Tigers headed back to Charlotte for ACC Championship

Clemson is headed back to Charlotte after a one-year hiatus from the ACC Championship Game. With Syracuse’s 19-9 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday, the Tigers (8-0, 6-0 ACC, No. 4 CFP) have clinched the ACC’s Atlantic Division. After failing to make the ACC Championship Game last year following a run of six straight appearances in […]

ACC analyst expects a ‘slugfest’ in the Atlantic Division this season

On Packer and Durham on ACC Network this week, Mark Packer opined that America will fall asleep on the quality of the ACC’s Atlantic Division. Packer believes the Atlantic will be “outstanding” with a trio of expected preseason top-25 teams (if not top-20 or top-15 teams) in Clemson, Wake Forest and NC State, to go with teams […]

Analysts react to Clemson’s chances of winning Atlantic Division, ACC

On Thursday, ESPN released its preseason FPI (Football Power Index) rankings. According to the ESPN FPI, Clemson has by far the best chance to win the ACC this season at 58.7%, with defending conference champion Pittsburgh owning the second-best chances at 15.8% ahead of Miami (8.6%), North Carolina (6.0%), Wake Forest (3.1%) and NC State […]

ACC Atlantic coach thinks his team is as good as any in the division

This ACC Atlantic Division coach is confident in his football team heading into the 2022 season. Despite his team’s 6-7 record last season, including a 4-4 mark in ACC play, Louisville head coach Scott Satterfield said during an appearance on Packer and Durham on ACC Network this week that he feels Louisville has “just as […]

Assessing the difficulty of Clemson’s remaining ACC schedule

Seeing how a two-loss team has never made the College Football Playoff, Clemson is a long shot at best to get there this season. But that doesn’t mean the Tigers don’t still have some attainable goals. Specifically, No. 19 Clemson (2-2, 1-1 ACC) can still win a seventh straight ACC championship, though there’s significant work […]

Tigers clinch fifth straight ACC Atlantic Division Title

RALEIGH, N.C. – Fifth-ranked Clemson dominated North Carolina State 49-10 on Saturday night after falling to the five spot in the College Football Playoff Rankings earlier in the week. With the win the Tigers clinched the ACC Atlantic Division title and earned another bid to play in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte. Clemson donned […]

Carman seized his opportunity

Freshman Jackson Carman stepped up Saturday night after Senior Mitch Hyatt exited the game on two different occasions with a stinger. The Ohio-native played meaningful snaps in the second quarter and finished out the game after Hyatt left for good in the third quarter. Carman helped keep Boston College defensive end Zach Allen at bay […]

Clemson owns more division titles than anyone in the ACC

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Thanks to Saturday’s 27-7 win over Boston College, No. 2 Clemson became the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to win four consecutive division championships since the league split into divisions in 2005. The Tigers (10-, 7-0 ACC) also clinched their seventh Atlantic Division title overall, all under head coach Dabo Swinney. […]

Kanell says Clemson defense better than Bama’s

Since the release of the first two playoff rankings, paired with second-ranked Clemson and No. 1 Alabama’s utter annihilation of conference opponents, everybody is talking about a potential rematch in the College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide shut out No. 7 LSU a week ago and the Tigers dominated Louisville 77-16 in an ACC contest […]

Spring Preview: ACC’s Atlantic Division

The Clemson Insider takes a sneak peak at what to expect from the football team’s inside the Atlantic Coast Conference as they begin preparations for spring practice. Today, TCI takes a look at the Atlantic Division. Can anyone challenge three-time defending ACC Champion Clemson? The Tigers returns 17 players who started at least four games […]