| Game Name: | ACC Championship Game |
| Subheader: | Conference Championship |
| Date Game Played: | December 7 |
| Year Game Played: | 2024 |
| Football Season: | 2024 |
| Stadium: | Bank of America Stadium |
| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Visitor School: | Clemson University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Clemson |
| Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
| Visitor Record: | 9–3 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 17 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 17 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dabo Swinney |
| Home School: | Southern Methodist University |
| Home Name Short: | SMU |
| Home Nickname: | Mustangs |
| Home Record: | 11–1 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 7 |
| Home Rank Cfp: | 8 |
| Home Coach: | Rhett Lashlee |
| Odds: | SMU by 2.5 |
| Us Network: | ABC ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Molly McGrath (sideline reporter) ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline reporter) |
The 2024 ACC Championship Game will be 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 will feature the SMU Mustangs and the Clemson Tigers. The 20th annual ACC Championship Game will be held at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC.[1]
The 2024 ACC Championship Game will feature the SMU Mustangs, with an 8–0 conference record, representing the #1 seed, and the Clemson Tigers, with a 7–1 conference record, representing the #2 seed.
This will be the first ACC title game appearance for SMU in its first season in the ACC. The matchup also is the first ever meeting between the two schools.[1]
See main article: 2024 Clemson Tigers football team.
The Tigers clinched a spot in the game following Miami's loss to Syracuse on November 30. They finished the regular season 9–3 (7–1 ACC), and the designated away team for this game.
See main article: 2024 SMU Mustangs football team.
The Mustangs clinched a spot in the game following their defeat of Virginia on November 20. They finished the regular season 11–1 (8–0 ACC), with a loss to BYU. They are the designated home team for the championship game.[2] 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).[3]