ACC Game of the Year

Syracuse is in a big look ahead playing at Pittsburgh on Monday. We have Syracuse as just nine points better.

The Tigers allow just 55.0 points per game, the lowest total in the league. Clemson also ranks second in the ACC in field goal percentage defense (.378) and three-point field goal percentage defense (.270). They are holding teams to a stunning 17.5 points per game below their normal average. Clemson holds teams to 3.2 fewer percentage points from the field than Syracuse does. The better defense is getting double-digits.