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Forget the records, Clemson-Florida State is as important as ever

The ACC strategically placed the Florida State-Clemson game in Week 9, believing its two marquee teams would once again have the spotlight in a showdown for conference supremacy.

Though a little luster is gone because Florida State has lost two league games and has virtually no chance at winning the ACC, the game Saturday in Tallahassee is still hugely important. No. 3 Clemson (7-0) needs to keep on winning to help guarantee its spot not only in the ACC title game, but in the College Football Playoff.

No. 12 Florida State (5-2), meanwhile, would love nothing more than to ruin Clemson’s plans while keeping up the pace for a fifth straight 10-win season.