ACC Considers Change to Title Game, Could Impact Clemson-South Carolina Game

The Atlantic Coast Conference is considering making changes to its annual ACC Championship Game format, at least that is the idea Commissioner Jim Phillips pitched to the media Sunday as the nation gets set for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday night.

Phillips said in a report by ESPN the ACC could consider giving its regular-season champion a bye, and have the teams that finish second or third in the league standings play in the ACC championship game.

“The conference championship games are important, as long as we make them important, right?” Phillips said in the article. “Do you play two versus three? You go through the regular season and whoever wins the regular season, just park them to the side, and then you play the second-place team versus the third-place team in your championship game. So, you have a regular-season champion, and then you have a conference tournament or postseason champion…

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