The race for the Atlantic Division is still a three team race but the path’s are much clearer after Wake Forest defeated N.C. State. There are still path’s for Clemson to make it back to Charlotte but they will certainly need some help along the way to try to extend their dominance of the ACC.
Each week, we will take a look at where things stand in the Atlantic Division as teams battle to make the ACC Championship Game.
Clemson
The Tigers must defeat Wake Forest if they want to remain alive in the race for the Atlantic Division.
If the Tigers defeat the Deacons they will need Wake Forest to fall at Boston College and N.C. State to lose to either Syracuse or UNC to win the division.
ACC Record: 5-2
ACC Losses: N.C. State, Pitt
Remaining ACC Games: Nov. 20 (Wake Forest)
N.C. State
N.C. State will now need some help after falling to the Deacons.
The ‘Pack will need to win their next two games and have Wake Forest lose their next two to win the division.
N.C. State would win the three team tiebreaker with Clemson and Wake Forest.
ACC Record: 4-2
ACC Losses: Miami
Remaining ACC Games: Nov. 20 (Syracuse), Nov. 26 (UNC)
Wake Forest
Wake Forest took a big step towards winning the division by defeating N.C. State Saturday night.
The Deacs have the easiest path to winning the division. Wake Forest only needs a win over Clemson or a win over Boston College to win the division.
ACC Record: 6-0
Remaining ACC Games: Nov. 20 (at Clemson), Nov. 27 (at Boston College)
Tie Breaking Policy
Three-Team (or More) Team Tie
(Once a team is eliminated from the tie, the tie-breaker procedures restart for the remaining teams. If the three (or more) team tie can be reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker format will then be applied.)
1. Combined head-to-head win percentage among the tied teams.
2. Win percentage of the tied teams within the division.
3. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference win percentage, and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken first to last, using the league’s tie-breaker policies.
4. Combined win percentage versus all common non-divisional opponents.
5. Overall win percentage versus non-divisional opponents.
6. Win percentage versus common non-divisional opponents based upon their order of finish (overall win percentage) and proceeding through other common non-divisional opponents based upon their divisional order of finish.
7. The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
8. The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee.