Don’t count Clemson out of the ACC title race just yet.
The Tigers need some help to get to the ACC championship game for the seventh consecutive season, but they kept their conference title hopes alive with a 48-27 win over No. 10 Wake Forest (9-2) on Saturday. Clemson’s defense stifled Wake’s powerful offense and the Clemson offense looked like a functional unit against a Power Five team for what felt like the first time all season.
That functionality was powered by a running game that averaged over five yards a carry.