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

The ACC will be represented in the College Football Playoff, just maybe not by the usual suspects.

It has been a rough few days for Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.

Oregon, Georgia and Miami remained the top three seeds in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection with BYU overtaking Iowa State for No. 4.

What a difference a year makes.

Clemson added to the woes of Florida State on Saturday night, beating the Seminoles 29-13. Photographer Jacob Simons captured the game in this photo gallery.

Cade Klubnik had 235 passing yards and threw touchdown passes to Antonio Williams and T.

Carson Beck threw for 278 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia opened the season by stifling 14th-ranked Clemson 34-3.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney generally has passed on deep dives into the transfer portal for recruits.

The NCAA baseball tournament moves to the best-of-three super regionals this weekend.

Chase Hunter scored 18 points and converted a three-point play with 25.7 seconds remaining, and Clemson advanced to the Elite Eight for the second time in school history, beating Arizona 77-72 in a West Region semifinal.

Chase Hunter had 20 points and six assists, and No. 6 seed Clemson held off third-seeded Baylor for a 72-64 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Clemson has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference in a South Carolina court.

Football coaches from South Carolina's three major school have joined together at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass a law allowing their schools to directly compensate their athletes.

The energy at EverBank Stadium was high on Friday afternoon.

The University of Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) and the Clemson Tigers (8-4) are going head-to-head this Friday at noon in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at EverBank Stadium.

Tens of thousands of Clemson and Kentucky fans gathered at the Seawalk Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach ahead of the Taxslayer Gator Bowl on Friday.

Clemson tries to end its worst season since 2010 with a five-game winning streak when it plays Kentucky in the Gator Bowl.

The University of Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) and the Clemson Tigers (8-4) are going head-to-head this Friday in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at EverBank Stadium.

Florida State quarterback Tate Rodemaker will not play in the Orange Bowl, a school spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

Seniors Brandon Parrish and Ousmane Sylla each scored, and No. 9 Clemson held off No. 2 Notre Dame 2-1 to claim the program’s second national championship in three seasons.

Clemson and Kentucky will meet in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Dec. 29 at EverBank Stadium.

Phil Mafah ran for a career high 186 yards and two touchdowns in relief of the injured Will Shipley and Clemson held off No. 12 Notre Dame 31-23 to end a disheartening two-game losing streak Saturday.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman hasn't changed his mind about Clemson football.

A frustrated Dabo Swinney defended his Clemson career to a radio caller who questioned his performance as one of college football's highest-paid coaches.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Jordan Travis threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman to start overtime and No. 4 Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Clemson 31-24.

Duke’s opening-week rout of then-No. 9 Clemson served notice that the Atlantic Coast Conference wouldn’t necessarily fall in line behind the perennial powerhouse Tigers.

No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado have jumped into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season.

If you can’t take the heat. … You have heard the phrase before. The heat was cranked up on Tuesday, in both a literal way and a figurative way.

A top in state target, TJ Moore, visits and then pledges to Clemson.

Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year.

NCAA rules state schools cannot recruit athletes who are currently on another team’s roster.

Jayden Gardner had 23 points and 12 rebounds and No. 13 Virginia beat Clemson 76-56, sending coach Tony Bennett’s team to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title game for the first time since 2018.

Chase Hunter drove the lane and drew a foul, sinking the free throw, to help No. 24 Clemson escape with an 82-81 win over Florida State on Saturday

South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler is coming back to the Gamecocks next season.

Joe Milton passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 6 Tennessee finished off its best season in more than two decades by topping No. 10 Clemson 31-14 in the Orange Bowl.

Barring some unusual circumstances, Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams will become the eighth Heisman Trophy winner since 2000 to play college football the following season.

The College Football Playoff will include 12 teams, starting with the 2024 season.

Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.

Zia Cooke scored 15 points and Aliyah Boston added 12 points and six rebounds in No. 1 South Carolina's 85-31 victory over Clemson on Thursday night.

Georgia was the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU.

Will Shipley scored twice and freshman quarterback Cade Klubnik rallied No. 5 Clemson to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 27-21 victory over No. 14 Syracuse.

Devan Boykin picked off Jordan Travis’ pass in the end zone with 38 seconds left and No. 14 North Carolina State rallied past Florida State 19-17 on Saturday night despite losing quarterback Devin Leary to injury.

Clemson defensive backs Malcolm Greene and Fred Davis II were sued by a U.S. postal worker who's delivery truck was struck by Davis last year seconds after he was clocked driving 115 mph on a highway near campus.

The Atlantic Coast Conference gets a chance in September to bolster the perception of the league's strength with multiple matchups against other power conferences.

DJ Uiagalelei threw for one touchdown and ran for another, overcoming a sluggish start in the season opener to lead No. 4 Clemson to a 41-10 victory over Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets kept it closer than expected much of the way.

A growing number of college baseball teams are moving away from the tradition of catchers using their fingers and hands for pitch signs.

Onetime Clemson quarterback Hunter Johnson is returning to the Tigers for his final season of college football.

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Isaiah Reid scored twice, including a goal just 27 seconds into the match, and Clemson defeated Washington 2-0 to win the NCAA College Cup championship.

Oklahoma has hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as its head coach to replace Lincoln Riley.

For the first time since it began in 2014, the College Football Playoff won't include a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The class of U.S. Rhodes scholars for 2022 includes the largest number of women ever selected for the scholarship in one year.

Destanni Henderson had 16 points off three 3-pointers and Zia Cooke added 13 points as No. 1 South Carolina pulled away in the second half for its 11th straight win over rival Clemson 76-45.

It seems parity has arrived in the Atlantic Coast Conference, just look no further than the results on scoreboards.

Will Shipley ran for two touchdowns, including the game-winning 21-yard score with 2:53 left, as Clemson rallied past Florida State 30-20 for its 32nd straight victory at Death Valley.

Toxic. You won’t do much after college. Loser. Delicia Washington never thought words like that would describe playing college basketball at her dream school.

The race for the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship hasn't looked this wide open in the better part of a decade.

Clemson has tumbled to No. 25 in The Associated Press college football poll and snapped its streak of 97 straight weeks in the top 10.

For about 45 minutes late Saturday afternoon, college football was on overload.

Clemson and Ohio State have slipped to the back of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll and Penn State has jumped four spots to No. 6.

Alabama looked beatable.

Television viewers are ready for some football.

Christopher Smith returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown and No. 5 Georgia turned in a defensive effort for the ages, toppling third-ranked Clemson 10-3 on Saturday in the opener for both teams.

No team has lost its opening game and reached the Bowl Championship Series title game of the College Football Playoff.

New quarterbacks are leading last year's College Football Playoff teams.

Florida State president John Thrasher on Tuesday denied a report that the Seminoles were looking to make a move to the Southeastern Conference.

The post-Trevor Lawrence era begins at Clemson with the Tigers still the prohibitive favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference for a seventh consecutive season.

Home games or bowl games.

College Football Playoff expansion took another step forward this week.

There is a plan in place to expand the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12.

A new College Football Playoff with triple the number of teams involved could bring in three times as much money to the conferences and schools that share the wealth.

Rashard Hall saw a need in the St. Augustine community and wanted to do something about it.

Dabo Swinney has quite a few favorite NFL teams these days, but he may be just a bit more partial to one of them. The Clemson football coach knows the area very well, and, now he knows the two newest faces of the franchise, too.

A big two has emerged within the Power Five.

Get to know the Jaguars' 25th pick in the 2021 NFL draft, Clemson running back Travis Etienne.

The first round of the NFL draft is in the books and the grades from national media are rolling in. How did the Jaguars do in Thursday night’s first round?

Trevor Lawrence has his first endorsement deal with a Jacksonville-based company.

The Jaguars stuck to offense in the first round of the NFL draft.

Quarterbacks and just about anyone from national champion Alabama headlined the NFL draft.

Quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Zac Wilson of BYU were the first two players off the board, as expected, in the NFL Draft.

The Jacksonville Jaguars made the easiest and maybe most significant selection in franchise history when they chose Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick in the NFL draft Thursday night.

Let it sink in for a moment. Trevor Lawrence is now the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback.

The consensus around the NFL is that Trevor Lawrence is not only the top prospect in this year’s draft but that he would have been the top prospect in every draft for the better part of the last decade. What is it about Trevor Lawrence that scouts and coaches like so much?

Trevor Lawrence, the likely No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, has signed an endorsement deal with cryptocurrency investment app Blockfolio.

This is the week you’ve been waiting for, Jaguars fans. The attention and the focus, maybe even a bit of jealousy (looking at you, New York media) will be squarely centered on the worst franchise in the NFL last year.

This year's NFL draft is like none other because teams weren't able to meet face-to-face with the pool of prospects outside the lucky few who got to play in the Senior Bowl after a season that was marked by opt-outs and cancellations.

Jacksonville’s draft prospects helped lure Urban Meyer out of coaching retirement.

Remember that social media drive by Jaguars fans to buy a touchscreen toaster off Trevor Lawrence’s wedding registry? Well, that high tech toaster wound up netting $54,938 for local charities.

After Jaguars' fans raised money for a wedding gift and donations to charity for Trevor Lawrence, the Clemson quarterback and likely number one pick of the draft expressed his thanks on Twitter.

In 2017, Bartram Trail traveled to Cartersville, Ga, to face Trevor Lawrence and company in a game broadcast on ESPN2. Bears' head coach Darrell Sutherland knew then that Lawrence was going to be something special.

Trevor Lawrence has been a busy man during this unusual football offseason.

Lawrence is getting married on April 10.

Trevor Lawrence is skipping the medical portion of his NFL draft prep work, but he’s got a pretty good reason for it.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is expected to be the top pick in this year's NFL Draft. QB, Trevor Lawrence, ClemsonLawrence is the future for the Jaguars. Trevor Lawrence pro day takeaways: https://t.co/kb8T0zu37H (via @BuckyBrooks + @MoveTheSticks) pic.twitter.com/XGFXp8vOax — NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) February 12, 2021The draft for the Jaguars really begins at the 25th pick of the first round. TE Pat Freiermuth, Penn StatePat Freiermuth is a bully💪pic.twitter.com/KNaxWERSHf — PFF Draft (@PFF_College) June 22, 2020The biggest hole on the Jaguars roster is at tight end. Shelvin has been a good run-stuffer in College and will fit right in with the Jaguar’s newly rebuilt defensive line room.

The program’s official Twitter account posted Monday that the Tar Heels are seeking a home game for this week. 18 Virginia Tech was postponed, the third Atlantic Coast Conference home game called off for the program. ___Vanderbilt says a limited number of students from its senior class can attend the men’s basketball home game Wednesday with Kentucky. ___The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that Clemson's men's basketball game at Notre Dame scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues. AdThe conference says in a release that the postponement follows a positive test, subsequent quarantining, and contact tracing within the Clemson men’s program.

FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against LSU during the second half of a NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans, in this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence worked out for several NFL personnel including his expected future pro coach, Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars. While 16 NFL teams attended, the 6-foot-6 Lawrence with the cannon arm and flowing air doesn't figure to get past the Jaguars. Lawrence threw for 3,153 yards, 24 touchdowns and five interceptions while missing two games after testing positive for COVID-19 in October. He said he wanted to perform for NFL teams to show he's no different than anyone else applying for a job.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) warms up before an NCAA College football game against Syracuse in Clemson, S.C., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. They were all at the indoor practice facility at Clemson to watch Trevor Lawrence throw the football. Then, Lawrence threw. Lawrence showed off his arm strength as well. Lawrence showed off his arm strength as well as his mobility.

FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against LSU during the second half of a NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans, in this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars’ likely selection for the top pick in the NFL draft has a shoulder injury. Projected #1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence will throw for NFL teams on Feb. 12 instead of participating in Clemson’s pro day next month, per agents MGC Sports. Throwing early will allow him to have a newly discovered injury to his left (non-throwing) shoulder labrum repaired. If Lawrence has the surgery around Feb. 15, he could be back at full strength as early as the NFL Draft or shortly thereafter.