The 2024 ACC Championship Game will take place on Saturday and the winner will automatically qualify for the College Football Playoff. SMU, which was picked seventh in the ACC preseason media polls, enters as the No. 8 team in the country with an 11-1 overall record and 8-0 conference record in its first season in the ACC. No. 17 Clemson is 9-3 overall and 7-1 in the ACC and is coming off a 17-14 non-conference loss to South Carolina on Saturday.

Kickoff from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. is set for 8 p.m. ET on Saturday. SMU is a 2.5-point favorite in the latest SMU vs. Clemson odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 55.5. Before making any Clemson vs. SMU picks or college football predictions, you NEED to hear what football CBS Sports college football expert Mike Tierney has to say.

A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. Tierney is 45-25 in his last 70 college football picks, returning $1,717 to $100 players. In addition, he is 6-0 in his last six college football picks in games involving Clemson, returning a whopping $600. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Now, Tierney has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Clemson vs. SMU on Saturday.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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