal Division title. Although they are drawing closer to clinching, as Kobe Bryant once…

College Football Playoff spots will hang in the balance this weekend as all 10 conference championship games occur. The SEC was the first conference to implement a title game and the Sun Belt was the most recent, but a conference championship is now decided during the first week of December for each of the 10 FBS leagues. Over the years, conference…

The Big 12 championship game between Kansas State and TCU offers opportunities for those looking to rack up some winners. The game is Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Other title games also are on the line this weekend. Let's take a look. Line: TCU -1 points | Total: 61points I am betting on Kansas State, using the moneyline+110 as…

The UNC football team gets their shot at Clemson and the ACC Crown on Saturday night in the Queen City. North Carolina has a chance to win its first ACC Title of this century on Saturday night in Charlotte. Can the Tar Heels knock off the Clemson Tigers and pick up what would be the biggest win of Mack Brown's second stint in Chapel Hill? Find out…