SMU clinches ACC title berth in debut season

SMU clinched a spot in the ACC championship game after a 33-7 win over Virginia on Saturday, becoming the first team in league history to make the title game in its first season.

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2024 ACC Championship Game: SMU clinches historic berth in first season as power conference program

The Mustangs are undefeated against ACC opponents behind a surging Kevin Jennings

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Jennings has 3 TDs as No. 13 SMU routs Virginia 33-7 to clinch a spot in the ACC title game

Kevin Jennings threw for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, and No. 13 SMU clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game by routing Virginia 33-7

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SMU is on the brink of an ACC title -- and CFP berth -- in its first season as a member of the conference

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SMU has been enormously successful under Lashlee and is on the verge of winning the ACC in its first season with the conference.

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ACC-leading SMU signs Lashlee to extension

Rhett Lashlee has signed a contract extension with SMU as the Mustangs remain undefeated in ACC play and in position to make its first playoff appearance.

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Top-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open title with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American wild card Sofia Kenin on Sunday

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Baylor says coach Dave Aranda will return in 2025 after fourth straight win clinches bowl berth for Bears

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SMU joins Miami atop ACC standings as Mustangs throttle Pitt, Clemson falls at home to Louisville

The Mustangs are now in prime position to reach the ACC Championship Game during their first year in the league

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No. 4 Miami, No. 13 SMU sit unbeaten and tied atop ACC and as surprise options for 12-team playoff

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‘I started crying’: emotional Jorge Martín clinches MotoGP world title

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Big Ten: Oregon has clinched spot in title game

The Big Ten confirmed Tuesday that the Ducks, in their inaugural season in the conference, have secured a berth in the championship game.

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Colorado trounces Utah: What's next for No. 17 Buffs, Deion Sanders in pursuit of Big 12 title, CFP berth

The Buffaloes' incredible turnaround continued on Saturday with an easy win over the Utes

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AP Top 25 Extra Points: No. 13 SMU's 5-0 start in ACC is best ever for a first-year Power Four team

This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out better than all right for SMU

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ACC tiebreaker scenarios 2024: How Clemson or Miami could be left out of title game despite unbeaten record

The potential for three ACC teams -- Clemson, Miami and SMU -- finishing 8-0 has created a chaos scenario

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College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Pitt looks to emerge from ACC's pack, simplifying chaotic title race

There are major implications in the ACC in Week 10, along with a couple one-loss bubble teams in great shape.

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College Football QB Power Rankings: SMU's Kevin Jennings makes debut after dominant performance against Pitt

Jennings has the Mustangs in the driver's seat to make the ACC Championship Game in their first season as league members

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The ACC began the season fighting for respect. The early CFP rankings show it is an uphill battle

The Atlantic Coast Conference finds itself fighting for respect from the College Football Playoff selection committee

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Dodgers hold off Yankees for 3-0 World Series lead, can clinch title with win Tuesday night

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Dodgers hold off Yankees for 3-0 World Series lead, can clinch title with win Tuesday

Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game and Walker Buehler pitched another World Series gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 for a 3-0 lead in the Fall Classic

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Dodgers' Walker Buehler closes out title-clinching win as his impeccable World Series résumé grows

With the Dodgers running low on high-leverage arms, Buehler got the call for the final three outs

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No. 11 Miami pulls away late to beat Wake Forest 42-14 and move one win from the ACC title game

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2024 NBA Cup standings for in-season tournament: Warriors first to clinch spot in knockout rounds

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Russell Westbrook's Denver debut marred by same old problems as Nuggets look shaky in season-opening loss

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76ers injury updates: Joel Embiid, Paul George still don't have timelines for season debut

Neither Sixers star has played this season

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Sixers' Joel Embiid, Paul George out Saturday vs. Grizzlies, despite being full participants at practice

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Paul George update: 76ers star expected to make season debut vs. Suns on Monday night

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