The time for the ACC Championship game has arrived and it will be #1 Clemson versus #8 North Carolina or at least those are the rankings as the college football playoffs are concerned. The members of the College Football Playoff Committee will be pulling hard for North Carolina to lose that game. If North Carolina wins that will put the members in a real dilemma.
The knock on North Carolina this season has been the weakness of their schedule. Clemson opened up with Wofford and Appalachian State. North Carolina opened up with North Carolina A & T and Delaware. Clemson played two ranked opponents in Notre Dame and Florida State. North Carolina played two ranked opponents in Pittsburgh and Duke. I will give it to Clemson that Notre Dame and Florida State were higher ranked but they played both at home. Those schedules may give Clemson a slight advantage in strength of schedule but not by much.
Clemson will probably be a double digit favorite in the ACC Championship game. Luckily for Tarheel fans, the game is played on the field and not on a tote board in Vegas or by the CFP committee members because the deck is definitely stacked in Clemson's favor. Here is hoping that North Carolina gets a chance to play an even game on the field during and after the game.
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