SMU and Virginia have emerged as the frontrunners to compete in the ACC championship game. Per ESPN, both schools have over an 80% chance of making the ACC title game, with SMU holding an 86% chance to do so.

There is one certainty for No. 25 SMU if the Mustangs are going to get into the College Football Playoff again. Two nonconference losses in September and then a game-ending field goal by Wake Forest in October put the Mustangs (8-3,

Miami and Pitt each face a must-win situation to keep their respective College Football Playoff and Atlantic Coast Conference championship hopes alive when they clash on Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh.

Eventually, we'll get to the ACC Championship Game, but who knows how many twists, turns and tiebreakers still stand between us and Charlotte at this point. We'

Three months after it kicked off, college football's regular season is heading to a frantic finish with little decided.

The most impactful result in Week 13 came from the ACC as the Panthers shook up the conference race again with an upset win over Georgia Tech.

How will the ACC's showing in Week 13 be reflected in the updated US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 rankings? Here's what to know.

None of that matters, though, if the Panthers don’t beat the Hurricanes. Miami remains the league’s top team in the College Football Playoff rankings (No. 12) to stay in the running for an at-large CFP bid as the ACC hopes for another multibid year.

The Hurricanes also got the one piece of external help that had to happen — the Pittsburgh Panthers beating the No. 16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 42-28 — to ensure they will enter the final week of the regular season still with a mathematical chance to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game on Dec. 6 in Charlotte.